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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1968

Page

3

Wrecks Send Two To Hospital In Lubbock Area

Auto accidents on Lubbock streets left several injured late Friday and Saturday. Carlos Wayne Wright 18 was moved to Methodist Hospital after a crash at 50th Street and Avenue J. Kenneth Watson 17 treated and released. Other injuries included Roscoe Hale 56 with broken bones from a scooter flip on 4th Street. Margaret Nash 48 treated at Methodist after a two car crash at Indiana Avenue and 39th Street. A motorcycle incident injured Alan Willis 15. car backing out struck him near 40th Street Raleigh Avenue. Darlann Haley 18 treated after a collision on Sith Street and Indiana Avenue.

Lubbock Carlos Wayne Wright S26 54Th St Methodist Hospital Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital 50Th Street Avenue J Kenneth Dean Watson Ave. D Wright Ronald Glenn Swart Route 1 Amherst Roscoe Ray Hale S7th St 4Th Street Avenue HH Indiana Avenue 39Th Street Margaret Johns Nash 70Th St Rosa Lee Cox 39Th St Alan Lee Willis 40Th St Ruben W. Hale Reese Air Force Base Raleigh Avenue Darlann Haley William C Cole Colgate Avenue Sith Street

Montreal Bank Robbery Staged by Priest Imposter

A six foot three inch athletic man in his early 30s dressed as a Roman Catholic priest robbed the Royal Bank of Canada in Montreal on Friday. He wore black clerical vestments and white collar, claimed money was for his church, and fled with 2872 dollars. Police describe him as very athletic and handsome, evading capture as witnesses noted his charm.

Montreal UPI Royal Bank of Canada Roger Pellerin

Cross Party Lines in McCarthy Rockefeller Second Choice

George Gallup reports that one third of McCarthy backers would vote for Rockefeller over Humphrey and a third of Rockefeller supporters would back McCarthy over Nixon. Test races including Wallace show McCarthy with a 3 point edge on Nixon and 2 on Rockefeller amid Democratic and Republican cross supporters.

George Gallup American Institute of Cubic Opinion Princeton N. J Eugene McCarthy Nelson Rockefeller McCarthy Rockefeller Hubert Humphrey Nixon George C. Wallace Humphrey Wallace McCarthy O Wendell Willkie

Burst From Window In New York Prompts Gun Arrest

Police captured Sam Falzon, 30, a Malta native and longtime academy employee, after he allegedly fired a burst from a machine gun from a fifth floor window at Power Memorial Academy in Manhattan at 6 50 a m. Officers recovered the loaded weapon under a mattress and found six boxes of ammunition. Detectives saw gun hobbyist literature in the room.

New York Power Memorial Academy mid-Manhattan West 42Nd Street Sam Falzon Malta The Falzon

Hotline tensions cited in 1967 Arab Israeli crisis

Reader's Digest condensed Velie account details Johnson and Kosygin exchanging threats over the Moscow Washington hot line during June 1967. Two confrontations led to fleet mobilization in the Mediterranean, but a UN cease fire at 72:30 p m June 10 ended the crisis.

New York Johnson Alexei Kosygin Washington- Moscow Reader's Digest Lester Velle Holy Land Velie Moscow Washington Kosygin United States Israel Welie Syria Kremlin Sixth Fleet Mediterranean Soviet Union U.N

Melee In West Haven Involves Seven Motorcyclists Arrested

West Haven police broke up a melee involving 75 to 100 youths and three out-of-town motorcycle clubs. Seven motorcyclists were arrested and three injured two badly. An eighth person was shot. Police confiscated guns chains and pipes. The clash stemmed from a grudge begun at a Vermont meet.

West Haven Conn UPI Shore Vermont

Wild Bill Hickok Real Name Revealed

The famed gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok was born James Butler Hickok, a detail confirming his birth name and lineage.

Wild Bill Hickok James Butler Hickok

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