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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1968

Page

6

City Union Workers to List Grievances in Lubbock

Jose Vasquez of the Laborers International Union says about 200 City of Lubbock employees have joined Local 897, mostly sanitation staff. Mayor Bill Blackwell notes state law blocks municipalities from bargaining with unions, while Vasquez says members may still discuss concerns with city officials.

Jerry McCarty Avalanche-Journal New City Workers Union Jose Vasquez Laredo Laborers International Union of North America Vasquez City Mer Bill Blackwell Lubbock LIU Afl-Cio Blackwell Sanitation San Antonio

Fifth Circuit Limits Quick Desegregation Orders

The 5th U S Circuit Court of Appeals refused to force immediate desegregation in 46 Texas Louisiana Mississippi and Georgia districts. It directed hearings by November 4 to decide if district plans should be altered to desegregate schools and end dual systems, prioritizing cases and requiring plans to integrate faculties staff facilities transportation and activities.

New Orleans 5Th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals Texas Louisiana Mississippi Georgia Justice Department Supreme Court High Court John Minor Wisdom Irving Goldberg Dallas Lewis Morgan Newman 5Th Circuit Circuit Court Wisdom

Lubbock unions push for city worker grievances meeting

Union leaders in Lubbock organize talks with city officials and department heads to air grievances and seek improved conditions. The group plans meetings at 2009 Ave. K and aims to build groundwork for Local S87 while noting state law limits on formal negotiations.

Vasquez Ave. K Bob Wilson Blackwell Lubbock Ave Lubbock Avalanche Journal W. D Frost Linda Ramirez Ramirez Electric Distribution Department LIU

McCARTHY BLASTS SECRETARY'S ROLE AT PLATFORM MEETING

Rusk defended the Johnson administration’s Vietnam policy before 110 platform drafters in Chicago. He urged stating objectives over tactics and warned that halting bombing without Hanoi restraint could jeopardize peace prospects. He cited North Vietnamese forces across Laos and Thailand and accused Hanoi of rejecting many peace proposals.

Rusk Johnson Vietnam Asia U.S North Vietnam South Vietnam Democratic Party Laos Thailand Red China Camodia Bursa India Malaysia Indonesia Hanoi Southeast Asia Saigon Cambodia Chicago

Eisenhower condition unchanged doctors rule out operation

President Eisenhower remains in critical condition with no major change in status. Doctors say the graft option was considered but ruled out. Nixon visited the hospital, praising the general’s spirit, while Mamie Eisenhower and John Eisenhower offered support. Several potential heart donors have phoned in.

Nixon Harrisburg New York Eisenhower John Mamie Eisenhower Chanazes

Viet Cong Launch Delta Attacks Across Mekong Delta

Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces mounted a wave of attacks across the Mekong Delta, with at least 15 assaults mainly by mortar fire and five ground probes. Government troops suffered four killed and 20 wounded, along with five U.S. advisers hurt. seven civilians were killed and 20 wounded. Nine helicopters at the So Trang base were damaged.

Saigon Mekong U.S Soe Trang

Texas Democrats brace for Humphrey on Vietnam policy

The Connally favored son slate and Texas delegation worry that if Humphrey falters on Johnsons Vietnam policy or selects McCarthy as running mate, Texas Democratic leaders will struggle to back him and risk losing Texas in the national race.

Chicago Texas Humphrey Johnson McCarthy Hind

Moscow Uses Foreign Students as Squatters for Visitors

Foreign students in Moscow are reassigned to accommodate visitors by providing squatters. The move involves reallocating student housing to host guests, reflecting a shift in institutional use of dormitories.

Moscow

Birth notices from Lubbock area for multiple families

A series of birth notices reports newborns for numerous couples in Texas towns. Each entry lists the parents, address, baby’s weight, time of birth, hospital, date, and the father’s occupation.

Roy Wayne Pyburn Louisville West Texas Hospital Lubbock

City weighs 2.51M airport repair plan and revenue bonds

City officials consider a staged 2.51 million dollar upgrade to the airport including lengthening and strengthening runways 6,500 feet north-south and 6,500 feet east-west, with taxiway work, and a plan to issue 1.5 million in revenue bonds to fund repairs and a flight service station.

I Tion Blackwell Smith Rogers

Young Girl Dies In Auto Wreck Near Dimmitt

A two year old girl, Dawn Michele Shive of 706 Etter, was killed when a car swerved off an unmarked county road two miles east of Dimmitt and struck an embankment. Her mother Judy Green Shire, 21, was listed in undetermined condition at Plains Memorial Hospital. DPS statement cites the crash occurred shortly before 10 p.m. local time. The body was taken to Parson's Funeral Home in Olton.

Dimmitt Dawn Michele Shive Etter Judy Green Shire Plains Memorial Hospital Parson Olton

Soviet troops move into Czechoslovakia sparks Cold War crisis

LBJ calls council to discuss the Soviet occupation as unidentified aircraft flood Prague skies. Vienna reports large Soviet jet landings at Prague airport amid border clampdowns and cut telephone lines. Prague radio appeals for calm while authorities monitor the sweeping invasion and the reformist Dubcek era.

Czechoslovakia Prague Vienna Kremlin Prague Radio Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Soviet Union Poland East Germany Hungary Bulgaria National Assembly Czechoslovak Communist Party Central Committee Tha Communist Party Central Committee Antonin Novotny Communist Party Alexander Dubcek Novotny Dubeek Cserna Bratislava Dubcek

Hostage Situation at Ohio Prison Under Guard Standstill

Federal agents probe prison conditions, but Ohio corrections chief says no agency handles such inquiry. About 300 to 400 inmates took part in the late morning uprising. at dusk hostages had food and water, and 150 highway patrols and 70 city officers were reduced to 60. Warden Koleski reported a stalemate nine hours after the breakout.

Koleski Maury Koblentz Koblentz Marion Koleski

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Fragmentary passage discusses expectations about assurance levels and renter considerations. The context references degree of assurance and a comparison to another party's stance, but concrete names, places, or events are not present in the readable text.

Services Planned For Mrs. Nichols

Mrs. W. H. Nichols 78 a Lockney resident since moving from Roaring Springs died after a lengthy illness in Lockney General Hospital Burial set for Roaring Springs with Rev Bob Moore of Lubbock and Rev Mrs Ben Dillard assisting She will be laid to rest in Roaring Springs Cemetery Survivors include two sons a stepdaughter three sisters two brothers eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren

Locisney W. H. Nichols Lockney Roaring Springs Lockney General Hospital First Baptist Church of Bob Moore Lubbock Ben Dillard Roarding Springs Lisle Faver Los Angeles

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