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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1964
Page
1
Senate leaders from both parties introduced a revamped civil rights bill on Tuesday. They warned Southern opposition to face the issue and urged a vote soon to end the 64 day debate. Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said the compromise would not please all backers but is the best possible effort and aims for a mid June showdown.
Abilene shoppers saw beef prices rise slightly after weekend lows with sirloin at 49 cents a pound and short ribs at 8 cents. Industry leaders say the dip was a competitive spike, not market-linked, while critics warn deficits across meat markets as pork and poultry hold steady. Everett Dirksen hailed a new civil rights bill as workable and fair, while Senator Russell accused leaders of passing the ball among themselves during debate. In New Delhi police fined 4,000 bicyclists for riding without headlights by letting air out of their tires.
President Johnson called key Republican senators to the White House for a briefing on the Southeast Asia crisis. The gathering focused on diplomatic actions, with McNamara detailing a top priority Pentagon support for South Vietnam. Reports tied to French and British proposals, Red China, and Soviet UN input framed the evolving policy debate.
Avalanche Journal staff writer reports the 1964 board of tax equalization was installed at a joint luncheon of Lubbock Independent School District trustees and City Council members. An initial briefing followed, with a fuller session set for City Hall. Alderson praised cooperation between agencies while noting rising total property values stem from new property added to the rolls. The board will hold hearings starting in mid June and consider policy suggestions. Whiteside cited per student spending and enrollment growth since 1959-60.
An eight century Wegimont Castle retreat for retired Belgians burned killing eight and leaving nine missing in Meuse Valley near Liege. Most guests were inside when the kitchen blaze ignited early Tuesday as others fled. Pauline Jaspar ran back in seeking her husband before walls remained. Also noted was a Plymouth County arson blaze destroying 50 summer homes and 6,000 acres.
Ike Eisenhower and Arnold Palmer teamed for a charity exhibition at Merion Golf Club. They routed Jimmy Demaret and Ray Bober 3 and 2 as the former president, at 73, delivered clutch shots and steady play. Crowds of 700 paid 100 and 500 paid 50 for Heart Association.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to authorize the full $3.55 billion foreign aid program plus $125 million more for Vietnam, the first time the panel did not trim the White House plan. It sets a spending ceiling for the next fiscal year. actual funds face tougher hurdles in Appropriations led by Rep. Passman. A key dispute over firing marginal AID staff was rejected 16-6 after AFL-CIO and government employee groups opposed the move.
A brief note highlights a man who obstructs progress by relying too heavily on his own confidence and abilities. The commentary suggests caution against overconfidence and its consequences across personal and communal efforts.
An anonymous reflection asks for daily guidance to live cleaner, kinder, and more forgiving. The speaker seeks to become a finer mother and devoted wife while sustaining faith in God amid social pressures and a call to strengthen friendships.
Wet weather across the South Plains brought beneficial showers though modest in amount, nearly doubling the region’s 1964 rainfall. A thundershower line stretched from near Denver City to the Oklahoma Panhandle, moving eastward as night fell with hopes for more rain before the system waned. Severe Midwest storms meanwhile produced seven inch rainfall, flash floods and damaging lightning, with Omaha experiencing heavy May totals and hospital disruptions. In Texas, Muleshoe logged .61 inch while Lubbock saw a thunder cloud pass and a 13 inch reading at midnight. Laredo reported flooded streets as rains continued along the border, with totals around 1.5 inches.
Cape Kennedy reports a compressor problem that pumps liquid nitrogen to the guidance system forced a two day postponement of the first unmanned orbital test of the Apollo moonship. The mission now targets Thursday for launch after the technical glitch was identified and addressed.
Alexander Hicklin was reinterred 90 years after his death in southern Colorado. His dying wish was for whisky in each coat pocket to treat the boys when he reached Paradise. The whisky was absent during the exhumation, but his wife, Laura Halsey, 96, added a quart to the new coffin at a nearby cemetery. Hicklin and Halsey were longtime early settlers along Greenhorn Creek. he was famed for frontier hospitality.
Three states held primaries as Roses Republicans rejected a Goldwater slate and Democrats nominated a governor candidate against civil rights. In Oklahoma, Sen. J Howard Edmondson and Rep. Victor Wickersham lost to Fred Harris and Jed Johnson Jr. Johnson edged Wickersham in a tight runoff. Harris led with 261,656 votes to Edmondson’s 164,886. Johnson had 42,185 to Wickersham’s 40,973. Kentucky’s only tight race saw Charles Farnsley defeat Norbert Blume for the Democratic congressional nomination near Louisville. Florida saw a rejection of the Republican state ticket. page 10 for primaries.
Partly cloudy with a few showers tonight and Thursday afternoon. Temperatures show little change with highs in the mid 80s. Light to moderate southerly winds. Regional readings list low to mid 60s in several cities and 70s in others, including Houston and Roswell.
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