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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1972
Page
6
Reports cite Nixon Chou meeting in Peking on Indochina progress as talks extend with cautious steps toward full diplomatic ties. In Sao Paulo a one story Pirani department store blaze killed at least 12 with hundreds injured and many trapped, helicopters rescuing onlookers.
Jury deliberations stretched from Thursday morning to afternoon, finding Jerry Weeden guilty as charged in the slaying case. Prosecutors highlighted gun distances and photos while defense argued prolonged doubt and questioned witness credibility. The jury then recommended no probation.
Corpus Christi AP reports two more bodies recovered from a capsized small boat in Baffin Bay south of Kingsville. Six men were aboard. two were rescued and one earlier recovered. The recovered bodies were Daniel Durfee and Kenneth Traynham. John Hot remains missing. All victims from Kingsville.
Vincent Braddock of Dimmitt and Garland Braddock led the grand champion Brown Swiss bull and the grand champion female at the 40th Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Audry Head of Snyder showed the champion ram and the Montadale reserve ram, with titles earned Thursday.
The Texas Supreme Court ruled filing fees for county offices are excessively high and exclusionary. It suggested state financing for primaries as a remedy while noting other funding sources. Officials consider mandamus options to fund the primaries.
Firefighters battled a blaze at an elevator built in 1950 that had not been used for about two years. The fire consumed the wooden building, leaving only the foundation as investigators worked. Durham Fire Department was called around 11 a.m. Thursday to extinguish a shed set ablaze during weed burning on the property. No damage estimate was available.
Elaine Halladay 51, ex-wife of East Texas State University president D Whitney Halladay, died shortly after noon Thursday from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. Her car was found in the garage of the president's home, located a mile south of Commerce on Texas 50, with no motive explained.
Foreign students numbering 23 000 remain steady in recent years while the share of aliens in the total student body has fallen from 10 percent in the early 1960s to 6 8 percent.
The article notes plans to hire two bright assistants at fifty thousand dollars annually plus expenses to begin in 1970 for a 1972 statewide Mutscher campaign, a sum larger than a proposed five hundred thousand dollars in late campaign weeks. It also covers Sharpstown Bank bills to dodge federal examiners and the trial of Mutscher, Rep. Tommy Shannon, and Rush McGinty in Abilene on bribery conspiracy charges.
Irving Cohen cites more than 500 million cards bought this year, driven by a surge from a “love generation.” The article also notes a controversial claim that the Black Stone at Mecca fell from heaven and is a meteorite, cited as a belief among some Muslims.
Halifax council debates the city garbage charge amid a petition with 8 412 signatures seeking repeal. Verified voters total 5 165, needing 6 011 to force change. League to re study petitions. Speakers urge honoring petitioners while acknowledging revenue needs and proposing a fairer funding method.
William F Buckley says Nixon's trip to the People's Republic of China is a publicity stunt lacking real people to people impact. He notes scarce visible welfare in China, doubts Chinese awareness of Nixon, and questions foreign policy significance amid Chinese restrictions.
Cape Kennedy AP reports the Pioneer 10 spacecraft will carry a plaque with symbolic depictions of a man and woman and a greeting gesture. The craft seeks Jupiter, travels 32 000 mph, passes the Moon in 11 hours, and aims to radio data for seven to eight years as it leaves the solar system. The odds of discovery by another civilization are considered slim.
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