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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1965
Page
20
The city rebuffs county requests amid contention that 30 to 35 percent of health department services run outside city limits. A 1964 65 snapshot shows city funding 254,102 and the county 34,777 plus 21,668 for mosquito control. Budget notes say city budget review is complete with a public hearing set for Sept. 9.
Luci, a 19 year old Roman Catholic convert, will join 75 freshman girls in the nursing program at a Catholic college. Dean Ann M. Douglas notes Luci will be a dayhop, commuting two miles from the White House, studying with a $5,000 annual sports year, and she has faced prior academic difficulties.
Police, aided by a voluntary press blackout, tracked Jackson and Lear to a rented room where Moskovitz, 36, was held. Officers broke in, killed none, and arrested the abductors. the blackout helped save his life. The pair had initially demanded $500,000, later reducing to $300,000.
The planning commission voted to expand zoning to allow full commercial development on 50th Street despite resident objections. The board also approved R-3 zoning for a 22nd Place tract and an industrial zone for a triangle at Ave IK and 3rd St. A convalescent home project at 26th and York Ave was greenlit, alongside two fourplexes at 44th and Ave P. Dormitory zones near Texas Tech discussed.
County commissioners warn higher city taxes will trigger service cuts if the city bears more than its share. The county judge says the county has set its budget and tax rate and the city must not expect relief. Edicts on zoning and development beyond this broader dispute are noted as part of ongoing local planning and governance tensions.
Leslie R. Smith 57 of 2118 Broadway died Thursday morning in Houston. Funeral services set for Saturday at Wy Villar Rix chapel with Ray Johnson officiating, burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include mother Maude Smith, brother Marlin Wilmington, sisters Marie Hardy and Lessie Mae Kincaid, and one grandchild.
In Miltenberg West Germany the local photography club leased two prison cells to house its darkroom after finding suitable accommodations scarce. The move involved city authorities and the local jail which is rarely full of prisoners.
Liberal Kansas resident Lelyn Batt tasted metal in the first corn harvest, discovering a BB shot in the ear. He suspects someone fired at his corn patch, prompting concern over safety and garden vandalism.
Sioux Falls residents averaged 117 pounds 54 quarts of skim milk per person last year, the highest rate in the nation. Cedar Rapids Iowa City followed with 47 quarts, while only four other cities exceeded 30 quarts and New York City averaged three.
Gilbert Barron, 27, of Plano, died after suffering burns when a high voltage line brushed Aug. 5 in Farmers Branch while he worked for a Sherman construction firm.
Collision occurred with light vehicle damage as explosives failed to detonate. Thirty nine people were aboard the Beaumont Texas to Fresno California bus. Three Port Arthur Texas residents Emmett Maiden Norbert Kemper and Charles Campbell and George Carrier of Beaumont remained hospitalized overnight. Discharges included Sanders Ballard Kenneth Carney Johnny Jones James Brown Morris Cuthin Johnny Williams Earl Barron and Venus Cross of Port Arthur Beaumont.
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