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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1968

Page

6

New Melee Rocks California College

Demonstrators and Negro civic leaders clashed with police at San Francisco State College amid emergency regulations. About 10 to 20 arrests occurred, with at least two injuries. A noon rally drew roughly 2,000 students and 100 Negro community members before protesters marched on the administration building and smashed photographs of former presidents. Police and campus guards restored order.

San Francisco UPI Necro San Francisco State College S. J. Hayakawa Hayakawa Civic Center Plaza City Hall Joseph Alioto Ronald Reagan Black Students Union

Paris Parking Cards Ban Humor as Ticke t Sales Rise

Paris police end novelty parking discs amid a humor trend. Drivers must use official cards and pay two francs for mischief attempts. Discs sold at tobacco shops let motorists note arrival times without meters, in a tense clash of policy and irony in a gray December city.

Paris France Jean Ferniot France-Soir Police

Officers Installed Strengthen South Plains Boy Scouts

South Plains Council of Boy Scouts set plans for a 1976 membership drive titled Boy Power 76 at its annual meeting. Officers remained from 1968 except Plainview’s Marshall Pharr becoming a first term vice president. Jack F. Strong leads as president with Dyer, Rainwater as vice presidents, Minor as commissioner, and Derebery as treasurer. The drive aims to reach 14 500 registered members by 1976, expanding into harder to reach areas and improving programs to retain scouts. Over 70 board and institutional members attended in Farrs Town and Country Toreador Room.

Marshall Pharr Plainview John Lott National Council Jack F. Strong Lubbock J. D. Dyer Jr Lamesa C. H. Rainwater Carl Minor Martin Derebery South Plains Council Strong Dyer Boy Scout Distributors Clarence Youngblood Dallas

Detectives Probe Burglaries Of Two Lubbock Homes

Detectives investigate two Lubbock burglaries with losses near 2500 dollars. At 1509 Sixth Street E M and Doyle Gandy reported clothing a coin collection silverware and two cameras stolen after a rear window was broken. Affected residence at 3107 First Street owned by Mrs Walter Kinley lost a shotgun clothes a camera jewelry and a television. Brown Showcase and Fixture Store on 314 Main Street sustained a 325 dollar burglary. Martin Sanchez of 1616 FE 9th Street reported tools stolen from his pickup around 1230 p m resulting in a 320 dollar loss.

6Th St E. M Doyle Gandy 1St St Walter Kinley Brown Showcase Main St Martin Sanchez 9Th St

Suit Cites Temper as Wife Shoots Clerk in Court Parking

In Fort Worth, Mary Cowan shot W. C. Cowan twice with a .22 pistol outside the Tarrant County Courthouse as he parked his car. Cowan, a legless WWII veteran and former state representative, was wounded in the jaw and chest but expected to recover. Mrs. Cowan was taken for psychiatric evaluation. charges will be held in abeyance.

Fort Worth Upi W. C Red" Cowan Tarrant County Court Mary Harris Hospital Cowan John Brady Brady al Clyde Betty Flanagan Ron Quillen A. C. Yeager Clyde

Lawyers urge jurors to seek higher pay in Lubbock

A group of South Plains lawyers in Lubbock circulated notices to jurors entering the courthouse urging an increase in daily juror pay from 4 to 10 dollars. They cited time away from home and job as a burden and suggested jurors discuss compensation with county commissioners. Broadus Spivey said no jurors indicated they would follow the guidance. The meeting at In Town Inn featured John Watts of Odessa speaking on advocacy in tort law.

Lubbock South Plains Broadus Spivey Lawyers Association In Town Inn John Watts Odessa International Academy of ‘Trial Lawyers Watts

Amarillo Driver Dies In Truck Tank Fire

Lec Clarence Bishop 44 of Amarillo Texas died after a tank of anhydrous ammonia he was hauling caught fire in the truck cab north of Guymon Oklahoma on Route 136.

Guymon Okla Lec Clarence Bishop Amarillo Tex Highway Patrol Oklahoma

Naval Academy pilots computer driven instruction in physics

The U S Naval Academy funds a multi million dollar program to tailor teaching with computers tape recorders and projectors in physics economics and leadership psychology courses. A three year Office of Education grant seeks to develop computerized education transferable to schools at all levels.

Tom Stuckey Annapolis, Md U.S. Naval Academy Academy U.S. Office of Education Office of Education James F. Calvert Calvert Sach

Pneumatic tubes first used in London in 1853

The record notes that pneumatic dispatch tubes began transporting written messages in London in 1853, marking an early adoption of rapid internal mail systems.

London

Christmas outreach coupon for city youngsters in Lubbock

A civic appeal invites residents to list any child under 14 within Lubbock city limits who might be forgotten on Christmas day. Fill the coupon with the child’s name address number of boys and girls ages and school attended and mail to the Chief Goodfellow at P O Box 561 Lubbock.

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