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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1968
Page
12
Summer laundry grows with extra help from Frigidaire. Even without a new baby the workload is heavier and a Frigidaire washer and dryer can ease it. Prices start at 179.50.
A House subcommittee accuses the U S Office of Education of redirecting more than 250000 dollars in school child services to pay for week long Hawaii junkets for over a thousand people. It alleges conflict of interest involving Norman Hearn and notes lavish per diem and travel costs financed by the Kettering Foundation.
Berlin reports that East Germany signed a trade agreement with North Vietnam providing long term credits and delivery of machinery automobiles and chemical products. The official ADN news agency gave few details on credits and said deliveries are partly financed by donations. North Vietnam will supply Germany with agricultural products raw materials textiles and consumer goods.
Pro Hanoi circles announce a World Conference of Lawyers for Vietnam to be held in Grenoble July 6 to 10. The event aims to publicize Hanoi’s stance amid Paris talks, with 80 jurists from 31 countries endorsing and attendance from Hanoi and the National Liberation Front expected.
In Montrose California two children named Ranal Best six and Barbara four visited the sheriff's station with three revolvers and an automatic pistol they claimed as bad habits. The guns turned out to be cap pistols and the pair cited gun control as their motive.
A Pacific Southwest Airlines 727 carrying 73 people circled Lindbergh Field for 1 hour 15 minutes after its main landing gear jammed on departure from Los Angeles. Three green lights indicated the gear was down in proper fashion and the landing was routine. Emergency trucks were not required.
The 48th annual VFW state convention in Fort Worth elected officers for 1969 70. New officers include Cleo G Clayton Jr Amarillo commander Elmer F Chappell Refugio senior vice commander Clifford Teer Waco junior vice commander Billie L Dorris Austin adjutant quartermaster Julius Neunhoffer Kerrville judge advocate Preston D Burke Addicks surgeon Rev Ed Haffner Harlingen chaplin Pat R Lester Lewisville chief of staff W R Bill Hudson Dallas inspector and F M Robinson Austin assistant adjutant.
North Vietnam radio in Tokyo condemned U Thant for labeling Viet Cong shelling of Saigon as barbarous. The Voice of Vietnam accused the secretary general of reversing roles and confusing black and white in a recent Thant statement.
Maj. Gen. Charles H. Roadman urged renewed effort to pioneer space conquest before about 500 scientists engineers and physicians at the fourth International Symposium on Bioastronautics in San Antonio. He recalled past milestones and cited international delegates from the United States Canada Mexico France Germany Republic of China and the Soviet Union gathered at HemisFair adjacent convention center.
Police Chief J C Goodman Jr intervened at a department sale when a BB rifle was about to be bought by a youth. He marked three BB guns as No Sale and smashed them on the ground saying he did not want the department to place such toys in children's hands. A crowd cheered as he acted.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will fly to Bonn to confer with Chancellor Kiesinger after NATO ministers meet in Reykjavik. The talks come as East Germany tightens travel rules to West Berlin, prompting allied warnings on potential East West tensions and efforts to ease them.
East German border guards fired three bursts at a refugee attempting to cross into the U S sector of Wannsee, near Berlin, around 1 30 am. Western police reported the man was taken away by Communists and his fate was unknown due to darkness. The incident coincided with Chancellor Brandt urging Western allies to keep the Berlin crisis from being sidetracked during NATO talks.
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