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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1965
Page
6
Reported as found near the University five miles from the city limits after a Dallas to Austin trip. Scene described with investigators contacting police and confirming two female victims. A DPS plane had reportedly surveyed the area earlier but did not locate the bodies.
An AEC reactor site contest drawing eight Texas bids includes Lubbock as one of the top contenders. Local officials and state groups prepared material for Rep. Mahon to present to the AEC, which has visited Lubbock and is seeking 3,000 acres of land with water, housing, and access to power and transportation.
In Jackson Mississippi a largely Negro political organization urges mothers to keep their sons from honoring the draft and asks Negro service members to stage hunger strikes. The Freedom Democratic party distributed leaflets in Negro communities statewide and included the appeal in its monthly newsletter.
Miss Shirley Ann Stark attended Texas Tech in 1961 62 and later transferred to the University of Texas arriving in January 1964. She was a Chi Omega member and ROTC sweetheart while at Tech and was a candidate for Kappa Sigma Dream Girl. Guardians listed as J N Kinard of Dallas and Mrs Shackelford.
Birth notices report numerous newborns with weights and times from Methodist and Reese Air Force Base hospitals. Parents include Shrum Carmack Owens Heistand Kirchenstein Bacon Martinez Gonzales Villa Jamison Cleveland Stalter Hatch Woods with occupations ranging from public service to construction.
The 1962 doctors revolt leader Dr. J Bruce Henriksen says he will refuse to treat patients under the Medicare bill signed by President Johnson. He will limit his practice to those under 65 and move to private specialty work. Other doctors in several states joined the anti Medicare effort.
Robert Bruce Crites, 53, of Snyder, died at the scene when his pickup collided with a tractor trailer on State Highway 350 about 4 p.m. He was trapped in the wreck and pronounced dead by Justice of the Peace T. E. Arnold of Colorado City. Passenger Richard Riegel of Big Spring was treated for head and limb injuries. The tractor trailer, owned by Neal's Transfer and Storage of Big Spring and driven by Jack Smith, was damaged. Trucker T. Willard Neal reported trying to dodge the pickup. Funeral services for Crites are pending at Bell Seal Funeral Home. He leaves a wife, his mother, a daughter Laura Sue, a step-daughter Grace Anderton, a son Charles, a step-son Norman Anderton, two sisters and five brothers.
A youth was struck by a station wagon as it rolled while Bennetto and others played nearby. McMinn and John Ellis both tried to stop the car as the child was hit, later rushed to the hospital. Ellis claimed he did not see the injury until warned by playmates. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Charles Buddy Hill former Lubbock High and Texas Tech student will serve as acting city manager in Oklahoma City for three weeks starting Monday. He temporarily fills for M Tristman who goes to hospital for surgery. Hill was a four year football letterman at LHS and a two time co captain and later played at Tech. In March 1953 he received the Chamber of Commerce Youth of the Month Award.
Walter Daniel Hendrickson 36 pleaded guilty in federal court to threatening President Johnson and was sentenced to five years in federal prison. He also pled guilty to transporting a stolen automobile across state lines and received a two year sentence concurrent with the first. He was arrested by the FBI after a long federal manhunt.
The Steelworkers Union plans a walkout effective August 1 after months of stalled bargaining with steel companies. Wage demands include a 3.2 percent rise in labor costs plus a 1.3 percent cost of living adjustment, backed by profits cited by the industry. Talks on wages benefits and contract language continue as subcommittees meet, but the union warns a strike will proceed if companies refuse constructive bargaining. The stance follows a prior May 1 near-shutdown averted by a contract extension and wage concessions.
At a Dallas blaze crowd disturbances interrupted emergency efforts for 23 month old Patrick Chambers who died from smoke inhalation. Police arrested three Black suspects amid scuffles as 700 residents watched and four other Chambers children were rescued from the fire.
Tito, meeting Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and U.S. envoy Averell Harriman, pledged to work to improve world tensions amid threats of war. Reports describe tense discussions on Brioni and warnings by Yugoslav officials.
In Carrizozo and surrounding Lincoln County ranches, about 50 farmers say Air Force jets disperse promising rain clouds. Air Force meteorologists defend that aircraft do not affect precipitation, while ranchers note observed cloud movement and demand coordinated tests with Weather Bureau input.
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