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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1968
Page
11
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith of Maine ends her 17 year run of consecutive roll call attendance when she is absent for a 37 26 vote to add 21 million to the fiscal 1969 OEO appropriation. The 70 year old Republican has been sidelined by arthritis surgery.
The Lubbock Savings and Loan Association plans a new branch three miles west of University Avenue with three staff members and initial services. The branch targets a trade territory for a 20,900 population, with assets over 820 million and savings around 24 million. Officers include T Lowery as president and Bill Knight as vice president.
President hopeful Richard Nixon brought his campaign to Houston in a crowd of 549 including Mayor Welch and Sen. Tower. He toured the Gemini program at the Manned Spacecraft Center and spoke with Apollo 7 crew members, while Tricia Nixon accompanied him. A boy in the crowd received a yellow rose and cheered. In Las Vegas, slot machines remain the top casino draw with over 13,000 machines in Clark County.
Warren area reservists argue the 1966 law was misapplied to them during the Berlin summer 1961 crisis. The 113 men from Cleveland chose reserve service before the act and seek to remain in the United States while civil rights lawyer Nathan R. Zahn presses the case. Federal courts in Baltimore and Richmond have upheld orders to active duty, with Warren overseeing Maryland and Virginia courts.
In South Bend Indiana the Hill family says Sandra Hill 11 or 12? year old has received over 60 kidney donor offers after a life threatening kidney disease led to removal of both kidneys last January. Sandra travels to Chicago weekly for dialysis while awaiting a transplant as Jeff Hill her 17 year old brother notes donors hail from California Wisconsin North Carolina and Missouri. Notre Dame tutor will assist Sandra in math. An earlier appeal yielded 22 offers and a prior transplant attempt failed.
Expert notes warn worms and caterpillars attack garden crops in Lubbock as mildew appears on zinnias. Tips suggest smaller pests first, consider mildew resistant zinnias, and time chrysanthemum pruning for Aug to Oct bloom. Staking tall mums now prevents crooked growth and supports better flowering.
Mrs. Ruth Turner quits as Out-Patient Clinic nurse citing her husband Frank Turner’s health as need to assist his business. With only secretary Bil Smith and acting director Gene Menefee left, officials foresee difficulty finding a replacement before the January 1 transfer to the new Lubbock County Hospital District. The clinic may stay inoperative until then as 54 persons remain eligible for aid and three months see about one visitor per day.
The Lubbock Rose Society met in Municipal Garden and Arts Center to plan the rose section for the Panhandle South Plains Fair on September 2. The group set dates for the rose show October 5 and 6 and elected new officers led by H. J. Waller as president.
Chicago's city report accuses radical agitators of planning violence to disrupt the Democratic National Convention. It says protests drew in innocent followers and media complicity, but asserts the convention was not disrupted and no lives were lost. Arrests totaled 647 with most offenders not locals.
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