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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1965
Page
6
A literacy test failure left many applicants at the registration site. A local minister Rev Lorenzo Harrri son from Orville reports six failed attempts to register despite two years of college. Federal examiners oversee the process.
Showers sprinkles early Tuesday bring .05 inch moisture to San Antonio while winds gust to 30 mph and dust limits visibility. A 22 year old German motorcyclist, Rolf Hasso Lutz, died in a slick highway collision 27 miles east of San Angelo.
Alvin Williams 38 enters a tavern to make a call and interacts with a bartender as two armed men rob the register. Williams later learns about the heist after the attackers leave with $90 taken. Greene notes Williams was unaware of the robbery during the incident.
Dallis arrived in the U S from Greece and, with his uncle Gust Kallas, opened the Tech Cafe on Avenue K in Lubbock in 1925. He later enrolled at Tech four years after arriving, traveled between the U S and Greece, and, after World War II, settled in the mercantile business. He never returned to Greece after 1936, though his love for the country endured.
Panayiota Dallis travels from Greece to Lubbock to study architecture at Texas Tech after English tutoring and a year of acclimation. Her sister Wiss is already an American citizen, while brother Tommy works toward a machinist career in Lubbock. The Kallas family plans her fall audit and spring freshman enrollment.
Aerial survey shows Viet Cong flags across villages near Duc Co as U S and allied troops try to recover a missing Air Force F100 pilot. Montagnard desertions rise, lowland troops replace them. casualties include one American killed near Da Nang. Air and naval strikes against Viet Cong targets continue across South and North Vietnam.
Coast Guard towed the Seven Seas to Key West where three crew members Aldrich Hinds, Jose Abad, and Antonio Fornier were found dead. Ramirez fled Fidel Castro’s island and admitted firing on the crew. Elwin described the attack and his escape from the burning vessel.
The Civil Aeronautics Board said it will review an examiner Merritt Ruhlen's July 27 recommendation for Trans-Texas Airways routes. It asked that exceptions be filed by August 20 and briefs by September 9. Spain plans to improve Canary Island docks in Madrid dispatch.
In Oak Ridge Tennessee State Safety Department warns 11 year old Jimmy Pippin that he could lose his bicycle license plates if he does not file a report on a May accident. Jimmy replies that he has no driver license or plates for his bicycle and disputes the requirements.
Witnesses recall a Workman using an oxygen torch before the blaze, while Hunter stated air conditioning was underway and heating ducts were being repurposed. Police kept spectators away as windows shattered and water flooded the first floor. University staff evacuated within half an hour as firefighters, limited by narrow stairs and heavy gear, fought to reach flames.
True bills allege Ricardo Rodriguez and Eva Cantu Diaz of 3510 E 15th St possession of marijuana. Other indictments include statutory rape L B Mitchell, passing worthless checks, forged instruments, attempted burglary, burglaries of vehicles and homes, theft offenses, DWI repeats, and charges of murder with malice involving multiple defendants.
A UT Houston coed who dated James C Cross Jr says he seemed polite and reserved and that a snap may have triggered the Dallas double murder. She recalls study sessions at his apartment the week before the slayings and notes he talked of changing careers toward advertising.
Cross' defense signals possible move of trial from Austin citing local sentiment. Attorneys vow to pursue psychiatric examinations and reject transferring Cross to a hospital. Grand jury proceedings to be avoided as foreman Hub Bechtel noted. Perry Jones argues police statements omit mental state details, claiming Cross had visions and dreams. Jones plans to contest the death penalty while not denying possible murder if guilty.
The bill requires tenants to pay 25 percent of income for rent with the government covering the rest. It authorizes 150 million dollars in contracts over four years, potentially 350 million in actual spending. Sponsors seek 375000 new units, mainly apartments, with attendees including Congress members and builders unions and housing industry representatives.
A series of birth notices from Lubbock area hospitals lists the names of parents, addresses, and newborns with weights and times. Entries include Pettit Abernathy son five pounds fifteen ounces at Highland Hospital and Suitt 2009 14th Street daughter five pounds fifteen percent ounces at a Sacramento? time, with fathers’ occupations noted.
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