Auction Sale Set Today at Lubbock Swine Show
O'Donnell hog raiser highlights Poland China entries with champions and top prizes at the Lubbock show. Records note rising meatiness and changing industry trends, with winners listed in bred gifts, open gilts, and boars from Oklahoma, Iowa, Ohio, and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Donnell
Lubbock
Poland
Co. W. Mitchell
Galesburg
Ill
Mitchell
Ames
Iowa
Harvey Richardson
Elmore City
Okla
J. O
Bo) Creighton
H. D. Tucker
Wilson
Melvin Kysela
Moore
Richardson
Creighton
Barrows
Lyle Olson
Atkins
Kysela
Keith Bray
Muleshoe
Tucker
Crieghton
Bray
Kenneth Mapes
Marysville
Ohio
Mapes
Robert Listen
Jones
Wayman Brothers
Goltry
Sid Carney
Comanche
Fred Vanderberg Jr
Pampa
N S Polands
Woodward
Don Jones
Wagoner
Listen
Vanderberg
AFL-CIO Rates Lawmakers on 1969 Poverty Votes
AFL-CIO scored 24 Democratic and 21 Republican lawmakers on 11 poverty and antipoverty issues. All 24 senators earned 100 percent except 14 with zero ratings, many Republicans or southern. Notable positives include support for tax reform and anti filibuster measures. negatives include votes for Haynsworth nomination and limits on legal aid for the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
House
Borger Man Surrenders in Albuquerque Kidnap Case
Jerry L. Wilson 25 of Borger surrendered to Albuquerque police to face charges of kidnapping false imprisonment and aggravated assault involving his former wife Sue Fischer 23. Fischer alleges she was forced to Juarez and remarriage under duress while Wilson was a former SMU co captain. Attorney John A. Curtis was present in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Jerry L. Wilson
Borger
Kidnay
Wilson
Southern Methodist University
Sue
Fischer
Dallas
John A. Curtis
Juarez
Mexico
Curtis
Miss Fischer
Frideyote
Third Heart Transplant Attempt On Rector In Michigan
In Ann Arbor surgeons began a six hour operation to give 44 year old former construction worker Gerald Rector his second heart in ten months the third such second heart transplant on the same patient. A kidney from the donor heart was also transplanted into Gary Wolvin a 24 year old Dearborn student while the donor's other kidney was prepared for a possible transplant at Henry Ford Hospital. The donor Mrs Hildreth Judy 55 Saline Mich died of a stroke. Previous double heart recipients Everett Thomas and Darrell Hammarey both died within weeks of their transplants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
UPI
Lobby Pom
Gerald Kenneth Reetarte
Detroit
William N. Hubbard Jr
Michigan Medical Center
Hildreth
Judy
Saline
Gary Wolvin
Dearborn
Henry
Henry Ford Hospital
Ford Hospital
Everett ¢. Thomas
Phoenix
Ariz
Houston
Newton Cooley
Thomas
Darrell Hammarey
San Jose
Calif
Rioting Conspiracy Trial at McCarthy Headquarters Heard
In Chicago a riot conspiracy trial heard testimony about events at McCarthy campaign HQ during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Richard Goodwin, adviser to Kennedy and Johnson, testified about meetings with defendants but was barred from discussing the Hilton raid and headquarters assessment. The session included courtroom banter as judges and attorneys traded quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene McCarthy
Richard Goodwin
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sen
McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Goodwin
Hoffman
Conrad Hilton
Judie Hoffman
Kennedy Thomas A. Foran
Thomas Hayden
San Franccisco
Hayden
Kennedy
Conventon Hall
Hecause
Sen. Kennedy
Richard WS. Daley
Bridge Aces Vie For Honors At Liano Estacado Tourney
Mrs Z D Jones of 1915 30th St continues to win on day two of the four day Liano Estacado King Cotton sectional bridge tournament at Kobo Palace. Plainview Pairs winners Friday morning were Mrs Lenora Kreiger and Curtis Bell Sr Amarillo with second place to Mrs John Vickers of Plainview and R E Matthews of Valley View. Dimmitte Pairs winners included Mrs K L Riggs. Masters Pairs ongoing with Men s Women s and Mixed Pairs scheduled today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. D. Jones
30Th St
Kobo Palace
Plainview
Lenora Kreiger
Curtis Bell Sr
Amarillo
John Vickers
Plainview Highway
Lubbock
R. E. Matthews
Valley View
Jones
Dimmit
River Rats meet at Perrin AFB to discuss POW letter drive
Regional gathering of the River Rats at Perrin AFB near Sherman notes Alabama has started a letter writing campaign with governor and local officials backing it. The group includes pilots who flew missions north of the Red River Valley Hanoi area and Rider lists countries and organizations with addresses for writing to U.S. prisoners of war. Addresses include UN Secretary General U Thant in New York and Swedish Ambassador Hubert de Besche at 22491 St NW Washington DC 20008.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perrin’ Afb
Sherman
Alabama
Red River Valley
Hanoi
Vietnam
Rider
U.S
United Nations
Uo Thant
New York
Hubert de Besche
St. NW
Washington, D. C
Snyder National Bank elects Schrader as president
Schrader was elected president at a Board of Directors meeting replacing Borer B. Mize who becomes chairman. Schrader joined the Snyder bank staff in 1969 after prior posts in Harlingen and Edinburg. A Victoria native, WWII veteran, Texas Tech graduate, he is married with two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Mafia Racket Raid Nets Five In Nutley New Jersey
Police raided a claimed 15 million dollar yearly numbers operation tied to Ruggiero Botardo, a Cosa Nostra figure. Agents seized weapons, lottery slips, five adding machines and 1000 dollars at Salvatore Sarrecchia’s Nutley home after four months undercover. Major Victor Galassi said the operation was the Essex County main numbers bank and linked to Botardo’s prior 12 million dollar scheme from 1966 to 1968 in North Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nutley
Ruggiero Ritchte
Baiardo
Cosa’ Nostra
Victor Galassi
Essex County
Botardo
Livingston
North Jersey
Salvatore Sarrecchia
Galassi
New Jersey
Extradition Tate Suspect Delayed In Hearing
McKINNEY Texas District Judge David Brown granted a 30 day postponement in the extradition hearing for Charles Watson linked to the Sharon Tate murders. Watson’s attorney sought 60 days to prepare arguing pretrial publicity would deny a fair California trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney
UPI
David Brown
Friday
Charles Watson
Sharon Tate
Watson
Miss Tate
California
Bill Boyd
Boyd
Brown
Collin County
Tom Ryan
Tate
Texas
Ryan
Preston ‘Smith
Daring Church Aid Operation Halted
A bold religious airlift to feed Biafra folded after 25 fliers died and night flights ceased. Joint Church Aid had delivered nearly 350 tons nightly but Nigerian bombings closed the last landing strip leaving millions dependent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Cornell
New York
Biafra
Rocco A. Sacci
Sacci
Nigeria
Church Alliance
International Red Cross
Sao Tome
Ali
Church
World Service
Religious
Sacei
Nixon
Sweden
World Council of Churches
Eugene Carson Blake
World Council
MIT Invasion Ends as Offices Left in Shambles
A crowd of visitors abandoned a sit in at MIT in Cambridge after 34 hours. 55 people, including non students, left President Johnson and Chairman Killian’s offices amid vandalism and obscenities. MIT rejected the demonstrators demands to rescind expulsions and penalties from prior protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, Miss
Massachusetts
Institutes of Technology
MIT
Howard W. Johnson
Corporation
James R. Killian Jr
Johnson
Slaton Student Wins VEW Voice of Democracy Contest
Slaton High School sophomore Tomi Langtin won first place in the VEW post Voice of Democracy oratorical contest. She receives a 50 dollar savings bond and citation and advances to the District 7 competition later this month. Second went to Mary Frances Browning. third to Clifford Plein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slaton
Tomi Langtin
Tom Langtin
Slaton High School
Wag
Voice of Democracy
VEW Post
Mary Frances Browning
V. G. Browning
Clifford Plein
Bo Suma
WL. A. Bryant
Decision Sought on Church Taxation Supreme Court Case
The Walz v. tax question to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court aims to resolve if houses of worship should be taxed. The NY lawyer Walz argues taxes on religious properties would reduce his dues to churches, while religious groups warn such taxes violate the First Amendment. If taxed, churches could face insolvency and cities might seize properties for back taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Ryan
Boyd
U.S. Supreme Court
Clovis Cassee
United States
U.S
Supreme Catt
High Court
New York
Frederick Walz
Walz
Martin A. Larson
Stanley Lowell
National Council of Churches
U.S. Catholic Conference
Synagogue Council of America
Supreme Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
China Record Association
Barrow
Thomas F. Eagleton
Staart
Spessard L. Holland
Fla
Richard B. Russell
William B Long Jr
Barry Goldwater
Paul J. Fannin
Edward T. Gurney
Carl T. Curtis
Roman
Heriuska
Neh
Norris Cotton
Njho
Storm Thurmond
S.C
Karl F Mundt
John Tower
Tex
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Clifford P. Hansen
Wyo
NEW Post
Charles A. Bucks
Floyd Buell
Continental Airlines
Texas Tech
Pioneer Airlines
Continental
Park Board
McCarthy HQ
Chicago
Gordon H. Rose
Newsmen
H. BD. Waller
Evil
H. Kiver
V. G. Sdience
Browning
Kiver
Rose
Kunstler
FBI
Koka Palace
Pauly Cope
Sylvia Mariner
Randall Wright
Pat Scales
Barry Anderson
Victors
Steve Lawrence
el Paso
Dan Treadwell
Hobbs
A. G. Barnard
Otis Rogers
Hill Dye
Claude
Hugh Pennington
James Kopf
Bob Cope
Tohoka
J. D. Jones
H. P. Gregory
Lorenzo
Weldon Wells
Eileen] Platt
Brownfield
Wilmar Til
Sam Lesly
Hereford
Frank Poindexter
Lube Hock
Caieera
MAFIA
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Serand
Church World Service
Catholic Relief Services
American Jewish Committee
San Tome
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