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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1964
Page
1
The newspaper notes Gov. Connally commenting on the relation between schools and a sprawling Texas budget. It reports zoning board actions, a dog pound money issue in Lubbock, and a wide range of national topics from the Congo rescue to LBJ care plans. It also mentions a misanthropic dictionary entry among features.
Rep Reed Quilliam announces plans to sponsor a bill in the 59th Legislature to rename Texas Tech University to Texas Manuel DeBusk Technological College and State University. He opposes the board’s preferred Texas Tech University title, signaling ongoing name change controversy among local lawmakers and board members.
Gov John Connally proposed a 1966 67 budget totaling 3.64 billion across all funds promising no new taxes unless public school teachers receive a 45 monthly raise. The plan increases general revenue by 151.5 million and envisions a 4.7 million fund balance by Aug 31 1967, with education funding still under legislative consideration.
An innkeeper in Bethlehem praises the busy tax driven week under Herod for reviving business. He recalls guests including Roman officials and travelers, noting high quality patrons and hopeful prosperity for his aging inn despite prior hardship under Roman occupation. He imagines a future sign praising a famed guest.
Lubbock council members advised during the last 1964 meeting to create an internal audit program as they handled items including a rate increase request for telephone service and plans for baseball diamonds. The council awarded a contract for an executive terminal and building to house federal facilities at Municipal Airport.
Mayor Max Tidmore cited a police practice at a briefing, recounting his sighting of an officer hiding a radar unit behind a sign with a patrol car, mocking the act as a serious matter and raising concerns about chivalry in speed enforcement.
City officials debate radar traps with Councilman Tidmore opposing covert methods while Medlock presses for rapid enforcement. Auditors report the city’s bookkeeping in sound condition as bids and contracts surface including airport building and 17 city vehicle purchases amid ongoing budget questions.
Foto chrome Inc announced it has acquired Williams Color Products Inc, owner of the patents for a camera and color film process that Foto chrome holds manufacturing and distribution rights to.
New York AP Notre Dame won a temporary injunction stopping 20th Century Fox from releasing John Goldfarb Please Come Home and halting publication of the source book. State Justice Henry Clay Greenberg ruled use of the university name violated rights and called the script ugly and tawdry.
A massive Arctic air mass chilled Texas with a cold wave warning and near zero readings. Lubbock logged a December record low 12 degrees and forecasts called for further drops toward the mid-20s with winds shifting east to southeast.
A National Guard KC-97 tanker crashed during a practice landing at Greater Southwest International Airport in Fort Worth, killing four guardsmen from the Dallas Fort Worth area. Eleven aboard. seven survived with injuries. Master Sgt Ray Supert, Staff Sgt Weeks, and guardsmen Moore and Trojacker among the dead.
Goodfellows meet at 10 a.m. at 902 Texas Ave to review the anonymous group’s 1964 Christmas gift drive for needy Lubbock children. Subcommittees report on screening families, coordinating distribution, purchasing gifts, locating a HQ, and packaging operations.
The forecast for Lubbock and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies and a rise in temperatures. Daytime highs will reach the mid 20s with a low near 3 degrees early today and a tonight low in the upper teens.
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