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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1964
Page
5
Reports describe window breaking looting and rock throwing in parts of Jersey City amid ongoing disturbances. A desk sergeant called the scene chaotic with civil rights workers appealing for calm and order.
A string of birth notices from Reese AFB Hospital reports births to numerous families including Set and Mra Clyde Lea with a daughter, Jose J Martinez with a son, Lt and Mra Raymond Ditter, Airman 2C and Mrs James Chambles, Capt and Mrs Robert Helms, and several others. Each entry notes weight, time, date, and the parent’s Reese assignment.
Five teenagers were charged with assault after beating Victor Cruz-Aedo, 54, superintendent of Laredo's Holding Institute, with pipes last Wednesday night. The attack followed Cruz-Aedo telling youths to quit loitering on the campus. He sustained cuts and bruises.
London AP reports heavy police formations aided by air support halted a weekend surge of teen hooliganism along the southern England coast. Two youths found dead on the shore, 40 jailed in Hastings, 44 injured including four officers, as youths on motorbikes and scooters moved into the town of 65 000 amid rumors of a second Hastings battle.
President Johnson signed legislation to resume minting the silver dollar known as the cartwheel. The package provides 600000 dollars for minting 45 million coins last produced in 1935 as part of a 6.2 billion appropriation for the Treasury and Post Office departments and related agencies for the year starting July 1.
UPI reports pollster Samuel Lubell views Texas as the only state where President Johnson leads over Goldwater with Civil Rights tensions rising. He notes Texans backing Goldwater and Johnson supporters on streets with neighbors objecting to civil rights laws.
July in Texas brought extreme heat and dry conditions with little moisture except along the upper coast. Dallas had sporadic showers ending 38 rainless days, El Paso saw its driest July in three decades, and Wichita Falls logged 27 days of 100 degrees or higher as rainfall remained below normal across most locations.
A spokesman for the Oil, Chemicals and Petrochemical Workers union warned of an imminent pace of action unless union demands are met. The statement signals mounting tensions between workers and industry management as talks proceed.
Mexico City reports that Mexico rejected an OAS recommendation to sever diplomatic ties with Cuba. Foreign Ministry said relations with the Fidel Castro regime would continue despite the OAS urging, with Uruguay Chile and Bolivia as the other remaining Latin holders of ties. Khrushchev departed Moscow for a two week tour of central Asia and Siberia to inspect industry and agriculture.
A Newsman relayed a Soviet four point plan during the Cuban missile crisis. Scali met Mr X in Washington and reported on dismantling missiles in Cuba, UN verification, a Soviet pledge against new missiles, and a US non invasion pledge. The exchange influenced later high level deliberations.
In a floor exchange, Gonzalez deflects accusations of improper influence from businessmen and stresses distinguishing private and public roles. Support grows as Patman praises his courage after an hour-long critique of money and credit and the Federal Reserve.
The 7th Fleet was ordered to bolster patrols after an attack on U S ships in the Tonkin Gulf. The Maddox and C Turner Joy joined by Ticonderoga aircraft faced three fast PT boats firing torpedoes and returning fire. US officials disputed North Vietnamese claims and prepared a formal protest via the India Poland Canada control commission.
NORWALK Calif AP three children shut themselves in a large unused refrigerator in a garage and died Monday. Mrs Carol Caine, mother of two, found the scene after opening and airing the unit, while the playmate Roger Foltz aged five also died.
Weather Bureau advisory foresees a hot August in the High Plains with temperatures averaging just above normal and rainfall under the long term average. Normal highs run low 90s in the north to mid 90s in the south, with about two inches of rain in the north and 1.5 inches elsewhere. Some areas may see 3 inches total if heavy showers occur, but coverage will be limited. July rainfall and stations were below normal, with Lubbock at .82 inches and Hereford at .01 inch. January–August rainfall for Lubbock stands at 8.87 inches versus 10.85 normal.
Pearl Harbor AP reports the 7th Fleet now stands as the largest U S Navy formation with 64 000 sailors and 125 ships. Its area of responsibility spans over 30 million square miles in the western Pacific including 24 000 Marines assigned to the Marine 3rd Division and related support units aboard destroyers submarines carriers and mine ships.
Washington AP report notes pay raises for military personnel and federal executives. Generals would move from 1785 to 1830 dollars monthly, colonels from 1800 to 2025, captains to 579, master sergeants to 425, and lower ranks to 210. Civil Service and postal workers earn about 4.3 percent on average, with Congress members gaining 7500 more per year, and Supreme Court justices to 40000 for the chief. Cabinet members up by 10000 to 35000, plus boosts for 367 executives. The plan, retroactive after July 1, awaits House action as Senate acts swiftly.
Fred Bynum of Prokane Washington found a ring while skindiving at Diamond Lake. The ring was engraved To from his father and had been lost while swimming in 1922, 42 years earlier.
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