13 Mar 1968
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1968
Page
1
An announcement states that habitual violators will begin delinquent driver classes in the city on Friday. The plan, described as a new challenge, involves cooperation with the Texas Department of Public Safety and aims to reduce auto accident risks.
A National Airlines jet carrying 58 aboard was hijacked over Florida and forced to Havana where the plane returned to Miami after about six hours. Passengers reported three hijackers, two men in suits and a third who claimed he was kidnapped, with one urging the crew to open the cockpit door. The Cuban government treated the other passengers as guests, while the pilots and crew remained in Havana awaiting updates.
TOG mite e TOG mite e Lubbock Area LUBBOCK'S W. B. Rushing replaces J. M. Willson of Floydads as McMurry College board chairman. Also reports include grand jury indictments, federal actions on parochial school cases, gubernatorial candidate topics, Navy missiles orders, and labor federation news. a Vietnam barrier project, market reports, editorials, and a pun on Baker.
Jackson observed a white conservative candidate win the U S House race Tuesday night defeating Charles Evers in a watershed Mississippi contest since Reconstruction. Evers conceded, praising Mississippi and offering congratulations to Griffin.
The hearings spotlight debate over future U S troop levels in Vietnam as Dean Rusk faces calls for a closed session. Fulbright says Rusk did not clearly answer if his testimony changed the administration’s course. Page 6.
A devotional reader offers a prayer asking God for peace within troubled communities and among nations. It seeks comfort for all who suffer from violence and division.
A Toronto father, David Lumsden, crawled naked before his burning home pleading for help as his wife Dianne and six children perished. Neighbors and onlookers described failed rescues while firemen battled the blaze trapping victims inside the gray frame house. Lumsden survived with second degree burns covering 30 to 40 percent of his body and was hospitalized in serious condition.
A sweeping March snowstorm belts the U S sparking tornadoes and thunderstorms from Virginia to Florida while heavy snow slows travel and closes schools from the Great Plains to northern New England. In Texas and Oklahoma sun returns as snow melts, and a Texas legislator, Clayton of Springlake, remains hospitalized after a heart attack as he plans a return home pending a three week recovery.
Aettoh completed action on a creed related vote. The record notes the cent of the creed votes and outlines the procedural step taken.
With 75 percent of the vote counted in New Hampshire, McCarthy leads with about 40 percent of the tally and 17 convention delegates, while Johnson trails with seven. Johnson mocks the result as unique and cites impatience over the Vietnam war, and McIntyre and King back the write in.
The Rat Patrol, a select group of plainclothes officers known for armed robbery crackdowns, was laid to rest with little fanfare. The squad’s work coincided with a sharp drop in armed robberies from 1987 into 1988, a trend officials credited in part to their actions.
A 35 year old insurance man from Lubbock, Deaton Rigsby, filed Tuesday to seek Place 3 on the City Council. He urged urgency and unity of purpose as he submitted his candidacy to the city secretary.
R P Brown filed for mayor Monday joining Zoe company executive in a contest to fill the post vacated by Jack Eastman. Other candidates include Lonnie Hollingsworth and Gene Anderson. Additional filings close Saturday at midnight with city hall set as the filing location.
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