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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1971
Page
16
U S bombers raid southern Laos and the Ho Chi Minh Trail amid widespread actions in Indochina. Reports note 7 000+ secondary explosions and 225 fires with 1 000 tons of materiel destroyed or damaged. Casualties include U S and South Vietnamese losses and Cambodian clashes near Phnom Penh.
The judge denied Aronson’s motion over access to facilities at Ft. Benning. He ruled the commander’s restrictions were discriminatory and hindered defense prep. Lt. William Calley faces ongoing My Lai case proceedings with no trial date set.
At Kermit a woman named Mrs Gotcher works on dump trucks with her husband. She mentions flat tires and worn springs requiring frequent attention and notes long nights fixing wiring that caught fire. Once the truck runs again they add a name plate with her and her husband’s details.
Daily Mirror newsmen with a 4 million circulation vote to suspend the strike and adopt a program of serious disruptive action after talks with Manchester and Glasgow plants. About 200 Mirror staff walked out over an 18 month freeze on local house agreements with the union. The Sun also on strike.
Neves revived his dog after it collapsed on Saturday. The owner performed mouth to mouth resuscitation when initial massages failed and the dog’s heart restarted after several minutes.
Levelland resident Allison Levell and her husband learned their missing dog Chiquita was found by Charles Hipp and his wife near Indiana Avenue in Lubbock. The Hipps gave the dog back without accepting a $20 reward, and the couple praised the readers of The Avalanche-Journal for spreading the news.
Bonn police report the body of Ul rich Nacken an 18 year old electrician from Cologne was found bound to a tree and stripped to undergarments in 15 below zero weather He freed his hands but could not untie the cords and dragged himself about 300 yards before dying on a road near Bonn.
Mrs. Cypert recalls a Lorenzo home filled with relics from 1860s to 1930s era. Items include a 1863 state paper, 1889 shaving mug, 1871 razor, iron stove, coal iron, and a bachelor stove. Recounted moves, a tractor replacing a well-loved horse, and lights from a railroad lantern tied to a migrant boxcar journey.
Scotland Yard followed up up to 40 telephone tips after a Saturday TV broadcast about Ronald Biggs the 1963 Great Train Robbery mastermind. The 40 year old fugitive, wanted for the $7 million heist, may be in south London seeking money and the remaining $350 000 share. Police circulated a beard wearing photo and dental chart. Biggs has been linked to travels in Melbourne Singapore Hong Kong East Africa and Malta and may work as a carpenter painter or decorator.
Washington union leader Nathan T. Volkomir of the National Federation of Federal Employees calls Nixon's veto of a 4 percent raise for blue collar federal workers indefensible. Congress supported the bill, which would add 130 million to the wage board payroll covering truck drivers and janitors. A separate 3.2 billion pay bill for military and white collar staff awaits action.
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