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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1966
Page
6
Rio de Janeiro faced the heaviest rainfall in decades as mudslides and floods destroyed hillside slums, killing hundreds and leaving thousands homeless. Emergency workers battled wreckage while hospitals treated the wounded and officials considered extensive relief programs and vaccination plans to curb typhus risk.
A Bass, Michael & Butler computer misread holiday demand causing two million pints of beer to be dumped. The miscalculation left stock unfit for sale and created a shortfall during a peak season at Britain’s beer center Burton-on-Trent.
The Bumble Fund, started in 1959, reports small-year expenditures totaling 74.50 with donations from Virginia and other states. Its first gift was 100 to Ivan Rudnytsky of La Salle College to help cover legal fees after a bus incident over a transistor radio.
A series of deadly blazes reports deaths of children in Richville Ohio and Albany New York as fires devastate homes. Overheated stoves blamed in some cases while water shortages hinder firefighting efforts. Surviving relatives escaped as others perished from smoke inhalation and flames.
President Johnson outlines a $115 billion 1967 budget and a roughly $10 billion fiscal year plan to meet costs. He also previews an economic report with a blueprint to combat inflation in 1966. The speech was in preparation for days as Johnson balances war needs with domestic program costs.
Lubbock Power and Light reported a two minute outage in southeast Lubbock due to switching gear failure at a substation. Lovington deputies located missing two year old Carlos Ortega in New Mexico after about five hours and 10 miles from home. Firefighters battled a noon blaze at a cottonseed hull house tied to Co-op Oil Mill on 8th Street with two ladder trucks deployed.
A storm center over Kansas triggers warnings of snow and freezing rain across western and central Great Lakes states. Severe travel disruption hits eastern Texas with airports closed and visibility under a mile from Red River to Gulf. unseasonably warm temperatures light the Southwest with 60s and 70s in several cities.
Austin police chief R A Miles says Dallas police did not contact him and that Dallas would need no help from Austin. He questions a Dallas bulletin seeking arrests and calls Dallas a home for thieves while defending Austin from the claim.
First National Bank held a Tuesday night directors meeting announcing two new directors Robert J. Westerburg and Tom Simmons. The board also promoted nine officers including Jerry Reynolds Aubrey Elliott and Jim Price with several named assistant cashiers and vice president roles.
Longtime Lubbock Fire Department leader Glenn Smith, born 1906 in Lockhart, promoted to assistant chief in 1846 and led a citywide alarm box system and prevention division. Officials credit substantial property and insurance savings. Smith recalls key blazes including the J C Penney Co fire of 1952 and downtown fires in 1930.
City residents reported a burglary at Rufus Martinez Mobile station as clerks described bank employees for 1953 to 1965 and executive officers. The Gristy window smash and Big Ben fact presented as unrelated items in the late edition.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said the United States can finance Johnson's domestic agenda and the Vietnam War without new taxes. He urged belt tightening to reduce the budget deficit and expressed hope the extra funding requested last year would not be tapped.
The drama unfolds in a mythical NC jail where Cleo the Black prisoner awaits execution for killing a wealthy white patron. The sheriff’s daughter, initially mocking, grows compassionate, highlighting the play’s focus on mercy as Eula Mae the sympathetic cat owner figures in the dialogue.
In Independence County a county auction sold 980 bushels of corn to cover $570 in fines for Amish families who had not sent their children to school. Merritt McCardle bought the corn at 80 cents a bushel, paying $184 while $214 was returned to the Amish. An argument erupted between farmers Harry Circus and Wayne McGill over the sale and bids.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard share life notes on rugby football and modern living. They contrast England and America from button reliability to dishwashers and mass eating etiquette. The couple recount Rose Bowl heckling for UCLA and Michigan State fans, and reflect on Visit USA milestones.
Elman Hall of Abilene, 65, died on arrival at an Abilene hospital after an apparent heart attack about 8 30 am. He worked at Caldwell Music Co. and had been in Abilene most of his life. Survived by his widow Mabel George Hall two children in Washington DC and Midland and several siblings. Services pending at North Funeral Home Abilene.
A Highland Park district home in Dallas was burglarized Tuesday yielding about $5,000 in silverware and costume jewelry. Detectives reported a back door breach and an apparent small intruder entering to aid an accomplice. Mrs Green had placed valuables in a bank.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the life sentence of James Puckett of Camp County for the December 21 1964 shotgun slaying of Imogene Shield. The court ruled that the statement obtained without an attorney did not violate due process and that sufficient evidence supported the conviction.
The Supreme Court scheduled a January hearing to consider if Sen Frank Lin Spears is eligible to run for state attorney general. Spears seeks a writ of mandamus against Will D Davis and state party officials to place his name on the Democratic primary ballot. Crawford Martin is Secretary of State and other candidates include Sen Galloway Calhoun. Republican candidates are not announced.
Allen Brothers Post 148 American Legion auxiliary launches a nationwide program to pay subscriptions of area servicemen in Viet Nam for the Avalanche Journal. Servicemen or families send name service ID address hometown and preferred paper to the National Security Chairman in Washington. Subscriptions will bear a special label reading With the Good Wishes of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Mt Etna on Sicily roared to life with violent eruptions after years of dormancy. Explosions sent molten rock hundreds of yards into the air from a northeastern crater as residents in orchard and vineyard towns on the mountain’s slopes watched. Experts at Etna Volcanic Observatory attributed the activity to lava buildup in the throat of the cone, noting fissures downslope serve as Etna’s safety valve.
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