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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1968
Page
7
Paris AP Premier Couve de Murville warned of a possible price rise in food and wine basics as France pursues austerity to save the franc. Labor leaders fear wage gains may be wiped out by new taxes while government argues price controls must prevent abuses and inflation.
Narrative recalls Lubbock area history from 1917 to 1920s. From railway completion to West Texas Normal College, teaching near canyon, Ante lope Fiat school, Amarillo work, and opening a small typewriter business in the Merrill Hotel. Family, relocations on Texas Avenue, later growth, stockholders, and sons in printing and engineering.
A $75 double barreled shotgun and a Larousse Encyclopaedia of Byzantine and Medieval Art were stolen from Charles Mae Gibson’s residence at 309 Vernon Apt B. Meanwhile Rev Epifanio Salazar reported burglars took a piggy bank with over $100 and a $35 billfold, plus ten shirts, while he was in church Sunday night.
Police identified Don Nicholson nineteen, of Coronado Apartments, as the victim in a shooting at a Soul City dance hall in Parkway Mall. Witnesses said a youth fired on Nicholson after an argument with five others. he died at Methodist Hospital. Suspects fled on foot. no arrests by Monday.
The Avalanche-Journal urges early financial contributions to support the Goodfellows program in Lubbock. With a mother at home caring for a large family and the group in hospital, the city relies on donations sent to Chief Goodfellow, care of the Avalanche-Journal, to fund the annual effort that has run since 1935.
Duane Howell of the Ava lanche Journal was chosen as regional vice president at the Farmers Editors Association annual meeting. Ray Pagel of the Green Bay Press Gaz ette was elected president. Don Mahm and Glenn Cunningham, both of The Des Moines Register and Tribune, were named first vice president and secretary treasurer respectively. Other regional vice presidents include Harold K. Street S Archie Holdridge and Robert Sogard.
A top Nixon aide said the president elect will continue funding the hard core unemployed job program with government subsidies, not tax credits. Henry Ford II and Leo Becie, Ford executives, noted 110,000 placements by Nov 15 with 75,000 still employed, aiming for 100,000 first year and 500,000 over three years.
A neighbor recalls a woman with a large money stash totaling 242283.87 dollars in denominations from ones to hundreds. The home held a safe cemented in the floor with pennies only, while purses and boxes contained vast sums including about 165000 dollars in bills. Police counted over 9000 singles.
Burglars struck several homes Sunday in Lubbock taking antique rifles including an 1850 Springfield muzzle loader and an 1860 French rifle plus a 1901 rolling-block 7 mm rifle and other items. A 405 Ave Tre report noted an $860 color television missing. Other losses included a $35 power sander a $80 power saw eight silver dollars and a $70 ring.
The U.S. Civil Service Commission advised federal agencies to deny severance pay to politically appointed staff ousted by the incoming administration. Regulations updated to avoid windfall payments for noncareer and policy making positions, including about 1,200 Schedule C workers and 470 noncareer executives. Severance typically applies to non temporary staff involuntarily separated after 12 months for reasons other than misconduct.
Patrolman Herbert E. Brink said a suspected shoplifter and an accomplice assaulted him outside Sundaco Inc on Avenue Q. He witnessed two women grab two pairs of slacks a hose and a sweater, then the purse-swinger and the other were arrested nearby.
Willis Underwood, 58, father of six, lay under guard in a hospital with a stomach wound after allegedly killing two police officers who tried to tow his car in Prince Georges County Maryland. He faced murder charges as witnesses and officers recounted the ambush and exchange of fire.
South Vietnamese troops in the Mekong Delta uncovered a preserved 75mm pack howitzer 40 miles southwest of Saigon. A defector guided the team to the site on Saturday revealing the antiaircraft gun, several fighter weapons, and a combat radio in the cache. The howitzer recalls Vo Nguyen Giap's 1954 Dien Bien Phu siege artillery.
Searchers recovered eight dead bodies in the Amazon jungle including two women. The victims, found near the expedition’s last camp by a creek in Atroari territory, were severely decomposed with skull fractures. The party was led by a priest as part of a pacification mission and disappeared over a month ago.
Wet cold front from the Pacific brought rain and snow over Thanksgiving. Most Texans dried out in sun with 40 mph winds in the South Plains and a high near 50. A new front may bring cooler temps and more moisture. Snow and rain covered parts of East Texas. Dalhart saw 17 degrees before sunrise.
The American Medical Association urged Congress to enact a federal income tax credit covering up to 100 percent of private health insurance premiums for low and some middle income Americans. The plan would include Medicaid-eligible individuals via insurance vouchers and aims to advance repeal of Medicaid provisions.
The USS New Jersey, a 56 000 ton battleship, approaches the DMZ off Vietnam to deter North Vietnamese actions after the halt of bombing. Capt Edward Snyder said troops on the ground are protected and the ship fired five inch rounds at a bunker complex near the DMZ edge, destroying two bunkers as one spotter reported.
Mr and Mrs Walter L Stahl of 229 Auburn welcome a daughter born at 7 30 am Sunday weighing pounds ounces at West Texas Hospital. Mr and Mrs Neat Henry Lowry of 3515 30th Bt announce a son born at 2 39 pm Sunday weighing pounds 15 ounces at West Texas Hospital. The EAE a teaching assistant at Texas Tech.
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