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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1965
Page
4
President Johnson directs a study into rising steel prices amid national economic concerns. The speech notes the steel industry serves national interests and peace, while New Year’s Dud reflects a demanding schedule with focus on the state of the union and federal budget.
A fragmented 1965 begins with reports of power cuts at a civil rights refuge in Hattiesburg, Cuba’s New Year radio jab at Uncle Sam, and Pope Paul VI’s yearning for peace. President Johnson works on the budget and State of the Union while USW contract talks loom. Global leaders push for prosperity and stability as mass parades and celebrations unfold in Dallas Pasadena and Philadelphia.
A chaotic New Year holiday reports 200 plus highway deaths by Friday night with officials warning the rate could peak higher. The tally notes multiple births at Methodist Hospital and other areas, with fathers identified as railroad workers, farmers, and machinists amid a rush of reports from hospitals and communities across the region.
A safety council spokesman said traffic deaths in the Christmas period ran ahead of the prior year with 257 total losses. California led with 38 traffic deaths, Texas reached 26 in the first hours, and incidents included multiple fatal car crashes and one gunfire case.
In Plainview area wrecks, Mrs. Clanton 51 died in a car crash at the Plainview intersection. Her husband perished. Wile M. Kurfees 52 and another driver were injured. Ray Graves 38 and his wife Connie 23 were treated, with Connie listed as satisfactory. Merle Beth Scoggins 28 was treated and released. Billy Dean Morelock 33 remained in satisfactory condition at Plainview hospital.
State police probed a New Year’s Eve triple murder near Watertown New York where Peter Egan 28 Barbara Egan 24 and Gerlach Egan 18 were found shot to death at a roadside rest area. The couple found the bodies in a car with bullet holes in the windshield and no weapon located.
The passage argues for treating the dissenting party as entitled to privileges in the House of Representatives. It demands the same prerogatives as loyal Democrats, including committee assignments seniority and other benefits reserved for party loyalists.
Marion Knox Lawson 80 dies recently. Services at First Methodist Church Levelland officiated by Dr. Ray N Johnson. Burial at Af ton Texas Cemetery. Lawson formerly ran a mercantile shop in Afton before moving to Levelland 16 years ago. Survivors include wife Bertie Lea three sons three daughters two sisters and seven grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
Mercury and other nonferrous metals rose strongly in the prior year with antimony copper platinum lead and zinc up over 40 percent. The 37th annual convention of the Grand United Order of Patr ient revealed rising values in old stock and watch sectors while a Florida club funds an old folks home and Pick warned that stock market gambling carries risk.
In Whitney Point New York a New Year’s Eve party turned chaotic when Thomas Boyea fired over 100 rounds, damaged windows, and teargassed deputies and attendees. Boyea was captured after four hours and committed for psychiatric evaluation following a first degree assault charge.
A 93 year old Lubbock girl was injured about 2 15 p m when the car she rode in with her father ran out of control hitting a stop sign and a utility pole at Loop 289 and N lave In fair condition late Friday in Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital Peggy Sue Rea daughter of Mr and Mrs David Neal Rea Rt 2 Lubbock suffered lacerations about the mouth chin and multiple bruises
AP reports that sales tax remained the largest levy for most states, accounting for about one quarter of the 24.2 billion dollar total state tax take in the year ending June 1964. Thirty states drew the most revenue from sales tax while income tax led in thirteen states.
Tito sent friendly New Year wishes to Fidel Castro and Osvaldo Corticos calling for progress in Cuba. In Mexico a Veracruz bound bus overturned and burned killing 22 and injuring 22 after a passenger struck a match to see in predawn darkness.
In Barnstaple England James Poole celebrated his actual 100th birthday with a second 100th birthday party after hospital staff mis calculated his age and held a centenary celebration last year when he was 99.
A new storm brings snow rain and fog across the northern United States. Denver reports afternoon snow while a heavy system threatens Western states and Eastern Washington. Four communities remain isolated as flood threats rise and a Red Cross worker dies in Happy Camp California.
Ronnie, a boy who lost his left leg to cancer above the knee, rests in Orthopaedic Hospital as he glues together a model car. His mother, Lois Eisenbeiss, says he seems fine and is making good progress after the operation.
Britain endorses in principle the United States terms for a renewed bid on German unity and European security. Western powers plan a fresh review next year, with little prospect for early Soviet agreement. The Bonn government seeks fresh Allied talks, while Moscow hints at no early settlement. In a separate note, Russian price controls push up magazine costs by an average of 66 percent amid a postponed newspaper price rise.
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