22 Jun 1970
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1970
Page
1
In the Caprock foothills near Silverton, ranchers dammed streams to create Burson Lake on the old Shoe Har Owens Ranch. The lake sits about 16 miles east of Silverton on Highway 256, a project born from resourceful effort as rainclouds threatened.
UPI reports federal agents busted one of the largest narcotics networks, arresting 128 in New York Miami and Chicago, seizing about 7.7 million dollars in heroin cocaine and 2.6 million on the street. One kingpin Allan Rudd Marrero wounded. 62 others fled.
The Associated Press reports Penn Central Transportation Co. filed for bankruptcy protection seeking reorganization due to a severe cash squeeze from heavy losses. The action, approved by Judge Kraft, allows continued operation while trustees are appointed, with a July 5 hearing set to appoint managers to run the railroad.
Census figures indicate about 15 000 demonstrators gathered in Japan to protest the security treaty extension. The report notes a shift of population from rural wide open spaces into urban areas and cities within the state.
Kent State University in Kent Ohio resumes classes with extra security forces deployed. Campus security director Chester Williams estimates security costs exceeding 252000 dollars through June 30, aligning with ongoing campus police operations after the killings by National Guardsmen.
A reader offers a prayer seeking divine guidance to listen attentively and speak purposefully, asking for discernment to stay silent when needed and to choose words aligned with God’s will. Amen.
A string of railroad tank car explosions in Crescent City Illinois after a propane derailment destroyed about 15 homes and downtown buildings. Seventy or more injured as 12 tank cars on the Toledo Peoria and Western tracks exploded in rapid succession. Firefighters faced intense heat and had to retreat as balls of fire lit the night. Mayor Herbert Sterrenberg survived near his home, with residents detailing the chaotic scene and state police lining the tracks for over 14 hours.
Storms formed Sunday afternoon along a weak cold front and brought rains exceeding an inch in widespread parts of Texas. The weekend weather pattern fit the season with scattered thunderstorms developing in moist air.
Weather updates show Lubbock reaching 84 with 61 at dawn and a forecast of partly cloudy skies and a warmer high mid 80s. Thunderstorms diminished inland with light rain from Corpus Christi to Freeport and along the coast from Port Arthur to Lafayette Louisiana.
Washington department officials announced a national program Sunday to destroy marijuana growing wild in fields to prevent narcotics traffickers from harvesting the plants.
A joint effort by the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and the Agriculture Department plans a pilot program in ten states to control marijuana on federally owned lands. County extension agents and weed control specialists from Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Missouri Ohio Wisconsin and Kansas will meet in St Louis to finalize implementation details.
Two Kunst brothers Dave 30 and John 23 start a 15000 mile world walk sponsored by the United Nations Association of Minnesota to benefit UNICEF. They seek pledges per mile and plan to reach New York then Portugal and across Europe Asia with a late 1973 return.
U S customs agents arrested two New York men Michael J. Dante 25 and James J Schiavone 24 on drug smuggling charges after seizing 90 pounds of Acapulco gold marijuana from Mexico into the United States. Schiavone was taken off a bus in Del Rio Texas.
Partly cloudy and warm with a high in the mid 80s and a low in the upper 50s. A 20 percent chance of rain today with southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Tuesday's high expected in the upper 80s.
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