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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1968
Page
2
A large fire truck stands before the C5 Galaxy as workers inspect a blown tire on Saturday. A Lockheed-Georgia spokesman said the plane taxied into a main area during the incident.
An AP Wirephoto shows maintenance work as one tire valve failure disrupts ground tests for Lockheed's large aircraft in Marietta Georgia just north of Atlanta. The team planned to lift the huge plane off the ground in its initial test.
Marietta Georgia UPI reports a $1.50 fiber ring failure Saturday forced Lockheed officials to scrub the maiden flight of its large C5A Galaxy transport, delaying the debut of the aircraft.
Lt. Richard L. Wall is set to assume command of the Lubbock Naval Reserve Training Center at 7 p.m. Monday, with Lt. Cdr. John D. Troop transferring to an advisory staff role. Wall, a Texas Tech psychologist, will lead Surface Division 8-87. Troop has led since June 1967.
Luis Julia, finance chairman of Puerto Rico’s Republican national committee, indicted in White Plains on an alleged May 9 attempt to chloroform and smother his wife in a Harrison mansion. The couple are known Puerto Rico multimillionaires with significant real estate holdings.
In Santa Monica 2000 attendees watched eight hours of bids as all equipment from Pacific Ocean Park went on the block over a three day sale. The roller coaster fetched the top price of 20000 dollars amid a liquidation of the bankrupt park’s assets.
The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled a person can commit the crime while asleep. A man in Lansing was found inebriated, sleeping in his car by the roadside and charged with disorderly conduct. The court said sleep didn’t negate the crime but supported the charge as evidence.
Four men from Pennsylvania escaped prison, shot at a Youngstown patrol cruiser, wounded Patrolman Robert Sylvester, and held two hostages before surrendering after a tear gas assault. Suspects Paul Forrest William Ziefel Edward Kern and Wallace Mitchell ranged from 25 to 59, with extensive prior sentences. Police recovered 12 firearms, ammunition and $1400.
More than 80 mayors from across the nation will gather in Minneapolis to announce support for Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, Citizens for Humphrey said, meeting at City Hall where Humphrey began his political career as mayor in 1945. A separate report details a police search in Girard, Ohio area where suspects abducted a couple but were captured and the hostages released unharmed.
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