08 Feb 1965
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1965
Page
1
Weather Bureau warns drivers of hazardous travel as a vast Arctic storm dumps occasional light freezing rain or sleet across the South Plains. Snow mix possible, with temperatures dropping sharply as the system ends tonight.
A cold front lowers temperatures across the Panhandle and West Texas with widespread light rain sleet and hail. Cities from Lubbock to Dalhart report sharp drops, while warnings warn of snow freezing rain and wind in the Panhandle as Johnson faces a pivotal vote on emergency agricultural funding linked to a 1962 UAR contract. The weather front prompts widespread travel hazards and alerts in multiple towns.
In New York at the American Museum of Natural History Gertrude Didchenko 43 of Forest Hills Queens was killed by estranged husband Dmytro Didchenko 72 Manhattan. He opened fire as about 50 people waited in the main lobby prompting guards to subdue him. Witnesses described the chaotic scene as shots rang out near a pillar with parents and children on the floor. Police said the couple came to discuss visiting rights for their 12 year old daughter before the deadly confrontation.
Hong Kong police announced a Sunday seizure of almost two tons of opium and morphine aboard a Bangkok bound ship. Two Chinese suspects were captured from a truck near a chicken farm where the narcotics were cached. Authorities called it the largest contraband narcotics seizure in Hong Kong history and possibly the world. The contraband, hidden in bamboo bundles aboard the Chetoo, could yield about 500 pounds of heroin on the international market.
In Lubbock Rae TODAY in the A J outlines a pivotal Tuesday clash with Texas Tech set to host Texas. Detectives seek new information in a Lubbock slaying case. State Legislature braces for a busy week while Air Force base trains sentry dogs. Sou van na gains power in Laos as rightist readers flee to Thailand.
A string of traffic incidents in Lubbock injures twelve people, including two teenagers and multiple adults. One scooter rider remains seriously hurt after a collision with a car at the intersection of Ave W and S 2nd, while others suffer minor injuries from separate incidents near 12001 Gird St and Clement Hall. Admitted to intensive care at Methodist Hospital, with one patient run over by a wheel and another treated at Texas Tech.
A sheriff's deputy said two gunmen attempted to rob Juan's Liquor Store on Slaton Highway in Lubbock County. A woman, hidden under a counter, produced a pistol and aimed at the robbers who fled. Deputy Earl Woodard and Bruce Parson reported the 8:30 p.m. incident at the store.
A Sunday night spate of injuries and a failed holdup scene unfolded near local streets and a supermarket. Police reported several vehicular and pedestrian incidents in Meadow, 52nd Street, and Quaker Ave, with multiple victims in serious or good condition. A citizen and staff restrained a gunman during a store robbery at Hughes, as another bystander fled. The incident details include a mother backing a car, a wheel passing over a child, and a white Chevrolet pickup heading toward Slaton as the robbers escaped.
Aides said Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia underwent a tracheotomy at Walter Reed Army Hospital after entering Tuesday for bronchitis treatment. Doctors report the operation successful and the condition is satisfactory, with a longer hospital stay anticipated.
U S Navy jets pounded North Viet Nam in a punitive strike ordered by President Johnson after Red guerrilla attacks in South Viet Nam. A Skyhawk bomber from the carrier Sea shot down one American plane. pilot Ward A Dickson ejected at sea. Johnson ordered withdrawal of U S dependents and dispatched Hawk missile battalions while seeking to reassure the Soviet Union and the United Nations.
Congressional leaders from both parties supported President Johnsons decision to authorize retaliatory air strikes on North Vietnam. They urged an investigation into how communist raids inflicted heavy losses on South Vietnamese installations, with Mundt Mansfield and Dirksen all endorsing the action as necessary to deter further aggression and show U.S. resolve.
U S officials told Russia that the air attack on North Viet Nam was a response to provocation and not an effort to widen the war. The move followed the Viet Cong raid in South Viet Nam and came as Soviet Premier Kosygin visited Hanoi to seek increased aid.
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