10 Aug 1965
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1965
Page
1
Brief item reports that a ship named Seven Seas was towed into port following a mutiny that left three dead and three missing. The incident is covered in World news and adds to tension in maritime reporting.
James C. Cross Jr. faces murder charges in the strangling deaths of Shirley Stark and Susan Rigsby at his Austin apartment. His lawyer Perry Jones calls the case a study of moral attitudes, aiming to limit jurors to older generations. A psychiatrist will evaluate Cross before trial, with defense seeking an Austin venue.
Secretary McNamara says the United States will reduce military pressure if Communist activity slackens, noting a gradual end is possible without a single breakthrough. He asserts readiness to fight 20 years if needed, while President Johnson says there is no division in U S policy and warns enemies not to miscalculate.
Three Pampa men died when a twin engine Piper Apache crashed eight miles south of Douglas Wyoming Monday night. Pilot Demares E. Holt 49 was identified along with passengers Clayton Husted 56 and Bernard M Behrman 57. The aircraft belonged to Holt Bros. Drilling Co. of Pampa.
County commissioners and the Lubbock Bar Association clash over whether a bar referendum should precede appointing a replacement for the County Court-at-Law No 1 vacancy created when Judge James A. Ellis moves to the 137th District Court.
Eight people have died and 39 contracted a respiratory ailment at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington over two weeks. Epidemologists in Atlanta study the outbreak blamed on diabetics or those with lung weakness. The west area housing 2,500 patients is hardest hit as temperatures spiked to 105 degrees in some cases.
The Justice Department ordered federal examiners into nine counties across Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana to register Negro voters without regard to race or literacy. Counties include Dallas Hale Lowndes Marengo East Carroll East Feliciana Plaquemines Leflore and Madison with two examiners per county. The move aims to enforce the Voting Rights Act amid arraignments of segregation.
A devotional prayer requesting steadfast faith amid suffering and fear. The Rev. Dr. C Melvin Ratheal of Lubbock asks for divine wisdom love and patience to demonstrate God as ruler and to be led to do His will today.
Pittsburgh reports resumed negotiations between United Steel Workers Union representatives and the basic steel industry on a new contract to avoid a strike set for September 1. Subcommittees will meet company by company as talks follow the prior pattern. USW president I. W. Abel and chief bargainer R. Conrad Cooper met several times last week. The union, citing a 17.9 percent time extension, warned Big Ten producers of a strike if no agreement is reached.
U S space agency said the Aug 19 Gemini 5 mission to eight days is very likely with veterans L Gordon Cooper Jr and Pete Conrad. They will undergo final exams at Cape Kennedy and may surpass the 119 hour Soviet Bykovsky record if all goes well.
A reactor-like blast and fire trapped 50 workers in a Titan I intercontinental missile silo near Searcy Arkansas. Nineteen bodies recovered. twenty-nine missing. rescue hampered by fumes and sealed access routes as President Johnson orders a full investigation.
An organization named the West Texas Farmers Legislative Alliance was formed Monday afternoon at the South Plains Electric Cooperative auditorium. About 65 people attended as Jimmie Davis was elected president Clyde Crausbay vice president and Bill Wood secretary treasurer. The group aims to support passage of the Johnson administration omnibus farm bill now in Congress while major producer groups and unions voice reservations about price supports and planting provisions.
The City Planning and Zoning Commission gave preliminary approval to a stopgap measure allowing off-campus dormitories for Texas Tech students. A public hearing is set for Aug 26 to consider amending the zoning ordinance for C-4 heavy commercial districts near the campus.
Sunny and warm today in Lubbock and vicinity with a high between 90 and 95. Clear to partly cloudy tonight with widely scattered thundershowers. Low around 65.
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