02 Jun 1969
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1969
Page
1
British doctors announce progress in joint replacement using plastic and steel parts. Arthritis sufferers already use artificial hips knees elbows and finger hinges, with Arthritis Week highlighting this growing field and Britain leading in spare joint surgery.
Saigon dispatch reports rocket and mortar attacks on the Vietnamese capital with casualties and damage. Two killed and twenty five wounded, many children, from a Russian 122mm rocket hitting Saigon’s 4th Precinct known as rocket alley.
Texas A M professor says the state requires 2 000 farm machinery mechanics immediately. Italy's famed police official jailed over payoffs from gambling dens. Data with held details place airfield at Dak To in central highlands 280 miles northeast of Saigon with light casualties and heavy B 52 strikes. North Vietnamese attacked Marines near the DMZ but were repulsed.
AP report from Austin notes the 61st Legislature ends its regular session with a statewide budget, teacher pay raise, and minimum wage bill completed. Gov. Preston Smith faces a 20 day window to sign or veto the $2.84 billion general appropriations bill and could call a summer special session to finalize a two year budget and tax plan.
At Como Park Zoo in St Paul a vandal or vandals killed five valuable birds before 6 am Sunday. The losses total about 700 dollars and include a European pelican worth 300 dollars, a Gustavus Adolphus mascot named Charlie, an Emperor goose 150, a white fronted goose 75, and a spoonbill 75. Zoo director John Fletcher suspects rocks or a club were used.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller postponed his Venezuela stop on a UPI report citing threats of anti American violence. President Caldera urged delaying until conditions improve and noted the pullout marks a security driven change in the itinerary.
The final passenger train departed Dallas at 5 11 p m on a Saturday leaving a quiet crowd of buffs and old railroaders along Track 4 at Union Terminal. Memories of Dallas growth from its early prairie town days to a booming railroad hub frame the scene as trains once carried thousands daily.
A reader petitions divine aid to express faith with love and patience. The plea seeks to reach unbelievers by living truth and showing compassion in daily conduct.
In Paris regional voting Pompidou led with near 45 percent, Poher 23.6 percent, and Communist Duclos 21 percent. Duclos warned of bargaining power for runoff votes as abstention looms. Poher vows to stay, claiming a national desire for change with 6 million nonvoters among about 29 million registered.
James Lee Marion's attorney seeks a ninth stay of execution in Lubbock at the U S Appeals Court. Marion is to die before sunrise Tuesday. the case would mark the first U S execution since June 2, 1967 and the first in Texas in five years.
Avalanche-Journal reports Littlefield displays a 108 foot windmill on XIT Drive to evoke the 132 foot windmill of the Yellowhouse Division of the XIT Ranch. The 1887 era water challenges included wells 20 to 30 feet deep and horse powered lifts with a mule drilling rig nearby.
The Memorial Day holiday death toll rose across the nation with Texas posting 39 fatalities, second only to California's 45. The four-day period saw multiple fatal crashes including a hit-and-run in Ralls and a fatal Friday crash in Lubbock, contributing to a nationwide tally near 785.
Eight pastoral changes announced for the Lubbock District as Bishop Alfie H. Carleton reading appointments closes a four day Northwest Texas Conference meeting in Lubbock. Lubbock church pastors include Lyman P. Wood at United Oakwood. Edens to Dalhart. associates at St. John's and St. Luke's. and other moves in Cooper Idalou Southland Wolfforth Smyer.
A laborer Esteban Gamboa Santana age 23 was struck and killed while walking along U S 82 near Ralls before dawn Sunday. The driver did not stop. A Lubbock man John Henry Ford age 32 died later Sunday from injuries in a three vehicle crash Friday night. Eight others were injured in two more weekend accidents in the Lubbock area.
Mostly fair conditions continue through the night with a high in the low 80s and a low near 60. Light variable winds will prevail this afternoon as the region sees typical springlike warmth.
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