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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1965
Page
6
Nationwide protests against U S involvement in Viet Nam draw mixed reactions from politicians and veterans while university groups organize support efforts. Prominent figures defend duty to allies and condemn draft evasion and disruption of troop movements.
The Sugar Bill’s quota plan for next year failed to pass with a 43 to 38 vote. Amendments proposing import taxes, alternative quotas, and altered allocations were defeated, while Morse’s gains for Honduras and Bolivia were approved by voice vote. The measure maintains a 1934 framework, preserving a beet sugar reserve and eliminating a cane producer reserve.
A Longview couple asked Education Commissioner J W Edgar to remove two more economics books from state approvals after protesting five titles in October. The Gablers’ appeal targets McGraw Hill Economics for Our Times and Ginn Economics, while other committee decisions include Allyn and Bacon Modern Economics and South Western Applied Economics. The panel rejected Randy McNally's The Economics of American Living and will forward recommendations to the State Board, with final local adoption to follow.
A震 tremor was reported across Missouri into Kansas around 8 p.m. Wednesday. Dr. James A. Peoples of the University of Kansas said it likely originated within 300 miles. A Ottawa resident reported a wall crack, per the Ottawa Police Department.
Student for a Democratic Society leaders pressed for a public service option as an alternative to military conscription. SDS chief Paul Booth backed exemptions for service to democracy and proposed programs like the Peace Corps and VISTA. Booth said he sent telegrams to President Johnson and Attorney General Katzenbach seeking a meeting in coming days.
University of Iowa student Steve Smith, 20, burned his draft card in Memorial Union saying the action was moral protest. He predicted FBI arrest, and declared willingness to serve five years for his country, describing Vietnam policy as immoral during a weekly soap box discussion.
The idea, dating to 1930, envisions a 548 mile Trinity Canal from Red Fish Bar in Galveston Bay north through Trinity Bay to Fort Worth, with 19 locks and basins at Dallas and Fort Worth. Depths reach 12 feet with widths up to 150 feet, amid a polluted, shallow river now hard to navigate. Congress backs an all purpose project and studies potential funding of 83 million dollars, awaiting authorization and exact allocation.
Scientists tracked the daylight pass of the Tkeya Seki comet as it skimmed the sun, with projections of an 800000 mile solar close approach. Observers in Hawaii and California used non visual methods to study its brightness and tail while NASA jets provided vantage points.
USDA plans new gin research labs at Mesilla Park New Mexico Stoneville Mississippi and Clemson South Carolina to study cotton types grown in the Southwest and test fiber quality and staple length during high speed ginning. Center at Lubbock has turned over 7% acres for the lab and no start date has been set.
The Alabama murder case against Mrs. Liuzzo heads for a jury Friday as testimony begins. Prosecutors expect to complete their case Thursday with eight witnesses, including a key Ku Klux Klan figure, while cross examinations reveal details about the car scene after the Selma march. The Supreme Court earlier rejected disqualification attempts for jurors who said white civil rights workers were inferior.
A cool front moved through West Texas bringing a low of 49 with northerly winds up to 20 mph. No rain is expected through Saturday as skies clear. highs reached the upper 80s in South Texas, with Presidio at 89 and other cities in the mid 80s.
Mrs Ray Seaman and spouse welcome a son weighing 9 pounds at 4 46 p m Wednesday in Methodist Hospital The father is a service station attendant. Mr and Mrs Doyle Muncriff report a son 7 pounds 13 ounces born 8 43 p m Wednesday at Methodist Hospital The father is a house painter. Mr and Mrs Harrel Quail announce a daughter 7 pounds 3 ounces born 1 p m Wednesday at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital The father is a bricklayer. Mr and Mrs Welix Alvarez report a son 8 pounds 12 ounces born 4 23 p m Wednesday The father is a farm laborer. Mr and Mrs Wilson Martin Jr announce a daughter 6 pounds 13 ounces born 9 59 a m Wednesday at Methodist Hospital The father is employed by Wilson Martin Sheet Metal Co. Mr and Mrs Charles K Bedtillon report a daughter 6 pounds 14 ounces born 2 am Tuesday at Reese Hospital The father is stationed in the U S Army.
Radcliffe Observatory in Pretoria reports daytime photos of Comet Ikeya Seki revealing metals in its nucleus. A. David Thackeray notes slowing sodium iron and calcium detected, challenging view that comets are only frozen gases. He cautions about heat effects near the sun and suggests rocks may accompany gases in the nucleus.
Mrs. Faye Nell Spears, 45, of 5416 50th Street, remained in satisfactory condition at West Texas Hospital Wednesday night after a mattress fire in her apartment damaged her home. She suffered burns on her left hand and arm.
Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr denounces Viet Nam protests as irresponsible and vicious, labeling demonstrators as a small but vociferous minority linked to groups with questionable motives such as Spartacist Party May 2nd group Progressive Labor Party and Students for a Democratic Society. He spoke at the Executives' Dinner Club in Dallas. The remarks urge scrutiny of how youth are prepared for adulthood in a free society. Mardi Gras note explains Fat Tuesday origin.
Defense Minister Pierre Messmer announced in Paris that France will have a strategic missile force in operation by 1968 with testing and production of fixed site nuclear missiles beginning next year. The program will be supported by 50 Mirage IV bombers and silos planned in southern France as France moves to deter with a national nuclear force.
Washington officials report lawyers for Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to promptly approve a merger forming the nation’s largest railway system. They pledged to accept conditions set by two examiners and would assume New Haven freight services but seek to avoid taking on its passenger operations.
The California Supreme Court ruled that comedian Steve Allen cannot be a Democratic candidate for the seat vacated by James Roosevelt. Allen plans to appeal in federal courts while remaining in the race, pending further action and a November special election date.
Three Lubbock residents were injured in separate traffic crashes on Wednesday. Mrs. Jesse Martin, 74, and Mrs. Marvin Hughes, 58, sustained injuries in a three car collision at College and 4th Street while a traffic light was being repaired. Both were treated and released from local hospitals. Mrs. Stella Hamlin, 58, was treated and released after a 5 p.m. crash at Avenue L and 37th Street involving John Kara Helm, 42, Plainview.
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