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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1973

Page

9

Inmates Escape From Band Performance in Arkansas

Harold Stone and James Rayburn, inmates at Cummins Prison Farm, walked off during a 10 minute break from a Ball and Chain Gang show at the Thunderbird Club near Greers Ferry Lake. Stone, 27, is serving 21 years on a rape charge. Rayburn, 34, is serving 10 years for grand larceny from Mississippi County. Authorities searched for both Sunday with Cummins officials deeming the act a normal lapse in entertainment duties.

Heber Springs Ark Harold Stone James Rayburn Cummins Prison Farm Cummins Stone Rayburn Thunderbird Club Greers Ferry Lake Here Reggie Fletcher Columbia County Mississippi County

Military Commissaries Face Possible Law Violations

Washington reports Rev. Les Aspin accuses the Pentagon of operating some 278 military commissaries at prices above standard levels, undermining a 1952 defense law. He asks GAO to review regulations and enforcement to determine closures and impact on subsidies. A 1964 GAO study suggested about half should be shut down.

Washington UPC Les Aspin D-J Aspin Pentagon DOD Department Ofline United States Generals Accounting Office GAO Congress

Peron Considers Run After Doctor's Clearance

Juan Peron said he must check with his doctors before deciding if he will run in the Sept. 23 presidential election. He noted his wife Isabel would decide on running for vice president, and commented that women serve as heads of state in India and other nations.

Buenos Aires Juan Domingo Peron Latin America Justicialist Party Peron Isabel India

TV Guide Highlights Busy Evening Schedule

A dense listing shows PBS KCBD NBC KTXT and other outlets airing news and entertainment. Programs include Captain Kangaroo Dinah’s, Love of Life, Jeopardy, Days of Our Lives, The Newlywed Game, and That era’s movies and specials with guests such as Nanette Fabray Sally Quinn and Robert Redford.

CBS News Hughes Rudd Sally Quinn Shaw Captain Kangaroo Dinah Billy Graham Jack LaLanne John Saxon Robert Redford Nanette Fabray Demond Wilson Barbara Walters Young & Restless Password NBC News Floyd Kalber Bernie Howell Guiding Light General Hospital Peyton Place Somerset Jerry van Dyke Kay Medford Lee Meriweather Andy Griffith Electric Company Cobbish ‘County Bill Cosby Big Bird ABC News Smith- Reasoner NBC Nightly the Lions Tom Wicker N.Y. Times Washington Capitol Doris Day Maya Angelou Medical Center Lochner LALOM Johnny Carson John Davidson Sally Struthers Marjon David Frye Jeannie P. Donahue Brady Lanasie ABC CBS BGNC Amarillo KVIE KDA AG AG Hospital Big Valley Jet's Cotte Naliviere Hdldie Lucy Guiding Price

Radio Station Listings With Call Letters and Frequencies

A block of radio station identifiers and frequencies is listed, including KFYO CBS 190 Khz KLBK ABC 140 Kha KEND NBC 1590 the KDAY ABC 58 Kha and several non network stations such as SEL EM 04.7 Mhz and KWGO KTXT-FM 91.9 Mhz.

KFYO CBS KLBK ABC NBC KDAY KSEL TAG FM KWGO Ktxt-Fem

Abilene Woman Dies In Wreck At Lueders

An Abilene woman Cynthia Perkins Vickers 20 and her four month old son Jeremy died in a two car headon collision near Lueders about 23 miles northeast of Abilene. Five others were injured and taken to Stam ford Hospital where Vickers was pronounced dead on arrival.

Lueders API Abilene Cynthia Perkins Vickers Stamford Jeremy

Amarillo Winner Captures Texas Tech Summer Open Chess Title

Brian Klaus of Amarillo won the two day Texas Tech Summer Open Chess Tournament Sunday sponsored by the Residence Hall Association. Four competitors tied for second including Andrew Thall of the Lubbock Chess Club Columbus Ohio Leroy G ay of Albuquerque Joe Castillo of Midland from the Odessa Chess Club and Kyle Ward of Levelland. More than 30 players from West Texas attended the Weymouth Hall event on the Tech campus according to Lubbock Chess Club president Mark Bynog.

Brian Klaus Amarillo Texas Tech Residence Hall Association Andrew Thall Lubbock Chess Club Columbus Ohio Leroy Gay v Albuquerque Joe Castillo Midland Odessa Chess Club Kyle Ward Levelland West Texas Weymouth Hall Tech Mark Bynog

Robbery Reported By Resident on Avenue C

Resident Joe Bastardo of 401 Hub Street told police two men robbed him of $400 after leaving a friend's home in the 600 block of Avenue C early Sunday. He said the assailants ran up, twisted his arm, and grabbed his billfold.

Joe Bastardo Bastardo

Solons Aim for Autumn Adjournment Amid Budget Progress

Washington lawmakers, slowed by August recess, eye an October 15 Senate adjournment and November 1 House target for a first mid-autumn end since 1965. Key bills face veto risk, while most major legislation stalls until 1974 amid war powers, wage, and reform debates. The Armed Services Committee will reexamine the Cambodia air strikes as hearings resume.

Washington Congress Senate Mike Mansfield House Carl Albert Nixon Senate House U.S Indochina Ways and Means Committee Senate Armed Services Committee Cambodia Stuart Symington

Mild Texas Temperatures Persist Despite Scattered Thunderstorms

Texans enjoyed mild 80s with 90s in far southwest while Gulf Coast storms brought heavy rain and a waterspout offshore from Galveston. NWS logged 3.81 inches in Galveston. early lows dipped into 40s and 50s on the High Plains. Forecasts show little temperature change into Tuesday with southerly winds and mid 60s nights.

J News Texas Texas Gulf Coast National Weather Service NWS Galveston High Plains Lubbock Nws South Plains Tuesay Gulf Coast Appalachians West Palm Beach Fla Dakotas Great Lakes West Pacific Northwest Michigan New York Great Basin Rockies Central Plains Lower Great Lakes Region Northeast Stampede Pass Wash Palm Springs Calif

Boulder Threat Eases as Village Readies Return

A 12,000 ton boulder perched on a rain softened slope above Wantau, France prompted 1,500 residents to evacuate. Authorities halted planned dynamite demolition after signs of movement slowed and no movement was detected by NIG investigators, though prior rains had accelerated sliding. Explosive drills continued to split the rock into small pieces to avoid a large hillside remnant.

Wantua France UPI National Institute of Geography

Marilyn Monroe Biographer Sues Norman Mailer

Maurice Zolotow author of a 1960 Marilyn Monroe biography sues Norman Mailer for 6 million dollars claiming his new book Marilyn plagiarized 15 000 words from his volume and that Mailer and Grosset & Dunlap libeled him invaded his privacy and caused emotional distress.

Los Angeles UPD Maurice Zolotow Marilyn Monroe Norman Mailer Mailer Marilyn Fed U.S. District Court Zolotew Grosset & Dunlap

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