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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1964
Page
1
The ABC Caprock Basketball tournament starts today at Lubbock Municipal Coliseum and runs through Wednesday. Donny Anderson Day is proclaimed in Stinnett for Texas Tech halfback. The paper also notes a Detroit air crash, Glendale LA Nazi action, and other briefs.
President Johnson plans to name 15 to 20 new ambassadors and schedule 1965 visits by foreign leaders at a rate of at least two per month. He weighs fiscal 1966 totals, foreign aid, and education programs amid Great Society aims and changes to the federal apparatus.
The Vietnam armed forces commander Khanh issued a Christmas message to General Westmoreland expressing warm thanks and appreciation for U S help in South Vietnam. In Mo Cai a Viet Cong grenade killed a 12 year old girl and wounded four Americans, one critically.
About 2,000 protesters in Angeles burned a caricature of U S Ambassador Blair and called for removal of American bases. They cited recent shootings on bases and a bomb incident at Clark Air Base. Dr Carlos Sandico organized the rally and urged prosecutions for killings on bases since 1952.
Across the United States thieves pursued unusual targets. In Springfield Missouri a man approached mothers at a mall asking what gifts children wanted for Christmas and bought items with bad checks. Fort Worth and Denver burglars stole thousands in wigs from shops and refurbishers, including a coffin theft in Denver.
In Saugerties New York the town marks Donlon Day a ceremony to honor Army Captain Roger H C Donlon Medal of Honor recipient and Nam Dong hero. The event includes a motorcade through a 300 year old village with family members and drum corps alumni in attendance.
The Italian Regio Theater in Arma faced a near riot when baritone Cornell MacNeil clashed with hecklers during Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera. The 38 year old Minneapolis native, living in Rome, suspended the opening night as Italian audiences provoked the disruption with cries and jeers toward MacNeil and his co stars Floriano Labo and Luisa Maraggianno.
As the Christmas weekend ends, highway fatalities climb beyond 500 with 537 deaths from auto crashes reported and California leading states. The National Safety Council had predicted 550 to 650 deaths for the 78 hour period, with totals possibly nearing the 609 mark in 1955.
Police with search warrants stormed Baltimore homes hunting four accused in the Christmas Day killing of Sergeant Jack Cooper. Willis Taylor, 19, was captured after officers sealed a city block and used force. Lieutenant Joseph Maskell was wounded during a liquor store robbery. Two suspects remain at large, while officers recover the weapon used.
A passenger bus failed brakes on a sharp downgrade near Cuernavaca, struck five cars, then stopped. Seven people were killed and 58 injured, with preliminary reports suggesting possible U.S. tourists among the victims.
A severe blizzard dumped heavy snow on flood-ravaged northern California isolating hundreds in the mountains near the Oregon line. The five day Christmas floods killed at least 48 in the Far West as rescue choppers battled to reach stranded lumber communities.
A dated religious reflection asks readers to become peace makers, deploring fear and conflict that plague individuals worldwide. Anonymous attribution suggests a general communal prayer rather than a named author or event.
Jordan and Mali vie for a two year UN Security Council seat prompting a possible formal secret ballot. The United States may press to bar the Soviet Union from voting under Article 19 for being two years behind in assessments, risking a wider US USSR clash.
U S government scientist at the 131st AAAS meeting reported that several widely used antihistamines given to rats during pregnancy produced congenital malformations such as cleft palate and undeveloped jaws. Dr. C T G King of the National Institute of Dental Research stressed that human risk is not proven but urged FDA action and company evaluation.
Considerable cloudiness and wind warm today with a high near 70 Despite a cooler turn tonight the low will dip to the mid 30s The outlook calls for continued mild weather through the next 24 hours across Lubbock and surrounding areas.
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