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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1968

Page

6

American Planes Strike Targets Near Red China

U S warplanes bombed near the Chinese border and hit Hanoi Haiphong rail bridges and yards. Thunderchief jets attacked Lang Son bridge while Navy jets struck Haiphong and Hanoi. Ground fighting flared along the northern coast with 30 reported Viet Cong and North Vietnamese deaths and U S casualties.

Saigon UPC U.S China Hanoi Haiphong Tony Thailand Lang Son Red China Yen Ha Thanh Hoa Son Tra Iorces Iorth U.S. 25Th Infantry Division Highlands 2Nd Infantry

Bowles to Visit Cambodia for Talks on Vietnamese Sanctuary

Ambassador Chester Bowles will travel to Phnom Penh to meet Prince Norodom Sihanouk to seek a peaceful way to deny Vietnamese Communists a sanctuary in Cambodia and avoid U.S. troop deployment. The plan follows Sihanouk’s 1965 break with the United States and his recent openness to dialogue on the issue.

Lewis Hawkins Washington Chester Bowles Cambodia U.S Johnson Texas Bowles India Phnom Penh Norodom Sihanouk Prince Sihanouk United States U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Vietnam Cambodian South India New Delhi Indira Gandhi Canada Poland International Control Commission Laos ICC

Rusk counters Ho Chi Minh claim on nationalism

Secretary of State Dean Rusk argued that remarks suggesting Ho Chi Minh led a nationalist revolution in Vietnam were contradicted by recent events. Rusk said the situation showed broader Communist influence beyond nationalist rhetoric.

Laos Rusk Ho Chij Minh Vietnam

Bonds and diplomacy amid Western European talks and Vietnam notes

The United States and Britain discuss troop withdrawals and a West German bond sale of 500 million dollars as Paris and Bonn weigh arms and economic policy. Katzenbach seeks bond sales and broader support while Rostow eyes Asia. Rusk notes Hanoi peace talk ambiguity and 1967 foreign affairs progress.

United States Kurt Georg Kiesinger Konrad Adenauer Ludwig Erhard Britain West Germany U.S Europe Islack Katzenbach Paul van Iden Boeynants Common Market Commission Johnson Far East Eugene V. Rostow Hanoi Rusk Vietnam Kennedy

Murder Mystery at Motel Leaves Two in Turmoil

A motel murder near Dallas left two men linked by a hostage incident four days earlier. The victim was found wrapped in a blanket with ice around the body. an autopsy is pending in Tulsa. Police traced a suspect, Mitchell, to a Lubock registration on a late model car tied to a former employer.

Dallas Charles W. Liteher Ottawa County Hooper Bill Schuelein Tulsa Mitchell Lubipock Tae Enald Mitchel Quarton

Birth notices from West Texas Hospital and Reese APT Hospital

A series of birth notices from West Texas Hospital and Reese Army Air Field area addresses. Parents include employees of Lubbock Power & Light Co and Brewell Cratten, among others. Children weigh from about 5 pounds 2 ounces to 10 pounds, with times listed from early morning to afternoon.

Charles Allan Nica Pounds Dunce West Texas Hoetal Lubbock Power & Light Co Apel Lubbock Brewell & Crattenne Mebert & St Methodist Hospital Reese Afh

Pentagon Faces Tough Task in 1968 Dollar Savings Push

The Pentagon released a 26 page report outlining past efforts to curb the balance of payments deficit and noting limited specifics for 1968. It cited a possible rise in offset agreements with base countries and highlighted a $75 million annual saving from a West Germany troop pullout while stressing that significant new savings will be harder to achieve.

Bob Horton Associated Press Washington Pentagon U.S Johnson Robert S. McNamara Europe West Germany

Powerful Quake Jars Nicaragua Coast

A strong earthquake struck Nicaragua's Pacific coast injuring dozens and damaging over 1000 homes. The 6.5 magnitude quake, tied to a 1951 event that devastated Managua, caused widespread outages and shook the capital in predawn hours. No deaths reported.

Managua UPI Pacific Nicaragua Pocaya Guatemala

Bitter Arctic Cold Blankets the Midwest and Great Lakes

A cold front plunges southward as subzero and near zero temperatures grip the Midwest and Great Lakes. Wind chills reach 40 below in exposed areas with widespread snow and school closures from Michigan to Minnesota.

Great Lakes Mercury Upper Midwest Michigan Lake Superior Lake Michigan Musketon New Buffalo Esau Claire Mich Middle West Warroad Minn International Falls

Post Office Expense Details and New Rates Outline

Officials outline a $22 million postal expense plan with items including $2400 for radio rate hike explains and a weekly $50 000 overtime bill from the Bureau of Engraving. Since December 1 printers have produced billions of 6 cent and 1 cent stamps as the service shifts to new rates and overseas parcel rules. Authorities say the largest immediate need is about 2 billion penny stamps with stockpiles at major cities and Washington.

Bureau of Engraving” and Printing Dee Franklin D. Roosevelt Andrew Jackson Chicago Cincinnati Dallas New York San Francisco

Ducks too fat to fly thawed by Holland residents

Holland conservation officer Dallas Bronson says 30 wild ducks near Lake Macatawa in Holland were fed by locals and became too heavy to move. Once they slim down, the birds will fly away in search of their own food.

Holland, Mich Macatawa Holland Lakeshore Dallas Bronson

Zone zoning disputes linger after Thursday meeting

City zoning board debated commercial versus residential use along University Avenue and Loop 289 with cases including C2 and C3 requests, drainage worries, and a potential split approval south of 70th Street. Four zoning changes were approved, three rejected, and hearings postponed for future consideration.

Self University Avenue David Casey Loop 289 66Th Street Avenue W Ronald Yeager Casey 70Th Street University and City Hall E. 25Th St Elms Ave J. C. Davis 18Th St Peoria Ave Tom Johnson Davis Slide Road Rownnedd Highway 38Th Street Ecartier Billy Meeks Louthwest Corner 19Th St lQuaker Ave Anokay R. O.decker Mackenzie State Park Parkway Drive Quirt Avenue Bob Hunter 56Th Street Temple Avenue Atkins Junior High School Charles Waters Morris W. Turner 48Th St Ave Maeker R. D. Whipple Charles B. Jones Nolan Barrick Lonnie Hollingsworth W. B. Holmes

Rough snowmobile ride tests teacher and chauffeur

A Montana teacher described a thrilling trip that turned rough as she and her chauffeur Loren W Gewalt drove a snowmobile 23 miles by truck then rode the open-air sled for 24 hours at 18 degrees. She fell once but was unharmed.

Loren W. Gewalt Great Falls Gewalt

Changes in communication and behavior shaping the future

A Hudson Institute study outlines future tech and social shifts including direct brain interfaces, laser and satellite networks, ubiquitous computer access, automated broadcasts, and dramatic shifts in behavior control through drugs and neurosurgical techniques. It argues bandwidth will soar via microwaves, satellites, and lasers enabling global, integrated communication and new forms of governance and daily life.

Herman Kahn Anthony J. Wiener Hudson Institute Couatly Pierce Gardner C. Quarton M.st Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital

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