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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1968
Page
9
A public poll shows Richard Nixon with a wide lead over Hubert Humphrey, while Humphrey gains support on questions about handling national issues. Voters weigh which candidate would better manage domestic policy and national security as the race continues.
Ballots cast at the county clerk office reach 87 with 251 total absentee votes and 41 mailed returns. Limited ballots by nonresidents voting in Lub bock County are noted. Deadline for absentee and limited ballots is November 1 with the general election on November 3. A separate national poll shows GOP lead on top problems and views on Vietnam and integration.
Spot cotton markets in the Southwest showed steady to firmer prices while demand remained fair. Lubbock sales and foreign inquiries dropped sharply with deliveries to Sweden and France from December to May. Far East sales were not reported. Prices ranged near government loan levels with movement concentrated in short staple cotton, and overall consumption and production trends pointed to modest gains. Wyden impact noted as CCC loan reports showed slow selling and cautious buyers, while the ICAC forecast world production rising on higher prices.
Plainview police investigated two weekend burglaries resulting in cash merchandise and checks missing. A jewelry store break in was attempted. At F W Woolworth a safe was cut open with torch and oxygen left behind. entry gained from a rear door.
A two month old baby was burned on the back and legs in a fire that destroyed the baby's bedroom. Anthony Domingo, son of Betty Domingo, was treated at Methodist Hospital but not admitted. Fire Lt. Jack Carlile said the fire likely started in the baby's bed and damaged the upstairs vacant apartment.
In 157th District Court Judge James A. Ellis revoked the three year probation of Emmett Wayne Dye 21 who had escaped from Lubbock County jail and turned himself in. Dye also has a four year sentence for burglary to run concurrently. Also revoked were Bobby Stone 18 Eddie Ray Davis 18 and Luther Guyton Jr. 18 all on three years probation for burglary.
Three white supremacists convicted of inciting to riot with anti Negro and anti Jewish speeches in a Baltimore park have appeals rejected. The case recalls a Malco refinery inquiry ten years ago connected to Artesia New Mexico.
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