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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1964
Page
63
Sheriff’s Deputy Edward Kimberly escorted a peacock on a Houston freeway during rush hour. The bird escaped an untied sack and perched on his head while Kimberly moved to an emergency stop in the parking lane, drawing gapers from motorists.
President Johnson denounces voluntary Social Security plans and warns it would bankrupt the system while urging expansion. He targets Goldwater’s farm policy in talks across Des Moines and Peoria during a six day, 11 state swing.
In St Louis, rookie Mike Shannon homered and Curt Flood tripled to spark a four run sixth inning rally that carried the Cardinals past the favored New York Yankees 9-5. Ray Sadecki won with help from Barney Schultz, while Whitey Ford took the loss as New York built a brief early lead before St Louis pulled away.
Representative Hale Boggs quizzed the crowd at the UNC Greensboro stop of the Lady Bird Johnson campaign train. He contrasted Goldwater positions on civil rights, taxes, Social Security, and the textile industry, declaring Southerners are not being fooled. The train moved through the South with both supporters and Goldwater adversaries present.
The FBI and highway patrol arrested Sterling L. Gillis of McComb at Monticello for a March 2 bank robbery in Lawrence County which netted $40,000. Officers found $1,800 in Gillis's possession and he was free on bond in a separate racial bombing case. Witnesses identified him as the holdup man. Roy Moore led the FBI in Jackson.
In Jackson Heights New York hundreds of demonstrators and onlookers gathered outside Public School 149 as police arrested 65 adults for loitering near a school amid a stand against an integration program. One man faced felonious assault charges while about 80 children were taken to court in Kew Gardens.
Congolese Prime Minister Moise Tshombe is reported under house arrest in Cairo as Egypt detains him amid tensions over Congolese troops around the UAR and Algerian embassies in Leopoldville. Dispatches indicate gendarmes surround embassies in apparent retaliation.
LeAnn Pruitt, 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs H Le Pruitt of 4922 17th Place Add, underwent a spinal operation August 26 in Houston to correct an idiopathic scoliosis. Her upper spine curved 80 degrees pre op and was reduced to 11 degrees during surgery, extending her height by three inches while she recovers in a body cast for six months.
In Saigon, Viet Cong guerrillas shot down three U S Army aircraft and overran district headquarters in Hau Nghia Province. A U S military spokesman reported the loss of at least three American crewmen on a turbo-jet helicopter that exploded on impact, with two missing and a Vietnamese observer unaccounted for. A second helicopter was damaged but returned to safety before crashing. See VIET NAM Page 8.
Local weather page teases a full forecast on page 6 A with a weather map. The notice invites readers to check Thursday’s edition for detailed temperatures, conditions, and regional outlook.
Mitch Monte a seven year old Goldwater fan earned one hundred dollars by selling Goldwater materials door to door in five days. He will eat a hundred dollar breakfast Thursday morning and pay for it himself ahead of Goldwater's visit. His mother drives him as he seeks a GOP fundraising ticket and his funds include a growing check in the mail. He plans to donate his earnings to the campaign or use them for the breakfast.
A Texas and Pacific freight train struck a water transport truck Tuesday night near Odessa injuring two transients. The collision derailed 35 cars and four locomotives, snapped a 500-volt line, and caused about 1 million dollars in damage. Driver John Allen Jr. 37 escaped unharmed, saying he did not see the train until it was upon him. Engineers and crew were uninjured. The two transients were William Adamkiewicz 44 of Cleveland Ohio and Lawrence Jackson 45 of Wallace Louisiana, neither believed seriously hurt.
Police list names of mothers in Jackson Heights Queens as they protest an integration program removing their children from local schools. A near riot followed as they were loaded onto buses for court. AP Wire photo.
Sen Barry Goldwater to speak at the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum around 10:20 a.m. with a brief, 20 minute address after arriving by air. GOP officials plan a breakfast at the Koko Palace starting 8 a.m. with 100 tickets sold and Frank Kovac detailing the party's fundraising.
Senate candidate Barry Goldwater challenged President Johnson over Social Security at an Atlantic City Republican breakfast rally. He accused Johnson of misinformation and urged Medicare wording to boost old age benefits while pushing for less executive power and more congressional authority.
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