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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1965
Page
5
Dust laden front moves through the Texas Panhandle with light snow and intermittent rain reported last night from ten miles south of Lamesa to north of Big Spring. A car incident involving livestock occurred as the front passed.
Tornadoes and blinding dust swept across the South Plains as strong winds and heavy rains drenched Texas. Bridges washed out, roads closed, and schools disrupted while central Texas communities faced rising creeks and urban flooding amidst a national cold snap.
Ivory Coast under President Felix Houphouet Boigny pursues free enterprise, reporting doubled per capita income to 172 dollars, rising national product from 895 million in 1960 to 825 million in 1964, and a 200 percent growth in foreign trade over a decade, with rising Western investment in cocoa coffee timber and banana industries.
Acting Prime Minister Pie Masumbuko says the United States is not suspected of killing Burundi premier Ngwendandumwe after a Wa tutsi refugee employed by the U S embassy confessed to the assassination. Masumbuko blames Watutsi extremists and notes 24 questioned, including five named by the suspect as involved. Three killers remain at large.
About 100 Negro school teachers tried three times to enter the Dallas County Courthouse to register to vote in Selma, but sheriff's deputies led by James G. Clark pushed them down the steps with night sticks. No injuries or arrests were reported as the group finally left two by two. Federal judge Daniel H. Thomas weighed a petition to bar county officers from interfering with the voter drive as the Dallas County Board of Registrars prepared to resume session.
Public Health Service officials said the nation is not facing a major influenza epidemic though localized outbreaks may occur. Reports from Newark area hospitals and rising school absenteeism prompted a Center to send a scientist to assist New Jersey officials in identifying the virus, tentatively classed as type A with Asian flu distinctions still unclear.
Vice President Humphrey, amid a round of tributes, wins a unanimous three minute rule suspension to address the Senate on his first presiding day. The chamber erupts with applause as he vows to govern with fairness and humor while admitting limited future remarks from the podium.
A legislator group led by Connally asserts that any increase in the minimum foundation program must be paired with legislation raising the portion funded by local taxing authorities.
Davis 60 longtime Hockley County resident died Friday at Lubbock Highland Hospital. Funeral services set 2:30 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church Levelland with burial in Levelland Cemetery under George Price Funeral Home. Survived by wife lone son Kenneth two daughters three brothers three sisters and 14 grandchildren.
The report details bids from Stra & Payne Co Dallas and others for separate bridge structures at three sites with a total contract of 1 675 026. It also notes low bids for Tucson 260 miles project and a California placement center accounting graduates event while contrasting political inaugurations and unlikely presidential talk.
A series of birth notices records several newborns and weights. Entries mention parents such as Mr and Mrs Johnnie Halley and Mr and Mrs Gary Oakley, with hospital names Highland and Latchbock Ostenpathic, and times around dawn on Fridays. Some details are garbled but indicate weights between 7 pounds and 8 ounces and 7 pounds 18 ounces in multiple cases.
Goldwater says he bears responsibility for the loss but offers reasons and assigns party harmony to the campaign’s difficulties. He urges not to blame others for the public backlash while reflecting on the campaign's outcomes and the paths forward.
Moscow signals aim to preserve unity among Warsaw Pact nations after a seven nation summit in Warsaw while warning against NATO nuclear moves with West Germany. Observers note no new moves to end the cold war and stress the Soviet leadership’s priority on domestic economic issues.
The article reports Morton and Goldwater speeches linking Republican strategy to winning back the South and Negro vote, while Goldwater critiques Johnson on Viet Nam. It notes a plan to extend the Lubbock Symphony with Harrod and Benson continuing through next year, reflecting city support and future programming.
America's TIROS-9 weather satellite launched Friday to study global cloud cover in a polar orbit. The 305 pound craft, nicknamed a hatbox, carries two cameras aimed north to south for full global cloud imaging, though a higher than planned orbit limited detail.
Air Force Academy reports 25 additional cadets resign, bringing total to 29 amid a campus cheating ring investigation. Some football players reportedly involved. investigation could last three to four weeks with partial campus restrictions remaining.
In Chicago the Republican National Committee elected Ohio's Ray C. Bliss as national chairman to end the party rift after Barry Goldwater's landslide loss. Outgoing chairman Dean Burch resigned as Bliss pledged hard work and unity, saying the change signals a new era for the GOP.
Four Hale Center youths were injured when their car skidded into a utility pole on FM 1 near Hale Center. The victims Lupe Sanchez 16 Carlos Cantu Jr 17 Noleia Cantu 14 and Yole Cantu 13 all were treated at Hi Plains Hospital. The pole broke at ground level and an electrical line lay across the road three feet high until Rural Electrification crew repaired it. The driver Sanchez reportedly tried to pass another vehicle and lost control.
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