25 Sep 1965
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1965
Page
1
At a glance Lubbock coverage notes a wedding for a Arlington couple during Kiwanis convention. The item highlights convention events with 200 delegates expected and cites page references for further details. Retirement quote concludes the page.
Both nations accuse the other of breaches as the two week old conflict escalates. Pakistan warns of full scale fighting and accuses India of shelling near Lahore and advancing on three UN truce zones. India counters with claims of incursions in Ferozepore and Sialkot sectors. China denounces India while protests surge in New Delhi and policy debates rise in India’s Parliament about foreign posture and weaponization.
President Johnson announced scrapping the 1903 treaty and drafting a new accord to share management and profits with Panama. He said the agreement would recognize Panama's sovereignty over the Canal Zone and suggested Panama could host a future sea level canal. The move follows unrest in 1964 and drew praise from Panamanian leaders while drawing criticism from some US lawmakers. In a separate report, a runaway bus in Algeria killed 20 and injured 30 near Oran.
Oklahoma Governor Bellmon and Texas Attorney General Carr headline the 47th Rise District Kiwanis Convention. Carr and Bellmon address sessions at Municipal Auditorium and noon luncheon at Municipal Coliseum while 2,200 delegates attend from Texas and Oklahoma. Senator Tower remains a Texas delegation member in national politics.
In Central Texas nine rural residents found un stamped envelopes with $100 bills. The bills bore no postmark and carried the same handwritten address Occupant Rural Route Cit s. Secret Service and local officials investigated while recipients wondered who could give away money.
A dry cool front swept Texas bringing unseasonably low highs in the 60s and 70s across much of the state. Lubbock tied a record low after a 61 degree reading around 5 pm while Amarillo posted a record low of 5 above zero, and Rio Grande Valley saw up to three inches of rain with light West Texas showers. Cloudy skies threaten light drizzle early, with a warming trend expected later.
An anonymous prayer note opens a brief column while a weather report describes a violent thunderstorm front moving through North Texas and the Gulf Coast. It notes heavy rain in the Rio Grande Valley, a tropical low near the Gulf of Honduras, and warnings for small craft as squalls up to 45 mph are anticipated.
An avalanche of Viet Cong casualties was claimed by Vietnamese sources after a major attack about 300 miles north of shore. U S and Vietnamese air power supported ground forces near Bong Son with 58 sorties and 1st Cavalry units reporting probes against positions.
AP reports a light airplane crashed and burned on a ranch near Stinnett killing two men. The victims were tentatively identified as Fred Jackson and Wilbur McGuire, both from Spearman in the Panhandle.
A silent, smiling boy found wandering at Miami International Airport after arriving from Detroit with a red haired woman remains unidentified. Authorities report he may be mentally distressed or retarded and he has not spoken since discovery, with many tips proving inconclusive.
Favorite photo from two weeks ago shows actress Dorothy Malone at a Malibu Beach cottage before she fell ill. The image, shot by a photographer, is among her personal favorites and distributed by AP Wirephoto.
Hollywood actress Dorothy Malone, 38, remains critically ill but shows some improvement after a 10 hour heart-lung operation at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Doctors say her heart stopped several times during the procedure and blood clots from her legs caused complications as surgeons removed them and fought for her life. Her mother Esther Maloney watched as she was moved to the intensive care unit.
Brief drizzle this morning with decreasing clouds and light southwest winds. High near 70 with southeast to southerly winds 15 to 25 mph this afternoon. humidity and temperatures listed for multiple nearby locations.
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