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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1968
Page
16
Warsaw AP reports growing unease in Poland as anti Zionist rhetoric Deepens amid purges and fear. The piece quotes a cautious Polish diner recalling price shocks and the risk of publicly associating with Western reporters.
In Washington the District of Columbia primary tests four-way Democratic allegiances as Hubert Humphrey faces rival Robert Kennedy with Eugene McCarthy and John Phillips in play. Riots and urban living conditions loom as the central issue shaping delegate support and postwar party strategy in a district rallying behind civil rights leaders Reverend E. Franklin Jackson and Reverend Chan Phillips.
Baylor University prepares to dedicate the Tidwell Bible Building as the nation’s largest religious liberty and church state research center housing over 1,000 volumes and hundreds of unpublished works amid a backdrop of campus protests, arrests, and debates on civil rights and anti Zionist campaigns.
The Littlefield Lions Club elected a full slate to take office July 1 led by James L. Jones as president and D W Baneon as first vice president. Other officers include James Walker Jimmy Settle Don Kirby Roland Bell J B McShan Doyle Patton Calvin Jones Glen Sorley James Lee as current president and directors.
Valedictorian is Con gle Crain daughter of Mr and Mrs Rayne Crain with a 96.2 average. Salutatorian is Mike Peel son of Mr and Mrs Homer Peel with a 95.70 average.
The article traces a shifting political pledge as Jackson moves from supporting President Johnson to backing Humphrey after Johnson abandons a 1968 reelection bid. It notes Phillips’ initial anti administration stance, later backed by Kennedy and others, reflecting a fluid party landscape.
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