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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1966
Page
1
The Lubbock area hosts a kennel show with more than 100 dogs entered. Other notes list obituary for former Littlefield mayor J. Foust, and regional items on health, Cuba, Viet Cong aid, and urban plans.
President Johnson told Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson that even U.S. power of destruction cannot secure peace in Asia. He spoke at the dedication of the Franklin D. Roosevelt International Park visitors pavilion on Campobello Island, after meetings and services with Pearson. They discussed economic trends, Vietnam, Africa, NATO and Caribbean issues.
Premier Pearson and President Johnson met at Chanook Rossmont summer residence for about an hour. Moyers noted economic guideposts broken but U.S. still benefits from them. Pearson offered good offices to seek peace negotiations with Viet Nam. Thant’s status not discussed amid changes in leadership.
White youths aided by Nazi and Ku Klux Klan rhetoric attacked marchers led by Dr. Martin Luther King in rain and crowds at Marquette Park and Evergreen Park. police and rioters clashed as bricks stones and glass injured several. attacks continued as whites roamed the area.
Ralls resident Mrs. J. E. Langdon defends quilting as a living craft. She lists patterns from Nine Patch to Windmill and Airplane, notes both traditional and modern designs, and says she teaches her four daughters and stays connected with local quilters. She advocates home or school instruction to keep the craft thriving.
Mrs. Langdon started quilting at an early age watching her grandmother. She finished a Nine Patch before her teens and has since made over 70 quilts. She does not sell them, giving them to family members instead. See QUILTING Page 8.
Lunar Orbiter entered a near lunar orbit to photograph the far side near the Lubbock craters named after Sir John William Lubbock. Engineers touted partial frames and improved camera results while planning today's closeups despite high resolution camera issues.
Capt Dwight A Lindley of Hale Center identified as commander of the ARBAG air reconnaissance plane lost 290 miles northeast of Hone, along with two crewmen First Sgt Donald F Laird of Dover Pennsylvania and T/Sgt Charles Ley Bordelon. Salvage and search efforts report an oil stick, an empty life raft and an open parachute found at sea. The craft departed McClellan AFB California bound for Hickam Field Hawaii when it went down. No further details released. Lindley was married to Patricia Lindley and was a son of Canadian residents Jess and Mrs. Lindley. He held a B S from Texas Tech and served as RB-47 pilot before 1965 Air Medal citation at Forbes AFB.
Av alanche Journal reports farmers call the rainfall a million dollar rain as more than a dozen South Plains cities recorded one inch plus and Bovina saw a five inch deluge. Denver City measured heavy moisture with roof damage at a junior high school and several towns reported 1 to 1.5 inch totals while storms threatened from 3 pm to 9 pm.
A rodeo crowd recalls a traveling carnival show where the famed Terrible Turk boasted never losing a match. Cowboys from Spur Matador 6666 and Pitchfork ranches gathered, daring to step into the ring for a five minute tussle. The barker urged bold contestants to accept the massive wrestler beside his painted resin slicked boots.
Five people died in separate vehicle crashes across Texas and New Mexico on Sunday. A Lubbock woman died in a two car collision in southwest Lubbock. a Tyler rancher and a Houston woman were killed in a head on near Mule Shoe. a Lubbock couple were among five killed in a New Mexico smashup near Mountainair. Mrs Janet Miller 21 of Lubbock died in a crash on Slaton Highway. Elmer Newton 50 and his wife died in New Mexico. Jian Lester Cook Tyler rancher and Mrs Carrie Murph Houston woman died in a head on northwest of Murshoe amid heavy rain. The Miller husband Robert 25 and their son Joe David were hospitalized. another child Karen Govann 2 treated and released. Chapa driver 31 Alfonza Chapparn and eight passengers suffered minor injuries. Police said Chapa pulled out from a stop sign into the Miller car. Seven others injured in Lubbock Sunday. Ronnie Lee Jones listed in serious condition at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital.
Mostly cloudy and cool with light showers ending this afternoon. Skies stay overcast and temperatures stay mild for the region today.
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