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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1964
Page
1
Page 1 Sec C reports Texas Tech Red Raider basketball faces Vanderbilt in a Sugar Bowl Tournament game tonight as part of a busy sports section.
Federal subpoenas were issued to Houston business and civic leaders, including John Mecom and Eric Hilton, to testify in a Corpus Christi trial over $9.8 million in bets from 1959 to 1964. Defendants Lucia and 7 others face charges of conspiring to evade a 10 percent wagering tax.
Odessa police report Irene Pearce 66 found shot to death in her apartment Monday night. A .38 caliber pistol was located nearby and a justice of the peace noted she may have been dead since Saturday night. Her husband killed himself about a year ago. no ruling yet.
A Western snowstorm isolated 500 California residents in the Klamath and Salmon river regions near the Oregon border. Helicopters from Yreka and Air Force units from Nevada attempted to reach them but could not land in the canyon areas. Gov Brown and federal officials surveyed Eureka as flood damage neared 229 million dollars while crews awaited a break in the weather.
The South Plains cotton industry prepares for the first output of snow bagging at the new Ralls-Tex Mill in Ralls. Plant manager Jean D. Smith says 20 ginners and owners from West Texas will attend to receive the initial bagging and tour facilities. The facility, first of its kind in the free world, uses a blend of paper and cotton and plans world shipments soon.
Twenty finalists from twelve cotton growing states compete for the Maid of Cotton title at the 27th annual pageant in Memphis. Judges interview finalists after a kickoff ball and TV appearance, with Reha Bristow of Lubbock favored by many supporters ahead of the 11 PM crowning at the Memphis Auditorium.
President Johnson remains in excellent health, with doctors noting no heart attack evidence from 1955 and weighing about 205 to 210 pounds. Rear Adm. Burkley and two other physicians cite weight as a minor divergence from some experts who favor 200 pounds, while affirming overall good condition.
A fragment from a 1960s newspaper page discusses a personal prayer, a kidney stone in a box kept for friends, and a 1955 stone removal. It cites Burkley on no current kidney trouble and notes milk intake was limited after past stones, with questions about Johnson's drinking habits. See JOHNSON Page 6.
The Lubbock Independent School District board will hold 6 30 a m sessions today and tomorrow in the Plainsman Hotel Wedgewood Room to interview architects. They seek an firm to design a fifth senior high school planned for northeast Lubbock at Erskine Street and Quirt Avenue with a target completion in 1967. Nat Williams notes the project timeline.
three masked gunmen bound two priests and a guard at Divine Savior Church rectory in Chicago taking as much as 100000 dollars from a Brinks armored truck. police described the robbers as professionals and noted a second Brinks guard was beaten near the truck abandoned in a cemetery. the incident followed a similar six figure church truck theft in paterson new jersey last monday.
President Johnson named Sheldon S. Cohen 31 year old general counsel of the Internal Revenue Service as the new U S Tax Commissioner. The announcement was made Monday with AP wirephoto.
A Lubbock woman reported thefts from her home including furs jewelry and clothing worth 1875 after intruders gained entry through a back door. Police detained a 22 year old man after a car seen nearby was found parked in the 1900 block Ave H and two shotguns and sweaters were stolen from a nearby residence.
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports Amos H. Howard will retire as postmaster this Wednesday after nearly 30 years in the job. Ernest Ohnemus will become acting postmaster and then regular postmaster after a non competitive exam. Ohnemus joined the post office in 1930 from Artesia New Mexico and is a Downtown Rotary Club member. He started as a substitute and rose through the ranks. Howard will devote himself to private business interests and leave a record of unusual mail room stories.
Partly cloudy and not as warm today with highs in the mid 60s. Fair and cooler tonight with the low around 30s and moderate northwest winds.
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