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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1970
Page
15
Reports from the former Biafra show in Port Harcourt Owerri and Okporo detail mass hunger, looting by federal troops and sexual violence against refugees. Nurses and aid workers describe exhausted families, decimated cities and desperate attempts to collect scarce food.
Geneva AP Henrik Beer secretary general of the International League of Red Cross Societies said the situation in former Biafra Nigeria is improving though famine persists in isolated regions. He noted tens of thousands of refugees mainly Ibo on roads home and found no mass killings by Nigerian forces. He said soldiers shared rations with refugee children.
Ex-missionary Massey recalls studying the Ibos near Aba in 1959 and describes their culture, hospitality, and resilience amid war. He notes forced annihilation as insecurity spread, recounts living conditions, daily routines, and the period’s economic context while affirming ongoing church benevolence on both sides.
West Texas Museum Association board viewed a slide presentation at Texas Tech University on the new building near 4th Street and Indiana Avenue. President F William Holder Jr announced a $15000 anonymous gift for equipment and a Lathers Union strike may delay completion by one day per strike day, pushing completion to sometime in the spring.
About 200 people are expected to attend the district Lions Club conference in Snyder Friday and Saturday. Clyde Schneider of Lubbock will preside at 4 p.m. Friday in Peak House. Anyi Hucker of Jacksonville, Fla. will address the noon session Saturday. he is a director for Lions Club International.
GOP workers phone voters to boost registration. In Lubbock County 15,400 of 72,500 potential voters are registered, vs Dallas Houston and Fort Worth where seven of ten are signed up. Andrews is 80 percent, Cass County 99.7 percent, and Lubbock ranks last among 12 large counties with many still unregistered.
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