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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1973
Page
2
Washington AP reports American POWs in Hanoi prison camps rehearsed patriotic homecoming speeches to counter North Vietnamese propaganda. Former prisoners describe toastmaster clubs, news conferences, and post release rules to avoid discussing mistreatment while maintaining anti communism and loyalty to the United States.
Washington AP The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen AFL Clo promote a pamphlet Lady Please Don't blame Your Butcher to counter blame for rising meat costs. Union leaders accuse Secretary Butz of pitting labor against farmers and consumers while noting wage controls since 1971.
Texas Tech University debaters finished second in the Alleman National Novice Debate Tournament in Louisville Kentucky. Carmen Medina of El Paso earned top speaker honors while John Anderson of Waco placed fifth highest speaker. Vernon McGuire accompanied the team. Wake Forest beat Tech for second place.
Parr 72 was reelected without opposition to the San Diego School Board polling 581 votes. Federal grand jury indicted Parr on eight counts for understating income by over 287000 and failing to pay 129000 in taxes from 1966 to 1969.
Mrs. Phyllis Allard, who says she saw her son and about 25 others in a Viet Cong prison camp during a trip to Caminata, reported that U.S. authorities refuse to verify them as prisoners of war. She claimed the Army casualty office verified her trip but could not locate the camp, calling her visit inconclusive. She said Washington insists no more men are there and described ongoing contact with officials without confirmation.
Lubbock Theatre Center's Inn, CUPeeter onal W. Myers and Rev. Robert Seney placed as second alternate at a Texas Non Profit Theaters Association three day festival. Odessa Permian Playhouse won with Bad, Bad to Jo, advancing to regional and then national showcases. Myers predicts next year's festival in Lubbock with him as conference chairman.
A group led by the American Indian Movement demonstrated at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, asking the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 1 million dollars annually to fund Indian self-help programs. church leaders urged aid but emphasized ongoing church efforts and nonviolence.
Berkeley AP reports Mark Twain's final manuscript released by descendants shows he kept his real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens and maintained wit and temper in late life. The 400 page work, handwritten six months before his 1910 death, includes letters, business tensions, and notes on Ralph W. Ashcroft and Isabel Lyon.
Nine patients from five states travel to Beth Israel Medical Center Newark to receive the first Americans implanted with plutonium powered pacemakers. The nine include Max Spieler of Nutley and Julia Smith, Irene Tocci, Dr. Joseph Barbella, and Edward Connell of Newark.
Firemen extinguished a blaze at 2617 Parkway Dr Sunday afternoon. Children playing in the vacant house allegedly set a mattress on fire but no structural damage occurred. Neighbor Velma McLendon of 2619 Parkway said the house was unoccupied since before Christmas and her nephew saw smoke from an air conditioner vent.
Six Odessa College students won awards at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association meet in Fort Worth. Mike Whitley earned first in magazine feature photography and Teresa Merritt first in magazine feature color photography.
The ad touts Fixodent as an elastic membrane denture adhesive that secures uppers and lowers, allowing firmer biting, clearer speech, and natural chewing. A special dispenser aims precise placement with one application lasting hours. See your dentist regularly for denture health.
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