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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1964
Page
6
A radiocommunication report notes Soviet radar deployment in Cuba was withdrawn. The article cites questions about Soviet rockets in Cuba and identifies Llewellyn E. Thompson, a State Department Russia expert, alongside other State Department officials.
The article lists winners in journalism and photo awards, naming Frederick A. Meyer and others for The Philadelphia Bulletin and The Dallas Times Herald, plus Hazel Brannon Smith and Sumner Powell among editors and authors. It also includes a lengthy note on Cuba crisis intelligence claims involving Soviet missile bases, submarine pens, and exile reports via Nestor Carbonell Jr.
The article details multiple birth notices across New Mexico regions including Albuquerque and Clovis, naming parents such as Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Preston and Mr. and Mrs. Eimer, with baby weights and times. It references hospital deliveries, hospital locations, and related family announcements across the state.
Wade Davis resigns as head of the technology department while Dr Mattox is named successor. Davis, longtime Texas A&M and University of Texas graduate, has chaired Tech's Athletic Council and pushed for athletic recruiting reforms. Mattox, from Middletown Ohio, comes to Tech as geology professor with degrees from Miami University and the State University of Town.
January voting approved a charter amendment for runoffs but none materialized in the council race. Rogers seeks a second term after prior win in 1862, while Tidmore, new to politics, was seen as weak late but challenged debates. The piece lists polling places from Pet No 1 to Pet No 6 across area schools.
In Brighton England sparrows nested inside a water heater as Count William de Belleroche sought to bathe. He moved to a friend's flat to avoid disturbing the birds while they nest. The count expects eggs to hatch soon and plans to wait out the nuisance.
Primary reporting covers Indiana and Ohio contests with Wallace versus Goldwater in Indiana and Taft vs Young in Ohio. It notes expected voter participation, unpledged electors in Alabama, Oklahoma battles with Bud Wilkinson, and Florida New Mexico races for governor. Astronaut John Glenn Jr and other candidates appear in state contests.
Houston AP reports on President Johnson touring the Galveston area aboard the 22,000 ton nuclear powered ship Savannah as crowds gather. Discussions on a potential advisory committee and ongoing delegate selections to the Democratic convention are noted amid international undersea cable work between the United States and Japan. In South Africa, a survivor describes six Africans burned to death as a group of youths faced a fatal house fire in Alexandria Township, with one suspect detained.
President Johnson hosts campaigning events with George Wallace supporters as daughter Lynda Bird prepares to speak. Reporters trail him during a walking tour on the White House grounds as the beagles Him and Her attract attention and the President shares photos from past speeches.
Federal tax receipts climbed by 15 billion dollars in the January march quarter bringing total collections to 24 billion despite partial tax cut. Officials credited higher corporate profits and individual income with the gain while noting the expansion had stretched a 38 month peacetime run.
Joe Edward Smith of Houston won a stay of execution on May Day 1960 to await a federal appeal ruling. He was convicted in 1959 for the bludgeoning and slaying of 11 year old Willian Bodenheimer in Houston. The Board of Pardons and Paroles granted the delay to await federal court action.
Smith aged 20 and Adrian Johnson aged 19 were convicted alongside five other Black youths of sexually abusing Bodenheimer, killing him, and hiding his body in an icebox. Johnson was executed in 1962. the remaining youths received prison terms.
Hiroshima survivor Dr. Takuo Matsumoto, part of a World Peace Study Mission, will visit Claude Eatherly in Galveston to console the pilot about guilt over the atomic attack. He says the war, not the pilot, was responsible for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Dublin reports that no foreign flags will fly at the European UNICEF meet on May 11 as Ireland bans the Soviet flag. The Irish National Committee planned flags for 20 nations in University College hall. Prime Minister Sean Lemass is to speak. When informed the Soviet flag would be barred the committee chose to display only the Irish flag.
A U.S. 7th Fleet destroyer steamed into Salon harbor on Monday in what observers called a Navy demonstration of freedom to operate. The visit came after a prior Red terror blast sank another U.S. vessel in the area last week.
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