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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1966
Page
6
Reports from Peking say Red Guards killed and injured in clashes while leaflets urge discipline. In Canton and Macao raids target stores and religious altars, with foreigners and Western fashion attacked. A Tokyo Mainichi correspondent notes mistreatment of foreigners as doctors parade with tainted tags.
Hanoi insists any settlement align with the 1954 Geneva agreements and related pacts. Western officials note Hanoi may want Geneva as a basis to open dialogue, but doubt a favorable Communist response soon.
UPI reports Hurricane Faith menaced the southeastern Bahamas with 90 mile per hour winds as it moved into a hurricane doldrum area. Forecasters expected the storm to slow and intensify as it stalled off the eastern Bahamas chain, delaying a clear track decision.
In Ton Minnesota the wedding of Donna Humphrey to Robert Humphrey drew a high profile crowd including Luci Nugent and President Johnson’s family. The ceremony at a church featured an ivory silk gown, Finnish language rites, and a reception at the vice president’s lakeside home. Luci Nugent visited and Bruce Solomonson served as best man. The couple will pursue Humphrey’s business studies at Mankato State College after the ceremony.
President Johnson celebrated turning 58 at his Texas ranch. He emphasized ongoing problems like full employment and housing, praised his family, and noted Vietnam as a major current issue. He discussed avoiding costly travel for his daughter Luci and Pat Nugent.
Festivities for President Johnson’s birthday in Central Texas were dampened by heavy rains with nearly an inch measured at Stonewall near the LBJ Ranch. The forecast calls for no rain today though isolated thundershowers possible in far northwest South Plains.
At the Lubbock Garden and Art Center on 42nd Street and College Avenue, the South Plains District of the Texas Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons administered shots to double the number of people today. The injections used a high compression air gun instead of a needle, with staff photos documenting the event.
A series of birth notices from Latif Clinic Lauf Clinic Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital and Methodist West Texas Hospital report newborns to various parents. We note weights from 4 pounds 12 ounces to 7 pounds 15 ounces and times around early morning hours. Several fathers work at Hancock Manufacturing Deardor Fruit Master Tile and Terrazzo On Servicing Co Texas Tech and other employers.
Mrs Stella Talley 85 longtime Friona resident died Saturday at Friona Hospital. Funeral at 4 p.m. MST today at Central Christian Church Clovis with Rev. Stanley Letcher. Burial Lawnhaven Cemetery Clovis under Claborn Funeral Home. Survivors include five daughters five sons two sisters seven grandchildren seven great grandchildren. ABIDJAN note on Ivory Coast schools remains French taught in most.
Here Monday campaign planning begins for Atty. Gen. Was goner Carr's U S Senate bid. Three sessions set in Lubbock include Young Democrats breakfast, Women for Carr planning, and Area Residents for Carr huddle all leading to a 7 p m rally at Municipal Coliseum with 10 000 expected attendees and televised segments across West Texas.
UPI reports a fast moving U S Senate race as John Tower and Waggoner Carr begin official campaigns with back to back kickoffs Sept 7 in Lubbock and Sept 8 in Wichita Falls. Tower will tour Texas over three days covering 2000 miles with a rally in Wichita Falls.
Robinson led the West Side Organization with ties to Chicago unrest as Cicero officials, backed by Sheriff Ogilvie, sought to block a March 3,000 turnout. King postponed after Chicago guarantees for open housing, Kerner cancelling National Guardsmen.
The Planetarium at the Tech campus will close for three Sundays with no shows. It will reopen September 18 with Eyes And Ears Of Space. The West Texas Museum behind will also open for regular hours on weekdays and Sundays.
Mrs Joyce Moorhouse of 1517 25th St was in serious condition at Methodist Hospital after being rushed there Saturday with a heart condition. She is the wife of Milwaukee police officer Milo Moorhouse. Bhutan plans a high school.
Break-ins at two East 34th Street business places were reported to police Saturday. Items stolen include a cigarette machine and a storage room loot at Lubbock Auto Auction restaurant 1122 E 34th St a cigar box with $5, a filing cabinet pried and a peanut machine looted. A truck break-in near 400 block 14th Street left a $50 billfold taken at gunpoint.
Es telle Wylie 83, a Dallas resident and former Snyder resident, died at 4 a.m. Saturday in a Dallas hospital. A Johnson County native, she was a Methodist. Maiden name Estelle Baugh. Services set for 10 a.m. Monday at Bell-Seale Funeral Home. Survived by sons Melvin and Edwin Wylie of Dallas and Morris Eugene Wylie of Houston, plus two grandchildren.
An Iraqi bank signals plans to invest funds abroad aiming to diversify assets. Officials indicate readiness to explore international opportunities and partnerships to expand its financial footprint.
Mutrapes reports acts of hooliganism outside the Soviet Embassy in Peking seriously hampering embassy work and threatening officials. An embassy car bearing the Soviet flag was stopped by a Chinese mob on August 22, forcing the charge d affaires to leave and miss an official function. He protested to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, which said it would do nothing to prevent such incidents. Other embassy staff have been prevented from leaving embassy territory, and at least one stone was thrown at a Soviet official on embassy grounds.
Lubbock fire officials answered multiple calls Saturday night as a cloud of smoke rolled over parts of the city around 7 pm The smoke originated from municipal dump grounds where garbage was being burned The weather bureau reported a wind from the east south east at 8 to 10 mph pushing the smoke over the city
The article outlines Medicare tax rises from .35 to .5 percent next year and higher basic tax rates, with maximum tax payments escalating through 1987. It notes new withholding schedules effective May 1 and changes increasing take home pay while reducing refunds, plus quarterly Social Security payments for the self employed and revised estimated tax thresholds. It ends with corporations moving to current tax payments in 1967 and a brief line on Cambodia banning beggars.
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