26 Apr 1971
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1971
Page
1
A historical notice reports multiple fatalities from recent residential fires. The piece references the URSCHEL collection on Block F and recalls a famed kidnapping, with distant mentions of auction activity in San Antonio and ongoing wartime context.
Circulation of rumors suggests a grand jury may indict an official connected to a raid on the Black Panthers. The report appears in a distant section with uncertain confirmation from the official news agency, lacking clear details or names.
A string of deadly fires left at least 27 dead across the country, including a Seattle three story apartment blaze that claimed many residents. In Ohio, fires in Cleveland and nearby communities killed several, with causes blamed on gasoline and children at play.
Residents gather for a wind concert at Lubbock Municipal Auditorium as Harrod conducts the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra and Youth Chorus. A brisk wind gusts up to 35 mph affect outdoor plans while temperatures reach 80 degrees with 61 in the morning and 75 in the evening. Dust storm warnings stretch west of the Pecos River as snow blankets parts of Nevada and Wyoming. See HARROD Page 6.
The Avalanche-Journal invites readers to send prayers of up to fifty words, asking for courage to follow divine leading and stand for what is right. A sample prayer thanks God for guidance and asks for strength to dedicate life to service.
The Texas Senate prepares an alternative to the House tax plan with a projected 300 million dollar sales tax increase and a two cent gasoline tax rise estimated to raise 102 million in two years. Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes signals a possible 40.1 million in welfare medical care cuts and no corporate income tax.
Fort Lauderdale reports that Scott, a high school athlete with partial limb stumps, was rejected by Bays State in Tallahassee for the American Legion Boys State program. Supporters include coaches Gardner and Nelson who argue the decision denies his right to participate. Scott's father says the turnaway would harm his alternate and wishes the policy changed.
A United Press International report states a C47 aircraft crashed at Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne Wyoming on Sunday, killing all five crew members aboard. The incident details and causes were not disclosed in the brief dispatch.
Avalanche-Journal notes the butcher bird a shrike common in the Caprock foothills. The article explains its carnivorous diet and unique habit of impaling prey on branches or wires to tear food with a strong hooked bill. It describes why the bird stores food and how it hunts.
Saigon reports say Vietnamese forces exchanged heavy artillery and mortar fire near the city and in the northern and eastern sectors. No American fatalities noted. some U S personnel were wounded. The attack involved tank provinces and base areas with multiple rockets and unidentifiable fire.
The report describes helicopter losses and multiple clashes nine miles north of Cam Ranh Bay as Communist fire targets U.S. troops of the 1st Aviation Brigade. It notes unknown enemy casualties, Marine actions in the same area, and a separate airborne clash near Phnom Raph with Marines sustaining several wounded and one killed.
The Associated Press outlines a redistricting plan facing lawmakers. Representative Jones argues against single member districts citing ward politics and overlapping county boundaries. He predicts nine to ten state House members could lose seats amid reapportionment and suggests options to preserve districts by redrawing lines into Dallas County.
Billie Sel Estes the Texas promiser sentenced to 15 years for swindling farmers in a multi million dollar fertilizer tank scheme faces a second parole hearing today. He has served six years in federal prison for mail fraud and conspiracy to defraud. The Parole Board closed hearing will consider his bid while his family attends.
Partly cloudy with a cooling trend and mid 70s highs for today. Northwest to northerly winds 20 to 29 mph gusting. Tonight low near 40s with 70s expected Tuesday. Sunrise 7 04 am sunset 8 26 pm. Humidity around 33 percent at midnight. Citywide temperatures and winds listed for Abilene to Houston area.
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