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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1968
Page
4
Paris issues sea and air exclusion around Mururoa atoll starting Friday as France prepares a new slate of nuclear tests including a possible hydrogen bomb. The program targets August through September with ground and submarine missile experiments and is expected to deploy 60 kiloton bombs.
In Uppsala Sweden thousands of clergy and lay delegates from 80 nations gather for the Fourth Assembly of the World Council of Churches. Some 232 denominations represented, with observers from Roman Catholics and other faiths. Pope Paul VI’s renewed Marian dogma cited as hurdle to unity. King Gustav Adolph VI due to attend the opening.
Argentina brands three Italian magazines and a French one immoral and bars them from the mails. The actions affect the March Tab of Milan the April Playmen of Rome the January February Men of Rome and the May Lui of Paris.
In Uppsala Sweden a church roof job was slowed by local girls stripping to tan themselves near the swimming club. Builders reported many volunteers yet one brunette girl hindered progress while others remained indifferent to onlookers.
Four Hart High School cheerleaders Rebecca Futrell Leta Pierce Joan Dudley and Sylvia Gonzales returned from a cheerleading school at Cisco. The Hart quartet won three first places one second and one third in competitive events at the school.
In Bangkok reports say hand operated machines are sought after in Burma, with rising interest from buyers and potential exporters. The piece notes limited production and growing need across sectors, signaling a shifting market in the region.
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman, touring Can Tho Vietnam, shrugged off a helicopter attack by Viet Cong gunfire. He later demonstrated hog catching to local farmers, grabbing a pig by ears and tail to show how Americans collar swine.
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