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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1967
Page
5
Police investigated a fatality at a tech building after ordering journalists barred from the room during fingerprinting and evidence collection. Lt. James Fergerson said the scene was later opened to the press once investigators finished.
Peace Justice Wayne LeCroy presided an inquest over a woman found dead after an apparent assault at a laboratory. A Henderson Funeral Home examination showed a severe bruise on the right side of her head possibly from being knocked unconscious and struck on the concrete floor. Police noted no club-like object in the room, and a pathologist was called for further analysis.
Tech Security adds patrols and officers on campus Monday night after a bizarre slaying in a laboratory. Officials say the extra presence will not alter existing beats while investigations continue.
Mrs. Morgan, a long time custodian for the Science Building, was found killed in Lab 304 J on the north end of the building. The body lay near an overturned aquarium with a throat cut and nearby a scalpel and saw blade stained with blood. Two workers reported she had been seen on the first floor earlier and had not been heard from since.
A slow moving low pressure trough crossed the Texas Panhandle Monday bringing light rain across parts of West Texas and the South Plains. Rain totals ranged from traces to .15 inches with Midland at .15 and San Angelo at .02, while highs hovered in the 50s to near 60 and overnight lows in the 40s.
A 15 member committee launches a private poll of about 1,500 Texas Tech students faculty and alumni on changing the college name to Texas State University. The drive is funded mainly by supporters of a new name with distributions for mailing lists and sampling managed by Dr. Walter J. Cartwright.
The Avalanche Journal announces $490 in cash prizes plus $100 in bonuses for entrants lighting decorations. Fifty-nine entries at 41 homes have filed with judges to be announced after scoring. Dr Norma Porres, Mrs Ed Hoop, Bob Jacks, and Gene Allen are among Monday entrants across Window Doorway Exterior divisions. Porres creates papier mache Virgin Child figures centered between three panels with sculptured effect.
The Shakespeare comedy at the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium drew about 1,500 fans for crisp direction sumptuous costumes and witty acting led by Judith Gordon Philip LeStrange and an strong supporting cast. The production used a single setting with musical interludes and concise three act pacing enhancing the humor and delivery.
The Texas Railroad Commission scheduled a December 2010 hearing to consider Alan Smith's application to operate an oil reclamation plant five miles north of Moran in Shackelford County.
President Johnson defends cabinet shifts amid press questions on McNamara's departure and potential changes in Congress. He says no cabinet member plans to leave, though one or two could under certain circumstances. Johnson dodges campaign strategies and recalls wage and price controls, tax bills, and Wilson’s visit prospects. He also comments on McCarthy entering primaries and reiterates free run for any office.
American and Vietnamese troops fought a day long running battle with guerrillas in Saigon as part of the Delta Area raid.
Residents of Lubbock invited to vote on six college name options Texas Tech University Texas Technological University Texas State University and Technological College University of the Southwest Trans Texas University with write in option Cartwright notes he is an outsider. Public tabulation set for January 9 at 3 p.m. Decorations described and entries telephoned to 903-4343. Entries limited to city limits residents. contest judges and staff excluded. A separate battle report describes a U S riverine strike near Saigon in which 12 Americans were killed and 128 wounded. More than half of Viet Cong 502nd local force battalion reportedly killed in action along the Delta highways and canals.
The Goodfellows program screens applications and prepares a list of needy children for personal delivery of candy fruit nuts and toys on Christmas morning. With twenty days left donors are urged to return coupons and contribute cash to fund gift purchases packaging and distribution. Local groups and schools report aid and fund-raising efforts continue.
Doctors report the first human heart transplant shows the patient Washkansky in good condition on a light diet of soup and soft boiled eggs. Surgeons led by Barnard described meticulous work and the moment the heart began beating on its own.
A high court session considers Joseph Lee Jones and Barbara Jo's appeal on an 1866 civil rights law and open housing. FCC fairness doctrine and CATV copyright disputes proceed in two broadcasting cases. Texas offshore boundary ruling fixes state’s submerged land from 1845, with Justice Black and dissent by Justice Harlan in a split decision.
The notice lists several newborns including a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Jose Martines at 1 33 p.m weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces at Laut, a baby for Mr and Mrs Rudy Hernandez at 5 38 a.m. at Taul Clinic, a daughter for Mr and Mrs Carroll Wayne Hamilton at 10 3 a.m. at University Hospital weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces, and a baby boy for Mr and Mrs Jim Joiner at 4 77 p.m. at Brethort Hospital. The fathers hold positions with local firms.
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