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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1966
Page
6
A historic cold wave froze the Atlantic Seaboard with record sub zero durations in Cedar Rapids and Virginia. Snow depths reached 22 inches in Lynchburg and 19 inches in Martinsburg while Maryland and DC faced crippling drifts and airport closures. Governors declared emergencies as driving bans and school closings spread.
Mr and Mrs Roscoe Thomas will present a dinosaur bone slide program for the Lubbock Gem and Mineral Society at 7 30 p m Tuesday at the Precinct 1 Clubhouse 3012 W 50th Street. The club invites all interested persons to attend. Aliens in the United States must register today at local post offices under a January deadline with penalties including fines up to 200 and possible deportation. Caprock Baptist Association Brotherhood meets tonight at First Baptist Church with Parnell Powell as chairman and Rev Landrum Leavell as speaker. Dr OO Brandon Hill is guest speaker at the Lubbock Lions Club luncheon Tuesday at the Koko Palace. Kerr E Hurlbut, 91, of Brownwood, brother of Claude Hurlbut, dies of an apparent heart attack in Brownwood with services planned. An early morning fire gutted Strawn’s Drapery Shop at 1506 26th St causing heavy damage but sparing the nearby house.
Temperatures plunged across Texas after a sunny day as readings ranged from 74 at Presidio to 22 at Childress. Forecasters predicted continued subnormal temperatures into midweek with light rain or snow, while fields in the Lower Rio Grande Valley suffered melon losses but most citrus and vegetables avoided major damage.
A juror Lois Clark 40 collapsed from an asthma attack delaying deliberations in the nine month trial of Dr Stevan Durovic and others linked to Krebiozen The panel later began deliberations again after a luncheon break Three co defendants Dr Andrew Ivy Dr FP Phillips and Marko Durovic were acquitted on fraud and conspiracy charges leaving three others freed and potential mistrial if illness extends
Two Memphis sisters, working together, felt identical premonitions and visited the same doctor who confirmed they were pregnant. They rushed to the same hospital and delivered in the same room, one giving birth to a boy and the other to a girl, ending their uncanny coincidence.
Two sisters exited the hospital together on Saturday, leaving after their respective medical stays. The departure marks the end of their hospital visit with no reported complications.
Mr and Mrs Wilford Palmer of 84M E 16th St announce the birth of a son weighing about 7 pounds 14 ounces at 9 13 p m Sunday in Blethodist Hospital. Father works as a warehouse foreman at Plains Coop.
A crash left poll tax receipts scattered along a highway. Tudor died at the scene. Russel S. Hardin said a Slaton men's group issued receipts at a grocery store. Funeral services are pending. Tudor’s survivors include his mother and daughter.
Two Texas Tech students were injured in a Sunday morning one car rollover on Park Road WW. Driver Clyde Lynn Harruff, 19, and passenger Danny Broadbeck, 20, were treated and released at Methodist Hospital. Police say Harruff swerved to miss an oncoming car, causing the icy road crash.
Republicans target Democratic governors in 1966 to enlarge their base for a possible Johnson challenge in 1968. They plan to win statehouses from Massachusetts to Michigan and pivot other Midwestern races as Vietnam war dissatisfaction grows, with California Minnesota Iowa Nebraska and a few smaller states seen as key targets.
ACT officials led by Dr. James K. Sours arrive in Lubbock to assess local ACT services at the office on 50th Street. They will meet Tuesday with Texas Tech, Lubbock Christian College, and area schools, and attend a Plainesman Hotel breakfast with local district representatives.
More than 80 participants competed Sunday at Evans Junior High School in Bennie Dunn Evans twirling contest. Linda Payton, 14, from Lubbock, won four first place trophies while Fay Overman Yetta Tucker Cheri Overman and Kay Evans earned three each. Six girls earned two firsts and Phillip Thompson won the boys solo event. Vicki Little of Slaton, a two time winner, competed in her first twirling tournament.
Two Lubbock men remained in serious condition at Methodist Hospital after separate early morning shootings. Fred Overstreet, 28, of 3002 E Main, was shot in the throat around 2 45 a m at his home with his wife saying the shooting was accidental. Clifton Cleveland, 48, of 3607 Zenith, sustained two wounds in a shooting at his home around midnight, hit in the right shoulder and chest. Police reported no identified suspect.
Twenty four young North Vietnamese army men stood at the Ben Hai bridge awaiting a decision. Three stepped forward to stay in the South, while 21 crossed back to the North as bags and clothes were tossed into the river in a staged good will gesture amid cross border tensions.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mirty Mae Carr 65 who died Saturday in a Tilia hospital will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Steel Hill Community Church of Christ with Gene Brady of Lutrall officiating. Burial will follow in Girard Cemetery east of Spur under Campbell Funeral Home direction. She was born in Coleman County and survived by husband J H Carr of Kress two sons Lester and R J Carr of Kress and three sisters Alma Lewis Spur Ada Hale Bledsoe and Ninnie Clark Cisco. Pallbearers are George Austin I' Dement Richard Westfall E rer Cross Garmer Young and Floyd Fabus.
A four year old circus lion named Targan escaped its cage in Senigallia Italy and was shot dead by an employee with a submachine gun after forcing the cage door during a cleaning.
U S Undersecretary of State George W Ball says the Viet Cong is not the sole representative of South Viet Nam while leaving the door open to some dealings with the front Ball rejects recognizing the front as the legitimate voice of the South Vietnamese people and reiterates U S policy of negotiating with any government or group as path to peace Meanwhile Viet Cong rejects U S terms for peace and wins support pledge from Red China as North Viet Nam stands by its terms in a London message from Ho Chi Minh
In a rare 142 minute cardiac arrest, Dr. Charles Drew of Westminster Hospital used profound hypothermia to stop a 46 year old man's heart while fitting two new valves at the London Clinic. The patient recovered fully and returned to work after more than a year. Temperature methods cooled the brain to protect it during stoppage.
New Delhi Indira Gandhi in her first major public speech after becoming prime minister last week urged Indians to wage war on poverty ignorance and disease rather than protest. She called for self reliance and decisive action to solve the nations problems.
Thousands of Marines hit the Vietnamese coast in Operation Double Eagle near Saigon, meeting light resistance as they secured a beachhead and pushed inland. Elsewhere rival forces pressed three major offensives along Highway One while U.S. aircraft and ships supported actions against Viet Cong targets. The Thanh Tri village raid left multiple civilians dead and a priest killed after torture, with guerrillas seizing church artifacts for a bonfire.
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