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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1967
Page
1
The page reports broad public opinion trends on the Vietnam War and a note about Britain’s Common Market bid. It also mentions AR promises to aid Syria if nations attacked by Israel, reflecting regional and international tensions.
The old Hutchinson house, moved from Lubback to a farm near Slaton, will not be returned to Lubback. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Pinkert of Slaton plan to remodel and brick the colonial mansion at an estimated total cost of about 60 000 dollars. The nine room residence was moved past 4th Street and Tech Freeway as part of the relocation process. The Pinkerts chose to buy rather than build to provide a larger home for their four children. The move involved dismantling lines and necessary work to ready the house for its new site several miles from its origin.
Two Latin American men were reported in a brief, fragmentary notice involving a door incident and police presence. The legible parts reference a lock action and a casnommer tied Tet He said one.
Fragmentary text references places and towns but lacks coherent events or names to identify a specific news item or outcome for a concise card.
In Hannibal Missouri UPI reports six days of excavation using a hoe bulldozers and shovels to reach a cave entrance found along a highway near Lovers Leap. Two Hefe brothers of William K Dowell and Edwin Craig Dowell 14 aided the search as crews drilled deeper into the quarry area.
An officer was wounded during a riot at Texas Southern University in Houston as hundreds gathered on campus. Police and university officials reported the late Tuesday incident amid ongoing unrest surrounding the campus community.
Fifteen dissenters led by Frank Church plan to notify Ho Chi Minh that negotiations are required and unilateral withdrawal is unacceptable. The group includes 13 Democrats and 2 Republicans pledging to oppose pullout while urging a cease fire to pursue negotiations.
The Fair awarded a general construction contract of 50 908.37 dollars to Hunter Construction Co. of Lubbock to enlarge the Women's Building by about 10 000 square feet for exhibits and add restroom facilities. The Kids Next Door singing group, akin to the Young Americans, will perform under Davis. President Bob Gee led a meeting at fair offices with directors Bacon Vickers Baldridge Baker Adams Hilburn Jr. Guy and assistant manager Jerry Fletcher.
AP report details a pro pane gas line rupture at Ford Motor Co. complex in Dearborn Michigan caused by a pile driver striking a line feeding storage caverns. Seven workers were injured, four critically, in a first flash of fire as the line failed and flames spread through the pit where workers labored.
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