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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1972
Page
8
A jetliner hijacked near Frisco received a $500000 ransom as the plane circled at about 2500 feet then headed south. FBI and Coast Guard units chased, passengers to be questioned at a nearby hotel while authorities assess the armed hijacker.
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird states U S planes will bomb North Vietnam until Hanoi moves back across the DMZ and shows willingness to negotiate in Paris He vows no ground forces in South Vietnam and confirms plans to reduce U S troop strength to 63 000 by May 1 while South Vietnamese forces hold the line amid a changing northern front.
The offensive neared Saigon with heavy casualties on both sides. In the north, Rangers halted two enemy columns near Quang Tri while fighting continued south of the DMZ. Loc Ninh fell after four days of battle as An Loc faced a major assault. U.S. air strikes and carrier redeployments, including the Midway, aimed to blunt the push.
Eye witnesses describe a dramatic arrest as two more vehicles with agents closed in behind the suspects’ car. Officials said the confiscated makeshift bomb devices would be sent to federal laboratories in Washington for examination and analysis. Wiley praised the operation as the sweetest smoothest he had seen.
The Federal Republic Basketball Association reports a rapid rise in affiliated clubs with current membership reaching 40 000 players. The growth reflects expanding basketball participation across Germany.
Shin Theke Kang, a Korean-born student at the University of Illinois, studies a Sumerian clay tablet from Ur showing a shopkeeper under tax time pressure. The tablet, with two hands and a scratch pad fingerprint marks, suggests undercounting and possible later corrections by a scribe.
Rodney, a 15 year old parishioner at Victory Baptist Church, faced a terminal prognosis with only two to six months to live before Oct 7 when he suffered complete kidney failure. Doctors call his transplant the most perfect yet while donor Speck expresses pride as the family calls it a miracle. The church held a welcome home reception and belated birthday party for Rodney on a Friday night.
Odessa police filed murder with malice charges against 40 year old Lillian Ashabranner for the killing of Ima Hammack 57 near Coleman. She previously faced a 1967 murder charge in her husband’s death as police reopen the drowning of her six year old son in Abilene.
Services are pending with Henderson Funeral Directors for Thomas Rodriquez 50 of 917 Idalou Road who died about 10 20 am Friday in Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital after a lengthy illness Rodriquez was a retired welder and had resided in Lubbock since 1948 Survivors include his wife Lola four sons Thomas Rodriquez Jr Joe Rodriquez Victor Rodriques and Reney Rodriquez all of the home six daughters Mrs Magdelina Martinez of Dallas Mrs Sylvia Alvarado of Shallowater Patsy Baie care of 1918 14th St and Elsa Rodriquez Mary Lou Rodriquez and Lola Rodriquez all of the home two brothers Nito Rodriquez and Augustine Catilla of 3316 2nd St three half brothers a half sister and 19 grandchildren
Arch S Underwood a leading cotton magnate of Athens and Lubbock died. Born Hillsboro Jan 29 1893 he built a vast cotton business, hosted coaches and sportswriters at his Athens retreat and moved west to the South Plains. Surviving are Minnie Quickenstedt his wife of 1915 two sons Fred and Harris two daughters Mrs Wayne Prather and Mrs Dorothy Chambers twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Rites set at Resthaven Mausoleum with pallbearers named and donations to Presbyterian Childrens Home Itasca requested.
The Labor Department shows total employment rising by 620,000 to 81.2 million in March, while the unemployment rate nudges up to 5.59 percent. The Wholesale Price Index rises only one tenth of a percent, marking the slowest gain in five months. Marina Whitman, newly named to the President's Council of Economic Advisers, welcomes slower price hikes but warns inflation reduction remains distant.
Richard Ridgolph, 17 at the time, was found guilty of the August 1977 sniper slaying of John Sartain, a rookie officer. A district judge sentenced him to 50 years, later lowering to 30 years, after considering youth and the crime. Sartain was shot near the police station as he walked to his patrol car.
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