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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1970
Page
3
Texas faces a November vote to repeal the 1935 constitutional ban on open saloons allowing mixed drinks in public venues for the first time since 1936. Legislation and public opinion split on private clubs versus public sale and temperance history remains a hot political issue.
Captain Anna Schetinina commands the 20,000 ton MV Anton Chekhov sailing from Vancouver to Portland en route to Japan. She teaches seamanship at Vladivostok Marine Institute and is one of few female ship captains in Russia. The ship features six women crew and a notably clean, orderly environment. Schetinina declines to disclose her age but has a 43 year old son.
Lub bock city screening of a 20 minute sound and color film today from 1 to 5 p.m. at Municipal Garden and Arts Center 4215 University Ave presents views and drawings of proposed lakes to hold reclaimed or runoff water. No admission. Georgia Booker supervises. Prepared by the planning department.
H W Qehler of Lubbock announced that Jerry W Stevens formerly of Lubbock and now in Boston has been named executive trainee in the South Plains Council Boy Scouts of America. He will train two months then attend the National Executive Institute at Philmont Ranch Cimarron New Mexico and return as district Scout executive for the Haynes District covering Castro Swisher Briscoe Hale and parts of Lamb and Floyd counties.
An attorney for My Lai defendant Robert T souvas accuses the CIA of a organized secret campaign to ruin the credibility of 12 accused soldiers. T souvas was arrested in Atlanta for marijuana possession as other My Lai linked cases unfold.
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