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Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1966

Page

5

Mrs Gandhi Arrives for Talks With LBJ

Mrs Gandhi lands at Langley after arriving in the United States to meet President Johnson. The itinerary includes meetings with top officials in Washington and New York, speeches, and talks on Kashmir arms aid and regional tensions with India, Pakistan, and China.

Rajiv Sanjay England Langley Air Force Base G.P. Disosway U.S. Tactical Air Command Disosway Gandhi Sec A Thant U.N New Delhi Kashmir Johnson India Pakistan U.S United States Soviet Union China Subcontinent

World protest across Europe and Rome mark antiwar rallies

Across Hull Rome Oslo Cologne and Paris crowds protest US Viet Nam policy. Demonstrators condemn US support for the war, chant anti American slogans and clash with police, while China’s state media praise the antiwar movement as support for Vietnamese resistance.

Cologne Germany Viet Nam U.S Paris Lyon Nancy China Peking People's Daily New China News Agency

Storm Wreckage Rips Britain As Rigs Evacuated In Gale

Gales up to 100 mph hammered Britain over the weekend with two North Sea oil rigs evacuated. The Ocean Prince and Constellation sent crews to safety while tug and rescue efforts continued. Winds toppled trees and cut communications as separate tragedies claimed a teen and others. Prime Ministerial son Harold Wilson's father, Herbert Wilson, was injured in a crash but later attended a campaign speech.

London Britain Yorkshire Constellation Lowestoft Atlantic Ou! Co North Sea Manea England Bournemouth Wimbledon Herbert Wilson Harold Wilson Wilson

Light Fantastic new traffic signal slows yellow to nine to one

Dallas AP reports James Leroy Hines of Abilene unveils a countdown traffic light that displays 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 as the green phase ends. The invention aimed to prevent motorists from entering intersections on yellow and cut accident rates, with tests in Abilene showing a 48 percent drop.

Dallas James Leroy Hines Abilene Adolphus Hines University of Houston Shell Oil Co Countdown Signal Manufacturing Co

Republicans Oppose LBJ Bill With Rifles and Ruffles

House Republicans plan a major attack on the Johnson administration’s 2.5 billion supplemental appropriations bill this week. They aim to eliminate financing for new Great Society starts and trim funding by about 10 percent during the current fiscal year.

Washington UPI House

Indonesian Students Aid Flood Victims

Indonesian students who helped topple the government earlier this month return to the streets to collect funds for flood victims. Floods ravage central and east Java and parts of western Sumatra.

Jakarta Indonesia East Java Sumatra

Lazy S Ranch history and its famed Slaughter family tale

The article recounts John B Slaughter and the Lazy S Ranch vast holdings in Glasscock Garza and nearby counties. It notes purchases of 99 188 acres at 1 60 an acre in 1901 and later 126 227 acres total, selling 47 749 acres to C W Post in 1906. It profiles C C Slaughter founding the Long S and the ranch’s status into 1948, plus John B Slaughter's life and burial in Fort Worth. It also details current Lazy S holdings around Post and Lubbock with riders and cattle, and a model railroad hobbyist recounting Slaughter lore.

Glasscock Borden Slaughter Cereal King C. W. Post Lazy S West Texas John B. Slaughter Southwest George Webb Slaughter Christopher Columbus Slaughter Lum C.C C. C. Slaughter Long S Ranch Lone Star Big Spring Howard Dawson Martin Castro, Lamb Hale Cochran County Plainview Colonel Slaughter Whiteface Lubbock U.S John B Sabine County Tex Lubbockite Belle May Dallas East Oakwood Fort Worth John F. Lott 44Th St John Lott Kansas City Garza County Lott West Texas Post U Lazy S Jack Santa Fe Sbuild Slaton Caprock Bill Eliott Will John Pete Sum Mace Will S P S

Viet Nam protests and shelling near border towns

South Vietnamese artillery shelled Cambodian village Cheapdey near the border, injuring civilians as Buddhist demonstrators in Hue and Saigon denounced U S support for Ky's regime. Parades and rallies accused foreign interference and U S bases at Cam Ranh Bay and Da Nang.

Mekong Delta Phnom Penh Vinh Gia Hue Saigon United States Charies Viet Nam Cam Ranh Bay da Nang

Births at West Texas Hospital Prompt Local Notices

Mr and Mrs Enos Leo Kuehler Box 397 Levelland welcome a daughter born at 4 45 am Sunday weighing pounds 9 ounces at West Texas Hospital. Father works as roustabout for Pan American Frontier City. Mr and Mrs Herman Bebe Hill I WS 37th St welcome a son weighing pounds one ounce at 20 pm Sunday at West Texas Hospital. Father employed with Santa Fe Traffic Office.

Enos Leo Kuehler Levelland West Texas Hospital Pan American Frontier City Herman Bebe Hill I Santa Fe Traffic Office

Freighters to Expand Cuba Cargo Fleet

Havana Radio reports six ships under construction in Spanish shipyards will lift Cuba cargo fleet to 45 by year’s end with capacity over 245 700 tons. The fleet had 19 ships in service before Fidel Castro rose to power in 1959.

Miami, Fla Havana Cuba Fidel Castro

Amputees Talk About Their Hopes Not Losses

At Walter Reed Army Medical Center six Viet Nam amputees in Ward 35 share hopes of business and technical training while continuing Army careers. Others in Ward 34 test artificial limbs, plan schooling, or aim to stay in service. A surgeon notes strong morale and support from Disabled American Veterans and celebrities.

Darrell Garwood Washington UPI Walter Reed Army Medical Center Viet Nam Pfc William H. Walker Minooka, IL Earl E. Courter Brooklawn N.J Walker Courter John J. Blanchard Ocala Fla John Pasquale Wheeling W.va Walter Reed Johny Pappalardo West Hartford Conn Jimmy Durante Stan Musial

In Space Observatory OAO Reaches Historic Milestone

The OAOL program pilots satellite Wisconsin takes part in OAOL and NASA hails OAO as the first in space astronomical observatory. It is described as the heaviest and most complex unmanned U.S. science spacecraft with six telescopes and a precision aiming system. A Goddard Center team monitors alignment using a television camera to transmit star pattern pictures for ground verification.

Wisconsin OAOL OAO NASA United States Goddard Spaceflight Center Greenbelt

Unseasonably Cold Across Eastern U S Weather Warnings

Unseasonably cold weather spread across the eastern half of the nation with frigid readings in Rochester New York and Minnesota towns. The Weather Bureau posted frost and freeze warnings for the Carolinas as light snow and sleet affected Missouri Kansas and surrounding areas.

Associated Press Rocky Mountains Rochester N.Y Duluth Minn International Falls Marquette County Michigan Ironwood Mich Great Lakes New England Weather Bureau Carolinas Kansas City Missouri Texas New Mexico Missouri Valley Appalachians

Rain totals across several Texas towns with hail and wind

Area rainfall totals show Brownfield .60 inches from a 6 p m shower with light rain through 10 p m. Seminole and Seagraves reported .50 inches with small hail and gusty winds at Seagraves. Spur rainfall estimated at .50 with higher amounts northeast of town. Post measured a quarter inch. Tahoka had a light shower about .10. Orton totals .13 with light hail. Nearby towns Ida lou Petersburg Crosbyton Floydada Littlefield Morton Slaton Ralls Shallowater reported light showers or sprinkles.

Brownfield Seagraves Seminole Spur Post Tahoka I Orton Idalou Petersburg Crosbyton Floydada Littlefield Morton Slaton Ralls Shallowater

Three Hurt In Auto Crash Near Woodrow

Three members of a New Home family were injured, one seriously, in a two car crash at the intersection of FM 1730 and FM 41 south of Woodrow about 2 p.m. Sunday. Annette Holt Airhart 27, remained in serious condition at Methodist Hospital Sunday night. Her two children Deborah Lynn 8 and Terry Ann 6 were released after emergency treatment. The Airhart car collided with a car driven by Effie Champion Webb of Rt. 2 Snyder in the intersection. Webb was going west on FM 41 while Airhart traveled north on FM 1730.

New ‘Home Woodrow Methodist Hospital Annette Holt Airhart New Home Deborah Lynn Terry Ann H. D. Cleckler David Edwin Airhart Effie Champion Webb Rt. 2 Snyder Webb Bn FM 41 Airhart Cleckler Lubbock Bernadine Dellaro West Hall Texas Tech West Texas Hospital Coffee Joe Alan Rose Auburn Rose Annie Wynne Ream Fk. 19Th St George Anna Clark 14Th St E. 19Th Vesta Jane Hughes Ist’ St Jpollese Ave

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