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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1966
Page
2
Frigidaire unveils the Ride-Aire line featuring 14 models of new 1966 refrigerators. The exclusive on-air guide highlights energy efficiency and modern design for household use.
French President Charles de Gaulle may seek Soviet backing to push North Vietnam to peace talks. He has an invitation to visit Moscow next summer to discuss European security and German reunification. The talks could assess joint Franco Soviet moves to restart diplomacy, amid questions over China and the fate of Germany.
Hanoi Hannah, a North Vietnamese radio figure, draws mixed views among GIs as she hosts nightly shows from Radio Hand. Soldiers flirt, joke, and mock her while her broadcasts mix news, propaganda, and music, followed by a controversial editorial on the war.
A fragmentary comment highlights propaganda during the Cary War with emphasis on its political use and public reception. The speaker laments the continuation of wartime messaging and notes the oppressive atmosphere and inability to disengage.
Cecil McAlister, 58, died of shock after swimming 25 feet to shore from a capsized boat on a creek feeding Possum Kingdom Lake. His nephew Otis J. McAlister, 18, also from Fort Worth, collapsed and was hospitalized in undetermined condition. Justice of the Peace Jackson Masse ruled shock caused the death.
Sark in Channel Islands observes Dame Sybil Hathaway, the ruler of this small island, turning 82. She travels in an electric wheelchair as the only permitted vehicle on Sark, where automobiles are banned.
SHREVEPORT Louisiana police report Irven Jones a Dallas Texas man employed at Dial Two was killed Wednesday when his car collided with another at Gayles Louisiana two others were injured in the wreck
The South Vietnamese government will open prisoner of war camps for International Red Cross inspection amid Western criticism of captive treatment. It will also release 20 North Vietnamese captives at the 17th Parallel demilitarized zone before the Lunar New Year, signaling humanitarian policy. American POWs' fate remains tied to Hanoi and Geneva Conventions debates.
Two journalists win the 1965 Emile Pyle Memorial Award for Viet Nam coverage. Tom Tiede of Newspaper Enterprise Association and John Van Doorn of Newsday receive $1,000 each. Tiede has covered Viet Nam since October. Van Doorn spent three months there last fall.
In Seattle telephoned a friend and hitchhiked 20 miles to St Marys Church in the Bronx to make Sunday Mass on time. The Rev Francis J Greene sJ, doing graduate work at New York University, says he found a solution to traffic delays by riding with a friend to reach the weekly service.
An off duty Marine, Steve Soule aged 19, ripped protest signs in front of a federal building as students demonstrated against the Vietnam War. Police removed him but no charges were filed. The rally featured Tulane and LSU students with pacifist and anti war sentiments.
Dr B J Blankenship 38 of the University of Texas Medical Branch will join a Viet Nam volunteer team of physicians aiding Vietnamese citizens. A Longview Texas native, he leaves today from Galveston for Saigon on a leave of absence to serve in the program.
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