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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1968
Page
4
Barnett and his canine helper Lulu patrol Lubbock parks including Mackenzie and Comanche Lake area. They curb vandalism and assist youths with safety tips while Spears and a second officer broaden city coverage. Barnett stresses lighting and vigilance to reduce assaults and keep parks welcoming.
Educators led by Texas Tech president Grover are honored at the fourth annual Friends of the Library dinner in Lubbock. Guest speaker George Kometsky founder of Teledyne and dean of UT Austin business schools spoke on The Technological Age of Transition.
GAO found bases often condemned economically repairable items without proper knowledge of depot repair costs and capabilities. Tests showed an actuator at Nellis valued 644 dollars would cost 64 dollars to repair, 9.9 percent of replacement, while a Mountain Home filter 200.90 dollars would cost 5.50 dollars, 3 percent of a new unit. Estimates were undocumented and comparisons with acquisition costs were absent.
Alan Mark Hutchings, 19, of San Carlos California, arrested in Honolulu after running up $5,000 at the Outrigger and $9,000 at Kaimana Beach Hotel with bad checks totaling $15,000. He faces three counts of writing bad checks and a California grand theft charge for $800 in tool sales. He previously served time at Preston School and ran a business in San Carlos before the Hawaii spree.
U S Senator Edmund Muskie will be greeted by Rep George Mahon and Mayor Rogers with help from the Tex Ams from South Plains College and Perri McKinley. A afternoon program at the coliseum features local bands Heartbeats and Frenslip Roosevelt Shidlewater Monterrey High schools plus a campus radio promotion by Texas Tech Young Democrats.
A teenage boy who was babysitting his nephew fired a semiautomatic rifle in a Silver Spring Maryland area restaurant and service station district. Police evacuated four blocks and used tear gas to end the volleys. The 13 year old suspect was arrested and not identified due to age. A policeman noted the motive was not clear.
Joe M Vela, two son of Mrs Mary Jane Vela of Alee, was fatally injured Monday when an automobile backed over him in front of a washateria. Police said the mother was inside the washateria at the time. No charges were filed against the driver.
Pollen levels reported across multiple city sites show allergens per cubic foot with No 1 No 2 No 3 No 4 readings. Major allergens include Bermuda grass Ragweed and Russian Thistle with varying concentrations and a high to low scale based on thresholds.
A barbed Sunday incident disrupted regular programming when a stag film appeared on a local channel serving Palm Springs and nearby towns. Police logged 30 to 40 calls as viewers watched about 15 minutes of explicit scenes before transmitters were shut down.
Peter Fernandez of Doylestown Pa. pleaded guilty to a parking violation in Criminal Court. He refused to acknowledge 379 prior tickets, argued the car was registered in his wife’s name, and was fined $10 for the 380th ticket with a $500 bond set for upcoming traffic court in August 1969. Patrolman John W. Thompson cited overtime parking in Times Square as the trigger.
Reds mass troops for a possible largest ever attack on Saigon in the 3rd Army Corps while U S forces identify major infiltration routes and prepositioned supplies. Attacks may extend beyond Saigon as air power and ground troops strike to break Communist resistance.
Defiant demonstrators shout Russians go home outside Prague theater for Smetana's Libuse as police and militiamen block routes within 900 yards. About 2,000 spectators cheer soprano Libuse Domaninska amid tense confrontations with Soviet guards and embassy protests.
A one car crash near Ralls left Donald Garringer 21 in critical condition after a right turn failed and the vehicle overturned. Ruth Beard 21 of Ralls sustained hand and facial injuries, taken to Crosbyton Clinic. A second crash near Lorenzo on U S 82 injured Eddie Glass 57 of Spur with a fractured leg and hip. Anita Cheek of Spur was treated and released.
Mr and Mrs Dennis Darrel Pierce announce a son born at 7 25 p m in University Hospital. Mr and Mrs George Edwin Morris report a daughter born at 12 49 a m in West Texas Hospital. Nine births follow including Mosqueda Montelongo Marmolejo Montano and Tidwell with weights from 6 1 to 7 15 pounds and times from 1 04 a m to 10 27 p m, involving fathers employed at Hobbs Trailer, Union Compress, Gif ford Hill Western, Lubbock Feed Lot and Tony s Barbecue.
Alan S. Boyd director of the U S Transportation Department arrives in Helsinki Finland for a two day official visit on Monday.
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