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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1966
Page
5
State police pursued about 175 Black people from the Grenada county courthouse after local authorities arrested them. Troopers chased them through streets and used clubs against stragglers, with public safety reports noting clubbing incidents.
A small prop plane failed to line up with the runway at Andrews and struck soft ground between runway and taxi area. Four adults and a child died, though no fire occurred. federal officials will investigate. Victims included local businessman J. W. Flanary and others from San Angelo and Moab. funerals pending.
A wild story from a shine parlor features Cat the prankster and rattlesnakes in boots, with varied endings. The piece shifts to a separate report noting the National Education Association says public school expenditures rose from about $23 billion to nearly $26 billion between 1964-65 and 1965-66.
Thousands marched from Soldier Field to downtown Chicago in the climax of a freedom rally. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taped a list of demands on city hall door after the two mile walk amid 98 degree heat. Police put marchers over ten thousand. others say up to fifty thousand watched at Soldier Field where leaders spoke under the blazing sun.
The Ku Klux Klan, 445 strong, marched silently from Memorial Auditorium to the North Carolina Capitol in Raleigh and vowed a counter demonstration to civil rights protests. Leader J Robert Jones warned that every protest would be met with two Klansmen, and warned of a return when Martin Luther King visits.
Congratulations to several families on newborns. Mr and Mrs Thomas Franklin Emery welcomed a daughter at West Texas Hospital weighing 6 pounds 81/2 ounces at 5 05 a m Sunday. Mr and Mrs Wayne Lloyd Loving welcomed a son at West Texas Hospital weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces at 10 16 a m Sunday. Mr and Mrs Shirley Henry welcomed a son at Methodist Hospital weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces at 3 01 p m Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ben Johnson welcomed a son at Methodist Hospital weighing 7 pounds 3 1/2 ounces at 5 03 a m Sunday. The fathers work in distribution, credit reporting, and freight sales for local firms.
Sapulpa based jeweler Don Pittman dazzles 3000 plus spectators in Lubbock with a Lomchevak maneuver aboard his Curtis Pitt Special. The 30-year-old pilot, also a jeweler and active community figure, has flown since age nine and balances business life with rotary spectacle duties.
Rochester area school district and the University of Rochester will launch a fall program for 30 parents and 30 students. Funded by a U S Office of Education grant, it will use local clergymen and school counselors to lead discussions on adolescent development, parent child conflicts, and self understanding.
Severe weather battered Midland and El Paso with downpours up to four inches and power outages from lightning. Wichita Falls logged 2.49 inches in six hours. Temperatures topped 100 in Mineral Wells, San Angelo, Lufkin, Laredo, Abilene, Junction, Fort Worth and Dallas. Farther north, record heat touched Pierre, Springfield, Lincoln, Little Rock and Jackson, with 113 in the Plains and Mississippi Valley.
Earl Jarnagin reports a makeup kit taken during a prior burglary was found in his kitchen sink after a second break in at 3314 E Cornell. Other Sunday burglaries include cash from James David and Mamie George, a record player for Joe Ramirez, and parts stolen from Jim Wisdom's lawn mower. C. B. Allan's house also broken into but no losses confirmed.
Washington study shows drivers slow to size up traffic and then brake hard are more prone to rear impacts. Research by Washington Office of American Institute of Research for Public Health Service accident prevention division notes cautious reflexes reduce rear collisions for taxi operators in the capital.
A fragmented weather snippet mentions locations Abernathy Anton Denver City Hale Center and nearby distances. The unreadable OCR suggests rain related data with mileage references, but lacks clear events or timing. The incomplete text limits precise details beyond geographic markers.
A Cadillac Michigan collision between a car and a government Job Corps bus killed two people, injured 14, and left three children in serious condition. The car’s 65 year old driver and her 71 year old husband died. the bus from Hoxeyville Job Corps Center carried 20 aboard with 11 injured. Police cited witnesses that the car slowed for a stop sign on Michigan 37 at Michigan 55 before entering the intersection and striking the bus. Victims were Albert Setterbo and Gena Setterbo of Suttons Bay.
Cincinnati report says a commission completed a three level unification design for the Disciples of Christ. Congregations, regional and international bodies would share governance with congregational representation and coordinated bylaws. Main item set for Dallas convention in September.
A heavily armed jail escapee, Lillian Jo Ramos, 28, tried to shoot her way out of a motel ambush near Post Falls Idaho. An FBI agent was wounded as Ramos was hit and taken down. Ramos, on the run since escaping Spokane jail in September, was found with weapons and ammunition. her boyfriend James Lauritzen was arrested in Northport Alabama.
Charles Clinton Young Jr. an 11 year old from Spade died after touching an exposed electric wire in a chicken house near his home. His cousin was shocked touching the same wire and Charles Jr. moved the wire, causing electrocution. Services pending. He is survived by his parents, a sister and a brother, and grandfather Y P Young of Littlefield.
In Nagpur central India an AP report states cholera smallpox and encephalitis outbreaks have killed 203 people since the month began. Encephalitis alone has caused 192 deaths, most victims being children under ten.
In North Rhine Westphalia the Social Democrats emerge as the strongest single party, winning nine seats and reaching 99 in the state parliament, while the ruling CDU FDP coalition retains a majority with 101 seats. Willy Brandt leads the national Socialist movement from West Berlin.
New York UPI report notes the Institute of International Education published a new edition of Undergraduate Study Abroad. The booklet outlines programs sponsored by U.S. colleges and universities for the academic year and summer. Programs have grown to about 300 in three years, up from six junior year abroad programs in 1950.
Farmers plant 320 acres of onions with an expected 9 million pound crop. Early Grino and later Sweet Spanish varieties in white and yellow. Jumbo 35 percent and medium 65 percent. Marketed through Crosbyton via Arkansas Valley Produce Co. crews ship 800 fifty pound sacks to Texas New Mexico and Colorado. Parkhill owns 80 acres and expects harvest July to August.
Parkhill and Gambrel praised their onion gamble after irrigation six to eight times yearly and extra waterings for the later-maturing Sweet Spanish variety. They plan to continue onion growing next year, viewing onions as a promising crop for the South Plains for bold farmers.
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