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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1968
Page
3
At a Nueces County campaign HQ opening in Corpus Christi, John Hill urged state investment in education to curb dropout rates unemployment and crime. He linked education funding to human resource preservation during the Saturday campaign.
Seven people were injured in multiple traffic incidents Friday and Saturday on Lubbock streets. Names include Linda C. Bird and George E. Anthony among others treated and released from local hospitals.
SMU President Willis Tate spoke at the annual Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma awards banquet in the Tech Union. Tate noted his 14 years as SMU president and his prior leadership roles while stressing Passion Order and Commitment to a room of 120 Texas Tech freshmen honor students and 64 women and 56 men in the two honor societies.
A Navy student pilot, Ens. Lawrence J. Ryan, 24, of De Witt Iowa, attached to training squadron 21 at Kingsville, was killed when his TF9J Cougar crashed in the Gulf of Mexico during carrier qualification south east of Corpus Christi. The crash occurred ahead of the USS Lexington after a catapult takeoff from the carrier deck.
In Silver City Utah operations Kennecott Copper Corp and the United Steelworkers Union reached a late Saturday settlement on about 33 local issues. The pact speeds an eight month copper strike ending with ratification expected by Steelworkers locals. Details were not released pending ratification. Talks continue with Phelps Dodge American Smelting and Refining Co and Anaconda Corp.
Lamar Junior High School of Snyder won both concert and sight-reading trophies in class CC at the fifth annual Andrews Junior High School Band Festival. Reynolds Junior High of Big Spring won class C concert while Kermit Junior High took class C sight-reading. Levelland Junior High won class CCC concert and Hood Junior High earned class CCC sight-reading as twenty bands competed.
London art auctioneers Christies plans a sale of torture devices alongside porcelain and French paintings. Items include an iron maiden, iron spider, racks, shackles, thumbscrews, and masks described as instruments of brutal punishment used in past persecutions. Proceeds aim to attract collectors of macabre curios.
Norman Garrett of Dunbar High School was named outstanding musician at Tech Stage Band Festival where 17 bands competed. Ed Shaughnessy judged. awards split by class with Bridgeport, Snyder, and Midland Lee high schools winning 2-A 3-A and 4-A respectively. All Star Band includes Ardest Twine, Rikki Horton, and others from Amarillo, Bridgeport, Snyder, and more.
J R Hill 52 faces murder and assault charges after his mother Mabel Hill 72 was killed and sister Lily Mae Bennett wounded during a cattle dispute. Hill testified he acted in self defense claiming his sister threatened him with a pistol and that any fatal shot to his mother was accidental.
Federal troops repel two Biafran counterattacks in Onitsha, conducting building to building mop up with no prisoners. The Thursday seizure of the Niger River port, a key eastern city, boosts Nigeria's drive to end the civil war. Lt. Col. Godwin Ally, commander of the 7th Brigade, says they seek unconditional surrender.
House minority leader Gerald Ford said Republican senators from Texas and New Mexico could be contenders for the party’s vice presidential nomination at the GOP convention. He also praised President Johnson for returning Gen. Westmoreland from Vietnam and predicted Rep. Adam Clayton Powell would seek reelection in Harlem.
Johnson notes show Vice President Humphrey spoke to about 14 000 students at Stevens Point State University field house. Two dozen pickets gathered outside as he entered a rear entrance. Audience responses included applause and hostile questions about the U S role in Vietnam.
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