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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1968
Page
5
A truck carrying L. B. Gill, 65, of Lovington overturned on awet intersection of State Road 18 and U. S. 82. Gill was reported in good condition. Fire crews were on scene as a precaution with no fire reported. Light snow flurries were observed in the mountains of Colorado regional areas.
The Goodfellows Fund launches a two goal campaign to compile names of needy children in Lubbock aged through 14 and to solicit public donations. Coupons appear in The Avalanche Journal through December 15 to identify families, with funds supporting Christmas packages. Donations may be mailed to The Chief Goodfellow at The Avalanche Journal. contributors and their names will be published. Weather notes follow with storm activity across Texas and national conditions, including November rainfall, temperatures, and arctic cold snaps.
Residents compete in the Avalanche-Journal Home Christmas Lighting Contest with prizes totaling 590 dollars. Entries include homes across Lubbock with exterior, window, and doorway decorations featuring nativity scenes, Santa displays, and illuminated windows.
A series of birth notices from Hale Center to Levelland details newborns born at local hospitals. Parents include Tinoco, Aguilar Jr., Gomez, Benavides Jr., Thomason, Sims, Clements, Morgan, Castleberry, Womack, Lundy, and others with weights ranging from 5 pounds 6 ounces to 9 pounds 10 1 2 ounces and times from morning to evening at Methodist Hospital and other area facilities.
A group of 30 senoritas and their families visit Lubbock for a week of bilingual activities. Chaperones and interpreters assist during the schedule which includes tours of city hall The Avalanche Journal Parkway Elementary Estacado High Roosevelt schools. The group departs Saturday for Carlsbad Caverns. Between 1947 and 1984 the Air Force logged 8 763 unidentified flying object sightings.
United States and South Vietnamese forces repelled multiple Red attacks near Saigon and Da Nang. In three battles near Saigon area engagements killed 34 Communist troops while casualties among civilians and police rose in several shellings. B52s raided staging areas and infiltration routes from Cambodia toward Saigon as the DMZ zone reported new skirmishes.
Two youths suffered minor injuries in separate Monday afternoon crashes on Lubbock streets. Donald Rorex, 15, was hurt when his motorcycle collided with a car on 34th Street at 4:56 p.m. Milton Zahn, 20, said he swerved to avoid a dog and crashed into a vapor light pole on Brownfield Road near Toledo Avenue at 3:33 p.m. Both were treated and released from Methodist Hospital.
President Nixon announces Henry Kissinger will lead a expanded planning staff for national security. Harvard professor will be joined by Richard V. Allen of the Hoover Institution as principal associate, with aim to include advisers from allied governments and overseas experts. Kissinger seeks top talent, a broad spectrum of views, and timely access to Washington.
President Hayakawa solidified control after a chaotic campus scene where 18 000 students faced a jeering crowd. Police detained two non students on disturbing the peace charges as Black Panther linked tensions and strikes intensified.
Hay Akawa voices a pointed demand as tensions rise over ongoing disputes and calls for a final resolution, urging decisive action to end the conflict.
Searchers from Big Bend National Park headquarters continued the hunt for Ralls farmer Joe Chron who fell into the Rio Grande near Boquillas Canyon. Now 40, Chron remains missing as teams probe the canyon by boat on the river and on foot and by air along the canyon's course.
About 60 members of the Texas Tech Student Organization for Unity and Leadership and others donated money and food to help several Lubbock families. Turkey and trimmings were distributed through the Multi-Service Center, mainly in East Lubbock.
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