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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1965
Page
4
Reported heavy fighting near multiple villages as Viet Cong forces attacked key targets. Marines clashed with Viet Cong units. casualties counted on both sides amid air and naval activity reported by authorities and radio broadcasts.
A masked robber killed a boy during a holdup at a San Antonio grocery. The family chased the thief on foot. he fled toward a car with two accomplices. The assailant, wearing a cracking mask, escaped as police pursued. The trio were described as Black by investigators.
A 23 year old Lubbock man facing charges of driving while intoxicated and carrying a prohibited weapon plus seven traffic offenses ended a chase when his car struck a police vehicle on 4th Street. A .22 pistol with six rounds and $1,055 were found. he was held for DWI prohibited weapon and burglary investigations. Navy to commission 34th Polaris submarine George Bancroft in New London.
Washington reports 21 U.S. servicemen killed in Viet Nam as Texans among the dead. Listed are Apergen Johnson Meade of San Antonio and Tech Sgt John Mo Chappell of Big Spring, husband of Dorothy Chappell, in the Texas casualties.
A retired FBI official, Louis Bo Nichols, now NM Beatles Industries Inc president, foresees a revived Comintern linked to a militant line from Peking. He notes no centralized Communist body since 1943 and expects a directive at the next Soviet Communist Party congress guiding renewed united fronts in America and abroad.
A crash scene inAbernathy Montess afternoon left the four crew members injured after the aircraft embedded in the ground. The emergency response was centered in Lubbock as responders assisted the victims at the site.
Four persons were critically injured when a plane crashed on the south edge of Abernathy. The wreckage caught fire and three men, including Niemann and Lambert, helped rescue Kramer and his wife. The injured were taken to Methodist and West Texas hospitals as FAA and local authorities investigated the crash.
The passage reports a school or community discussion about naming a building or project after Kennedy. It notes proposals and debates among students and faculty, including a commission to study the issue and potential restoration or renaming actions. The exact details and participants are unclear due to garbled text.
Min WoC Robinson 58 of Rupesville died about 8:15 pm Monday at Methodist Hospital after a lengthy illness following a leg injury caused by a fall at Shatot Mendtay Hungital attendants. Funeral services are set at Rix Funeral Home. James Edward Baker remained in serious condition at Methodist after being shot at the Mighty Man Inn early Sunday. no arrests were made Monday night.
A barge like platform reported 106 mph gusts at 7 30 am then eased to 80 mph as blizzards closed I five between Yreka and Weed and in the Blue Mountains of Oregon. Heavy snow closed airports in British Columbia. Motorists north of central California faced snow or rain and gusting winds. Portland recorded 1.4 inches of rain in 24 hours. Snow fell across western Oregon and eastern Washington with plow crews keeping highways open. Snow crushed a cannery roof north of Bremerton. Snow was dry east of the Cascades with drifting and strong winds. Ground winds stayed under 35 mph while coastal winds moved inland above 1009 feet.
Gillette police intensify inquiry into a holiday theft. At a party hosted by Major Dr. Dalby, refreshments were stolen, draining his personal stock. Police Chief Louis Pappas reports a new supply arrived in time and the event went on.
NPA economists project GNP rising by about 6.5 percent in current dollars in 1966, with defense outlays higher by 4 to 4.5 billion and prices up around 2 percent. After price adjustments, real output gains reach roughly 4.2 percent, down from 4.9 percent in 1965.
Dallas promoters for an Atomic Energy Commission atom smasher staged a rock study to prove the Eagle Ford Shale layer 60 feet underground is solid for a site. Geologists from SMU and GRCS examined the 120 million dollar office building excavation as part of selecting a base for the project.
Eaton, a major industrialist with holdings in iron ore coal shipping utilities and railroads, marked his 82nd birthday in Cleveland. He has met Soviet leaders including Khru- shchev and Kosygin and advocates expanding U S trade over war. He chairs the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and supports nuclear disarmament efforts through the Pugwash conferences.
A collision eight miles north of Henderson on Farm to Market Road 2276 left Jim Ray Sanders of Henderson dead and three passengers injured when his car overturned after attempting to pass another vehicle.
The fragment describes a de em ceremony dated January 2 at Hide Park New England region. Monks attend a second preaciowt rite with a focus on the Prembert Aimeticum area and the Git fared dey ceremmonies.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey aims to land in Tokyo today for talks with Far East leaders. He traveled from Washington to meet with presidents and other senior officials to discuss regional issues and security cooperation.
Rebel Montagnard leaders sentenced to death in Phu Bon province for uprisings as trials continue. Four executed among twenty implicated. others receive prison terms. The narrative also traces U S diplomacy with Vietnam and Asia including Vice President Humphrey’s Tokyo Manila itinerary and talks with Japanese leaders and Formosa President Chiang Kai-shek.
The Ector County Commissioners hired Jerry Tschauner of San Angelo as director of the County Parks Department without the park board's recommendation. He replaces Ed Daniel, who left for a similar post in Wichita Falls. Tschauner, a 1954 Odessa High School graduate, has worked for the State Parks and Wildlife Department the last four years.
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