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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1971

Page

6

British Psychiatrist Says U S Men Are Sissies

Vienna born Dr Joshua Bierer 70, returning from the United States, describes American men as tired, absent fathers while praising women who hug him after lectures. He says U S youth show constructive rebellion and that a strong leader is needed as he contemplates more work in America. He heads the Bierer House rehabilitation center in New York.

Joshua Bierer London United States New York Vermont Bierer

Easter Observances Across Nation Highlight Faith and Festivity

Ballarat California hosted about 2,500 youths at an Easter religious experience and rock fest despite concerns over safety and sanitation. In New England thousands attended the Cathedral in the Pines sunrise service as heavy snow fell. Across the globe Christians marked Easter with services in Jerusalem and Rome while Pope Paul VI praised peace and warned against new wars.

Death Valley Ballarat Calif Cathedral the Pines Rindge Killington Fifth Avenue Fifth Avenue Presbyterian St. Thomas Episcopal St Patrick's Cathedral Vietnam Jerusalem

Two Wrecks Claim Three Lives in Area Crashes

Funeral services for DeLaGarza are pending at Parsons Fills Singleton Funeral Home in Earth. Jackson, a Morton resident, is survived by his parents two sisters a brother and grandparents. DeLaGarza had lived in Martha 16 years and leaves a wife four sons three daughters a brother and 13 grandchildren.

Earth Maria Everett Oralia Everett Enor DeLaGarza Filamer California

Texas child with unique illness dies in Fort Worth hospital

Kelley Mitchell of Graford near Mineral Wells died after a rare gastro intestinal disease named the Kelley Mitchell disease. She endured 12 operations, four at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, with doctors unable to identify the illness.

Fort Worth Kelley Mitchell Fort Worth Hospital Kelley Mitcheil Children's Hospital Cincinnati Ohio Texas Kenneth Mitchell Graford Mineral Wells Ohio Hospital

Easter Storms Spoil Pleasant Day Across North Texas

Gusty winds and scattered thunderstorms across northeast Texas and the South Plains marred Easter, with rain bands stretching from Amarillo to Perryton and Gage Oklahoma. Temperatures topped 90 in Lubbock as a cold front sparked storms after noon, while the National Weather Service forecast minimal rain for the next days amid continuing drought concerns.

Texas South Plains Amarillo Perryton Gage Okla Pampa Mercury National Weather Service U. S

Uneasy minister weds couple twice on ship

LaVerne and Robert Woods, both married before, wed aboard a sightseeing boat off Navy Pier. A Chicago judge, lacking jurisdiction on Lake Michigan, remarried them after a second ceremony. About 75 friends attended before the couple rode away on a tandem bicycle for a reception two miles distant.

Chicago LaVerne, Marcee Robert Woods Lake Michigan Navy Pier Woods Finois Illi‘nois

Ancient Craft Restores Furniture by Blind Man Artist

Danl Dillard of Goodwill Industries describes a program where a blind craftsman, Alvarado, trained at the Lighthouse for the Blind in Fort Worth and supported by the State Commission for the Blind, now handcrafts cane chairs at a Lubbock worktable. He earns six percent of sales, with supplies provided, and his delicate reedwork and intricate cane patterns revive old furniture for antique enthusiasts.

Wei Oeoud Danl Dillard Goodwill Industries State Commission For the Blind Lubbock Tarrant County Bird Alvarado Dillard

Youths set world teeter totter endurance record

John Adams and Donald Ball, both 16 from Gardena High School, endured 124 consecutive hours teeter tottering on a board. They shared sleep with guard rails in place and alternated turns, estimating about 196 000 movements. The feat, publicly praised as an Easter holiday stunt, broke the previous Guinness mark.

Los Angeles UPI Gardena John Adams Donald Ball Ball Adams

Chevrolet Vega Recall After Workers Strike

Detroit AP reports 23 300 Vega minicars built before the UAW GM strike were recalled in a product improvement campaign. Faults were corrected on cars made after the strike ended in December. no hazards were found and no safety recall report to DOT was required. Letters were sent to owners and dealers will perform updates at no cost. One in seven Christmas trees sold in the United States is imported, mainly from Canada.

Detroit United Auto Workers Union General Motors Corp U.S. Department of Transportation United States Canada

Claude Ayres Named Town After Him

The engineer mused and faulted a name so the project gained the name Claude. Claude Ayres never lived in Claude yet requested burial there marking a strange personal origin for the town name.

Al Fatah Guerrillas Fight Near Jordan Syria Border

Al Fatah said fighting began after government attacks on guerrilla positions in north Jordan near Syria. They claimed heavy losses to government forces using tanks and armored cars with artillery support. Jordanian sources say guerrillas are withdrawing from Amman with heavy weapons as Cairo talks proceed.

al Fatah Jordan Syria Amman Hussein Cairo Egypt Pich Nil Pass Pich Nil Phnom Penh

Relief at Fire Base as Helicopters Run Near Push Against North Vietnam

The day saw a resupply mission of about 16 to 20 helicopters to Fire Base Pleiku, with eight to ten delivering through while others withdrew after a helicopter was shot down. Maj. William E. Adams led the downed craft. Casualties included 53 North Vietnamese killed near Pleiku and six South Vietnamese killed with 18 wounded. Easter services were held at bases nationwide as combat continued around the base and in Cambodia and southern Vietnam.

South Vietnam Jerusalem Phiot Ulevich William E. Adams Craig Srnigon Pleiku Vietnam Saigon Tan Son Nhut Cambodia Mimot

Mig 23 Seen in Play Amid Egypt Standoff

Pentagon sources suggest Russia may have airlifted a few unassembled Mig 23s to Egypt as a dramatic move in the Arab-Israeli dispute. No aircraft have been seen flying in the Suez area yet, but Soviet pilots could operate the jet if deployed.

Washington Pentagon Russia Egypt Suez Canal Sinai Middle East Congress John D. Ryan Air Force U.S

Youtit Killed in Dallas Filling Station Blast

Charles B. Taylor a 17 year old youth from Dallas was killed when a fire exploded as he aired it at his father's filling station. He died en route to the hospital.

Youtit Dallas Charles B. Taylor

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