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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1967
Page
6
After heavy cloud cover over the Mor day region fighters reported destroying eight trucks and damaging five storage areas and gun emplacements 33 miles northwest of Dong Hoi. Navy Skyhawk pilots from the Hancock Raid claimed seven more trucks destroyed and additional damage.
In Congress, Senator Mansfield urges including the Viet Cong in UN discussions with China and North Vietnam, while Senator Young calls for a halt to bombing. The article details growing anxiety over possible Chinese intervention, UN options, and ongoing US military actions across Vietnam with casualties and air strikes reported.
Dist. Judge P. P. Pmver signed a writ ordering the return of Billie Sol Estes to stand trial again on fraud charges. Estes must be returned on or before June 5. The writ targets thewarden at Sandstone Federal Correctional Institution in Minnesota where he is serving a 15 year federal sentence.
Texas House passes a bill to raise education requirements for real estate salesmen and brokers. It would require one year in the business and 30 hours of instruction or equivalent courses to renew licenses, with a grandfather clause for current brokers and a debated provision for legislators to bar licenses after four years in office.
A long list of birth notices records dozens of families in the area, naming parents, addresses, hospital of birth, baby weights, birth times, and fathers’ occupations or military status. The notices reflect a busy period at High land, Reese AFB, Redfeet, Laut, University, Laut Clinic, and other local facilities with fathers employed by post, construction, farming, and military service.
U N and African press quote Premier Chou En Lai saying Hanoi risked a trap if it pursued peace talks with the United States. The China cha rman alleged Soviet and Western pressure shaped deescalation efforts while Hanoi later proposed negotiations.
Police battled mobs in Hunters Point and other districts as Negro youths attacked vehicles and storefronts. A jewelry store window was smashed at a downtown intersection and diamonds valued around 25000 were stolen. School assault incidents and Molotov throws followed amid a two day span of violence.
Haddad, head of the Citizens Committee for Metropolitan Affairs, grilled by the Senate Small Business Monopoly Subcommittee, cites city price variations in drugs like meprobamate and dextroamphetamine. He urges a city survey and inquiries into purchasing practices amid claims of criminal potential.
FBI and state officers joined county investigators in a bank burglary where night deposits were stolen from a local bank. The safe was unlocked and no other vault areas were disturbed. Loss amount will be covered by a blanket bond. night deposits are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Legislation to create a medical school at Houston and a dental school in Dallas failed after the State Affairs Subcommittee chair Sen Dorsey Hardeman cast the deciding vote to keep the bill from advancing. Sen Chet Brooks argued for dissolution but the subcommittee gave an 8-7 vote in his favor before Hardeman changed it to 8-8, effectively killing the measure. Arthur Morse, known as the uncrowned king of Hong Kong, died in London at 75.
The Air Force reports an F106 was hit during a Monday attack near Kep in Vietnam. The pilot said he was heading out, possibly ejecting, with two crewmen unconfirmed. State Department and White House officials cautioned about Chinese assertions of China bombing Red China.
The legislature debates a roughly 14 to 15 million overrun threat with numerous higher education allocations. Funds include 150 000 for cit rus research at Texas A&I and 271 000 for construction at Southwest Texas State College plus 800 000 for Stephen F. Austin College to meet enrollment changes. Prison salaries rise with 600 000 for salaries and 42 hour weeks. Allocation details also cover M D Anderson Hospital, Texas A&M, University of Houston, West Texas State, and the permanent school fund reimbursement. The outcome hinges on Calvert certification and potential conference decisions on teacher pay and general appropriations.
A well-dressed hotel guest reserved a Las Vegas room and left a typewritten note promising a bomb in five hours. The Sahara hotel found a four-tube plastic device with black powder, prompting evacuations at Sahara, Mint Las Vegas, Sahara Tahoe, and Towne House Fresno plus three Arizona hotels. Authorities traced the room to a man using a false name, with no other devices found.
As of mid year the deficit is seen at 11 billion for 1967 and around 11 billion for 1968, with estimates climbing toward 18 billion absent a tax increase. Vietnam expenses exceed 20 billion this year. surcharges may offset 11 billion in revenues, leaving a net 38 billion impact.
Rescue workers pressed a widening hunt for three missing boys Joey Hoag 13 Billy Hoag 11 and Craig Dowell 14 last seen five days ago near Murphy’s Cave in Hannibal Missouri. A lead placing them in St Louis proved groundless as crews probed cave networks and roadbed pits with help from local volunteers and a corrections department employee.
A late cold front moved through Texas bringing heavy rains in the Rio Grande Valley. McAllen reported over two inches in an hour while Harlingen experienced street flooding and brief power outages. Temperatures predicted to fall sharply with cold conditions expected statewide.
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