22 Mar 1965
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1965
Page
1
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led thousands on the first leg of a five day, 10 mile march to Montgomery Alabama to protest Negro voting rights. Army troops guarded the route as King urged followers their movement was unstoppable. Governor George Wallace refused involvement.
Four explosive devices were found and disarmed Sunday in Birmingham area Black neighborhoods. Police evacuated blocks and four churches as a manhunt for more devices continued. Two incidents near 16th Street Baptist Church and Our Lady Queen of the Universe Catholic Church prompted alarms, with a fourth device found at Western Olin High School in Ensley. Neighborhood reactions and ongoing fear followed as authorities investigated possible links to past civil rights tensions and broader unrest.
Gemini crew fit by medics as six oversize screws found and replaced. Weather favorable but plans hinge on final checks and a five ship recovery exercise across the Atlantic. Grissom and Young prepare in simulators while technicians tune the Molly Brown capsule ahead of launch.
NASA reports Ranger 9 on collision course with the moon to capture thousands of photos of a lunar mountain range and an ancient crater possibly volcanic in origin. The booster achieved near perfect accuracy, with an 8:07 a.m. CST impact target, and midcourse corrections planned only if needed.
Two Lubbock area women were killed in a wreck near Big Spring Texas when an automobile pulling a boat overturned after leaving the roadway. Mrs Myrtle Wright of Here ford and another woman were among the deceased. Funeral services were planned for the victims at a local funeral home, with details to follow.
Fragmentary items note Texas gambling legality contested in the House as a Texas A&M system dispute surfaces. Reports mention international diplomacy shifts involving West Germany and Romania, along with Indonesia’s anxieties ahead of an anniversary event.
In a 1950s interview, a Soviet spy recounts five years in the United States supplying missiles data and industrial secrets. He says Abel Lonsdale led a Portland base network and that a German contact funded secret material via poker losses. He also notes access through New York hotels like the Waldorf Astoria.
Littlefield plans a 371100 beautification for 18 blocks of its business district with planter boxes canopied stops and colored stone sidewalks. Free parking and one way traffic are included and work begins April 7 with no new taxes.
A brief prayer asks for divine discernment to see pretence in daily situations and for God’s care. It expresses a desire to love God more deeply and closes with anonymous authorship.
At Point Mugu naval facility the Navy outlined porpoise research from 1959 aiming to crack how porpoises emit sonar sounds and dive deeply without decompression sickness. Demonstrations showed trained porpoises performing homing tasks and retrieving tools, with officials pondering if porpoises can be taught to communicate with humans.
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