03 May 1969
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1969
Page
1
A lengthy feature examines the drug scene with dramatic LSD trip descriptions and expert quotes. The piece relays how users perceive colors and patterns, the danger of flashbacks, and casual attitudes toward dosing and driving while acid is involved.
HEW declares the Lubbock Independent School District desegregation plan unacceptable for not ending the racially dual system by September. The letter to Superintendent Nat Williams cites ongoing operations at Dunbar Struggs Tes and Wheatley as identifiable Negro schools and signals possible administrative enforcement and court action.
President Nixon asked Congress to enact three federal obscenity laws to block unsolicited sex oriented mail. The proposals impose up to five years in prison and a $5 000 fine for first offenses and allow individuals to opt out of sex oriented advertising at the post office.
A brief prayer note from the Colorado City Reader asking for blessings while urging humility in God's sight. The compact item reflects a religious reflection typical of a community newspaper snippet.
Robert S. Dent, 23, lies wounded as his wife weeps at their Wheelock home after a 300 mile chase ended in a shooting. Dent and his wife held Texas State Highway patrol man J Kenneth Crone hostage for six hours across Southeast Texas in an AP Wirephoto scene.
Robert Samuel Dent an ex convict led officers on a six hour pursuit across rainy southeast Texas with his wife Ila Faye recruiting gunfire. Dent was killed by a shotgun blast and pistol fire after radioed pleas to see his children. Ila Faye was captured unharmed as authorities allowed a brief visit to the children before a head start.
A group of 34 Black students peacefully occupied SMU President Willis Tate’s office for five hours demanding changes. University officials and students held constructive talks, clarifying points and pledging to continue discussion. The building was locked during the protest and police were on alert.
Nixon aides reveal confidential files on rapes drugs and homosexuality at Job Corps centers amid the plan to close half the centers. Officials say decisions rested on dropout and job placement data but documents raise questions about underlying conditions. Congressional opposition grows as scandal details surface and Tricia Nixon’s invited attendance at one center becomes a flashpoint.
The note lists August events across sections and pages including the Peach Queen pageant in a high school setting, a 98th birthday celebration for a Lubbock farmer, a Four-State newsmen gathering, and academic criticism by the Nixon era. It mentions Elizabeth II sails, a new Catholic Missal, and various pages for market oil notes farm reports and horoscopes.
Chrysler cut the Plymouth Valiant price by 167 to 193 dollars, aiming to keep the car competitive as Ford GM and AMC deny similar cuts. Valiant two door six cylinder now 2095 dollars, about 99 above Ford Maverick base price. Chrysler VP Glenn White deflects questions on competition. Price move may force wider industry reaction.
Thunderstorms battered the South Plains causing flooding in Lynn County with 4 to 5 inch rains. Hail heavy near Abernathy west of here and damaged power lines in Lamesa. Rain totals exceeded 1 inch in Spur Lamesa and Welch while Lubbock reported 0.01 inch. A funnel cloud near Canyon and a reported touchdown near Nazareth triggered warnings as the Weather Bureau tracked storms with no frontal system in sight.
Police reported 12 to 17 people hospitalized after a car sped into a student block party near a campus street in Austin. Officials said none of the injuries were serious.
A blaze five miles north of Slaton leveled Ralph Lowe’s Cut-Rate Liquor Store No. 4 Friday afternoon. Loss exceeds 40,000 as firefighters from Slaton Lubbock and Thalen battled rain and shifting winds for more than an hour. The building collapsed around 5:30 p.m. Lowe, hospitalized in Lubbock, faced more than 30,000 dollars in liquor inventory in the store.
Forecast calls for afternoon or evening thunderstorms with partial cloudiness and minor temperature change. Highs in the mid to upper 80s, lows in the mid to upper 50s, 20 percent chance of measurable rain. Citywide humidity peaks around 90 percent.
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