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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1967
Page
6
Tass reports Komarov completed Earth orbits roughly every 88.6 minutes. The U.S. Apollo weighs 45 900 pounds. He launched from Baikonur near the Aral Sea at 6:35 p.m. CST Saturday. All spacecraft systems were functioning normally despite a near miss in cosmonaut training due to a heart ailment.
The Apollo 1 fire slows U.S. moon plans as the Soviet Union press ahead. Soyuz 1 launches mark a looming race in 1967 with rockets, rendezvous, and space walks shaping the path to a lunar platform.
Amarillo’s Kenny Stidd and Lubbock’s Sleepy Nelson shared top honors sunday as auto racing began at Arena Park Raceway before a standing room crowd. Stidd won the four lap trophy dash and the 20 lap feature in a Chevy powered supermodified. Nelson captured the 1957 Chevy sportsman win after taking over when the supermodified could not run, also taking the sportsman trophy dash 10 lap heat and 15 lap semi feature.
Dean Amandes leads Texas Tech in establishing a new law school housed in temporary quarters across from the Municipal Auditorium. The program will begin with first-year courses this fall and spring, expanding to two sections of first-year students and adding years in 1968 and 1969. Enrollment aims for about 550, with a 20,000 volume library and a faculty including Justin C. Smith Glen W. Shellhaas and Maurice B. Kirk among others. accreditation reviews by ABA and AALS expected next spring.
Mario Andretti of Nazareth Pennsylvania led from start to finish in a 150 mile pre Indy race at the New Jersey Fairgrounds paved oval. Roger McCluskey of Tucson Arizona finished second with Bobby Unser of Albuquerque New Mexico third and Jim McElreath of Arlington Texas fourth. Mel Kenyon of Davenport Iowa finished fifth driving a Ford with an Offy engine in the top four.
In Monterrey Mexico two days of extreme heat reaching 102 degrees send 238 children to hospitals for dehydration and diarrhea. Most victims are infants under two. Mayor Sazo Hinojosa orders health squads to patrol the city and supply drinking water and medicines to low income families with children.
Athens reports a swift coup d etat by Col George Papadopoulos and Premier Constantine Kolis. Over 500 Greek Communists were arrested and shipped to Yura Island while curfew and martial law remained in effect.
Mexico City's Tacubaya Seismological Station logged a 4.3 tremor at 7:59 a.m. on Sunday. The quake was likely centered in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico's west coast with no injuries or major damage reported.
Washington officials warn a 137000 rail workers strike could begin May 3 after six shopcraft unions reached an impasse with railroad management. A mediation board failed to bridge differences over a proposed 6 6 percent wage increase, while presidents and railroad leaders touted differing views on the dispute’s principles. The walkout was delayed from April 13 by Congress and President Johnson.
In Cambridge Rev. Martin Luther King urges a 10 000 member volunteer group to form a political peace bloc. He envisions action in 500 cities modeled on the 1964 Mississippi civil rights drive and hints at future plans without specifics. Some unconfirmed reports mention a presidential bid.
In Vietnam an ambush southwest of Saigon killed 11. U S Marines reported 96 communists killed in two days near Da Nang with 46 Marines dead and 105 wounded. A village candidate was killed and a grenade attack injured none. Dogfights over North Vietnam followed by strikes on the Thai Nguyen steel plant 27 miles north of Hanoi. An F 105 downed a MiG 21. pilots were Maj Robert D. Anderson and Capt Fred Kjer.
North Vietnam has pressed the Soviet Union for more military aid including torpedo boats fighters and rockets diplomatic officials said The push follows Moscow's tougher stance after Kosygin's London talks with British Prime Minister Wilson and signals Moscow as a party to the conflict in Vietnam The article notes Soviet assistance accounts for about five tenths of North Vietnam's modern weapons and cites possible shipments to the South despite official limits.
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