20 Feb 1970
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1970
Page
1
Patricia Ann Mahanay, 21, a Blue Cross-Blue Shield punch operator, was found slain in her Dallas apartment. Detectives report 20 stab and slash wounds with an attempted decapitation. body hidden between wall and bed, clothes piled over, knife dropped on top. No forced entry.
The Labor Department reports January consumer prices up four tenths of a percent, smaller than December and November gains. Seasonally adjusted rise remains six tenths of a percent, keeping annual rate near seven percent and dampening hopes for quicker inflation relief.
A partial, garbled newspaper fragment references farming content on Plains section page two. Readable terms are minimal with no clear events, names, places, or dates to summarize into a distinct item.
The Texas Insurance Board staff recommends across the board rate hikes for fire, extended coverage and homeowners policies. Fire coverage to rise about 17 percent statewide, extended coverage 6.9 percent, and homeowners 18 percent with up to 25 percent in West Texas. Rates vary by building, use and location.
A brief devotional urging readers to pursue justice as the path to peace. It emphasizes compassionate work, steadfast effort, and invoking Jesus' name for guidance and unity.
Austin Doolittle, who has worked on ranches in six states, tethered his sorrel mare to a parallel parking sign in downtown Lubbock's business district while he grabbed coffee. Passersby stared as the cowpuncher, raised near San Angelo, spoke of West Texas pride and shared his ranching life.
Texas Tech University Law School completes its main building in a Spanish renaissance style. A three day symposium starts Saturday with top legal educators and jurists, including John R. Brown delivering the dedicatory address Monday. Raymond Burr and other speakers appear Sunday. The event aligns with George Washington’s birthday federal holiday.
The White House will replace high peaked black vinyl helmets worn by 100 policemen with regulation blue caps after complaints they were tight and uncomfortable. The change comes as new ceremonial uniforms are issued ahead of Georges Pompidou’s visit, with white bibs and gold braids for special occasions.
United Press reports scientists study lunar quake effects during an eclipse. Observing from Moission Control in Houston they will compare instruments left on the moon by Apollo crews to track thermal shock, surface changes, and electrical field variations during the event.
The official ADN news agency reports a French trade office has opened in Communist East Berlin, the first such office established by a NATO nation in the sector.
The House and Senate approved amendments to HEW and Labor appropriations bills to bar HEW from requiring busing to desegregate schools. They also backed freedom of choice plans while preserving court orders. No direct Nixon comment was issued.
Increasingly cloudy today and tonight with not quite so cold. Mostly cloudy skies and a little warmer with a slight chance of scattered showers Saturday. Low today in the middle fifties. Tonight sunny? with upper twenties.
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