17 Feb 1976
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1976
Page
1
Sheriff detectives Candalaria and Tena showed photos of Welten to patrons at gay bars without success. They visited a cheap motel serving gay patrons and met a nervous part time maid Judy Weyer, forming a cautious impression. Nearly a month passed since the murder.
Lubbock County Hospital District faces a $678,000 add on for movable equipment and clinical changes not in the original budget. Board Chairman Marshall Pennington said the district must live close to its budget until the hospital opens, likely in fall 1977, and seek funds from all sources. Candidates have until March 3 to file for six year positions in the Administration Building. A UPI survey from College Station shows real estate experts report a boom in residential land markets while farm and ranch land sales slump.
Budget Director James T. Lynn told the Senate Post Office Committee that new subsidies for the US Postal Service would not solve rising costs or boost efficiency. He argued higher rates are likely and called it unfair to taxpayers unless the public gains direct benefits. He warned hard questions must be answered to fund the service and that compared with many countries, the system remains a bargain.
HK Thomas a 42 year old carpenter from H C Lewis Construction joins two others for Place 6 on the Lubbock ISD board. He says busing is avoidable through redistricting and school building expansion, supports a south Loop 289 school, and aims to improve East Lubbock education.
Detectives questioned a 20 year old man late Monday night in connection with a Las Vegas double murder where more than 500000 dollars worth of turquoise jewelry was stolen.
Detectives in Lubbock arrest a man for possession of stolen property and being a suspicious person after he tried to sell jewelry at a turquoise shop. He may fit the height and weight of a Las Vegas killer who murdered two shop owners on Nov. 30 and had planned a sale the day before. The suspect is held on a $100,000 bond.
A National Science Foundation study predicts electronic funds transfer could bring higher teen spending control risks and potential rises in home burglaries while armed robberies fall. It forecasts 70 percent of check payments moving to electronic substitutes, lowering banking costs as credit card like transactions grow.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger began a delayed tour to Latin America visiting Venezuela Peru Brazil Colombia Costa Rica and Guatemala through Feb 24 He aims to reassure nations of U S importance and improve its image while keeping Cuba and the Panama Canal issues in the background In Venezuela he is expected to push economic talks and seek removal of a congressional trade preferences exclusion.
Texas Comptroller Bob Bullock notes the refined city sales tax rebate system. Lubbock will receive 241 881 dollars from January’s 11.2 million total statewide collection. Amarillo awaits 209 057 dollars as part of the monthly distribution.
Cool winds sweep the South Plains as a front passes Texas with scattered showers. Lubbock records 67 and forecasts low 70s before a night drop to the 30s. Del Rio and McAllen hit 85 as western Texas stays clear. Tornadoes touch Illinois with damage but no injuries. Charleston reports roofs ripped from hangars at Coles Airport.
A Plainview Reader letter asks for certainty of faith in hopeless hours, closing with a prayer to Father in Heaven in Jesus name. The page also features a comic dictionary entry defining a burglar as a man who lives within another man’s means.
Patricia Hearst, escorted by jurors in a rain soaked San Francisco, sobbed when shown a closet she says held her during captivity. Attorney Albert Johnson described her as quite shaken after the two-stop tour to the hideouts used by kidnappers and the Symbionese Liberation Army.
Police said an explosion damaged a mailbox on a quiet north London residential street late Monday night. No injuries were reported.
Capt. Jerry Austin head of detectives testifies as the Paul Montez Sustaita murder trial reconvenes in 64th District Court. Sustaita, 34, is charged with the June 9 1974 stabbing death of Brunell Kenneth Van Zandt at the Commercial Hotel. The case includes a previous mistrial and an overnight body discovery by the slain man’s brother Eldon.
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