26 Jul 1968
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1968
Page
1
A nervous male bandit, about five foot six and 150 pounds, robbed Woodson State Bank at noon and escaped in a car after taking 17000. Bank president J F Leake said the thief tied up three employees and two customers in a vault before fleeing.
Mayor Carl Stokes pressed a 9 PM curfew on Cleveland’s East Side to curb looting as National Guardsmen returned after white business leaders complained of impunity. He vowed to bar disruptive individuals from the area and enforce strict, equitable limits while emergency measures were debated across city and state desks.
Fragmentary text appears to outline new unit corners and dates with scattered numerical values. Mentions Lubbock and expected deadlines, but many words are garbled, leaving uncertainty about the exact entities, places, or actions.
Reported operation in a disputed front region details troops uncovering multiple arms caches near a river and railroad, with clashes noted as enemy forces resisted. Casualty or capture figures are unclear in the fragmentary text.
The text presents a garbled prayer fragment likely from a church or devotional page. It hints at seeking guidance to speak for everlasting love and mentions actors like Hob Cadent Mortun in unclear form. The readable portion suggests a plea for speech and faith.
A Vietnam era correspondent recounts the Khe Sanh siege lasting 17 days and the July 4 evacuation as Marines faced NVA pressure. The piece notes 230 Americans killed and 2,500 wounded, with Lance Cpl. Gary Gordon among those highlighted for his actions during the pullout.
An unclear OCR fragment mentions a school proposal linked to HEW and includes stray words. The readable portion implies preparation or approval steps for a school plan, but concrete details such as location dates or names are absent.
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