08 Jun 1965
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1965
Page
1
The Lubbock A-J highlights Tommy Toombs pitching in a regional playoff as Monterey defeats Page 1. Also mention of summer classes for 2,681 students and Navy actions in Viet Nam.
State Insurance Board data indicate premiums will climb 12 to 15 percent, adding about 60 million dollars to yearly costs for Texas policyholders. The average policy could rise roughly 15 dollars annually, with higher hikes in some areas. A public hearing is set for June 22 in Austin to review bodily injury and property damage rates as accidents increase.
Burglars struck B H Transfer Storage at 1405 Ave A between 5 p.m. and 9:07 p.m. taking several hundred dollars in cash from an upright vault and looting two vending machines. Detectives doubt professional involvement as tools were unused and a wooden panel breach was noted. A Southwest Medical Clinic break-in at 701 College Ave reported no missing items beyond an adding machine.
The reader signs as Al Alexander of Lubbock and asks for guidance to know and do God’s will. He requests forgiveness for his own wrongs so he can better forgive others and asks for divine light to avoid missteps.
The 5th Circuit upholds a Lubbock federal ruling in Marvin Shurbet’s test case to deduct irrigation water depletion on income taxes. Officials call it a major victory though not final, as the Supreme Court could still decide. The High Plains case concerns water districts in a 35,000 square mile region where rainfall is the sole water source and depletion limits hinge on area-specific conditions.
A Yugoslav gas explosion at the Kakanj coal mine near Sarajevo left at least 108 miners dead with about 20 missing. Some 21 injured were recovered, four critically, as rescue crews worked through the afternoon and night. An electric spark is suspected as the cause amid a string of similar disasters in recent weeks.
Texas officials said there will be no mass appeals from Texas convictions due to the Supreme Court ruling against televising trials. Officials noted state judges retain discretion on cameras and few Texas trials have been televised.
Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White land on the Atlantic carrier Wasp after a four day orbital mission featuring a 20 minute spacewalk. President Johnson invites them to the LBJ ranch as doctors examine their health and the public cheers they resume normal life.
Pat McDivitt and Pat White ex pressed elation as their husbands James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II were pulled from the sea after four days in space. The women shared relief watching reentry on TV with children and fellow spouses, while plans for celebrations and birthdays emerged awaiting next steps.
Cloudy start then partly cloudy skies through tonight with isolated thundershowers. Warm and humid conditions prevail this afternoon and early tonight with moderate southerly winds. High around 90s, low near 60.
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