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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1965
Page
5
Officials announced Gemini 6 would launch as planned atop a Titan‑2 rocket with Schirra and Stafford aiming for a Tuesday morning landing if all flight goals are met. A delay of over 200 seconds would push the mission into a second day and the 16th orbit. The mission hinges on Agena performing as scheduled.
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon urged Rutgers University to dismiss Prof Eugene Genovese for saying he would welcome a Viet Cong victory. Nixon tied the case to academic license amid his Dumont campaign, arguing taxpayers fund a professor aiding the enemy during wartime.
East Texas Klan head Royce McPhail of Crockett urges all Klansmen in Texas to converge on Austin Saturday for a demonstration supporting U S policy in Vietnam. He spoke at a cross burning near Madisonville, denouncing federal officials and the news media. A 25 foot cross was burned as about 1300 people attended, roughly half in robes, in Texas's largest reported Klan rally amid a resurgence.
Seabrook UP I reports wives of astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford took their children to church while their husbands prepared for liftoff. Mrs Schirra and Mrs Stafford attended separate Protestant services with their children, who were kept home from school to watch the liftoff.
A vehicle pulled off SH 400 to help occupants of another car when the latter lost control, sideswiped a vehicle, and struck the Lane car head on. Flemons was named as the driver. No injuries reported in the third car.
Captain Marvin C. Elliott of Glendale Arizona escaped a burning Skyraider over Pleiku and evaded Viet Cong for 36 hours. He endured the jungle with no food or water, contending with biting ants and searchlights before being reached by a helicopter rescue crew led by Capt Dale Potter and joined by Capt David Henry and others at the besieged camp.
Three Cuban refugees and brothers Bert, George, and Rodriguez live on 52nd Street in Lubbock with family members and pursue studies with U S Office of Education loans. Bert works 22 hours weekly as a surgical nurse, George 21 hours at an IBM influenced data firm, and Rodriguez five nights as a grocery sacker. They express a shared wish to return to Cuba but doubt their chances.
The item lists multiple birth announcements with details on parents names and occupations and baby weights and times of birth at West Texas Hospital and Methodist Hospital. It also notes Port of Spain Trinidad opening a new resort area.
President Johnson returns to the LBJ Ranch to convalesce after gall bladder removal and a kidney stone. He defends foreign policy gains, credits Democratic leaders, and notes continued effort on 23 bills, while praising Dean Rusk and international strides. He stresses progress in Latin America and supports a strong UN role amid regional tensions.
The article discusses Gemini spacecraft safety measures such as metal fingers near the Agena to detect charges and divert them into a safe circuit. It mentions potential educational value in orbital mathematics, with Grissom noting possible gaps in equations that could demand greater pilot skill. It also touches on Johnson’s praise for Rusk and Senate and House leaders.
In renewed clashes with Viet Cong forces near An Khe and Saigon areas, Communist guerrillas reportedly suffer heavy losses with 100 killed and 105 weapons seized including mortars and machine guns. U.S. air cavalry and paratroops push fronts, while the siege at Plei Me Camp continues amid shelling.
In Lincoln County Georgia the civil rights movement stalls as fear of violence and reprisals keeps many away. Rev Charlie Brown and Willie Bolden say few Negroes attend meetings. churches shut and leaders fear threats. A school boycott continues as organizers plan further demonstrations despite warnings.
Two Army men died when their light plane crashed during a search for missing Pershing missile parts 35 miles southwest of Farmington New Mexico. Names withheld pending notification. Units from White Sands Missile Range conducted the recovery and resumed after the crash.
The text recalls a hotel fire that destroyed Tex Ritter's suits and his wife's mink coat while they were away. It notes repeated tragedies connected to the Grand Ole Opry, listing Ira Louvin, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Randy Hughes, Jack Anglin, and Texas Ruby Fox among the victims in crashes and a fire over recent years.
Five people were injured in a two car collision four miles southeast of Lubbock on Farm Road 835 at about 5 p.m. Sunday. All treated for minor injuries at Mercy Hospital in Slaton and released. Injured were Glen Self Jr 15 of Lubbock Jack Buchanan 17 of Slaton Truitt Johnson 16 of Slaton and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Henry 3609 K 14th of Slaton. Self was entering FM 835 from a dirt road when the crash occurred.
Search teams comb Sharp Top Mountain near Bedford Virginia for three youngsters who wandered from a hiking party. Steve Jones six James Jones nine Rhonda Kay Spivey twelve, children of Greensboro North Carolina and Bassett Virginia residents, disappeared after running ahead toward the summit.
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