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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1968
Page
2
Three thousand civil rights demonstrators in Londonderry demand a four week ultimatum to Northern Ireland's government promising action or they will breach the walls. They denounce discrimination in housing jobs and local politics and pledge a march along the historic stone walls. police reserves monitor the scene.
In Lisbon, Dr. Eduardo Coelho said Antonio de Oliveira Salazar retains consciousness for some things, though doctors warn the 79 year old remains in an irreversible coma. Reports note some reaction to sound but no sign of recovery. In Athens, Greece frees 76 political detainees as a clemency gesture ahead of Jacqueline Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis wedding.
Peking Radio in Hong Kong questioned reports of an imminent halt in bombing in Vietnam. It cited Paris talks begun May 18 and noted Western agency claims that Johnson may present a total bombing suspension as a plot, saying such reports must be proven by future developments.
The Lockney Lions Club holds a blood drive at Plainview Hospital to replace blood used by Mrs. Cliff Hardy after kidney removal surgery. Donors may give from 6:50 to 9 a.m. or after 5 p.m. Mrs. Hardy, 25, recently underwent surgery.
International papers react to the pending marriage of Mrs. John F. Kennedy to Aristotle Onassis. Bild Zeitung condemns the union as a loss of a saint while Copenhagen and Danish tabloids frame the story around symbolism and personal happiness. Ekstrabladet questions the choice of a newly rich, controversial husband.
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