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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1968
Page
2
Reports from state media accuse organizers of disturbances in Warsaw with up to 300 arrested including 30 students. Discontent persists in colleges and universities over government handling of three days of unrest while leaders blame hooligan elements and external influences.
Gubernatorial candidates in Texas sharpen their speech after comparisons to wartime events, denouncing liquor scandals and promising tougher consumer protections. Figures cited include Preston Smith, Waggoner Carr, Don Yarborough, and Edward Whittenburg, with calls to expand crime and liquor law enforcement.
A massive landslide near the Bashi tribal village, about 15 miles south of Bu, buries homes and crops in a forested region near the Rwanda frontier. Officials warn of ongoing danger as relief teams assess casualties and structural damage.
A 200 million year old bone fragment from an alligator-like land vertebrate was discovered in a central Antarctic stream bed by an Ohio State team. Dr Edwin Colbert notes it links to a broad extinct amphibian group Pachyrinedon seen across Gondwana. The find suggests a small animal, about three to four feet long, inhabited Antarctica.
News item notes commentator Paul Harvey of the American Broadcasting Co will speak at a 6 p.m. event celebrating the 120th anniversary of a local farm bureau Caused by an or attendance limited to special invites. The meeting is tied to the Lubbock Farm Bureau unit and related officials.
Dr. Graham, speaking from Montreal, cites a frightening trend as he plans to evacuate 10 residents from his home and emphasizes his strongest health in years. He warns the United States faces a credibility gap between words and actions in Vietnam and predicts a pivotal choice for Communist administration allies as Australia trip questions arise.
Growth Finance will be the theme of a conference at KoKo Palace with a public invitation. Enrollment is $3, registration begins at 8 a.m. Thursday. Speakers include Wayne Finnell of Lubbock National Bank and Harold A. Bolinger, certified public accountant.
Pvt. Roy Ray Jones of the 4th Armored Division, stationed in Germany, deserted to Sweden in 1967, then surrendered to authorities and returned to the United States. He cited discrimination and a desire to face court martial, while his wife Gabriella accompanied him to the airport. He described racial prejudice in America and Sweden, and questioned treatment of Black Americans.
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