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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1964
Page
1
A severe line of storms swept through West Texas tearing into Loraine about 50 miles west of Abilene. Winds overturned cotton trailers and ripped the roof from a barn owned by C.M. Duke. The storms moved into Wichita Falls with hail and high winds, damaging structures and utilities.
Senator Yarborough defended Crockett residents denying losses in a failed Area Redevelopment Administration plant project. He cited a magazine piece about the Crockett effort and a telegram from the Crockett Community Council stating residents did not lose faith or federal funds.
A trio of tornadoes from the dying Hurricane Cleo damaged Laurinburg North Carolina and hit nearby communities. A small boy was missing and at least 15 people injured as authorities estimated up to a million dollars in damages. Governor Sanford inspected the affected area amid reports of destroyed homes and trailers.
Public schools shift to modern math this fall with seventh and eighth grades adopting new texts. Elementary schools switch next fall as the program expands from its 1959 start. The change aims to modernize methods without alarming parents or replacing basic counting skills.
Dem bystanders and police line street as firemen clear mouldering rubble from a damaged store. Looting reported amid the damage. preliminary estimates suggest significant loss.
A seven woman five man jury in Superior Court found in favor of Gaylord Richards in a 1962 incident at Garrett Corp aerospace plant in Torrance. Looney, 33, sought 35000 damages for physical and mental suffering after Richards, 45, allegedly kissed her following a whiff of perfume. Richards contended the kiss was brief and light, while Looney claimed the perfume triggered the advance.
The president defended U.S. policies in Vietnam and other crisis points, telling neighbors that retreat would be dangerous and that Washington would stand firm against the Communists.
A Dallas police history investigation ended with the arrest of two suburban youths in a crash that killed Cheryl Howard, 10. John Raymond Acord Jr. 16, from Hutchins, and Doyle King Barnes Jr. 13, of Balch Springs, were identified as the suspects. The father of the 13 year old noted fresh damage on the car’s front fender the morning after the Monday accident.
Fragmentary prayer note and police report reference an incident at an apartment house pool. Boys were taken downtown to police headquarters for further questioning after they said they had been at the pool and later observed a hit and run scene.
Rampaging mobs attacked police, looted stores, and set cars ablaze in north Philadelphia during a three day riot. Police arrested at least 122, injuring 65, as 150 stores were sacked and shots were fired from a rooftop amid a city curfew and a 1500 member riot force.
A Gillespie County Democratic rally featured President Johnson delivering broad remarks on peace and prosperity. He stressed opposition to Communists in Viet Nam and warned of a long, tough campaign, noting thirty years of campaigning in the area.
A cluttered listing from a newspaper page shows sections including editorials and radio TV notes for the Plains Farm area. It references multiple pages and column headings across the paper.
A head on collision eight miles south of Bailey on Texas Highway 214 at 10 p m claimed two lives. Paul H 43 farmer and Charles Choate Jr schoolteacher died at the scene and at Weat Plain Hospital respectively. Highway patrol officers reported both men were alone in their vehicles and the incident increases the South Plains traffic toll for the year to 91.
Vietnam’s political crisis deepens after Gen. Nguyen Khanh leaves for exile in Dalat. A successor announces Khanh’s removal and vows two month government, amid nine days of religious riots and clashes between Catholics and Buddhists.
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