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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1969
Page
5
Glenn Dowlen Jr. steps from center stage as Uncle Henry in the musical drama Texas. The show opened Friday night in Palo Duro Canyon with a dance and song sequence highlighted in a staff photo.
Avalanche Journal notes Texas a musical romance of Panhandle history in Aledo Duro Canyon has improved with age. For the fourth year the script remains largely unchanged while the cast and scenery update to meet the crowd. New performers show strong acting and singing, with Stephen Hunter as Calvin Armstrong and Glenn Dowlen Jr. as Uncle Henry delivering standout work.
Nat Willis faced public drunkenness charges in Chattanooga. After a harmonica performance of New Orleans blues, Judge Bennie Harris was impressed and dismissed charges against Willis and 24 others for lacking prior standards. The piece also includes notes on a theater scene with a Jesse Armstrong character, prairie fire visuals, and a Texas show at Pioneer Amphitheatre with sound and light teams.
The American Society of Oral Surgeons says violence now surpasses automobile accidents as the main source of facial injuries. A Detroit General Hospital doctor notes about 60 percent stem from violent crimes with guns or knives, based on a survey of surgeons in many major cities.
U.S. sources report at least 300 soldiers killed as Cambodian anti-Communist forces clash with North Vietnamese troops. The campaign includes ground attacks and shelling of sanctuaries used by combat units in South Vietnam, with the Bo Ba Tay base camp near Tay Ninh targeted in a multi day assault.
The Board of Trade said Britain will file an official protest to Panama over alleged oil dumping from the 11,991 ton Panamanian-register Ketty. An RAF pilot reported seeing the Ketty discharging oil off southwest England, as India faced a separate report of pollution trailing a vessel.
A drunken passenger dressed in Bermuda shorts and claiming to be band leader Ray Anthony hijacked an Eastern jet with 104 aboard bound for Cuba. He threatened a stewardess with a knife, forced the plane toward Havana, was detained four hours by Cuban authorities, and the flight returned to the U S after landing safely. Passengers described him as intoxicated and deranged.
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