30 Jan 1966
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1966
Page
1
District 3-AAAA basketball update shows Monterey defeating Amasilio 52 42 to seize second half lead. Local items note a Dallas power outage, workplace and state affairs.
President Johnson says he will be guided by the 1964 congressional resolution granting broad powers to decide military actions as he weighs resuming bombing of North Viet Nam. He argues peace is blocked by fanatical leaders pursuing ruin and cites Sen. Vance Hartke and 15 Democrats who urged his collective judgment.
Permits totaling 582000 have been issued for an 500 plus resident apartment style housing unit on Brownfield Road southwest of Lubbock to serve Texas Tech. Tech Sing Inc. leads the project with Bayard M. Smith as architect agent. The facility will include a washateria drive in grocery barber shop ice cream parlor and pool with a 300 seat golf service restaurant. The units will be studios and one to three bedroom spaces intended for students and faculty. Construction is underway and the complex targets completion by the fall semester.
Bitter norther brings sleet and freezing drizzle, closing schools and driving temperatures down to near eight degrees. Snow blankets Seymour and Snyder while Lubbock reports 23 degrees. Amarillo logs a record low for the date as Panhandle towns brace for more cold.
Winter blast pummeled the country from the Rockies to the Atlantic with snow storms and record lows. Nebraska communities faced heat outages while Chicago suburbs lost power. dozens of schools shut as roads froze. Minnesota barns and Florida crops suffered. two deaths reported from the cold and an auto crash near Sweetwater, Texas.
Extreme cold sent Minnesota to record lows with Inter national Falls at minus 43 and Duluth at minus 37. Residents heated fuel tanks with torches while postmasters limited routes to trucks only. Affected propane and hot water issues disrupted vaporization and deliveries in a historic cold snap.
Berliners faced a frozen city with ice covering roads and sidewalks. West Berlin police reported 143 motor accidents between midnight and 8 am and 22 pedestrians treated for falls. Many residents were late for work as delays and detours disrupted daily routines.
The report notes state tallies for three states with North Carolina and Virginia each at five and Michigan at two, indicating a regional distribution of counts across the listed areas.
The Selective Service System moves to draft college students to meet armed forces needs. Guidelines soon to be issued to local boards on deferment or transfer to 1A, mirroring Korean War rules. Criteria include test scores and class rank across undergraduate and graduate levels.
An anonymous editor's note invites readers to share prayers or wishes. The fragment shows a focus on forgiving and thanking, with a call for peaceful content and a limited World.
Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin was hospitalized for five days this month with influenza after returning from the funeral of Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. At 61, he left the hospital last week and resumed full duties. He fell ill shortly after arriving in Moscow from New Delhi on January 15, following a trip to Tashkent for Indo-Pakistani talks.
A Lufthansa Convair passenger plane crashed on landing in fog at Bremen Airport, killing 42 passengers and four crew. The Frankfurt Hamburg route via Bremen carried seven Italian athletes and their trainer for an international meet. Fire and explosion followed the impact, with wreckage scattered around the site.
A massive gas explosion and fire rocked downtown Boston on Friday night injuring more than 50 and feared to trap 25 to 30. The blast wrecked the Paramount and Plymouth hotels on Boylston Street, with flames driven by 35 mile an hour winds and freezing temperatures. Police and fire crews, aided by servicemen, searched ruins as the death toll climbed and victims were rushed to local hospitals.
Michael J. Quill, leader of the AFL-CIO Transport Workers Union and head of New York City’s first major transit strike, died Friday at 60 from a heart attack. The Irish immigrant helped unionize bus and subway workers and served as the union’s first and only president. Lindsay called Quill’s death the end of an era as tributes poured in from local officials.
Astin James C. Cross Jr. appeared at a pretrial hearing and pleaded not guilty to charges of strangling two Dallas sorority sisters Shirley Ann Stark and Susan Rigsby, 21, whose nearly nude bodies were found at the University of Texas north Austin campus last July 30. The 23 year old son of a Fort Worth department store executive faced trial after motions and jury selection prep. He has been held without bond in Travis County jail, losing weight as proceedings continued.
Mostly a mild day with lighter winds and a gradual warmup this afternoon and tonight. High expected in the low 30s, with a low around the upper teens. Humidity near 14 percent at midnight, with a gentle Southwest wind and no significant precipitation anticipated.
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