05 Sep 1968
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1968
Page
1
SAIGON REPORT: A five week tour of Vietnam reveals disillusion and grit from frontline Marines. A sergeant near the DMZ voices a blunt view on the war and media, while noting comrades and mission outweigh protests back home. He asks to speak without naming himself for publication.
Congress faces reform talk as Sen. Gaylord Nelson proposes a federal commission to redesign presidential candidate selection. Abe Fortas nomination stalls after Senate Judiciary Committee fails to reach a quorum. five of sixteen members attend. McGovern backs national primaries while Mansfield’s bill stalls.
South Vietnamese rangers fought back an enemy force about 244 miles from Saigon in the largest clash near the capital since earlier incursions. Seven rangers were killed with 11 wounded as 31 enemy bodies were counted, and mortar fire wounded five more nearby.
A brief devotional prayer asks God to keep today’s promise untainted by yesterday’s memories or tomorrow’s fears. The reader closes with an Amen and seeks spiritual steadiness.
The FAA proposed strict reductions in flights into New York Chicago and Washington with a density based rationing system. Private planes would be largely banned from five high density airports and most slots given to scheduled airliners. Private aircraft would need two pilots radar gear and minimum speeds to use the airports.
Weather shifted to milder conditions expected for the South Plains with a gradual warmup in the next two days after a cold front brought autumnlike cool and soaking rains. Cotton producers fear quality and yields from the cool wet spell and hope for relief as temperatures fall to around 50 by daybreak. Two weather related deaths were reported as subfreezing and snow occurred north of Texas. Frost was forecast for parts of Kansas and the Dakotas with up to two inches of snow in Meadville Colorado.
Audie Murphy testified he is broke in a Los Angeles Superior Court proceeding. Commissioner Hyman Danoff listed the 44 year old actor as a judgment debtor for failing to repay a $15 000 loan.
A Lubbock incident shows a mother teaching her 9 year old to shoplift as security intervenes. The piece cites store losses nationwide near 3 billion and notes managers focus on prevention over catching thieves to save time and tax costs.
Miss Virginia, a brunette with brown eyes, won the opening talent round of the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City New Jersey. Miss Iowa topped 16 competitors to win the swimsuit award as 6 027 spectators watched previews in Convention Hall.
The Soviet led occupation clamps tight censorship in Czechoslovakia banning criticism and neutral reporting. Officials pledge to fulfill the Moscow accord while government media push the party line. Damage to industry and transport slows recovery and reparations talks may follow with neighboring states.
Lubbock area open house tours draw criticism as students at South Plains discuss escorting sessions and walkouts amid campus unrest. The report notes scattered protests across districts with doors opened and closed during a day of demonstrations influencing local college events and community response.
Nixon rode through Chicago in a ticker tape parade amid claims of a tainted 1960 vote and a crowd estimated at 600000. Police kept order as antiwar demonstrators clashed with delegates, while Nixon praised the reception as the greatest in Chicago.
Page 18 provides a weather map with fronts extending across multiple regions. Forecasters note a cold front moving southeast, a warm front lingering in the east, and scattered showers likely along the boundary. Temperatures range 60s to 70s with gusty winds nearby.
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