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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1972
Page
8
Strong winds and hail again slam the Plainview area with a roof collapse reported at a west side store. Workmen completed repairs after the Sunday storm damaged the roof and exposed interior sections.
Texas legislators praised a free approach to budget talks as Speaker Price and Rep. Finck led the House through a 24 day special session. Rep. Wolff noted a 12 hour closed session while 95 amendments were debated, with 47 approved. Local weather and damage followed, including a severe storm affecting Plainview and surrounding towns.
A chaotic scene at the Democratic National Convention unfolds as McGovern and Humphrey supporters vie for California delegates. Snider reports Nixon could ride a political bulldozer if McGovern wins the nomination, while Wallace pledges loyalty to avoid walking out.
Labor leaders split over McGovern while Meany and Muskie weigh strategy at the Democratic convention. Delegates debate credentials as McGovern accelerates toward the nomination and vows dignity in the fight. The California challenge looms with potential court rulings and seating decisions.
Mae Beth Cormany 21 and a TCU senior won Miss Texas Saturday night among 65 state contestants. Former Miss Fort Worth runner up, she hopes to enter television entertainment. Her talent was a vocal rendition of Misty. First runner up was Amy S Griggs, Miss Fort Worth, with Jacqueline Barret and Candy Sue Crocker among other finalists.
The presidential spokesman framed the grain export agreement as building on Moscow summit gains and expected to create 3 000 to 5 000 extra jobs per 100 million in exports, totaling 22 500 to 37 500 man-years for U S workers. Butz spoke at a Washington news conference predicting further benefits.
Field reports claim heavy clashes near Quang Tri as a 20 000-man airborne marine task force closes in from the south and east. Three fourths of the city supposedly under government control, while opposing North Vietnamese units dig in and threaten to counterattack. Casualties and strategic aims remain disputed amid continued air and ground operations.
Torrential rains swept Honshu and southern islands Kyushu and Shikoku as floods and landslides left 114 dead and 87 missing feared dead. Police counted 1 400 houses inundated and 5 780 acres of farmland flooded with 19 bridges washed away. Weathermen reported up to 7.8 inches of rain in 24 hours and warned more heavy rain through Sunday.
Mrs Craw ford Martin wife of Texas Attorney General was admitted to Brackenridge Hospital after a fall. Doctors say she fractured her thoracic spine with no paralysis. An aide said she will be kept in hospital for two to three days while recovering from the balcony railing incident at her Austin home.
Kissinger signals a possible shift toward negotiating an end to military hostilities with Vietnam while leaving political settlement to Saigon Hanoi and the North. He rejects a coalition government as a device for Communist control and notes Nixon’s May speech offering troop withdrawal within four months after an Indochina ceasefire. The Communist side calls for unconditional U S withdrawal and replacement of Saigon’s government.
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