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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1967
Page
5
The Selective Service, facing a tight budget, will cut back temporary operations though Lt. Gen. Hershey says it can meet draft needs for the next few months. An expected $7 million deficiency should cover through year end as inductions exceed original forecasts.
An off duty firefighter in El Paso recently who was recovering from burns rescued his father from a kitchen fire. Joe Springer, in his twenties, left his crutches to drag John J. Springer to safety amid heavy smoke. The rescuer had been hospitalized only the day before for injuries from the Del Norte oil fire in November 1965.
A French Catholic priest Rev. B. J. Andre was sentenced to seven years in prison by a Burmese special court for harboring a deserter from the Burmese army. He ran a mission at Gyobin gaung 130 miles north of Rangoon.
Hollywood reports Peter Graves will be Doris Day’s leading man in The Epic of Josie, Day’s new Western musical. The film pairs the blonde singing star with Graves, likely boosting box office and screen appeal.
Monmouth County Prosecutor Vinent P. Keuper will review evidence this week to determine whether Mrs. Marjorie Farber will be charged with slaying her husband William Farber. Coppolino was acquitted of the same murder in December after a hypnotic spell defense. Mrs Farber will testify in Coppolino’s second murder case in February.
Dr. Jack F. Kilpatrick, a Southern Methodist University professor, and his wife were named editors of the revived Cherokee Advocate. The Cherokee National Historical Society announced the appointment to revive the national journal once published from 1846 to 1906. Mrs. Kilpatrick is a Sequoyah descendant.
Londoners made more than 275 million telephone calls in October 1966, marking a 7 percent rise from October 1965 figures.
Capt. William S. Carpenter Jr leads ten young men named by the United States Jaycees as outstanding of 1966. The group includes Sanford Greenberg Robert Price Walter Lane Ralph Nader Lester Brown John Putnam Joseph Califano Morris Dees and Wil Rose. Carpenter earned fame as a West Point gridiron star and Vietnam hero for ordering air attacks on his own position. The top ten will be honored at an awards congress in Jekyll Island Georgia.
Police puzzled by four day gap before discovery of Mary Rutherford 41 and eight children dead in Hoover Reservoir after a car skidded through a guard rail. Relatives included Delores Rutherford 18 and twins Karen and Sharon 20 months. two younger girls Mary 5 and Bertie 15 remained missing. Authorities cited jurisdiction confusion and guard rail repairs on the Franklin Delaware line as contributing factors.
An elderly man collapsed in Fort Worth's skid row and died en route to a hospital. Police found almost 5000 dollars on his body including 23 one hundred dollar bills 45 fifty dollar bills and 16 twenty dollar bills in two billfolds one in his shirt pocket and one in a trouser pocket. A Social Security card bearing the name William Strap was his only identification. He was believed to have lived in a local hotel.
As the season's first big snow storm drops nearly a foot of snow across Minnesota, residents of a Bloomington apartment complex push a small foreign car to a cleared street on Saturday. The driver must buy weekend supplies at a liquor store.
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