19 Feb 1965
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1965
Page
1
In Lubbock area coverage the article notes a push for full funding of a state school for the mentally retarded aided by House Speaker support. The report appears in the Daily A-J and outlines political backing and regional implications.
A 10 member farmer businessman group plans to meet Vice President Humphrey in Washington next Thursday to press for rescinding a 5 dollar per bale cut in 1965 cotton price supports. Organizers Joe B. Pate Jr. and Jimmie Davis said the visit will cite regional economic impacts and include talks with Sec. of Agriculture Freeman and Congress leaders.
Ranger 8, carrying a camera, is on target for Saturday’s Moon landing in the Sea of Tranquility as scientists anticipate radioed images surpassing Ranger 7’s 4,316 pictures. также.
Scientists develop urokinase as a potential clot dissolver though trials are limited and uncertain. The article notes the chemical’s promise to dissolve fibrin in clots, with cautious hope for preventing heart attacks strokes and related deaths while acknowledging production and testing hurdles. A private sale in London later highlights urokinase’s recognition.
The target area lies just south of the Ranger 6 touchdown, where the mission's cameras were inoperative on January 30, 1964.
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara testified to the House Armed Services Committee that the United States must stay deeply involved in South Vietnam to halt Communist expansion. He warned a Communist victory would boost China’s global position and threaten Southeast Asia, with Laos and Thailand at risk if South Vietnam falls. Page 6.
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee demonstration reveals micro transmitters hidden in common objects like vases roses and a martini olive. Witnesses Emanuel Mittleman Harold Lipset and Hans Farber show wristwatch microphones and a dial-from-distance device to capture conversations even when phones stay on the hook.
President Johnson appealed to 310 leading U S bankers and businessmen to form a voluntary partnership and reduce the dollar outflow by investing domestically. He warned of pain but said country and stockholders would benefit, as the U S runs a huge international deficit.
The piece blends a religious reflection by Rev. C. Melvin Ratheal with a political alert about a surge in private capital leaving the U S. Johnson warns that banking abroad and borrowing limits alone won t stop the drain. He cites two billion dollars more in 1964 than 1963 and argues for stronger measures.
A glacial avalanche trapped 40 miners in a 1 mile tunnel near a coast town 20 miles north of Prince Rupert. RCMP say 17 of 120 evacuees were injured and no deaths have been confirmed amid harsh weather hindering rescue efforts.
Actress Patricia Neal, 29, star of Hud and Seven Women, is in critical condition at UCLA Medical Center after a stroke and brain surgery. MGM confirmed a second bleed and Dr. Charles Carten led the operation. her husband Roald Dahl kept vigil.
Mrs Pat Moore a wife mother and future judge was hailed as the 1965 Woman of the Year by the Altrusa Club at the Lubbock Women’s Club. The Ralls native spoke of happiness as the key and recalled her polio ordeal that left her on crutches.
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