26 Feb 1972
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1972
Page
1
Pat Nixon, on the final day of a Peking visit, browsed friendship stores and toured the Forbidden City with the President. She bought silk pajamas and a china set for Julie Eisenhower, admired jade rings, and visited a children's hospital, staying hatless in a brown and mustard dress.
The January wholesale price index climbed 0.8 percent, matching December, with Herbert Stein noting a 0.4 percent rise after seasonal adjustment. He warned next month’s figures may not be lower and Spring inflation targets are hoped, while price-wage controls face no tightening despite calls from some economists.
PAD Today notes a study by the A-13 Lubbock group finding urban pollution in runoff entering Canyon Lakes. The paper also lists a 150th Texas Rangers anniversary celebration and several legal and crime stories across pages and sections, including a bribery trial subpoena and a Hughes privacy suit.
The Senate approved a measure 43 to 40 to bar federal courts from ordering busing to achieve racial balance in schools. Supporters hailed the vote as reflecting national anti busing sentiment, while civil rights groups pledged to press for reversal next week as final action looms.
A brief reader prayer asks God to help understand that true happiness comes from accepting the challenge to explore friendships in Jesus' name.
Three scientists led by Dr Clyde C Snow plan a week long study measuring 200 airline stewardesses and testing muscular strength to tailor equipment. The project, conducted at Braniff training in Dallas, seeks data to replace outdated aircraft fittings used from past groups.
Irving nurse Charlotte Heller testified before the Dallas County grand jury in the McKee embezzlement probe but fled the courthouse by a fire stairway to avoid news cameras. Dist. Atty. Wade said no immediate indictments were expected and the grand jury recessed until Monday. The former Dallas Crime Commission head, James Keil Zullinger, did not attend, while Lee Lockwood of Waco was also absent. McKee is accused of taking 6722 dollars from Lockwood. Heller is McKee’s householder and identified as Charlotte Wierauch.
Seagraves furniture store owner Bert Belcher, a laryngectomee since 1969, recalls the emotional shock of losing his voice and reveals the long, tough path to reclaiming speech after his Taryn voice box removal at MD Anderson. He describes the gradual process from gulping air to forming words, and the relief when speech returns.
A Santa Fe switchyard accident in East Lubbock fatally injured 10-year-old Mark Anthony Conners whose body was found near the Coronado Apartments between 1:30 and 2 p.m. The child, son of Olivia Conners, was identified hours later after authorities ruled out an initial ID error. Police believe the death occurred during early morning yard switching between 7 and 9 a.m. Two boxcars showed bloodied wheels. autopsy pending under Justice of the Peace F I Bolen. Mrs. Elnora Butler found the body and J A Nunley reported the timing. The body was taken to South Plains Funeral Home awaiting services.
Warm spell across Texas with records amid mixed conditions. Lubbock hit the 80s while mountains faced rain and snow melt. A 19 degree high marked a date record from 1950 elsewhere, and winds with dust marred otherwise mild afternoon across the South Plains. Del Rio reached 91, with other Texas towns in the 70s and 80s.
President Nixon flies to Hangchow for a one day stopover after five days in China. He tours Lake setting and eyes Emper or Chien Lung's palace. A general communique on China talks is prepared in Peking as talks continue and a Shanghai trip follows before Washington.
Treasury Secretary John Connally said long term rates should fall a full point or more this year. He opposed a ceiling on rates, arguing it would become a floor and curb money supply, while noting short term rates have declined. A Saigon briefing reported Vietnamese and U.S. officers killed in Da Nang, with other casualties, as inflation was cited as a key factor in rate discussions.
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