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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1966
Page
9
County approves trade in of two of its three office machines to swap for the old post office building. A $3,188.63 surplus is available for expenses such as stationery and office equipment under the resolution.
Tech Saddle Tramps, led by president Bob Fillpot, star as campus morale force. They organized pep rallies, posters, bell runs, and banners for football and basketball, welcomed visiting teams and dignitaries, and plan support for track, swimming, and baseball this spring.
Informants say students who ransacked Indonesia's foreign ministry last Tuesday during anti Communist riots found papers revealing a secret defense accord with Red China. The material was handed to army commanders in Jakarta.
Commissioners vote 3 1 on seven soil conservation equipment applications. County Judge Shaw breaks the tie. List of General Fund and Road and Bridge expenditures includes utilities, fuels, repairs, office supplies, and insurance totaling 49713.60. Additional right of way and salary fund entries noted along with tax related and welfare disbursements.
A speaker cites a three year rise across ages in STIs noting a 300 percent increase. He claims syphilis and gonorrhea were nearly extinct a decade ago, with about 10 000 new syphilis cases monthly and 2 800 annual deaths from the disease.
Hollywood report notes Joey Bishop leaving television for movie work at Universal Pictures. He will portray an Indian character in the upcoming film Texas Across The River, signaling a shift from TV to feature cinema.
Brig. Gen. William E. DuPuy flew to New Delhi in civilian clothes and briefed India's army chief Gen J N Chaudhuri and U.S. diplomats on the Vietnam War in hush hush meetings. He later returned to Vietnam after being named commander of the U S 1st Infantry Division.
Fernando Salador found a luggage piece on his roof after a loud thud. Air Force officials confirmed the suitcase fell from a T33 jet flown by Captain Ronald E. Dudley from Langley Air Force Base. Dudley landed safely and the bag was returned, though a second bag is missing.
Nguyen Van Dong, a Viet Cong envoy to the Soviet Union, told a Moscow audience that 36,000 Americans have been killed in Vietnam and 900 American planes shot down. He cited total enemy deaths at 257,000 and spoke at a Soviet Viet Nam solidarity meeting reported by Tass.
In Chicago Senator J W Fulbright told schoolmen the Viet Nam Red China hearings he directs are stirring controversy to forge a true consensus policy. As Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair, he said disagreement is healthy and essential for intelligent decision making and translating objectives into policy.
Communist guerrillas ambushed an army patrol near Guarico about 215 miles west of Caracas. Twelve people were killed in the ensuing clash, including nine soldiers, two guerrillas, and a civilian accompanying the patrol.
In Shepshed England the Sunday school at St Totolph's will be renamed Sunday Club to appeal to youths. Rev Raymond Coates notes that youngsters dislike admitting they attend Sunday school, and the new title aims to be more with it.
Mrs. Robert F. Wagner wife of New York City's former mayor underwent surgery Monday to remove an intestinal tumor. Her condition afterward was described as excellent.
Gov. John Connally appointed Randall C. Jackson an Abilene lawyer to fill the unexpired term of Everett Fulgham on the State Securities Board. Fulgham resigned after moving from Houston to Arkansas. term ends Jan. 15, 1969.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told a Boston University audience that more nations are expected to join the United States in giving tangible assistance to South Vietnam in its fight against communism with broad support from the free world for U S policy.
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