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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1972
Page
8
Area thunderstorms bring drenching rains and hail as gusts reach 75 miles per hour. Uprooted trees, downed utility poles, and broken plate glass shuttered parts of Nebraska and South Dakota with about 30 stores affected. Temperatures fall to record lows in several locations and rain dampens the Midwest to Pacific Northwest regions.
A fragmented antique car sale listing hints at a block auction featuring scarce models and collectible autos. The ad mentions bidding details and notable names, though the legible text is incomplete.
Funeral services are planned for James Cantrell with rites set for Monday. The obituary notes his age and details of the service, inviting friends and relatives to attend.
A Bangor boy was hurt in a traffic collision between a car and bicycle. Police and emergency crews responded at the scene with the injured youth transported for medical evaluation. Further details were not available in the fragment.
The Moonmen received an excellent rating following shipboard physicals. Crew members noted strong health and fitness levels across the battalion.
Medical analyses after Apollo 16 show astronauts lost some weight and maximum work capacity, but recovered faster and showed fewer heart-rate increases than Apollo 15 crew. Doctors cited lower exertion needs and improved conditioning as factors in quicker recovery.
Congress debates a workfare plan to extend welfare to 29 million people, costing about 3 billion more than the Nixon proposal of 5.5 billion above current outlays. The bill ties benefits to work, with full family loss if the head refuses to work, and faces GOP opposition.
North Vietnamese forces pushed toward Hue after crossing from the A Shau Valley and surrounding Quang Tri. US planes and helicopters suffered losses while South Vietnamese troops held Hue's defensive perimeter at Bastion Birmingham and other bases. The fighting displaced thousands along Highway 1 as casualties mounted on both sides and U.S. losses rose.
North Korea states reunification talks with South Korea should start immediately. Kim Il Sung says talks could occur with US forces in place and signals possible future direct contact with the United States. He warns against American removal as a precondition and envisions a unified Korea without American influence.
The 1st Circuit in regular session voted 10 to 5 that high school students do not have a constitutional right to wear long hair. The case involved Caesley Karr, 16, denied enrollment at Coronado High School in El Paso in 1970 for grooming noncompliance.
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