27 Jan 1972
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1972
Page
1
A feature by Celeste Toulcks explores how today’s kids label themselves as freak grit straight or P C while arguing over language, style, and individuality. The piece surveys attitudes across generations and hints at a broader generation gap in communication.
Lubbock city councilmen received updates on two pending legal actions involving the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority and discussed course of action off the record during a work session. The report covered CRMWA board plans for a Plainview meeting and water-rate disputes with Amarillo Pampa and Borger over 1960 agreement terms.
A brief feature notes seven city schools provide targeted reading support for students and adults learning literacy. The program aims to boost basic skills through tutoring, phonics, and persistent practice across diverse classrooms.
A reader closes today’s page with a prayer asking God to be merciful to the sick, comfort them, and ease their pain and suffering in Jesus name.
Chicago Tribune reports FBI director Edgar Hoover will be dismissed after the November election. The dispatch cites Nixon administration sources saying Hoover may resign or be moved to a chairman of the board role, with Hoover begun his 49th year as director in May.
Lucy Benevidez, 13, vanished from the labor camp barracks near Hale Center shortly after 8 p.m. Her mother believes foul play is involved as law enforcement searches the area with little to go on five months after she disappeared.
The Rev. Dayton Hi Hicks 34 designs a 31 foot chickenwire and concrete boat named Blessed Hope to take himself his wife and five children to the Virgin Islands for Baptist conversion purposes. He plans to launch from Beaumont around March 1 after a sailing course. Hicks recalls a 14 foot boat built at 14 and says neighbors nickname him Noah Jr.
An armed man hijacked a Mohawk Airlines plane from Albany to New York City landing at Westchester. He forced a stewardess at gunpoint and sought 200000, four parachutes, and cold weather gear for the hostage. Passengers deplaned. crew prepared for refueling as negotiators discussed terms.
Federal judge Adrian Spears signed an amended order allowing Texas school districts to levy taxes and issue bonds while the state drafts a new financing plan for public education. The ruling preserves outstanding bonds and payments and does not halt tax collection or bond issuance during the two year transition.
Belgrade dispatch says a Yugoslav DC4 jetliner crashed over northwestern Czechoslovakia with 28 aboard on a Stockholm to Belgrade flight. One survivor reported as 11 bodies found and 16 missing by nightfall. The plane carried 22 passengers and six crew.
A two alarm blaze at 809 Idalou Road caused extensive damage to a city firm's warehouse area with cartons of paper goods and groceries burning after a burglar alarm was triggered. Damage estimates exceed $15000 with firefighters forcing a back door to fight the flames. The incident sparked broader coverage as national security updates and peace talks were reported elsewhere.
Henry Kissinger said Hanoi balked at Nixon's peace proposals on two counts. The sticking points were the U.S. withdrawal blueprint and the choice of a new Saigon government. He voiced cautious optimism about possible progress despite the obstacles.
At a rare news conference Kissinger said Hanoi views the President's eight-point plan as flexible and not a rigid take it or leave it proposition. He indicated the United States may still pursue a negotiating breakthrough.
United Press International reports Clifford Irving arrived in New York with his wife Edith and two sons amid a legal storm over advances he claims to have given to Howard Hughes. Irving plans to testify in a $160 million libel suit in State Supreme Court and gave few comments on the missing funds, confirming only a $275,000 partial payment by check in Nassau and a separate later check in Florida.
Weather summary indicates considerable cloudiness and a sharp drop in temperature today with warming into the 40s by Friday after an overnight low in the upper teens. Winds shift from northeast at 1 to 20 mph.
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