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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1966
Page
5
Jurors hold after brief sanity trial for Jack Ruby Lane who testified he believes Ruby is sane. Deputy Archie Watson testified Ruby maintained awareness of time, people, and events, read newspapers, played games, and denied hallucinations. Judge Holland overruled delay motion and admonished photographers.
Mrs Hope Shackelford a junior high English teacher in Wichita Kansas says newspapers bring up to date realism to students while textbooks quickly outdated. She notes newspapers offer lasting relevance beyond the last bell as pupils search for current events in class.
In a Texas courtroom Judge Holland overruled defense motions to delay Ruby’s sanity hearing as jury selection began. Mrs Oswald attended as an interested observer while Ruby showed little emotion. A sister’s request to withdraw the motion was noted amid ongoing appeals and security concerns described by a local company officer.
Firefighters in Lubbock gathered sympathizers Monday night to push petitions for equal pay, collecting about 1 500 names between 6 and 10 pm. The effort, led by Capt Luther Dean and local federation members, aims to pressure the city council for parity with other departments.
Funeral services for James F. Davis 73 longtime Hale County resident will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at the Hale Center Baptist Church with Rev Charles Broadhurst officiating. Davis died Monday night at High Plains Hospital after a lengthy illness. He moved to Hale County in 1930 from Oklahoma and lived in Hale Center since 1915. He was a retired farmer and cotton buyer, member of Lemond Macome Sage No 852 and a Scottish Rite Mason. Graveside rites will follow at Hale Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, sons Earnest Dusrai Wesley and others, one sister Mes O Hightower, and many grandchildren. Center Funeral Home is directing.
Officials from Texas to New York react to a Supreme Court ruling. Police chiefs express frustration over perceived handicaps while district attorneys defer comment. Frank Ramon notes no procedural changes. Hoover and Leary decline to comment.
UPI report says a Viet Cong force fired at least 30 munitions rounds into the Lai Khe base camp as U.S. infantry suffered a few casualties while helicopters were reported in serviceable condition amid a Midwest weather front causing tornadoes, heavy rain and flooding across several states.
Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory prepared for what would likely be the last images from the Surveyor moon rover. Lunar sunset was due today, with temperatures plunging below zero as the final photo session began after midnight and continued as long as cameras could transmit. Researchers praised the battery’s surprising performance and planned to revive it when the sun returned to the moon.
The report lists numerous birth announcements with weights and times from hospitals and clinics, naming fathers occupations and home towns. It also covers weather updates across Texas, noting Surveyor Moon mission details, police perspectives on legal rulings, and scattered rainfall and heat readings with citywide impacts.
Leesa McGowen 16 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Tronnie Duttey died in a local hospital after a brief illness. The funeral home handles arrangements with survivors including the mother Paula and the grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert Garling.
Delton Tatum prominent Brownfield farmer died at 1:15 p m Monday in Methodist Hospital Lubbock from a gunshot wound He was found shot at his home and a 22 rifle was located nearby He had served in World War II and farmed since 1951 He leaves his wife Freddie three sons Vaughn Gary and Lynn his mother Ina Tatum a brother a sister and other relatives Services are at 2 p m Wednesday at First Baptist Church with burial in Terry Memorial Cemetery.
Heavy thunderstorms push from the Presidio area toward eastern and central Texas. Weather agency warnings advise residents to watch for lightning, strong winds, and localized flooding as cells track northeastward.
A new record low temperature was logged at the American Antarctic station at 115.1 degrees below zero. Washington dispatch notes the extreme cold setting a nationwide benchmark for the remote research site amid ongoing winter conditions.
In Saigon an unruly crowd of about 300 Buddhist led youths burned a U S and a Vietnamese military jeep, attacked occupants, and confronted police. Riot police and Vietnamese soldiers used tear gas and fired over 100 shots to push demonstrators back to the Buddhist Institute. Two injured and many demonstrators arrested.
The report outlines a convoluted case involving Ashley, the lawyer Lloyd Lunsford, and Miss Lima and Lima-Tones linked to the Luftwaffe Starfighters. It notes executions tied to the case, appeals, and alleged sex party testimony, with references to a second conviction and new trials.
Seven boys drowned in Shreveport during a heavy rain deluge as floodwaters and swift currents trapped them near Caddo Lake and a drainage ditch. Prosecution contends at least two brothers were drawn into danger after persuasive acts tied to a missing girl and a plan to move additional victims.
PLAINS Special services for J. Lawrence Webber will be at 2 PM today in the Hillcrest Church of Christ with Covil Williams, minister, officiating. Burial will be in Plains Memorial Cemetery under Barrett's Funeral Home. Webber died Saturday in Yoakum County Clinic Denver City after a brief illness. Survivors include seven brothers and sisters. Pallbearers named Bert Barrett, Robert Young, G. W. Cleveland, Johnny Hague, Travis Been and Ford Hawkins.
Concord New Hampshire becomes the 28th state to ratify the Fourth Amendment clause on presidential disability and line of succession Congress may set up in case both president and vice president are disabled. Approval by 38 states required to add to Constitution.
Tulsa memorial services will be held Wednesday for Earnest Pat McCarty 69 a prominent Southwest businessman and president of Acme Lumber Co McCarty died Monday in a Tulsa hospital after a stroke Born in Texas he had lived in Tulsa more than 49 years and headed a chain of lumber yards in Hobbs Eunice Jal Lovington I M and Borger Odessa Kermit Midland Pampa Seminole Sundown and Sunray Texas Arrangements are by Stanley's Funeral Home in Tulsa.
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