03 Feb 1969
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1969
Page
1
In Northwest England a tobacco shop faces eerie events described as a ghost haunting. Workers report unexplained footsteps, doors rattling, and wailing sounds amid claims the shop sits on an ancient burial ground. Local clergy advise contacting parish rector and bishop for exorcism guidance.
Texas lawmakers seek budget leverage by meeting privately with Gov Preston Smith to line up support for bills. Smith says he will submit a mid February budget and hints at possible surprises while deferring tax talk. Budget choices and teacher pay remain key issues as lawmakers await details.
The Maariv report says Israel warned Iraq it will punish reprisals if more Iraqi Jews are harmed, amid executions of 14 Iraqis including Jews and Baghdad’s planned trials of 15 more Jews. The foreign ministry denied the warning. Violence also erupts in Gaza and in local burglaries with a major safe robbery and other thefts.
Army nurse veteran of Corregidor, La. Gol Brantley, a Jefferson, Penn., native and Pasxdor University nursing graduate, served two years after college before being captured by Japanese in the Philippines. She endured a wartime hospital role in Manila and detention camps, later helped at the Army Medical Field Service.
A garbled OCR segment mentions shootings and a death in Lubbock with scattered names and references to leaders and protests. It notes a presidential message and leftist student actions from a university, plus a comic dictionary joke about newlyweds. The text is damaged and reads like a page-scale collage.
A brief religious note quotes First Corinthians urging rejoicing, constant prayer, and gratitude. It references Rev John Calvin Copeland as the attributed speaker or figure in the observance.
United Press International reports seven front clashes around Saigon with heavy Viet Cong losses. US and ARVN firepower including helicopter gunships killed dozens, with total Viet Cong deaths around fifty two in weekend actions near Saigon and along the Cambodian border.
President Nixon traveled from the White House to Walter Reed Army Medical Center to visit former President Dwight D. Eisenhower who is recovering from a heart attack. Accompanied by Henry Kissinger, Nixon discussed options to defuse the Middle East crisis and NATO defense matters as he plans further talks with John Johnson and the National Security Council.
Dr. Charles P. Powell of Prudential says rising hemlines have sharpened weight awareness among women. He notes fashion as a strong influence on overweight women deciding to diet, at a obesity seminar by the American Society of Bariatrics in Pittsburgh CAP.
HEW chief Robert H. Finch pledges broad revision of elementary and secondary education practices while upholding desegregation guidelines. He criticizes outdated teaching methods and warns against large welfare cuts, endorsing nationally equalized welfare standards and linking schooling to modern media and tech advances. Five Southern districts faced a 60 day desegregation grace period amid funds tied to compliance. A separate Alamogordo fire killed three in a downtown hotel. investigators seek victims and authorities hospitalize two owners. A heavy Korean storm ends with five dead and 26 injured.
An avalanche of memories from West Texas recounts mid December travel near Meadow in Terry County. The Mitchells face a welcoming frontier where neighbors offered shelter and meals as their new home quest unfolds amid names of local families and long standing hospitality.
Texas Southern University officials report theft of about 180000 in cash checks and equipment from the university business office during a registration period. Entry was via acetylene torch, but no cash was taken from the safe. investigators say some checks were stampable. A separate Singapore incident involved a collision between the Shell tanker Hindsia and the German freighter Ludwigshafen, resulting in one death and two injuries among the latter crew. the Hindsia crew remained uninjured.
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