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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1968
Page
11
United Press International notes shifting public attitudes to religion from the 1910s to the 1950s. The piece cites a nationwide religious revival and Billy Graham drawing large stadium crowds as indicators of the era’s faith trends.
Dr. L Ann Buntin longtime leader in home economics education at Texas Tech will become head of the Department of Home Economics at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee North Carolina this fall She directed the Center for the Development of Home Economics Instructional Materials and has served in Tel Aviv with a US aid mission and in state education roles She has also taught at Columbia University Syracuse University and Gainesville Florida
The Lubbock Rebekah Lodge 321 held a family night in Rebekah Hall at 1520 53rd St with Mrs. Clyde Savell presiding. Mrs. A T Campbell was elected team captain and guest Mrs. S B Whetstine of Port Arthur attended. Mr. and Mrs. E W Saddler won first prize for costumes. children Becky Lee and Randy Simpson took first in their category. Next meeting at 8 p m Thursday will study lodge work.
A local notice states Club Toronto is seeking a stout accomplice for James E. Ray. The article provides no further names, dates, or locations.
The article examines Moscow pressure on Czechoslovakia amid reform hopes. It explains Soviet appeals to the People’s Militia, the risk of a coup, and Dubcek’s possible concessions to stave off harsher intervention.
Judge Schauer ordered a two week continuance to permit further psychiatric and brain damage tests of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. The defense called for evaluations by a psychologist and a neurologist who will read brain waves in his Hall of Justice cell. The case concerns the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel.
The Navy issued a 143.5 million contract to Newport News Shipbuilding for two nuclear powered guided missile frigates as part of a plan to field five nuclear escorts by the 1970s. The frigs measure 396 feet and displace 10,000 tons, armed with two twin Tartar launchers.
Lubbock police investigated burglaries Friday led by the theft of a 15 foot boat and trailer from Sportsman Supply Co. at 1917 East Broadway Street. A soft drink machine at 3511 Avenue A had $20 damage from a pry attempt. Minor losses included $3 in change from another machine and a $90 typewriter missing from Mrs. Michael G. Hatcher after she moved from Lubbock.
Navy officials deny locating the nuclear submarine Scorpion as search vessels continue tracking a highly suspect area 450 miles SSW of the Azores. Debris sightings and a prior mistaken transmission prompted ongoing oceanic searches with undersea cameras and sonar to confirm the sub’s fate.
Monterey High School will host the first annual Texas Tech State Student Council Workshop July 22 to 26 at the Wiggins Complex on the Tech campus. Twenty-one high schools from across the state will send about 107 representatives with Earl Ream as main consultant and C. W. Edwards of Monterey serving as workshop director.
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