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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1972
Page
2
An Associated Press column notes recreational vehicles flood highways, from campers to trailers, with youths and families on long trips. It cites highway irritation, licensing ideas, motels booming, and humorous road anecdotes about travelers and bumper stickers.
Spassky and Fischer played 40 moves in game seven with Spassky white and a likely draw after 10 minutes past regulation. Fischer held a one pawn edge as Spassky pondered for 45 minutes before adjournment. the match continues Wednesday at 5 p.m. local time.
Explanation of how chess moves are recorded using piece letters and board squares, detailing letters for pieces K Q B KG R and P, with X for captures and CO for castling, CH indicating check, and square numbering describing positions from the initial setup.
After 40 moves in Reykjavik, Iceland, Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky adjourned the seventh game of the world championship match. Play resumes today as the clock paused for thought.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson will stay in Brooke General Hospital for observation following chest pains on Monday. Officials say there is no evidence of a major heart attack and his electrocardiograms remain stable while a period of observation continues. Johnson’s daughter is undergoing tests in Austin for upper respiratory difficulties.
In Texas City police say two men were charged with stealing a drive-in water speaker during a brawl at the Bayou Drive-In Theatre. About 20 people fought after a hot dog theft triggered rocks and car damage during the Monday night screening of The Big Bird Cage. Six men and a 19 year old girl faced disorderly conduct charges. police could not identify the hot dog thief.
An AP report notes a Brazilian newspaper carrying an advertisement for buying a family lot in installments at the Cemetery of Peace in Sao Paulo. The text emphasizes affordable payments for burial plots.
Dean of Columbia College Henry S. Coleman was shot five times in Hamilton Hall about 2:30 pm while meeting a suspended student about readmission. The student Eldridge McKinney of Chicago was initially reported in custody but later כמhe was being sought. Coleman, 46, survived surgery and was in good condition at St. Luke's hospital as witnesses described the confrontation.
Blacksville No. 1 mine in West Virginia is sealed after a fatal underground fire. Nine maintenance workers die, 31 escape. 485 safety violations since 1968 noted. Experts flag methane danger. bodies to be recovered after sealing holds.
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