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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1969
Page
4
USDA raises 1969 grain projections including corn to 4.31 billion bushels and wheat to 1.46 billion, with soybeans at 1.06 billion. Estimates reflect Aug 1 field conditions and a 1 percent drop from 1968 for corn while wheat stays about 7 percent below last year.
At Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe near Honolulu a disturbance drew about 250 Marines and 16 were injured. A Military Policeman fired into the air to restore order as the investigation notes racial overtones and nighttime incidents followed. One marine remained hospitalized in good condition.
Rep. Curtis Graves of Houston introduced a bill to require quarterly reporting of all wholesale transactions involving codeine based cough syrups and other narcotics. He urged Gov. Preston Smith to call a special session to consider the measure after claims a major drug firm blocked it earlier. Graves cited about 600 900 four ounce bottles sold in Houston stores last year and called pharmacists legalized dope peddlers.
In PERIGUEUX France AP reports the five year fight against the Green Tourist Fungus ends and the Lascaux cave paintings near southern France will be opened to about 10 scientists daily. The caves were shut in 1963 after pollution from visitors was blamed for a fungus threat to wipe out the art.
The National Safety Council reported 4,830 traffic deaths in June, bringing six month total to 25,890. fatalities for the first half were 3 percent higher than 1968, though the deaths per mile driven fell 2 percent as total miles driven increased.
Bedouins in the Arabian Desert pound dried Seidlitzia leaves into pulp and use it as a soap producing a rich lather. The method highlights a simple natural cleansing resource used by desert communities.
Police in Brevard County investigate the slayings of Connie Ballard, 17, and George P. Martin Jr., 19, found Sunday near Satellite Beach. Ballard was shot 17 times in a car then body dumped in Mullet Creek. Martin was shot three times in the head and found bound in a car. Investigators believe the girl was killed first and are seeking motives.
Texas investors are barred from trading U N Industries stock after State Securities Commissioner William M. King found the Utah firm had 9.3 million shares public and no registration for sale in Texas. The company’s press release claiming $30,000 monthly profits was deemed false as it was actually losing money.
In Nairobi Kenya judge S K Sachdeva began the preliminary hearing for Nahashon Isaac Njenga Njoroge a police recruit accused of the July 5 killing of Mboya Kenya's minister for economic planning. Police listed 101 potential witnesses though about 62 may testify.
Dr Alan M F Gunn a renowned medieval literature scholar and former Texas Tech English professor with twenty years on the TTU faculty is named to the Texas Christian University English department for the 1969 70 academic year He will hold the title Professor of English Emeritus at TTU effective Sept 1 and plans to move to Fort Worth this month.
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