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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1970
Page
8
The report notes U.S. allies intensifying pressure in Cambodia’s Parrot's Beak with 15,000 enemy troops active. Saigon forces, backed by U.S. support, seize rifles and heavy weapons while South Vietnamese troops push into Cambodian border areas.
The U S military command in Saigon may provide advisers air coordinators and medical evacuation to South Vietnam as campaigns in Cambodia escalate. Officials talked of ground advisers and B 52 roles while noting overt cross border raids remain possible. The operation targets North Vietnamese Viet Cong bases in Cambodia near Saigon.
The White House West Wing is adding a four column portico and curving driveway to create a VIP entrance for visitors to the Oval Office. Officials say the entrance will reduce basement waiting and is due for completion by May 31.
Representative L Mendel Rivers of South Carolina urged President Nixon to recall Ambassador Jerome H Holland and trim the U S embassy in Stockholm following repeated antiwar demonstrations and a new incident at the opening of the U S cultural center.
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State Department termed independent evidence that Soviet pilots fly combat planes in Egypt as serious and potentially dangerous. President Nixon ordered an immediate evaluation of intelligence reports and their impact on Middle East strategic balance. White House and other officials indicated further actions.
In West Texas negotiators from the Associated General Contractors and the carpenters union reached a compromise after a marathon session at the In Town Inn. About 385 carpenters belong to Local Union. contractors fear rising costs will hurt the construction industry. The agreement follows failed federal mediation and repeated deadlocks before April 1.
A Lubbock Rotary Club drives support to Senator Mahon and Congress to allow the Tavara family to remain in the United States. The Tavars, fleeing a communist movement, fear June deportation as the children Edward 17 Manuela 16 and Ana 14 attend Slaton Junior High School.
About 750 signatures gathered to pressure Congressman Mahon in Washington. A petition will go to Mahon’s office next week with a Pioneer Hotel display and letters to speed the legal steps. Mrs Tavera speaks of her children and the quiet town as schools stay open and teachers show kindness.
Washington AP report of a debate at a National Bank of Washington symposium. Pierre Rinfret, ex Nixon adviser, warned accelerated action in Cambodia and Vietnam could worsen inflation and end the American economy as known. Charles Walker of Treasury challenged the forecast, citing policy restraint and signs of cooling inflation after 1969 peak.
Thunderstorms with hail and wind up to 60 mph moved across Texas during the night. Watches covered an area from Wichita Falls to Tulsa as warm Gulf air clashed with drier Pacific air. Reports included hail in Lamesa and Dawson County, flooding in Wichita Falls, a brief outburst near Dickens, and a possible twister northwest of Childress.
Governor Preston Smith released 766 238 in federal War on Poverty funds for the Dallas Community Action Program after a Dallas County Commissioners Court telegram urged immediate release. The grant includes 547 331 new funds and 218 907 carry over with 3 1 vote. Sterrett opposed delay.
Charles Henry Haney 49 of 2810 EB 16th St died about 10 45 p m Wednesday in Methodist Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was a World War II veteran, a self employed trucker, resident of Lubbock since 1945, from Morton and native of Albany. Survivors include his mother Lela Mae Haney and three sisters Mae Lovell Wille Bob Gschwend Virgin Grace and a brother Virgil. Services are pending at Hix Funeral Directors.
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