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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1965
Page
7
A concise fashion brief highlights vacation ready pieces and fall wear including a blue green or black skirt and long pants with interchangeable blouses dominated by blue tones. The selection emphasizes sporty downtown style for versatile outfits.
Sen. Clinton P. Anderson urged passage of the Social Security health care bill as a major stride toward economic security in old age. Sen. Russell B. Long said it would be the largest and most significant social legislation, aiming to raise benefits and create health programs for Americans 65 and over. Long moved to start debate earlier to speed votes and passage by Friday.
Paris mourned millionaire playboy diplomat Porfirio Rubirosa aged 56 after a car crash that killed him following a polo victory celebration. His body remained in a Paris hospital as plans for burial were not yet arranged. His widow Odile Rodin, a French actress, received condolences visits at their suburban villa. Police sealed the Ferrari wreckage pending a sabotage investigation and a preliminary inquiry cited excessive speed as a possible cause.
At Texas Tech swine short course in Aggie Memorial Auditorium, Lamb County broker Jack Barton called pig farming a relatively minor High Plains enterprise unlikely to surpass row crop farming. He estimated regional hog numbers and annual gross of 7 to 8 million, below cotton and other crops, while praising local purebred breeders and noting economic alternatives remain stronger. The seminar drew about 125 attendees and featured Tech animal husbandry leaders and industry experts.
The West German navy launched its 3,000 ton Bayern destroyer designed for 35 knots. The vessel features a spray system for washing off contamination from atomic or chemical weapons and has exterior surfaces rounded to aid washdown at sea.
The House Agriculture Committee resumes work on a cotton bill after tentative agreement on a four year program. Provisions include a low price support loan plus direct payments, 15 percent acreage cuts and possible diversion payments with specifics outlined for 1966 pricing. Chairman Harold Cooley will preside as sessions continue and final votes loom.
In Dallas UPI reports jurors were to be chosen today for the trial of 31 year old former TI technical writer Robert F. Hancock accused of a five million dollar scheme involving secretly photographed TI data and offers to Texaco. Also charged is William Dennis Smith of Athens with attempting to sell copies. Hancock free on ten thousand dollar bond. Smith’s trial to be scheduled. both indicted on related charges. First jurors were expected to be selected today.
Texas Tech schedules final exams for the first summer term on Thursday and Friday.
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