CITY COUNCIL MEETS FOR THREE ZONE CHANGE REQUESTS
Lubbock area housing topics near Tech to be discussed at today zoning session. City council faces three zone change requests during the regular meeting.
02 Dec 1965
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1965
Page
1
Lubbock area housing topics near Tech to be discussed at today zoning session. City council faces three zone change requests during the regular meeting.
Federal and state lawyers pressed the poll tax dispute in Texas as the three judge panel warned Texans not to be misled into voting without paying the tax. The court indicated appeals would likely push beyond the January 4 deadline for poll tax payments.
The Goodfellows mail bag shows 81 requests for help from needy Lubbock children at Christmas, while donations to fund gifts lag. A letter from a destitute home lists 12 under eleven children, with relatives among them, seeking aid to ensure presents.
The British government authorized air units to operate close to Rhodesia to defend Zambia’s power supplies. Kenneth Kaunda agreed to allow RAF air forces, with Javelin fighters at Ndola and radar in Lusaka, amid disputes over ground force control and leadership.
A Denver City man, 91 year old Stanley T Fortenberry, died after a grain truck rear ended a station wagon driven by Lewis Bundrant of Lubbock on U S 82 near the West City limits. Bundrant survived with multiple injuries and was hospitalized. The wreck damaged the Lovington Storage Co truck and the Denver City funeral arrangements were pending Wednesday evening.
Air Force specialist Clifford Awtrey of Levelland is pictured with his two sons Timothy Lynn and Mark and daughter Karen Den as he returns from Vietnam in time for Thanksgiving. He serves as helicopter crew chief and mechanic and is shown with his family.
The 19th annual Home Christmas Lighting Contest draws 68 entries from 49 families as angels, nativity scenes, Santa figures and reindeer populate yards and rooftops. Entries accepted 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today and Friday, 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, with extension after Monday. entries may be mailed or delivered to The Avalanche-Journal.
A Lubbock reader reports plans for a Nativity scene in the yard and an Angel Chorus in a flower box. Mr and Mrs Martin and their son Jim, a Evans Junior High student, work on declarations expected to be finished about Wednesday.
The United States cites strong evidence of expanded Communist Chinese military and economic aid to North Viet Nam. Secretary of State Rusk challenges Hanoi to outline peace steps if bombing stops, while Beijing steps up war material flow and engineers to repair rail lines.
Levelland residents share Thanksgiving with Specialist Clifford Awtrey on leave from Bien Hoa Vietnam where he notes morale is critical and protests back home are demoralizing. He plans to return to Fort Benning with wife Cleta and their children Lily, Karen Denise, Timothy, and Mark Wayne.
A two-vehicle crash on U S 87 near Carlsbad Texas killed Bernard Wilson Hicks 52 of Roswell New Mexico and injured Lubbock residents Hiram Parks 66 and Tommy J Castillo 41. Authorities say Hicks vehicle appeared to make a U turn. Parks was in fair condition and Castillo in good condition at Shannon Hospital.
The 1st Cavalry Division issues an operational bulletin to families of returning GIs detailing adjustment during reunions. It warns of habits like sudden phone questions, using misused utensils, and noisy mealtime behavior, urging calm and tact at home.
Mrs. Lynn Rogers 42 of Lubbock says a 28 year old man abducted her Tuesday in a local grocery parking lot forced her to drive 160 miles to Fort Sumner New Mexico where he fled after she threatened to scream. She reported the incident to officers and an FBI agent Wednesday after arriving in Lubbock.
Cloudy and warmer this afternoon with highs in the mid sixties. Tonight we expect a low in the fifties and gentle westerly winds. Humidity rises by midnight as the Southwest region shows mild conditions and no significant storms expected today.
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