12 Mar 1968
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1968
Page
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W D Rogers Jr announces bid for re election prompting a three way contest with City Councilman Ray Diekemper Jr and Carl Hodge. filing notes include two new council candidates Bob Brown for Place 3 and Dick Milam for Place 2. Rogers cites progress and growth as key themes while recalling his 1966 election.
The Democratic and Republican state executive committees voted to place a liquor by the drink referendum on the May 4 primary ballot. Voters would express opinion on state legislation allowing sale in wet areas after local option approval, with binding authority limited to advisory purposes. The issue has long been debated in Texas and could surface again in a forthcoming special session. Also noted are proposed straw votes on a Texas Barry commission and related regulatory questions.
R P Bob Brown a 64 year old businessman filed as the second candidate for Place 3 on the Lubbock City Council Easier in the day Dick Jam a 30 year old field supervisor for a life insurance company joined as the third candidate for Place 2 Brown seeks the remaining two years of an unexpired term after Ray Diekemper resigned to run for mayor He and his wife live at 4502 18th St They have a daughter Stephanie and a son Kim He urges cooperation among city factions and agencies to promote orderly growth and welcomes investors with helpfulness and speed He says minorities must be given consideration and support COUNCIL RACE Page 10
President Johnson praised Senate approval of a civil rights measure and urged the House to act quickly. He said the bill would open housing and outlaw discrimination in sale or rental of 70 percent of housing, with Senate passage seen as formality beyond the housing amendment dispute.
In Warsaw on Monday students protested against the Communist party headquarters shouting for freedom and democracy. Police battled rioters for over seven hours in Poland’s worst unrest in 11 years, with tear gas, rocks and bricks exchanged and Cardinal Wyszynski canceling a sermon nearby.
A Lubbock Reader asks for help to seek what is truly needed in prayer and to act on what is answered. The note emphasizes gratitude for life’s many blessings and urges thoughtful, faithful living.
Rusk and Fulbright clash over Vietnam policy as Johnson reportedly has not reached new decisions. Senators press for congressional consultation before any escalation while the State Department says no policy change is intended.
Gov. Lurleen Wallace, 41, showed a setback in her cancer battle as doctors expressed concern after an abdominal infection. A hospital bulletin noted rising fever, cramping stomach pain, and a return to an oral diet following surgery on February 2 and a third operation in two years.
Weld County Sheriff Martinez said two York PA men William Firestone 24 and Howard Ness 19 face charges in a cross country crime spree. They were captured in Lyons Colorado after escaping Estes Park area while their hostages fled at a police routine check. The duo allegedly kidnapped a Greeley woman and a Lubbock Texas Army lieutenant and moved through Omaha Columbus and Anchorage routes before arrest. Page 10.
A late winter storm dropped up to 16 inches in New Mexico and up to five inches in the Texas Panhandle with 2 to 4 inches across the South Plains. Schools closed and motorists stranded as freezing rain and slush created hazardous travel conditions. Temperatures fell to the upper teens with a low around 25 degrees and clearing skies expected by daybreak.
Newspaper fragment notes presidential primary fight reaching a peak in New Hampshire with coverage across sections. references to oil news, communists seizing posts in Laos, and various regional pages. The readable items point to a broad schedule of sectioned reports rather than a single cohesive story.
U S Army division troops scored a second one sided victory in South Vietnam within three days near Tam Ky with 78 enemy killed and two Americans dead after a 74 hour battle. Sixty nine wounded in action included 29 from the 196th Infantry Brigade.
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