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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1967
Page
7
A U S aircraft carrier suffered a deadly blaze last October with 46 dead and 47 missing or rescued by destroyers and Tth Fleet ships. The fire began when fuel ignited from a ruptured Skyhawk belly tank, burning through flight and hangar decks for over 12 hours and destroying several top‑line aircraft.
Jeannie Wilson and Susan Acree earned non-finalist talent awards as Jeannie, 20 Miss Dallas, placed high with Miss Fort Worth in the final five. Jan Whiddon, Miss Lubbock and current Miss Astro, reflected on nerves and future agency work, while Susan, bowing as Miss Texas, expressed love for her native state.
Mr and Mrs Larry Rankin celebrate birth of a son 7 pounds 12 ounces at 7 33 p m Friday at Meatho ist Hospital Father works as shipping clerk at Terscoine of West Texas Mr and Mrs Santos Ramirez Abernathy announce a son weights not fully legible at 2 36 a m Saturday at Methodist Hospital Father a warehouseman for Texas Surplus Property Agency Mr and Mrs John Alonzo 216 FB Mth St welcome a daughter 6 pounds 144 ounces at 6 29 a m Saturday at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital Father employed at the Embers Steak House Mr and Mrs Reynold Mendosa 118 Ave H welcome a daughter 7 pounds 1 ounce at 3 06 am Saturday Latif Clinic Father is a farmer.
A report details births announced by several families connected to members of a GOP committee. Names include Crabb Teeves Jeter Jones and others, with births at West Texas Hospital and Methodist Hospital. Fathers work at Pioneer Natural Gas Radley Lamber Farmer's Insurance and farm-related jobs.
Commission members join Johnson and colleagues for lunch then plan daylong sessions in Washington. Manila sentences a 19 year old to the electric chair for abduction and rape, a first in the Philippines. Debates erupt over Johnson's handling of race riots and GOP strategy as Dirksen reads a Dewey drafted statement amid criticism.
Detroit calm returns after riots with sporadic violence and grim humor. President Johnson authorizes long term SBA loans for homeowners and small businesses. Cyrus Vance announces White House plan from Detroit. Eisenhower and some Republicans support Johnson while others condemn his handling. Dirksen cautions against constant criticism and urges deliberation over rushed policy.
Manfred Stein a Georgia dog trainer runs the Benno Stein Training School for Dogs north of Atlanta. He trains police and prison dogs and offers attack, obedience, and trick training while warning that attack dogs are dangerous weapons especially around children. He and his dogs trace a wartime past from Breslau to France and capture in 1944.
A powerful pre dawn quake near El Chaco province and centered deep beneath the Elarth surface toppled buildings in Bogota and provinces including El Choco Tolima Santander and Boyaca. Officials report at least 12 dead and over 100 injured with expectations of higher counts.
Heavy storms drenched Pine Bluff Arkansas with several inches of rain and caused flash flooding in Crossville and Donaldson Arkansas with 3.55 inches. El Paso Texas saw .94 inches flooding roads between the city and Juarez Mexico as surface runoff affected farm roads in Jeff Davis and Brewster counties. Showers spread across the state Saturday offering relief from heat.
Rex Harrison and Lee Remick signed by MGM to co star in the music version of Good bye Mr. Chips. The announcement notes the two leading names as the cast for the forthcoming production.
Crown Prince Hans Adam of Liechtenstein will wed Countess Marie Kinsky in Vaduz under a medieval castle. Royal guests include 13 princes and numerous nobles as Vaduz prepares for about 30 000 attendees and a fairy tale atmosphere.
Chicago records a high murder rate with 14.6 per 100000 in 1966 and 275 homicides by mid 1967, up 40 percent from the previous year. Officials trace murders to gangland violence and discuss socio economic neglect in the West Side Filmore District and call for gun laws and development.
Vaduz prepares for a royal wedding in a Rhine-bordering celebration expected to lift tourism. In the same era, Texas highway fatalities rise 4 percent from last year with 1,739 deaths in 1,430 crashes through Friday noon, a sharp year‑to‑date increase.
Rep. William B. Widnall accused the United States of arming France with KC-135 tankers that could reach Red China. He challenged end use controls on arms, questioned France selling jets to China, and urged a bank loan review for arms to underdeveloped nations after Export-Import Bank loans totaled about 1.5 billion dollars to four countries. The Senate trimmed a foreign aid program by about 23 percent and tightened arms sale restrictions.
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