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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1964
Page
1
A Peru Argentina match sparked a deadly riot and crush at Lima's stadium. Police shots and tear gas failed to quell panicked crowds as hundreds died and 500 plus were injured, with chaos spreading to exits, vehicles, and surrounding streets.
A small, unusual tremor in Tokyo damaged roofs and chimneys, dangles antennas and windows in one district. Police report two people slightly injured.
Four members of the Texas Board for Hospitals and Special School visit Lubbock to inspect four proposed Northwest Texas sites for a State School for Retarded Children. Officials praise Lubbock’s 40-year record in supporting Texas Tech and aiding retarded children, pledging continued local support.
Hundreds from Lubbock and nearby turned out Sunday to honor Ivy Savage, longtime Roscoe Wilson School principal, in an open house at the school. The event, organized by the school's PTA, drew 300 plus guest entries as family and friends gathered to celebrate a 30-year career before her retirement at year’s end. Savage surprised by her son Bill arriving from Chicago, and she plans to travel and write rather than settle down.
The National Safety Council estimated 410 to 490 Americans may die in traffic accidents over the Memorial Day weekend. The period runs from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday, with about 8 percent of vehicles on the road and roughly 85 million miles of travel expected.
A brief prayer thanks God for those who work toward righteousness. It asks for strength and inspiration for all who pursue good, regardless of creed or fair.
IREE members of the site selection committee for a new state school for the mentally retarded were honored at a dinner at the Lubbock Country Club and planned a city tour today. The group includes C. Ek Bentley, Walter Woodul, Jesse Osborn, and Raymond Vowell.
Thunderstorms and hail disrupted Sunday night across the South Plains with scattered rainfall. Plainview, Lockney, and surrounding farms reported hail from small to golf ball size, with up to .20 inch moisture in Plainview and Hale Center. A wreck near Lockney injured a woman, weather may have contributed. Temperatures reached 98 in Lubbock with more hot weather forecast.
TOKYO UPI Anastas I Miko yan held all day talks with leaders of major Japanese industrial complexes to expand Japanese participation in Soviet industry in Siberia.
United Press International reports a growing GOP shift away from Barry Goldwater toward Nelson Rockefeller in California. Eisenhower signals neutrality while Scranton boosters consider Rockefeller support. Javits supports the shift, noting concern that a moderate GOP wins in California.
In Dallas a grim re-enactment unfolded with a man in the back seat marked by a chalk patch on his head and a chalk circle on his back as slow motion actions and staged shots drew onlookers. A second man in a neat suit bore chalk circled bullet holes while a sixth floor sniper in the Texas Schoolbook Depository watched, with images captured for follow up.
Three people died in a Palmer County crash and a Spur boy drowned at Lake J B Thomas near Snyder. The report also notes separate fatalities near Bovina and Clovis, with victims including a 12 year old boy and several adults.
A comic dictionary entry defines a psychoanalyst as a specialist who never seems to find out anything good about anybody. The joke hinges on a tongue in cheek view of analysts as perpetually skeptical critics.
Twelve year old James Allen Smith died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital three hours after slipping into deep water at Lake J. B. Thomas while his brothers swam. The trio, including Paul and Jerry Lynn Smith, were picnicking with their father near the lake when two men from Snyder and Lamesa helped pull the boys from the water. Paul was revived by artificial respiration, James Allen could not be saved despite ongoing resuscitation efforts aboard an ambulance en route to the hospital.
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