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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1967
Page
6
Police report no new clues in the Texas Tech Science Building murder case. Investigators study several tips from composite sketches of two men while autopsy hints and fingerprints offer limited leads as residents grow jittery and search for a breakthrough.
Capt Brown, a 1963 Texas Tech ROTC graduate in range management, received the Silver Star and Bronze Star for meritorious service and actions in Vietnam. He was awarded Gallantry Crosses with Bronze Stars and the Freedoms Foundation Award posthumously after dying in action May 16 1967. he had been a brigade commander and regimental level awardee during service.
City planning commission hears requests on 50th Street zoning with 32 parcels under review. Proposals include C2 retail and mixed zoning for properties near College Avenue while a follow up hearing on other cases is postponed due to disqualification concerns.
A series of birth notices from area families includes the Barfield and Hendrix families in Lubbock with daughters weighing 6 10 and 6 8 percent ounces respectively born at Methodist Hospital, and other births at Methodist and West Texas Hospitals with details of weights, times, and parental occupations.
Chief Goodfellow and coworkers run a long standing Christmas aid drive in Lub bock city limits. The effort relies on Avalanche Journal coupons listing needy families with 3 to 11 children under 14. Funds are needed for toys fruit nuts and candy. donations may be sent to Chief Goodfellow at The Avalanche Journal address.
A proposed bill would adjust a 68-year-old judge's pension from 18 000 to 26 400 dollars yearly, tying it to higher judicial pay. It also bars officials from appointing relatives to their offices or seeking state jobs for kin elsewhere. The commission on high level salaries would have nine members appointed by the President Vice President House Speaker and Chief Justice.
Funeral mass for Charles A. McGovern 66 at 2 p.m. Saturday in St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park. McGovern, of Lubbock, died Wednesday at St. Pauls Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born in Turan, Pa., he moved to Lubbock.
Mrs. Donald C. Cring of Beacon New York is mother to a daughter born early Thursday. Funeral services planned in Los Angeles for Mrs. Lonnie Thompson. Oriel Lewis and Mrs. Molly E. Thomas funeral arrangements announced. Senatorial postmaster nominations confirmed for Lula Swim and Don Sanderson. County man William Clemmer injured in a beating at Town and Country center. investigation ongoing. Texas Tech Most Handsome Man voting ends today. winner to be announced at 8 p.m. dance in Tech Union. DPS will be closed for driver license photo demonstrations. Friday camera work shown by factory reps. District Judge Truett Smith in satisfactory condition after leg surgery.
At Tahoka, detectives retrace a Dec. 7 nighttime slaying at Bray Chevrolet. Two cars seen, a green door vehicle missing for years, $2,000 reward remains, motive ruled robbery, two youths questioned then cleared by lie tests, investigators say no solid suspect yet and case remains open.
A cement spill from a hopper on the 13th level of Tech’s Business Administration Building under construction sent laborer Marcelino Venegas to Methodist Hospital in serious condition. Venegas, 30, of Dallas, was knocked unconscious and pulled from a cement mixer where he stood on a platform atop the machine. He underwent several hours of surgery for a ruptured spleen and broken ribs.
Cape Town AP report says Louis Washkansky age 55 has his old diseased heart preserved in a bottle under lock and key at Groote Schuur Hospital. Prof W Shrire notes surgeons were amazed he survived as long as he did before his transplant.
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