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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1965
Page
5
Reports describe Alphonsus crater with tall walls and central ridge as scientists debate lunar volcanic activity. Observers note areas of steep slopes and deposits while mission control tracks spaceflight dynamics and possible engine impact in the lunar vicinity.
Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach remained relaxed and alert from a command post in Washington while monitoring Alabama developments. Officials reported calm activity as the nation tracked space program milestones and the planned Surveyor and Gemini missions.
A tense report describes a growing federal role in Alabama as a planned march nears. A small group of officials operated dedicated hot lines including Pentagon and Vance links while President Johnson remained at the LBJ Ranch and Alabama National Guardsmen were federalized amid a potential confrontation.
In a sequence of bomb discoveries near a planned civil rights march, two bombs were found and a third exploded near a funeral home. Police, demolition experts, and the FBI pursued suspects as authorities assured no speculation about who was responsible.
Community leaders in Littlefield pursue Downtown Park N Shop to rejuvenate the central business district. Co chairs Dr Orr and Kenneth Ware, with city officials backing beautification along Phelps Avenue from 6th Street to U.S. Highway 84 and free parking planned.
Readable fragments describe Gandhi era salt tax protests sparking mass support and Indian independence, with a later note on a modern urban redevelopment plan for Cambay area. The project envisions widened streets, pedestrian plazas, planter boxes, shade canopies, lighting, and utility upgrades funded by local firms and public utilities.
Reports describe Viet Nam combat and civilian upheaval along with spaceflight details. Dramatized by guards in fatigues clearing crowds and astronauts smiling post mission, the scene blends war, protest, and Soviet space triumph with references to political figures and ongoing Cold War tensions.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Mr. and Mrs. Willem Certis at Ave Kon and a birth of a child, with unclear references to Rose and a dawser. Details are garbled and place names and numbers are uncertain.
The ceremony honored students in agriculture arts and sciences business administration engineering and home economics with special recognitions by Deen Wills and Bill Lee Gunnin. The invocation was delivered by Rev. Robert J and Rev. James J McGrath. The speaker urged self respect and personal growth as the day passed.
Actress Liz Taylor flew into London from Los Angeles where she had cared for her ailing father Francis Taylor at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital for nine days after a stroke. She said her father is much better and then departed for Dublin to rejoin husband Richard Burton.
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