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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1966

Page

8

Red Campaign Stepped Up Against Viet Voters

A broad Red campaign aimed at scaring Viet voters intensified as Viet Cong guerrillas attacked Saigon area units with U S helicopter support. Reports note light casualties, while U S jets targeted rail links to Red China and Hanoi. Captured pilots Thomas McNish and Roland Bliss were identified, and security forces rounded up suspected Red agents amid election jitters.

Red Mo Due Quang Ngai Saigon U.S North Viet Nam Hanoi Thomas McNish Roland Glenn Bliss United States South Viet Nam Communist Party Viet Cong

Indictments Grow As Break-ins And Shootings Surface

Indictments include an accused shooter in a Lub bock case and an accomplice still at large. Other indictments cover burglary of drug stores in Cap Rock Center and related thefts. Grand jury actions also list passing worthless checks and forged instruments with several defendants named.

Victor J. Salazar 1St St Mack Cisneros Slaton Woody Lubbock Cisneros Walton Jobe Austin Austin Day Drug 50Th St Slide Rd Post Michael Lynn Bilbrey 62Nd St Cap Rock Center Bilbrey Joe Lewis 10Th St Edward Lee Cook Rose Drug Quaker Ave Stumbaugh Boston Ave T. W. Penland Ave. L Duke St Bob Lee Humphrey Colgate St Eligo Z. Paredez Bates St Leland G. Yarbrough Lonnie A. Lewis Ave Ernest N. McLoud Brownfield Highway Roger Harell Luis Luna Lopez Henry Guzman Sherman St Paul Sustalta 15Th St William F. Sproles James Blagg Robert S. Vogel St. Louis John Henry Jacobs Ave. R Grand W. C. O'Mara Foreman W. Harrell Spears Fred McQuinney Pedro Moreno Charles W. Clark W. T. Garrett W. L. Combs J. N. Marks F. W. Grace Jim L. Benton L. G. Brooke J. J. Scharenberg

Carr Opens Senate Campaign In Lubbock Rally

Delegations from the South Plains gathered in Lubbock Wednesday night to hear Waggoner Carr launch his bid for the U S Senate. Pictured are Claude Hearne Seagraves M B Hood Plainview Jack Young Muleshoe and usher O W Scott Lubbock wearing an Uncle Sam hat.

South Plains Lubbock Waggoner Carr U.S. Senate Claude Hearne Seagraves M. B. Hood Plainview Jack Young Muleshoe Usher O. W. Scott Uncle Sam

Families cut back as the cost of living rises nationwide

The era’s high prices pinch households from Salt Lake City to Worcester. A Utah paper salesman trims bills. a Seattle gas station attendant raises food costs. Worcester and Boston families fix meals with cheaper meat. many pause big buys and vacations while wives work or adjust budgets.

Belove Jay McAmis Salt Lake City Utah Tom Babb Seattle, Wash Francis X. Carty Worcester Mass Braintree John Barry Barry Glenwood Springs Colo John Vanderhood Paul W. Gernhauser Internal Revenue Service New Orleans Bob Binhouse San Francisco Baltimore Julius Merkousko Padre Island Gulf Coast Jack Kultgen Dallas Tex Walter G. Jung

Carr Launches Senate Bid Emphasizing Texas Ties

Democratic hopeful Carr vows to work with federal officials to correct inequities in research funds and water resources. He pledges per capita NSF funding, regional needs for brackish water use, and defense spending returns, while condemning civil disobedience and urging strong law enforcement.

Washington Carr Texas Tower West Texas Congress Alaska Canada Columbia Colorado Missouri Mississippi River Texas Tech National Science Foundation California America

Red Chinese denounce Soviets in sharp war of words

Chinese People’s Daily labeled Soviet leaders as termites and scum in the revolutionary ranks and urged independent communist nations to choose sides. The article, signed by Li Wen-pin, blames the Soviet Union as the No 1 accomplice of U S imperialism over Vietnam and urges fighting the Soviet revisionists to oppose U S imperialism.

Saigon Hue Gia Dinh United States Viet Nam Soviet Union Red China Radio Hanoi Johnson U.S Communist Party Nhan Dan Detroit Charles de Gaulle France Moscow Ivan A.konev Konev John Roderick Tokyo China Peking North Viet Nam Romania North Korea People's Daily Li Wen-pin

Miss America Pageant Contenders Begin Preliminary Judging

Miss Florida Diane Colston 19 of Sarasota performs a medley in the talent division while Miss South Carolina Barbara Harris 21 of Greenville prepares an opera piece. Contestants in three groups face preliminary judging with personality interviews by 11 judges as pageant week continues.

Sarasota Diane South Carolina Barbara Harris Greenville Barbara

El Paso police seek clues in four killings

Hospital technician Leopoldo Morales, 27, held without bond for the murder of Pvt. Michael Artz, 23, in an El Paso apartment house. The killings also claimed the landlord Albert Mearse, 72, his wife, 75, and Artz's wife, 20, while a surviving soldier fled a burning scene. Police say no motive or clues have emerged. The case will go to a grand jury meeting biweekly.

EL Paso UPI Leopoldo Morales Michael Artz Artz Albert Mearse Set W. R. Bain Morales Bain Jack Ferguson Ferguson Texas

Moody Memorial Building dedication marks West Texas farm event

The Moody Foundation funds a 70000 dollar Education and Communications Building in Plainview with offices a laboratory greenhouse and a planned library. Tour groups view research projects cotton gin and field studies from truck seats as guides explain ongoing work across 15 cotton projects.

Foundation Soil Conservation Service Farmers Home Administration Roy McClung Wayland Baptist College Plainview Moody Memorial Education and Communications Moody Foundation of Galveston Don Anderson Crosbyton Earl Beach Cotton Center

Patman bill sparks battle over Fed reserve independence

The House contemplates a substitution for Patman’s recession measure. Patman warns it could undercut the Federal Reserve Board, while Stephens argues against surrendering rate policy to Congress or the President. Rep. H Allen Smith questions money impact for savings and loans.

Patman Stephens House Federal Reserve Board Congress Federal Reserve System United States Federal Reserve J Rep H. Allen Smith Rcalif

Copper Range Co Announces Two-Cent Copper Price Hike

The Copper Range Co a major producer of primary refined copper said it will raise its price by two cents per pound effective today. It is the first producer to move above the government suggested price of 36 cents a pound and it uses only American ores.

New York The Copper Range Co

Body Found Near Airport: Mrs. Holland Murder Case

Two police sergeants found Mrs. Holland dead inside a gold 1966 Cadillac abandoned in airport parking. Her clothing was minimal and she was wrapped in blood soaked sheets. Cause of death not yet determined as investigators note facial injuries. Unopened beer containers and cigarettes were inside the car. The license traced to an El Paso oil firm. a man claimed to drive the car for a test and gave a false name claiming NASA employment at White Sands NM. A neighbor recalled a man entering the Holland home Tuesday around 3:30 p.m.

Holland Sullivan Manila Philippines

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