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ubbock A valanche ournal VOL. 45, NO. 96 32 Lubbock, Texos, Tuesday Evening, January 21, 1969 Price 10 Cents Full Leased Wires: (AP), (UPI) Clay Shaw Watches As Jury Panel Quizzed Plea For Delay Is Dropped Ramsey Clark's Action Rapped W. If. (MM.) it ROIM.ERS NEW ORLEANS Flanked by his four lawyers, 55-year-old Clay Shaw fhain smoked impassively through the preliminaries of his trial today on a charge of conspiring to murder President John F.

Kennedy. The trial is the court showdown on Hist. Atty Jim claim that president was killed by a band of conspirators in The onlj Lubbock man to have November 22. not by a served both as mayor and as sniper II Hill Garrison was not in the court- dgerv 83, died at a. m.

to- day at his home n. the on- tranre of Buffalo Springs L-ke Ju(iK(l KlWd A Haggerty develop as jr through the list of state defense witnesses Fairness, Justice Pledged By Smith Former City Ma vor Dies an area he helped a West Texas recreational area Rodgeis, in failing health the iorr down to the process; ii an of presiding over the selection apparent stroke Services will of the jury Ironically, the first pnwpee- at Bowman Chapel tivf. jUror uas of Methodist Church, Dr Paul Bumpers, minister, and the Rev J. O. Haymes, associate minister, officiating.

Burial will lw in Kill Cemetery Thursday moming. with graveside conducted at 10 a.m. by the Masonic Lodge Sanders Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Arrived In Rodgers moved to Lubbock in John Kennedy. The judge had summoned 169 citizens for examination as prospective jurors with still others readily available.

There was indication how long it would Room Guarded The Criminal district courtroom was under extraordinary guard. Opening of the trial was employed by an oil preceded by an unilsual company He started with city as a warehouse lalwirer in 1927 and within i few was named city secretary and treasurer. fliti-flop by the prosecution. Asst Dist Atty, James L. Al-j cock, named by Garrison to handle the case, asked Friday that the trial be delayed beginning a long career of public he withdrew the motion when it came before By he was named acting Judge Haggerty in a hearing city manager and served in Monday.

the managerial capacity until the hearing, Alcock ac- Aug. 13, 1942 rused Atty. Gen. Ramsey Rodgers in 1941 took some city Qark 0f deliberately interefer- at hers by surprise in an unsuc- ln(T by a report on the ce-iful write-in campaign, which Kennedy autopsv the eve of late in the race. Vote the picking of the jury for the records hi' race with shaw trial votes for W.

fl. Rogers, 24 for announcement Thurs- See MIJ. ROIMiERs Page dav whs that a panel of had examined the secret record upheld the autopsy report the bullets which killed 1he President were fired from and behind Clark Is ritiebed Garrison says the autopsy EAST ST LOUIS material would back his eonten- Three young magazine salesmen President was hit were killed and lour wounded fired from both front W7 i West lexans Lead Cheers Neic Governor lien Barnes Take Oaths On Capitol Steps JAC ER AUSTIN Smith was sworn in as 38th governor today, capping a long career in state government and fulfilling the dream ol a lifetime. He pledged his administration to and Smith took the oath of office at 12:12 p.m. swearing-in, on the south steps of the Capitol.

followed that of Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes, who at 30 became the youngest lieutenant governor in Texas history. Smith, 36, from Lubbock, and Barnes, from De Leon, made the inauguration an all-West Texas affair and insured thai the Democratic paiiy will retain its traditional control of state polities for two more years. realistic and understanding approach to our future must stain with a promise of faimes, and one of said in his inaugural address That applies, he said, to ail things where government is I concerned, whether it is levying taxes educating children.

I providing clean and plentiful water, industrial growth or TEXAS HAS A NEW GOVERNOR Gov. Preston Smith of Luhfjock. right as sworn in as Vtth governor by hief Justice Robert W. of the Supreme ourt. The ceremony took plme shortly after noon today on the steps of the state capitol in Austin.

CAP Wtrephoto jjjjj Suit Aimed Home Folks At Board Nixon Gets Early Three Slain In Shooting Monday night when rifle and pistol fire poured into their panel truck in the downtown are Two of the vvoundcd were in critical condition All of the dead and wounded were Negroes Police said they a rested or suspects, hut nobody was immediateh charged in the of the truck, which had New Jersey license plates. It believed the victims worked for magazine concern from Kansas Citj The dead were identified as Gerald Collins, 21, from East St. Louis; William H. Singleton, 21. Philadelphia.

and Lorenzo Lewis, 19, of Brooklyn, Hospital officials identified the wounded at Max Robinson, 18. who gave the Motor Hotel as his address, and whose parents, apparently are in the Virgin Islands; Michael Harris, 21. who also gave his address as the hotel; Melvin 21, St Louis, Mo and Dan Roberts, 21, St. Louis and rear. was the first time that Vtty.

Gen Clark tried to interfere in case with public said Alcock in contending that statement could influence prospective jurors. He added, however, that the state trust the good judgment common sense and spirit which the state feels prevails See SHAW TRIAL Page Edi torta Is Top Farmer Named Tuition tlike Urged 1 13 Theaters Radio-TV a A Sports It Comics it Horoscope 7 Classified 5 10 Give LBJ Big Howdy ROBERT HEARD STONEWALL (APi Lviv don Baines Johnson has come home to the hills and to the his daddy described as knowing and caring. Cheers rang out at the airports in Washington and Austin. as Johnson marie his final journey from power Monday, but it took 400 beaming faces a Stonewall to make his heart over completely. Johnson, who will carry the courtesy title of Mr.

President the rest of his life, set down in an Air Force Jets tar on his beloved LBJ Ranch by Pedernales River at 6:31 p.m With him were Mrs. Johnson, daughter Lynda and granddaughter Lucinda. Daughter Lucy stopped in Austin, where she makes her home. School Rand Plins The Fredericksburg high school hand played Eyes of Texas" as the See LBJ RETURNS Page 6 Start On Duties SAN ANTONIO (UPD A civil suit concerning and possible non-aiiowabie totalling alxxit $775. (XX) was filed Monday igainst the Edgew od Indejven- WASHINGTON (UPIt Pres-the election that Agnew dent School District board of Richard Nixon started have an office in the his first full day in office House so that the Matt Garcia, attorney for the getting to work before any of President could become a closer knowledge Edgewood his staff anfj disclosing that he member of the official family, Parents Association filed would do most of his work om For state the suit which asks that of the White House.

Nixon posed for photographs sitions I taken from 14 persons said he would use the in the ova! room behind a protecting human rights He dwelt the longest on law and nrdcr Public Order think first of laws to preserve public lie said. maintenance of domestic tranquility and the protection of persons and property from criminal violence. of violence wili cary a high priority in this administration We will say to the law violator with one voice; may break the law, your choice, but you are going to face the consequences You are going to face the bar of justice As your governor, 1 will seek not punishment or leniency but would justice for all White Barnes said Texas has Vice even greater obligation to ac- and remedy our because of the IMANK LA TK connected now or at one time fHrTKXls with the operation of the trict located in northwest San Antonio. oval pres- office in the White House-primarily for formal occasions. Most of the time, he Garcia said a report just re- he would work out of a leased shows and smaher room in the possible non allowable OXPCUtjVP office building, for the fiscal year which to work jn a relatively ended Aug.

.51. small room, with papers all around and that sort of The suit alleges that: Nixon explained to reporters. Checks $275.000 a creature of he Iwere according remarked. I to auditors for the school board Wants district. He said two other reasons he A rejiort at a recent board decided to do work meeting indicated that about in a smaller in the old acquired from a Department building were bond issue was not expend- that he wanted his staff jed for the avowed purpose of members to feel they were the issue- completion of Memo- working closely with him, and High School and the rebuild- from his point of he felt ung of the H.

Williams Ele- the need for a imentary School. chemistry" that comes when he Contracts, which had been knows his aides are nearby, by the board for the Nixon will be the first construction, would not be com- president in recent memory to Ipleied and fulfilled unless and carry out the everyday chores until the sum of $500,000 was of office outside the White borrowed from a lending institu- House. tion Traditionally, the vice pres-j tpn'stmns Authorization ident has had an office in the Certain funds had been dis- massive, elaborate stone struc- bursed without the authorization ture known in Washington as of the hoard But Vice President can assure you there will Spiro T. Agnew will be working be rapid developments," Garcia out of the White House. See HOOi.s Page Nixon announced shortly after massive desk that once Nee MXO.N Page UH TH yi lZZEl) uPlay" Pistol Causes Scare Aboard Plane strength and vigor.

lied as we turn page THING TO Parents Have Daughter Arrested On Drug Charge A MOMENT TO President Lyndon Johnson wipes a tear from his eye at a welcome home party at Stonewall Monday night, About -100 friends and neighbors were on hand at the LBJ Ranch to greet their No. citizen on his return home after more than 10 years of public sen ice in Washington. (AP Wire photo) BRYN ATHYN, Pa. (API "We have to live within the said the millionaire parents of a teenager in explaining why they had their daughter arrested for possession and using marijuana. was the only thing to do." said Mrs.

Jean Pitcairn. Her husband, is treasurer of the Pitcairn which is a principal shareholder of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Fawn Pitcairn, 18, the third oldest and their seven children, was arrested just before New Year's Eve after a boyfriend delivered a belated Christmas gift containing marijuana. Fawn pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court, was placed on 18 probation and ordered to earn her $300 fine. think we parents of this generation have to face this drug problem Mrs.

Pitcairn said in an interview. think the Important thing we have to try to do See DRl (t CHARGE Page 8 HOUSTON (UPD A stewardess asked i youth who had shown a gun to a girlfriend alioard a Trans- Texas Airways airplane Monday for it He told me. 'Oh, no. no, It's just plaj We ignored him the rest of the said Diana Day. The other stewardess.

Sherry Calloway, said the youth put the pistol back in his pocket and said, "i want to go to Havana But when the plane landed in Houston, a man identified by airport security officers as Randall D. Chapman, 19. of Houston, was taken from the plane and questioned about the incident Chapman told newsmen he had only been showing the gun to his girlfriend during the flight Then he got into a fight with a newsman who tried take his picture The incident occurred on board flight which originated in Amarillo with stops in Wichita Falls. Dallas, Houston, Baton Rouge and New Orleans was not concealed and as far as I'm concerned I See (it St ARE Page fi The eathci HBL For (omplete Report Weather Map, See Page be- ogr history, let this be an era of he said. satisfaction until every Texas child has the he-t education we in dissatisfaction until every Texas worker has a fair chance at a decent job and the training to do that job; dissatisfaction until we have unified our state in a common purpose.

to assure full opportunity not for most Texans. for all The oaths of office were administered by Chief Justice Robert W. Calvert A predic ted forecast of ble drizzle faded under bright blue, clear skies for the outdoor inaugural Smith and Rarnes walked out of the Capitol to their seats to 19-gun salute from three 105mm howitzers Tech Rand The Texas Tech band played the national anthem, and the first live telecast of a Texas givemor's nauguration began I The Texas Association of Broad-j casters said 75 radio stations land more than a doyen television stations were covering the event. Both houses of the legislature and state employes quit early SMITH Page Citw Area Delegation is Delayed Thwarted by late plane departure, a Lubbock and area contingent of persons was exfject -d to arrive in Austin for inaugural in nick of A Lubbock Chamber of Commerce-sponsored charter Braniff 727 flight departed West Texas Air Terminal at 10:45 a.m. Austin arrivas was at 11:45 a the Braniff district i reported.

According to a W. D. Rogers in Austin, arrangements had been made there for buses to be waiting on the airport ramp, with police escort to whisk Gov. Preston special hometown aggregation to reserved spot near the inaugural stands. Replacement Needed Plane departure had been scheduled from Lubbock before 9 a.m., but the plane reportedly sheared a motor shaft when dispatched from Dallas, and a replacement aircraft was pressed into service, arriving in Lubbock at 10 40 a.m.

Most of the Lubbock delegation had arrived at the airport here, many waiting from about 8 a.m., milling about the terminal drinking coffee and keeping a keen ear tuned to periodic won! of expected departure times. Some, with morning Austin engagements or otherwise off by the belated departure, returned to Lubbock Upon final departure, however, every seat was filled. These who had made ros- See I Page fi HONORED BY SENATE Preston Smith's Family Friends Share Big Event KENNETH MAY Avalanehe-Jmimal Staff AUSTIN Preston dream of being governor of Texas became reality at 12:12 p.m. today on the sun- dremhed steps of the state capitol With Mrs. Smith and other family members at his side, Smith was administered the oath by Supreme Court Justice Robert Calve it Hundreds of Lubbock area friends watched as Smith and the new lieutenant governor, Bon Barnes, mounted the inaugural steps and stood at attention as the Texas Tech band played the national anthem.

Less than 40 minutes before stepping up to the highest office. Smith banged his gavel for the last time as presiding officer of the Texas Senate. In a nostalgic farewell to the upper chamber. Smith said: just moving across the hall and I want you to know that the door of the See FAMILY Page I.