Burglars Reported Busy in Lubbock
Burglars were reported busy in Lubbock as police investigated multiple incidents involving thefts from safes houses and cars.
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1968
Page
2
Burglars were reported busy in Lubbock as police investigated multiple incidents involving thefts from safes houses and cars.
Two civil trials proceed in district courts over auto collision damages with Bettie Erdman suing Edith Barrow for 11 746 and Daniel Daughtry seeking 4 637 60 against William DeBord. Police report multiple burglaries and a fake twenty dollar bill incident at local businesses, including Mosher Steel Co Embers Steak House and Godwin Service Station.
Indiana University Speech Pathology Professor Robert Millson will lecture at 7:30 p.m. April 18 in the Student Union ballroom. Topic is The Processes of Learning and Relearning in Articulation. Public invited. Chew attends MLK funeral. Thompson released on bond after car burglary arrest near 1st Place.
Lt. Col. Edward G. Abington a Texas Tech graduate from Slaton retires after 28 years in uniform. He led the 400th Munitions Maintenance Squadron within the 313th Air Division and headed a 4000 acre complex with 300 skilled workers and heavy munitions work for Pacific Air Forces. He served in World War II across North Africa England and Europe and will join his wife Virginia and son Kerry S. in Slaton in about a month.
Twenty nine absentee ballots were cast Monday in the April 16 municipal election to name a mayor and three City Council members. Friday is the final day for voting absentee ballots. City secretary Mrs. Lavenia Lowe reminded voters who moved to new precincts to bring their registration certificates to the county tax assessor collector’s office at least three days before the election to have the new precinct stamped.
Gaylan R. McClellan, 19, charged with aggravated assault after an attack on a housewife Friday. He pleaded innocent before Judge Edwin H. Boedeker and was held on a $500 bond. Several others pleaded innocent on alcohol and weapon charges.
The Lutheran World Relief Thanksgiving Appeal collected 3,140,124 pounds in November, down 324,250 pounds or 9 percent from 1966. The drop was offset by big gains in bedding and children’s clothing due to a week long emphasis.
An advertisement promotes Fixodent denture cream claiming an elastic membrane for both upper and lower dentures that holds them firmer and more comfortably for daily home use. It touts bite strength, resistance to heat, and the possibility of all-day wear, urging regular dental visits.
Dr. Ernst Bayer of the University of Houston reports producing apoferredoxin in significant quantities, arguing the method could enable commercial insulin production and aid lab creation of life. He notes potential for broader hormone synthesis and enhances the science career outlook.
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