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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1971

Page

6

Confidence Displayed At Home Abroad

Nixon controls survive first test as reports describe gun smuggling and prison break at San Quentin with guards killed and inmates resisting capture. The piece notes international exchange moves, steel price rules, and Nixon administration efforts to manage inflation during the 90 day freeze.

Nixon Capitol Hill Austin Smith Texas Crawford Martin West Germany Israel Indonesia U.S Tokyo Government Steel Industry Cost of Living Council Treasury Wall Street ‘Journal Thendustry Labor Federal Home Loan Bank Board FHLB Preston Martin

Sniper Kills Sentry as Northern Ireland Tensions Rise

In Belfast a British Army sentry was shot dead and a civilian died from wounds two weeks after. About 100 internees aboard HMS Maidstone began a hunger strike protesting internment without trial. Violence spreads as talks with Dublin loom and hunger strike tactics emerge.

Belfast UPS Northern Ireland Irish Republican Army IRA Northern Ardoyne Ronald Eccles Eccles Joseph Murphy HMS Maidstone Sean Keenan Army Maidstone The Brian Faulkner

Corpus Christi Desegregation Busing Delayed by Court Order

UPI reports U S District Judge Owen Cox granted a stay delaying all busing under the Corpus Christi Independent School District desegregation plan as the 1st day of school approaches. The stay includes Black's prior order affecting Mexican American and white students, with 1 000 black students affected by earlier provisions.

Corpus Christi UPI U.S Owen Cox Monday Corpus Christi Independent Human Relations Commission Por U.s.circuit Court Supreme Court U.S. Supreme Court Hugo Black Black Department of Health, Education and Welfare HEW 5Th Court of Appeals New Orleans U.S. District Court Nixon Federal

President's daughter serves as teacher in hot, small annex

Julie, the President's daughter, teaches at an airless, one room annex with worn furniture. Secret Service agents guard outside while Bailey notes her outgoing personality endears her to children though her presence brings classroom challenges.

Julie Bailey Secret Service Parent-Teacher Association

Mrs Myrick reported dead in Lub bock home

Mrs Myrick of 2215 16th St was found dead at about 7 p m Monday in an upstairs room at her home. Justice of the Peace Wayne LeCroy pronounced death at the scene. Attending physician Dr H E Cone said death was natural causes. Services pending at Rix Funeral Directors. She was a longtime Lub bock resident, wife of Walter A Myrick Jr Builders Supply. Survived by husband and daughter Mrs J K Richardson of Sweetwater.

Walter A. Myrick Jr 16Th St Rix Funeral Directors Justice of the Peace Wayne LeCroy H. E. Cone Lubbock Myrick

Midland case hearing set in El Paso on school integration plan

A preliminary hearing on a proposed Midland Public School integration plan is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday in U.S. District Judge Ernest Guinn's El Paso court. Citizens criticized the plan at a Sunday meeting, citing segregation concerns as two southeast Midland elementary schools would be affected.

el Paso Midland U.S. Dist Ernest Guinn South East Midland Ther Thornton Hardie Court and Justice Dept Washington Bunche Southeast Midland 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals New Orleans Guinn

Cornell Lab of Ornithology Houses Vast Sound Archive

Cornell University’s Laboratory of Ornithology maintains a world class collection with about 430,000 natural sounds. The archive includes creatures from squeaking oak trees to the mating calls of bull alligators.

Cornell University Laboratory of

Texas Officials Clash Over President Freeze Impact

Texas leaders debate the Nixon wage freeze and a federal order. Atty. Gen. Martin says the president’s rules bind state pay, while Gov. Smith and Comptroller Calvert weigh compliance and potential lawsuits. Barnes urges obedience as classroom and state employee raises hang in the balance.

Martin Washington Justice Department Connally Texas Nixon Cost of Living Council Smith Martin J Calvert Barnes Ben Barnes Gregory Corpus Christi Istate First Asst Nola White

Mahon Urges Patriotism at Lubbock Dedication Ceremony

At a rain delayed dedication in Lubbock U S Representative Eldon Mahon called for rekindling patriotism and cooperation with the president. Mayor James Granberry state Sen H J Blanchard and other officials attended with 500 US employees judges and tech leaders as the 172 445 square foot building beside the new post office was noted as part of the project. Kunzig and Mahon used the weather to stress readiness and national destiny while invoking America.

James Granberry H. J. Blanchard Delwin Jones PR. B. McAlister Rod Shaw Texas Tech Grover E. Murray Chamber of Commerce U.S Joe Estes W. M. Taylor Texas H. O. Woodward Lubbock U.S. Atty Eldon Mahon Mahon Kunzig Mahe

Direct Hits Claimed in U.S. Jets Raid North Vietnam

U S jet fighters struck inside North Vietnam at anti aircraft sites firing on an unarmed reconnaissance plane. The attack followed Sunday raids as B 52 bombers saturated North Vietnamese troop and mortar positions along the DMZ. The reconnaissance mission yielded numerous secondary explosions, indicating direct hits. Acknowledged casualties were limited to Viet Cong rockets wounding some Americans at Phu Lai.

Saigon U.S North Vietnam North Demilitarized Zone James D’entremont D'Entremont Ameri Fat Phu Lai Field R Th Saigon

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