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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1966
Page
7
Fighting slackened late Sunday as the Communists fired on the advancing Americans from fortified bunkers then faded into the jungle. Only 65 North Vietnamese bodies were counted, but the toll among company commanders remained high.
The city’s second traffic death this month occurred when 34 year old Lula Pieper died after surgery at Methodist Hospital following a two car collision at 19th Street and Avenue A late Saturday. Her husband Elroy Pieper and Juan Campos were injured and treated. Funeral arrangements set for Kenedy Assembly of God Church.
Chief Goodfellow urges additional donations as 2,212 letters reveal wide need among families. The program expects another large list of children to aid after screening, with last year’s tally exceeding 11,000. Time is short for effective aid.
Mary Helen Anderson seven months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Exell Anderson of Ralls, was buried after graveside rites at Ralls Cemetery. She died in a fire that swept their home late Saturday while the parents were in a cafe nearby. Three other children escaped unharmed as the blaze of unknown origin destroyed the southwest Ralls house.
The 9th Infantry Division sent about 1,400 soldiers ashore at Vung Tau aboard Barrett to join 368,000 American troops in Vietnam. The full division of 15,000-plus would move to South Vietnam by mid February, with no immediate plan to enter the Mekong Delta, Gen Westmoreland said.
The Sun day Observer says Communist China sold about one million dollars worth of steel to U S forces in South Vietnam for military construction. It notes several thousand tons were shipped via Hong Kong intermediaries earlier this year. The bars were unmarked or defaced.
Burglars, posing as Santa, broke into Ignacio Sosa’s residence at S221 Amherst on a Saturday night and stole all Christmas gifts that had been wrapped and placed under the tree. Sosa reported the incident to police, describing the intruders as criminals who appeared in Santa outfits.
Gary Nordman held five people including his wife and two children at the Cranford home in Kermit for about 90 minutes before releasing them and killing himself with a shotgun. Officers had tear gas but Nordman did not surrender. The incident followed Nordman’s attempt to reconcile with his wife who had moved to Kermit with their children and relatives.
Two young Americans who celebrated discharge from Army service by touring Russia go on trial in Leningrad Monday on theft and currency violation charges. If convicted they could face up to eight years in prison.
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs 3 Wo Werthen 4818 42nd St on the birth of a daughter at 9 43 pm weighing 6 pounds 1 ounce at Methodist Hospital. The father is a assistant manager at National Casket Co. Also Mr and Mrs Jimmy Ray Candel 51 E Qatan welcomed a son at 1 am weighing 7 pounds 3 43 ounces. West Texas Hospital saw the birth for Mr and Mrs William T Foster 203 Std St a son weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces at 7 44 am. The father works for Allsent Co as a house mover. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Muriel Grisham 4800 46th St welcomed a daughter weighing 6 pounds 5 ounces at noon Sunday at West Texas Hospital. The father is a representative for Harris Electric Co Hasca.
Tahoka police and Dallas officers questioned an unidentified 30 year old man in connection with the Dec 8 death of Maurice Bray the Tahoka civic leader. He was held on Houston Beaumont and Lake Charles felony warrants and was reported living in University Park Texas. DPS lab work on the shotgun bloodstained clothes and footprint casts is underway with a report expected this week.
Damascus reports the Soviet Union and Syria signed an agreement to begin construction of a $270 million irrigation dam on the Euphrates in northern Syria, with work slated to start in early 1967.
President Johnson faces two major documents due next month the State of the Union and the federal budget. He must weigh tax increases against shrinking votes and Vietnam spending while balancing Great Society programs with war needs. The mood in Congress adds uncertainty as Johnson plans for 18 months ahead.
Mrs Kennedy and Sen Robert F Kennedy seek a court halt to publication of Manchester’s Kennedy assassination account claiming breach of contract and invasion of privacy. Manchester defends the work saying the manuscript was approved by the family and that he alone bears the responsibility for its contents.
More than 700 attendees, children and adults, watched the 12th annual puppet show at Lubbock Municipal Library. The event, presented by Texas Tech applied arts classes under Mrs. Peggy Howard, featured two Christmas performances including The Second Christmas and Giant Drummer's Christmas.
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