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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1965
Page
4
Technical leaks and equipment woes push back the Navy Sealab 2 mission off California to at least Thursday or later. Scientists also note progress with Tuffy the 270 pound bottlenose porpoise, trained to carry tools to divers, as they prepare for a 45 day residence in the submerged lab off La Jolla.
Thousands of Pakistanis gathered near the Indian border about 100 miles from the Vale of Kashmir to demand retaliation for shelling earlier Tuesday. Reports say Indian artillery struck Gujrat village inside Pakistan, killing 20 villagers and injuring 15 as homes were destroyed amid renewed clashes and Pakistan's view of the event as major provocation.
Police used tear gas and clubs against thousands of demonstrators in Seoul for the third straight day of protests over the Japan-Korea friendship treaty. More than 500, mostly students, were arrested in three clashes. 30 students hospitalized. About 10,000 protesters, including 2,000 from Seoul National University, called for nullification as 15 army trucks showed force.
President Johnson signed a one year extension of the Peace Corps and spoke of the heavy burden of sending American youth to foreign battlefields. He said the decision to increase U S troops in South Vietnam weighed on him, stressing the aim to continue peaceful aid rather than join a conflict.
Norfolk AP report notes Rear Adm. J L Yon denies any known cases of radiation exposure from tests. Retired Cmdr. William W Mitchell, 65, contends his illness stems from a 1946 contaminated valve incident and is being treated for arteriosclerosis at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. His wife says the medical history is unclear and public attention is needed while he is alive.
The Pardons Board denied clemency to Robert Freeman who is on death row for the 1957 strangling of his high school sweetheart Sandra Jean Maynald, 17, of Houston. His execution remains scheduled for September 21.
Mrs Nell Crawford 70 of Olton dies in Lubbock Methodist Hospital from injuries after a two vehicle collision 2.9 miles east of Orton on US 70. Teen Alfredo Lozano 16 of Hale Center injured but listed in good condition. Funeral set Thursday at First Methodist Olton. Survivors include daughter Mrs G MacManus, sister Mrs Solon Higgins, and brothers Bill Mosely and Ben Mosely.
Gemini astronauts J S Cooper and Charles Conrad Jr aboard the Gemini 5 mission conducted infrared and ultraviolet measurements aimed at calibrating ground and spaceborne instruments. They observed a Minuteman missile launch from Vandenberg to coincide with a Gemini pass, testing sensors on a high altitude target as part of a scientific study with potential satellite fire and volcano monitoring spinoffs.
In Rio Grande do Sul floods and snow crippled the state isolating Porto Alegre and halting about 90 percent of transport. Canoas saw about 10 000 people evacuated while Sao Leopoldo reported 3 000 and Porto Alegre 4 000 homeless. Thousands fled their homes as roads closed and 2 000 trucks were stranded with goods.
Waukegan Illinois AP report says Circuit Judge Peter L Melius 44 says his teenage son Michael Melus 17 must face nine traffic charges after a high speed 80 mph chase. Michael a senior at Waukegan High School is slated for a Sept 10 Traffic Court date.
Dockworkers agreed to let American liners resume passage after a 70 day shipping strike. The United States sails Wednesday for Europe, Santa Rosa departs Thursday for the Caribbean and South America. Government talks show little progress on the deck officers and radio operators dispute amid idle ships.
House Speaker Ben Barnes said he will ask the Texas Legislative Council to study state restoration and operation of forts and missions. He noted the council meets next Monday and he will request a review of laws and a program to restore maintain and operate them. He cited over 200 forts of French Spanish Mexican Texas Republic Confederacy and U S Army origins, many ruined or destroyed.
Charles Conrad Jr. reported a smoke signal seen over about six square miles, noting only part marked due to a faulty primary scanner while a secondary scanner was in good shape, AP Wirephotos.
Rep. Emanuel Celler denounces the current immigration policy as unjust and antiquated and opens debate on a sweeping overhaul. The bill would scrap the quota system in three years and set a 170000 annual ceiling with equal treatment for all countries and a family reunification focus.
About 3,000 residents fled homes as a chemical fumes blanketed a four square mile area near a storage trailer of Organic peroxide at Chemical Corp. Fire Chief Vincent Grande ordered evacuations to schools and firehouses. Oxygen was given to around 300 people but no serious injuries were reported. officials later deemed the fumes non toxic and residents were allowed to return home after about five hours.
Two pacifists John White and Craig Young paddled an outrig canoe toward a troopship in Oakland of California. A Coast Guard boat freed the craft and detained the men who face trespassing charges. White, on leave from the University of Chicago, says the protest conveyed their antiwar stance.
The piece discusses how a friend favors a witty motto but the author argues that actions and character matter more than printed sayings. It asserts that matries and the signs people live by are less important than the person behind them.
Services will be held at 10 am today in Resthaven Mausoleum Chapel for Henry Whitworth, 80, of 3407 Canyon Road, who died Tuesday morning in a local rest home. Rev. Stanley Hovatter will officiate with entombment under Rix Funeral director. Whitworth, a Lubbock resident since 1949 and former city engineer in Fort Worth, moved from Dublin, Texas. Survivors include one daughter Mrs Byron Chappell and three grandchildren.
Special funeral services for T. S. Simpson 83 a Tulsa area resident since 1908 will be at 3 pm today at First Methodist Church with Rev H D Scoggin officiating Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery under Wallace Funeral Home direction Simpson died 1 15 pm Tuesday in a Canyon nursing home He was a native of Albany Mississippi retired furniture dealer and member of First Methodist Survivors include wife three sons Cecil W L and James a daughter Mrs J S Pool of Farwell four grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren.
A 26 year old Black man was arrested inside a service station near Broadway and Ave M after a citizen flagged a patrol car late Tuesday. Officers Morris Hall Prothor and Hubbard detained him without resistance. burglary charges to be filed in Lubbock. Station manager R L Lloyd confirmed.
The nuclear powered submarine USS Permit arrived in Sasebo Japan for a five day rest and recreation visit American sailors went ashore to shop and sightsee despite about 300 Socialist and Communist protesters who called for the sub to go home with no incidents reported.
Sam H Hill 53 of Seminole died 7 20 p m Tuesday at Methodist Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Woodland Mississippi and a farmer and implement dealer in Canyon before moving to Seminole in 1955. Services set for Thursday morning at Singleton Memorial Chapel Seminole with details to be announced. Survivors include his wife two sons James Hill Seminole and David Hill Andrews two daughters Mrs Rodney Killeen Amarillo and Sammy Lou Hill Seminole four brothers Filen Hill Woodland Miss Dr Ishmael Hill Lubbock Victor Hill Canyon and Forest Hall Amarillo.
Lovington special reports Bill Ralph Hoover 20 son of Mr and Mrs Robert D Hoover of Hobbs died Tuesday near Traho Falls when a cycle ridden with Packard Lee Peterson collided with a concrete abutment. Hoover was stationed with the Navy. Peterson was hospitalized in Idaho Falls. Survived by parents a brother in the Navy a sister at home and grandmother. Funeral services are pending in Hobbs.
Herbert Jacobs a Corsicana resident and father of Mrs Napton Baker of Lubbock died Tuesday in Corsicana Services will be held at 3 pm today at Westminster Presbyterian Church Corsicana Burial services will be held at 4 30 pm Thursday at Resthaven Mausoleum with Rev Andrew Jumper officiating Arrangements are with Griffin Funeral Home Corsicana Survivors include his wife two brothers Samoan and Howard both of Cincinnati Ohio his father Abe of Cincinnati and two grandchildren
Mrs. W. J. Hicks, 78, of Matador, died late Tuesday at Methodist Hospital after a short illness. A native of Arkansas and longtime Matador resident, she had recently moved to Lubbock. Services are pending with Heigler Funeral Home of Matador. Survivors include her son Clint Hicks of Lubbock.
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