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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1968
Page
5
Heloise advises slicing onions with skins on to speed prep and prevent odor on hands. Also suggests placing peeled onion skins on a saucer in the fridge to retain flavor. LaVerne Warner shares a method of watering indoor hanging baskets with ice cubes to avoid floor drips.
In Marks Mississippi and Quitman County the Poor People campaign struggles with recruitment and logistics. A mobile X ray unit runs dry, tents sit unused, and volunteers push a gas- thirsty caravan. Leaders like Rev Andrew Young say groundwork is done but fear slow progress could turn into overfast mobilization ahead of planned Washington demonstrations.
A layette shower at 4 p.m. today in the home of Mrs. Roger Trammel at 1717 East Cornell honors Mrs. Weldon Thornton. Co hostess is Miss Marcy Reasoner, with special guests Mrs. Don Hill and Mrs. Royce Burns.
In Goteborg Sweden the circus owner denies smuggling a 2.5 ton female hippo Miss Juba into Sweden claiming illness and paperwork issues. The hippo faces deportation back toward Switzerland with a wagon and water tub aboard.
Adam Clayton Powell said he would be willing to return to Congress as the low man on the totem pole if the expelled member could sit again. He spoke after a Harlem sermon and press conference, noting he might lead civil rights efforts if given young, willing supporters. Powell claimed he nearly received a Republican nomination from Black leaders, but said white leaders blocked the effort.
Four Iranians were killed by lightning as they ran for shelter during a sudden downpour in the village of Dashtak, about 500 miles north of Tehran, according to reports reaching the capital.
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