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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1966
Page
2
Forecasts show broad debates over campaign themes with Chuanwes in focus and Dirksen eyeing a school prayer amendment. North Korea and Red China headlines reflect ongoing geopolitical tensions as the world awaits political moves. A lighthearted monologue contrasts a stubborn couple in a domestic sketch.
U S Ambassador Arthur Goldberg signaled a request this week to Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko for help in bringing North Vietnam to a peace table. Gromyko arrives in New York for talks with Dean Rusk and to address the U N Assembly. He will meet Rusk Thursday and speak Friday as Rusk attends outside talks with foreign ministers. Goldberg urged Soviet good offices and responsibility toward a negotiated settlement, aiming to elevate a proper U N role in resolving the Vietnamese conflict.
President Ferdinand E Marcos on a one day U S visit said Indonesia may play a third party role to start Viet Nam peace talks He cited Indonesia diplomatic representation in Hanoi and suggested Foreign Minister Adam Malik could open a communication channel He warned against halting bombing and warned of Red China threats if the U S withdraws from Asia
A North Vietnamese prisoner, injured in fighting near Saigon, was airlifted by U S Marines to the assault carrier Iwo Jima in a futile effort to save his life, a spokesman said Sunday.
President Johnson spent a quiet Sunday with his family at the White House with no public appearances reported by a White House press officer. The absence of public events underscored a low profile day for the leader.
The vanguard of about 19000 students converged on Lubbock for registration and the start of classes at Texas Tech. Band members and rushing week participants were on campus early helping move into dorms as fraternity pledges assisted. A pep rally and the first home game against Texas loom.
A 3 month old boy in Queens was found dead after an apparent rabbit attack. Detectives report the infant’s injuries on the arm face and leg while the father and mother slept on a couch. The ASPCA removed a rabbit from the second floor apartment.
NASA plans the Surveyor 2 liftoff from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas Centaur during a 5 46 a m CST window. The probe targets Sinus Medii near Oppolzer crater for a gentle touchdown after a 63 hour, quarter million mile flight.
Surveyor 2 will land at a 25 degree angle on rocks that could damage the craft, a tougher test than Surveyor 1. It carries a mirror to photograph all three feet and gauge pad depth, with initial data suggesting a sand like surface where Surveyor 1 sank about three inches.
Moscow AP reports Tashkent, in Central Asia, was struck by a new earthquake as tremors in the region exceed 600 in five months. Tass says there was no serious damage and no injuries.
H. H. Schweitzer, renowned saddlemaker of Matador, built saddles strictly to order and rarely paused. He could complete a saddle in a week, leaving many still in use today at premium values. His son Bert helped eight years, stamping saddles with the line H HI SCHWEITZER & SON.
The last units of the Inter American peace force leave Santo Domingo after 17 months to restore constitutional government. About half of the 550 U.S. paratroopers depart aboard the DeSoto County. more units follow, with the Latin American brigade already gone. Authorities anticipate reduced violence but question future stability.
President Abdullah Al Sallal announced a new Yemeni cabinet of 12 ministers with Maj. Gen. Abdullah Gazailan as deputy premier. Sallal heads the cabinet after Premier Hassan Al Amry resigned following a power struggle.
Four Hobbs residents died in a small plane crash 10 miles west of the city after taking off Saturday night for a one hour pleasure flight. The FAA identified the dead as James Michael Barrett 23 Charles H Ellison 28 Mary Janelle Hearn 19 and Linda Lee Bennett Prideaux 20. The wreckage was spotted by Hobbs pilot Oscar Morris around 10 a.m. Sunday. The plane did not file a flight plan and radio contact ceased at 10 04 p m. State Trooper Allen Jones said the aircraft probably hit the ground at full throttle amid fog and steam from nearby power plants. The crash site lay in level brush about 580 feet from the impact point.
Valerie Percy 21, daughter of senatorial candidate Charles Percy, was stabbed and beaten to death in her North Shore home as family slept nearby. Autopsy showed 10 stab wounds to heart and spine and a skull fracture from blunt force. Police questioned many, searched the Windward estate, and found a broken scissors and a moccasin tied to the case while coast guard divers probed Lake Michigan. No suspect named, investigation ongoing.
Kenneth Van Sikes 22 and Abby Little Sikes 1R died when their truck crashed off a bridge two miles south of Paducah on US 83. Both employed by A I Amusements Inc. were en route from Abilene to Amarillo after West Texas State Fair work. Fire crews freed the bodies after hours of entombment as crews battled fuel leaks. Sikes survived by his father Horace Sikes and siblings. Abby Pollard of Newburyport and her parents survive.
Fair to partly cloudy today and tonight with a high in the mid 80s and a low around 60. Winds mainly east to southeast at 10 to 15 mph, diminishing tonight. Readings include humidity near 41 percent, and a late night feel of heat with Southwest readings and precipitation not specified.
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