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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1965
Page
6
The report describes a disaster scene with President Johnson visiting a damaged area. He tells aides to secure water for residents while amid cries and hunger. The storm Betsy causes rain squalls in Louisiana and Arkansas as forecasters note diminishing winds.
Reports from the India Pakistan front describe paratrooper drops near Gauhati and attacks on Bachdogra while Indian and Pakistani forces clash along the East Pakistan frontier. Simultaneously, Hurricane Betsy devastates New Orleans area with flooding, outages, and massive damage across Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast communities.
Senators approve a direct payment plan tying subsidies to acreage reductions and world price triggers. Under the measure growers with 10 or more acres must cut 10 percent to qualify, with options for larger cuts and higher payments up to 25 cents per pound, while nonparticipation yields no subsidy.
A Texas community rally highlights local projects achieved without federal or state aid. Speakers trace Littlefield’s 1960s development, praising private initiative, community backing, and plans that drew attention from state leaders and industry figures, including a day-long celebration with remarks, festivities, and an address by Paul Harvey.
Tech Housing AU announces housing plans for about 15 000 students this fall with 39 housed at Pioneer and many private homes offering rooms. Off campus locations and hotels will provide meals and supervision as on campus facilities fill quickly.
A newsletter on the Aas Mental Ability Test by Harcourt Brace quotes Roger Lennon defending multiple choice design and condemning political overtones. It cites a Great Society true false quiz and a critique of propaganda, plus a campus open house at Label beck Christian College and Pakistan considering permanent UN observers.
A Tuxtla Gutierrez dispatch reports the Cmectional Volcans in Chiapas emitting smoke, forcing farmers and rural residents to flee their homes. Intense base heat has scorched vegetation over a wide area amid ongoing earth tremors.
A string of birth notices lists families in West Texas detailing newborns and parents. Names and addresses appear with weights and times at West Texas Hospital Goodnight Hospital Methodist Hospital and others.
About 5,000 attend the Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus opener at Municipal Coliseum in Lubbock. New European acts join stars like Dolly, The Wizard of Oz, Ingebord Rhodin with Baby, Stephenson’s dogs, Kubler’s chimpanzees, Hele na Rassy pigeons, and Chrys hair act. Three shows today and two Sunday with tickets $2, $4, $4. under 12 half price at matinee.
Lastie Douglas Ashley, Houston, charged with the 1961 slaying of real estate man Fred A. Tones, has the murder trial moved to Coryell County due to heavy Wharton publicity. The venue change was ordered by Judge Thurman Guy on his own motion. trial date to be set in Gatesville.
Washington Johnson signs a prison reform bill authorizing emergency leave and creation of halfway houses to ease prisoner transition to parole. The attorney general gains authority to apply rehabilitative techniques and transfer prisoners to residential community treatment centers for gradual reintegration and supervised work or training assignments.
In Maine two women hikers, Mariam O'Brien Underhill of Randolph New Hampshire and Louise Baldwin of Brookline Massachusetts, were found near Route 17 near Rumford after an all day search. Underhill was regarded as a leading woman mountain climber. They had been missing on Elephant Mountain for nearly 24 hours.
Dr Revilo Oliver of the John Birch Society National Council declares Barry Goldwater politically dead citing campaign strategy that disappointed conservatives and professional politicians. Oliver, praising Strom Thurmond as conservative leader, notes Thurmond’s 1948 States Rights bid and party switch. Oliver spoke at an Amenean Opinion Forum event.
Washington officials said the United States is awaiting Pakistan’s clearance to land U.S. Air Force planes in the Lahore and Dacca areas to air evacuate Americans. State Department spokesman Robert McCloskey declined to comment on stalling accusations or possible sanctions against India or Pakistan, and reaffirmed U.N. efforts to end the conflict.
Weather across the Panhandle brought scattered showers and hail with no major damage. Lightning hit a corner of Esquire Drug Store in Amarillo but bricks remained intact. Rainfall totals varied from Trace to .60 inch with limited impact on football games and cooler air settling across the region.
The article outlines 10 semi finalists for Saturday's Miss America finals televised nationally. Five finalists will emerge through the evening, culminating when the 1966 Miss America is announced around midnight (EDT). Alabama and AC are noted among finalists for the event.
Turkey and Iran proposed sending a UN peacekeeping force to the India Pakistan war area and offered to contribute troops to a possible US contingent. After talks between Prime Ministers Urguplu and Hoveida, they urged a halt to fighting and withdrawal of Indian troops, reaffirming CENTO solidarity and Pakistan’s ally status. Turkey also agreed to increase arms shipments to Pakistan per prior trade terms. A separate blurb notes a bear attack injuring Anna Mae White in Idalou, with non life threatening injuries. Gibraltar reports a water shortage.
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