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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1966
Page
5
Washington reports show grain sorghum rising in U S farm economy with 1966 allocations of food for peace to India and Pakistan. India gets 900000 tons including half sorghum, Pakistan 500000 tons with half sorghum and corn.
American Motors reported token pay raises for 1966 but no bonuses for top executives for a second year. The company posted a $12 million loss for the year ended Sept 30 and laid off 4,100 of 18,000 hourly workers as January production cuts take effect. Roy Abernethy led with $144,499, Chapin earned $86,579, and Fivans $34,102. directors received $1,131,548 in the last fiscal year.
Mrs John F Kennedy arrives on Antigua with her children for a private beach day at Half Moon Bay. Secret Service and Antigua police accompany the Kennedy family as 80 beachgoers watch, though photographers are asked to back off.
The White House signaled no quick ruling on a supersonic transport. A committee led by Defense Secretary McNamara had not yet sent recommendations to President Johnson. Proposals from Boeing and Lockheed for airframes and GE and Pratt & Whitney for engines are under study, with a potential prototype cost near four billion dollars and a yearend decision target.
A woman in Kountze found her husband, Edmund Gullo, 46, dead near a railroad track. Officials ruled the death accidental, saying he was likely struck by a train Thursday night while walking along the tracks.
L Avvenire d Italia, the Italian Catholic Action paper, denounces Cardinal Spellman for calling the Vietnam war a holy war and urging total victory. It says such religious exaltation for war repugnant to Christian conscience and criticizes his remarks to U S troops at Subic Bay.
Dist. Judge Byron Matthews denied a new trial request in the Kenneth Allen McDuff murder case after jurors testified. Herschel Pearson and two others alleged liquor and intimidation in the jury room. Foreman William Calvert Jr and Mrs. Lelia Mooring Blue testified on Friday.
Ben H. Wolfenberger, Weatherford native and Texas Tech marketing graduate, is appointed executive secretary of Delta Sigma Pi. He was active in the Tech Beta Upsilon chapter, served as its secretary for three years, and completed Army and active Reserve service through 1965. The professional business fraternity announced the appointment from its central office at Oxford, Ohio.
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