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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1965

Page

4

U S Leaders Fearful Of Protests’ Results

In Manchester New Hampshire FBI arrested 22 year old David J Miller for destroying his draft card under a new law. Miller, a former Le Moyne College student, faced a preliminary hearing as he linked the protest to a Catholic Worker group.

Manchester N.H David J. Miller FBI Miller Syracuse N. Y the Catholic Worker New England Hillsboro Armed Forces Whitehall Stret New York City U.S Viet Nam Johnson St. Anselm's St. Anselms Hooksett Remoyne College N.Y Catholic Workers Catholic Worker Dorothy Day Bowery St. Joseph’s House of Hospitality Lemoyne James Wilson Chatham N.J Wilson

Four Armed Services Say Enlistments Up

The Defense Department reported sharp rises in voluntary enlistments after the draft order. July through September shows increases from 32 percent for the Air Force to 64 percent for the Marines, with Army up 46 percent and Navy up 41 percent from July to September.

Washington Defense Department Air Force Army Navy

Heavy Rains Hit South Texas with Roads Closed

Rain totals across South Texas ranged from two to six inches, with Alice reporting 3.80 inches between noon and 4 p.m. Farm Roads 1665 1252 1930 near Alice and 1681 123 near Nixon were closed due to high water. Beeville Banquete Three Rivers and other locales saw substantial rainfall as weather slowly cleared west to east. The U S Weather Bureau forecast continued cloudiness and a small temperature rise in South Texas with showers likely tonight. Official 24 hour rainfall included Amarillo 0.05 Austin 1.62 Brownsville 0.01 Corpus Christi 0.17 Dallas 0.85 Fort Worth 1.28 Galveston 0.28 Houston 1.08 Laredo 11 Lubbock 0.04 Lufkin 0.08 Midland 0.21 Mineral Wells 1.92 San Angelo 1.40 San Antonio 0.55 Victoria 2.45 Waco 1.53 Wichita Falls 2.10 Llano 1.20.

Texas ‘Highway Department Texas Alice Nixon Texas 123 Beeville Banquete Waco Mount Vernon Boswell Okla McAlester Grand Saline Temple U. S. Weather Bureau West Texas South Texas East Texas Amarillo Austin Brownsville College Station Corpus Christi Eauiarers

Soviet Auto Show Highlights Gas Cars and Moskvich Models

Oslo hosts an Soviet vehicle exhibition featuring Vol gas cars and Moskvich models in the spotlight. The display underscores evolving Soviet automotive design and export interest amid a global audience.

Oslo Norway

Birth Announcements Highlight Local Families

A sequence of birth notices from local residents lists new babies born in area hospitals. Names include Bobby Ray Jones and Guadalupe Mendez, with weights from 6 lb 4 oz to 8 lb 1 1/2 oz and times ranging from early morning to evening, with fathers employed as students, farmers, and workers at various companies.

Bobby Ray Jones Methodist Hospital Texas Tech West Texas Electronics

Curtain Raiser Opens Lubbock Symphony's 20th Season

About 2,900 attend as the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra led by William A. Harrod delivers a mature opening at the Municipal Auditorium. Guest pianist Grant Johannesen impresses with Saint-Saens Fourth Concerto and Gaure Ballade, plus Poulenc encore. Harrod conducts Khachaturian Masquerade Suite. Next concert features Henri Aubert and the Texas Tech Choir assisted by Gene Kenney.

Johannesen Saint-Saens Gabriel Gaure Francis Poulenc Mendelssohn Sibelius Harrod Khatchaturian

Alabama voting rights case opens with state control stance

The ruling challenges federal overreach in setting voter standards, noting Alabama’s authority to determine suffrage. The plaintiffs and defendant are state officials, with avenues to appeal through the Alabama Supreme Court to the U.S. Supreme Court. The judge described the decision as the opening round.

Washington Hare T Alabama Bernard A. Reynolds Hare State Supreme Court U.S. Supreme Court

Best View Of Comet Ikeya Seiki Before Sunrise

Pasadena scientist Dr. Guido Muench of Cal Tech says the Ikeya Seiki comet will be best seen over North America just before sunrise on Thursday. The comet will be bright as the moon and will loop near the sun before moving away. He warns against looking directly at the sun to observe it.

Pasadena Calif North American Guido Muench California Institute of Technology Muench

Weslaco Argues Water District Inflation of City Rates

Weslaco contends Mercedes Water District charges the city 200 to 300 percent more for water than for farmers. Attorney Al Coneway argues rates are unfair and discriminatory as the rate hearing opens in Edinburg. Auditor Jack Hales shows city water costs averaged 225 percent higher than farm rates over five years. The district cites separate domestic and irrigation water services.

Edinburg UPI Weslaco Mercedes Water District al Coneway Harlingen Texas Water Rights Commission Hidalgo County Court House Hales Bothsides Eddie Henrichson Henrichson Mercedes Edeouch Elsa Weslaleo Commission Frank Booth

Theater Director Peter Hall Marries Secretary

Stratford on Avon England UPI reports Peter Hall 34 director of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre married Jacqueline Mary Taylor 29 on Monday. Hall was previously divorced from French actress Leslie Caron earlier this year.

Stratford ON Avon England UPI Peter Hall Royal Shakespeare Theater Jacqueline Mary Taylor Leslie Caron

Sitdown at Baltimore Prison Ends Quietly After Disruptions

Prison inmates held a four state trooper siege with about 700 workers refusing shifts. No violence occurred as riot guards, K nine units, and doubled security watched over 5000 inmates. By afternoon, 120 inmates returned to cells and the warden reported all clear after talks with presumed ringleaders. Meanwhile Tokyo Ginza land costs near 500 per square foot.

Baltimore Baltimore City Franklin K. Brough Brough Tokyo

Johnson recovery details and judicial nomination updates

Johnson shows slight improvement after surgery as Moyers notes reduced pain around the abdominal incision and naps between briefings. Doctors report satisfactory progress with no sedatives. Johnson reads papers, studies appropriations, and signs a nomination for William K. Thomas to the Northern District of Ohio. Moyers also states there are no plans to withdraw Francis X. Morrissey’s Boston district court nomination.

Moyers Johnson Ohio William K. Thomas Chagrin Falls Paul Jones Thomas Morrissey

Cuban Refugees Pour Into Key West By Coast Guard Flights

Emergency pumps dropped from aircraft helped save Cubans during a refugee lift to Key West. Coast Guard cutters Cape Shoalwater and Cape Darby landed dozens of refugees, many children, as more boats arrived. Havana reports 70 boats waiting at Camarioca with about 6,000 people gathered. The exodus follows Castro's pledge to allow free exit, though limits remain.

Bunker OAS United States Cuba Havana Coast Guard Cape Shoalwater Key West Florida U.S Cay Sal Cuban Cape Darby Freedom Flotilla Havana Radio Camarioca Castro Sierra Brothers Rodovaldo Vincente

Supreme Court has light day as Capone heirs lose privacy suit

The Supreme Court denied the Capone heirs appeal over The Untouchables alleging invasion of privacy. The ruling, in a brief order, followed prior losses in Chicago federal court and the Seventh Circuit. The court also declined to reconsider California coastal bay claims and considered challenges to the 1950 Subversive Control Act.

Washington UPI Supreme Court Chicago al Capone Capone Mae Capone Mafalda Maritote Federal District Court 7Th 1 U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Appeals California Santa Monica San Pedro Bays Monterey Bay High Court Justice Department Atty Kelvin T. Maroney

September Personal Income Surges on Social Security Rise

The Commerce Department reports September personal income at 545 billion annual rate, up from 532 billion in August. Most of the gain stems from a 10.6 billion pension disbursement and 1 billion in Viet Nam era military pay, with the 885 million Social Security rise inflating the annual rate to 10.6 billion. Excluding these items the monthly gain is about 1.7 billion, and October is expected to fall as no retroactive Social Security payments occur. Government payrolls rose to 70.1 billion, private wages to 292.7 billion, with farm income and dividends showing modest changes.

Washington Commerce Department Viet Nam

Free-lance Writer Calls U S Actions Aggression in Viet Nam

The tall Cherpnel described himself as a free-lance writer and filmmaker who is not currently employed. He argued that since the United States has not declared war on North Viet Nam, its violence and bombings amount to pure aggression.

Saltonstall New York Donald Keys National Committee For A Sane White House Washington Monument Keys America U.S Viet Nam Saul Bellows John Hersey Arthur Miller James Farmer Congress of Racial Equality Albert B. Sabin George E. Brown Jr Monterey Park Calif Washington Frank Lausche Ohio Ership Reds Richard B. Russell DGA Armed Services Committee Everett M. Dirksen Ilinois Tion Cherpnel United States

Networks Change Programs After TV Ratings

The Nielsen ratings trigger shifts across ABC CBS and NBC ABC cancels Nightlife likely after Nov 12 CBS reshuffles Friday Saturday slots restoring Secret Agent and moves The Trials of O Brien to 10 11 pm Friday NBC drops Convoy effective Jan 7 replacing with a Sammy Davis Jr variety hour Nightlife started as The Les Crane Show and failed ABC plans to reenter late evenings with soap operas to rival Tonight show.

New York ABC CBS O’brien Art Linkletter Slattery People Steve Lawrence NBC Sammy Davis Jr Les Crane Jack Paar

Slaying Sparks New Dominican Shooting

The fatal shooting of Joe Ramirez, 34, secretary general of a dock workers group, triggers gunfire between government troops and rebel partisans in Santo Domingo. A right wing politician Angel Severo Cabral was killed Saturday in the rebel zone. an arrest order was issued for a former navy officer and his son connected to Ramirez’s death.

Robert Berrillez Santo Domingo Joe Ramirez Angel Severo Cabral Ramirez Navy Cabral

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