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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1970
Page
8
Senator McIntyre returned from a presidential fact finding mission in Southeast Asia. He cited security progress and short term military gains in Cambodia and Vietnam but warned the long term benefit may be limited. He emphasized cautious optimism about pacification efforts.
A wartime address highlights the scale of captured war materiel, morale gains for South Vietnamese forces, and the Cambodian incursion’s impact on enemy demoralization. The speaker urges presidential authority, warns of widened war risk, and calls for bipartisan support to shape peace and withdrawal timelines. The remarks question future Cambodian involvement and the balance between risk and peace efforts.
Brig. Gen. Roberto Marcelos Levingston, 50, named by the Argentine military junta as the new president after the coup that ousted Lt. Gen. Ongania. He will share power with the three-man junta and take office June 18.
Jeanine Grisham a 1969 Wayland Baptist College graduate from Plainview was evacuated from Jordan and arrived safely in Beirut Lebanon. Her parents Mr and Mrs Jim C Grisham of Star Route Kress were notified Saturday. She had taught in a Jordan school for about a year and plans to return when fighting subsides.
A series of birth notices from local residents includes Elmo and wife welcoming a daughter at 6 45 p.m. Friday, Kenneth Webb and spouse with a daughter at 7 p.m. Friday, Frank Cernosek and wife with a son at 9 18 p.m. Friday, and several other newborns reported at Methodist Hospital throughout Friday and Saturday. Fathers' occupations span Bottenfield Beef Co Villa Inn Aetna Life and Casualty carpenter farmer and more.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Anderson, 87, died at 1 30 p m Saturday in a local nursing home where she had been for two years Services are pending with Smith Funeral Home She was born in Anniston Alabama and moved to Levelland from Aspermont in 1963 Survivors include five daughters one son a sister two sisters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren
A man identified as Gaubette was shot by state police hours before leaving his home. In the AP wire photo, he collapses to the ground after being struck, dropping the revolver he held.
Leary of LASL describes a capsule sized like a cigarette filter that converts heat from a radioactive isotope into energy to pump the heart. The device maintains body temperature and stores excess energy for use during sleep, with a five year implantation period and possible reimplantation, funded by LASL and the Atomic Energy Commission.
A late afternoon tornado watch covers the northeast Panhandle and four South Plains counties including Cattle Floyd Hale and Motley. Lubbock recorded 98 degrees while storms brought quarter to ball sized hail in Perryton Pampa Claude and nearby towns. Tornadoes and heavy rains affected Arkansas Tennessee Kansas with reports of damage and rising water in multiple locations.
Mrs Magnola Chapman of Littlefield dies at South Plains Hospital. Services led by Bob Ware and Leonard Tittle at Crescent Park Church of Christ with burial in Littlefield Cemetery. Survivors include four daughters Grace Pigg, T W Chapman, brother Ermeson Neeley, sister Betty Chapman, numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Anna Mae Stevenson 76 of Elida New Mexico died Saturday after a long illness in Roosevelt General Hospital Portales. Funeral services at 3 p.m. in Elida Baptist Church with Rev Alfred Richard officiating. Burial in Elida Cemetery Wheeler Mortuary Portales directed. Survivor details include three sons Earl Clifford Ralph a daughter Cathrin Corbitt a brother Frank Osborn and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
The report cites 1,251 killed in Cambodia since May 1 and 3,938 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed in joint U.S. South Vietnamese operations along the Cambodian border. It notes 13,000 South Vietnamese troops have withdrawn from Cambodia since late April and 43,000 have taken part in the allied effort, with a peak of 31,000 U.S. troops.
Disrupted night hours report shows unclear details with alarms sounding at 13:13 and a nearby cabin on Avenue. Residents described wailing and a possible event but the text lacks coherent facts or names.
Former Army captain Robert Gaudette 29 held state police at bay for six hours in a rural Burlington Section home. He fired hundreds of rounds with a rifle and shotgun before emerging wounded in the thigh and surrendering as officers prepared an armored entry. His wife’s absence triggered the call and three children were allowed to leave the house during the siege. Police described a tense standoff with Gaudette threatening to shoot himself and police.
The commission includes Dr. James E. Cheek of Howard University and Benjamin O. Davis among others as part of a national study touching on campus violence. The panel also features Reinus Ortique Jr., Joseph Rhodes Jr., James Ahern, Erwin D. Canca, and Bayless Manning with Ronald L. Ziegler announcing White House plans amid questions about Secretary of the Interior Hickel. Ziegler denied a push for Hickel’s resignation and said the administration intends to proceed with current plans and legislation while Hickel conducts private briefings.
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