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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1973
Page
4
The piece describes students in Lubbock starting a program called Operation Senorita with Spanish phrases and a dictionary. It notes practice will boost bilingual skills, the ibooks and survival list aiding learning, and smiles and hand signals helping communication during a week of activities.
North Vietnamese engineers are reported rebuilding a 4000 foot air strip at Khe Sanh in Quang Tri Province near the DMZ as the cease-fire proceeds. U S sources say the base could be used by North Vietnam, while Saigon notes defense changes and prisoner handover timelines under the Paris accord.
The Lubbock Symphony under William A. Harrod gave Mozart and Rachmaninoff with Robert de Gaetano as soloist in a well received third concert at Lubbock Municipal Auditorium. De Gaetano showed bright, controlled Mozart and dazzling Rachmaninoff, while the orchestra delivered strong accompaniment and polished passages despite some string tone thinness in the second movement. The program opened with Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor and closed with Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, plus Wagner Lohengrin and other works, leaving the audience impressed by the soloist and ensemble.
A weak cold front brought fog and rain across parts of Texas and the Rio Grande Valley. A warming trend is forecast through Wednesday with near 70 degree highs, sunny skies, and little wind, aiding anticipated cotton harvests and field work by weekend.
The Pentagon confirms a list of 53 servicemen it believes were captured alive in Vietnam. No confirmation of these men appears in current prisoner exchanges. families fear renewed protests if missing Americans aren’t accounted for before the ceasefire deadline.
The Nixon administration will retain the 5.5 percent wage guideline for Phase II but signals some loosening of the standard. A labor advisory panel urged a more flexible approach while officials insist Phase II norms stay in effect. The panel seeks a wage trend aligned with inflation goal of 2.5 percent by year end.
The Paris peace talks resumed with a sharp exchange as Canada’s Mitchell Sharp demanded UN involvement and a future role for Secretary General Waldheim to handle cease-fire violations. Chinese and Viet Cong reps rejected UN mediation, insisting peace must be solved by the combatants themselves. Rogers proposed a six point agenda but faced Communist resistance.
The judge clears Elisberg of one count while continuing rulings on two counts involving a possible transfer to Vu Van Thai. Russo calls it a real victory and expects further defense success as opening statements begin.
The body of Sam Lewis Campbell, 49, a former associate psychology professor at Texas Tech, was found at his 3715 30th Street apartment. Investigators believe he had been dead about ten days and that he was shot once through the mouth with a .22 caliber pistol.
The Texas House supports a sales tax bill while exempting San Antonio's Medi ecal Foundation from property taxes tied to land donated for the University of Texas medical school in San Antonio. Opposition grows to Rep. McAlister's plan to reexamine the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment with critics calling the move unnecessary and risky.
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