20 Mar 1969
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1969
Page
1
Aristotle Onassis and Stavros Niarchos, aging magnates once brothers in law, renew a 30 year feud as they vie for Greece's third oil refinery. The state reports nearing an agreement with Onassis to invest 400 million dollars, signaling a major profit and prestige stake.
The 27th Annual ABC Rodeo began in Lubbock with a 5500 strong audience. The Stars and Bars and other flags led a grand entry as Cowboys and clubs displayed intricate drills. Parade winners included Hale County Sheriff’s Posse and Fisher County Sheriff’s Posse, with Lubbock Junior Rangers taking junior trophy. Contestants vie for $12000 prize money through Saturday night finals.
U S Marines reported heavy rocket and ground assaults near Da Nang as 400 North Vietnamese troops attacked in a padd y field south of the city. Despite losses on both sides, Marines beat back the assault and casualties were described as light overall. The fighting followed shellings that hit five Da Nang areas including a POW camp, with civilians also affected.
The page lists various interior sections and topics including civil dis joy about agency ideas, a humanities editorial, a student project building an analog computer from junk parts, and social and labor notes. It mentions a dock strike and living area based payments, plus a Vietnam feature.
Amarillo resident S Q Garner, 40, dies after scaffold collapse at White's Auto Store. Fellow worker Billy Ra Wood, 37, suffers serious injuries. Garner dies despite arrival at hospital.
Gov Preston Smith told a joint legislative session he would seek a 0.5 percent gross receipts tax on chemical products to raise about 45 million over two years and urged a cigarette tax increase from 11 to 15 cents a pack to add 26 million for 1969-71. Legislative leaders responded cautiously about passage.
A devotional prayer asks for divine healing of the sick and forgiveness of sins in Jesus name. The reader invokes heavenly mercy and spiritual renewal through faith.
A weak Pacific cold front moves through the Panhandle and South Plains area bringing blustery conditions. Forecasters say 08 p.m. readings will ease, but the day feels more springlike with a warmup expected later.
The Lubbock lights and the Levelland Whatnik stand as the South Plains most baffling UFO sightings. Air Force explanations divide witnesses including two Texas Tech professors and a former resident, with variations in object shape and formation noted across Aug 25 and 31 1951 and Sept 1951. See AREA LIGHTS Page 20.
An armed hijacker seized a Delta plane with 95 aboard seeking Cuba. FBI Agent Robert Rightmeyer, traveling as a passenger, disarmed him when the plane refueled in New Orleans. One shot fired. no injuries. Douglas Alton Dickey, 26, jailed in Kenner, charged with aircraft piracy. arraignment planned.
Snyder Texas proudly displays its All American City badge after Operation Sparkle, a two decade renewal program started in the 1960s. Civic leaders describe a murder of junk buildings and abandoned lots cleaned and rebuilt by city county and civic groups. More than 5 000 truckloads of debris were removed during the cleanup phase.
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