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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1970
Page
14
The Avalanche Journal reports a preliminary accounting of Lach murder trial expenses totaling $16,974 with potential final costs near $20,000 as Tarrant County bills arrive. The piece notes prior hearings and confinement costs in state hospitals or county jails over almost two years.
The Lubbock BBB warns readers about Christmas scams and unordered merchandise. It urges ignoring unsolicited charity pitches and COD parcels, buying only from reputable stores, and notes that swift, certain justice reduces crime costs.
A rag tag group calling itself revolutionaries finishes a so called constitutional convention in Washington led by Black Panthers and white radicals. They hear H P Newton speak and push a constitution cut from Communist cloth. St Stephens Church hosts the event provoking Episcopalians and others who liken the gathering to inviting bubonic plague into a hospital ward.
Washington columnist David Lawrence argues the Nixon administration is nearing a price wage freeze to stop inflation. He says wage price controls are the only certain answer, despite union and business opposition, and criticizes delayed action from Johnson and Nixon administrations.
A Greenville County South Carolina council candidate, Bruce, kept his pledge to remove campaign signs within four days after the November 3 election. He took all signs down the day after the vote, prompting questions about honoring campaign promises and the seriousness of such pledges.
Reported figures suggest 350 to 1500 Americans are held in North Vietnam. Despite Paris talks and pleas, no progress on release or humane treatment. Defense Department backs all possible means to free prisoners including raids, with Congress pressed to commend raid crews led by U S forces including Sen Bob Dole.
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that Nixon ordered a daring but failed covert mission to rescue POWs near Hanoi. Officials doubt Rogers and the State Department knew the full details or timing, framing it as a Pentagon operation. Some skeptics say the move boosts POW leverage for the Communists, while others deny that view. Families expressed willingness to take the risk.
A secret poll shows Rep. Hale Borgs of Louisiana losing ground to Rep. Bernie Sisk of California in the North Carolina delegation for the House Majority Leader race. Five of seven NC lawmakers swing to Sisk, a transplanted Texan, altering the contest amid Southern bloc dynamics.
Henry J. Taylor argues Guinea's claimed invasion by Portugal is part of a Red-led campaign to destabilize Africa. He links Guinea to Moscow and Beijing, notes 600,000 refugees, guerrilla training, and a Cahora Bassa dam project in Mozambique. He portrays Guinea and Zambia as Soviet led sanctuaries and accuses the U.N. of bias.
A curious column blends trivia from science and daily life. It notes the sun may yield less energy per pound than the human body and jokes about barracuda behavior, two story outhouses, and a quirky tally of calendars in homes. It also wonders about a billboards mogul and a prolific tabloid fashion in bathing.
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