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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1969
Page
2
The Supreme Court ruled indigent defendants may obtain free trial transcripts even at city court level. The decision follows earlier rulings requiring free legal aid and transcripts for felony appeals, extending aid beyond higher courts to include misdemeanor cases in cities.
Dr J Alexander Gottchalk described a new atomic medicine device at a Brookhaven seminar. The method uses a solid state radiation detector in liquid nitrogen to image organs with very low radiation without inserting material into the body. It aims to detect cancers early by “shining through” the body to reveal affected organs. The project is part of a $90 million atomic health program at Argonne and managed by Gottchalk at the Cancer Research Hospital. Brookhaven hosted the session.
Tricia Nixon, 23, will attend Prince Charles investiture in London as part of her first solo European trip. She departs June 28 and returns July 5 to join sister Julie Eisenhower for her 21st birthday. The White House says she will stay at the U S embassy and also attend Wimbledon and the Fourth of July events.
A 26 year old woman in Lubbock sought help after eye strain and medication failed to relieve migraine headaches. Blair Chiropractic Clinic diagnosed nerve interference from a misaligned vertebra and performed adjustments, reducing migraine frequency until nearly gone.
Washington reports May total employment at 77.3 million, up 200,000 from April, signaling slower job gains as the economy cools. Labor official Howard Stambler says easing employment growth aligns with administration efforts to curb inflation.
The Air Force Aerospace Defense Command said its May cataloging included 69 new objects such as Apollo 10. US astronauts in lunar orbit were among 10 payloads. Russia launched four payloads. The global tracking network now lists 3,982 objects in orbit, with 1,282 US objects and 388 in Russia.
Senator Gaylord Nelson said a two year U S Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife study found DDT in 584 of 590 fish samples from 45 rivers and lakes. Some concentrations reached nine times the FDA tolerance level. the study had not been made public previously.
A Texas Christian University Journalism Department educator, Dr. Bob Carrell Jr., 38, is expected to be named director of the University of Oklahoma School of Journalism next Thursday. The OU Board of Regents is slated to approve the appointment at a Norman meeting.
The city will issue half-fare subway and bus passes to residents 65 and over starting Tuesday. From July 1, non working seniors ride at half fare during nonrush hours on weekdays and all day on weekends and holidays. Subway and city bus fares will be 20 cents. Distribution points include banks day centers and health centers.
More than 150 sailors from the destroyer Frank E. Evans arrived in Long Beach after the South China Sea crash that killed 74 aboard the Australian carrier Melbourne. Navy officers handed leave papers, while dozens of families greeted the survivors at the airport. Forty six remain in the Philippines for treatment or witness work as investigators proceed.
Texas logged 140 tornadoes in 1968, the highest for any state, with Arkansas suffering the most deaths at 65 despite a fatalities-free year for Texas. Oklahoma reported 55 twisters and Florida 52, while tornadoes ravaged Arkansas’ northeast region.
The eight foot long granite bull, bought by the Fairmount Park Art Association for five figures, awaits a permanent Philadelphia location. Officials weigh Independence Mall or Society Hill but National Park Service jurisdiction complicates the choice. The piece, symbolic of Hindu Shiva, was shipped from Madras.
Thor Heyerdahl reported westerly winds pushed the papyrus raft Ra toward Mexico during a rough Atlantic crossing. The voyage, in its third week toward a three month goal, saw oars lost and crew ill but later fixed rudder and mast as the craft absorbed sea water.
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