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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1968
Page
2
College students spread along Fort Lauderdale beaches for Easter sun and live rock music from the bandstand. Police estimate this year’s crowd is smaller than in prior years due to staggered vacation periods.
Federal agents in Birmingham scoured the city seeking Eric Starvo Galt linked to the King assassination probe. They seized a car bearing Alabama tag 1-38993 and traced a white Mustang, while numerous records and locals offered few concrete leads.
J Irwin Miller leading the Rockefeller for President Committee said Nelson Rockefeller will soon deliver a major speech detailing his views on Vietnam. Miller, in a television interview, said Rockefeller has remained silent so far though he supports the president's negotiations and has done thorough research on the war.
A letter advocates that LAICOG be funded and staffed locally, free from Washington bureaucracy, and argues elected officials should control government rather than imported professional planners. It calls for D. C. C. D. to be fully countable for all tax funds and emphasizes local oversight.
Mexican postal authorities plan to issue a stamp honoring Martin Luther King Jr. The move would make King the first African American to have his likeness on a Mexican stamp.
San Francisco police sergeant Richard Sunshine Bergess, 32, lit a marijuana cigarette during a protest against California laws on the Hall of Justice steps before 300 demonstrators. He was arrested by narcotics officers, stripped of his badge, and charged with possession. Bergess claimed the act was to protest the legal system and its treatment of marijuana.
Prague mourns as Olga Scheinpflugova, celebrated Czech actress and wife of writer Karel Capek, dies at age 66 on Sunday. Her career spanned decades with landmark stage and screen performances.
Pierre Salinger forecast Nixon would fade as a GOP contender while naming Nelson Rockefeller as the strongest possible nominee and Reagan a top rival. He predicted Kennedy would win the Democratic nomination and the 1964 election, noting Gallup finds Kennedy leading Humphrey and McCarthy.
Snyder Texas launches daily Snyder to Dallas flights via Air Pak Airlines with a twin engine aircraft. The route, stopping in Sweetwater Brackenridge and Fort Worth, takes about 90 minutes each day except Sundays. Pilots are Bob Dyer Jim Thompson and Ron Gonzales.
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