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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1966
Page
5
Snow dumped across the state with 4 inches in Lubbock and higher totals elsewhere. Roads iced over, power outages reported, and schools closed or delayed as crews plowed and sanded major highways.
The American Heart Association urges parents to instill good diet habits in children to reduce future heart attack risk. They recommend less saturated fat and more unsaturated fats, and serving fewer cholesterol-rich foods to improve lifelong heart health.
Airman 2 C Fuentes Jr and Mrs Fuentes welcome a daughter weighing 7 lb 3 oz at 8 09 pm Thursday in Reese AFB Hospital. Rev and Mrs Benjamin Elger report a daughter 8 lb 4 oz at 5 45 pm Friday in Methodist Hospital. Mrs Ralph Howard adds a son 7 lb 15 oz born Thursday at Highland Hospital. Ardee Hunt Jr and Mrs Hunt greet a daughter 7 months 15 oz at 7 35 pm Thursday at Laut Clinic. Trinidad Garza and Mrs Garza announce a son 7 lb 12 oz at 9 40 pm Thursday at Laut Clinic. William Beer and Mrs Beer report a daughter 5 lb 15 oz at 7 41 am Friday at Methodist Hospital. Delton Smith and Mrs Smith welcome a son 6 lb 12 oz at 7 15 am Friday at Methodist Hospital. James Donald Owens and Mrs Owens announce a son 7 lb 2 oz at top pm Thursday at West Texas Hospital.
Peter Landerman, 24, recounts his Russia imprisonment after a fatal traffic accident and his release for humanitarian reasons. He compares Newcomb Mott's death aboard a Soviet prison train to the confinement, surveillance, and dehumanizing conditions he endured.
Funeral services for Sherman Henard 71 Plains pioneer rancher will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in First Methodist Church Plains Burial will be in Plains Cemetery under Barrett Funeral Home. Henard died in Denver City hospital Friday. Surviving are his wife two sons Pat Plains and Robert Lovington and three grandchildren
A $50,000 engine spectrometer from Du Pont helps University of California engineers monitor in real time the chemicals inside an operating engine. The device uses optical components and shutters to identify substances in the combustion chamber during operation, aiming to design cleaner engines with fewer smog forming emissions.
Col. V. I. Hack, head of training aids at the Medical Field Service School, Ft. Sam Houston, argues colors can steer attention and mood in lectures and medical settings. He warns against blue or green walls for ill patients and suggests red for visibility in dark rooms.
Reported in serious condition was Myra Tanner a 57 year old passenger from Pascagoula Miss in a bus crash near Lubbock. Police said Riley Coch 50 sustained a hip injury while John W Shropshire 37 caused a two car collision. The Kerrville Bus Co vehicle overturned leaving three injured treated at hospitals.
A fierce pre dawn battle near Da Nang leaves 46 Viet Cong dead while six Marines die in separate patrols. In Tuy Hoa a ceasefire violation triggers jet response as U S and Korean forces coordinate amid confusion in the capital. US and Korean troops respond to firecracker celebrations mistaken for gunfire near Lodge’s residence.
A bus traveling from Denver to San Antonio overturned after swerving to avoid vehicles from an earlier two car crash on snow covered U S 87 about three miles north of Lubbock at about 7 a m. The bus mishap disrupted traffic in the pre dawn hours.
Mrs. Howard S. Mott, mother of Newcomb Mott, said she is convinced her son was murdered or died in a foul manner while guarded on a train. She questioned how death by one’s own action could occur with guards present and called the Soviet Embassy seeking information and travel to Russia.
Funeral arrangements are pending for Owen Winhed Lewis 67 history teacher at Floydada High School following his death at his Floydada home from an apparent heart attack. A native of Cave City Arkansas he married Mary Louise Breedlove in 1920 and moved to Floydada in 1959 where he taught at Floydada High. Surviving are his wife a son Loren Odessa four brothers and four grandchildren.
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