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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1973
Page
5
Vaughan Hendrif reports the council discussed watchdog efforts on contracts and building work. Councilwoman Carolyn Jordan raised concerns about holes in concrete and gaps between wall and ceiling. A staff architect may be hired to monitor costs and bids.
The panhandle area shows lingering heat with a weak cold front failing to cool conditions. Temperatures reached 101 in Wink and 104 in El Paso while many parts of Texas remained high as the day progressed.
Skies across the state were mostly clear with light showers in places as severe weather swept the region. In Lubbock, injuries were reported from a motorcycle crash near the airport while local council approved bids for airport expansion and zoning changes, and appointed citizens to various boards.
Former Governor Preston Smith and eight Lubbock residents seek to form a new savings and loan association in the South Plains. The plan faces opposition from four existing Lubbock firms and requires approval from the State Savings and Loan Commission. Smith champions competition and notes Lubbock’s strong savings climate. An answer from the board is expected in about 60 days.
Fifteen year old Billy Pierce of Clovis drowned while swimming at the Pioneer Lodge Motel pool late Thursday. Craig Boyd found Pierce at the bottom of the pool as another youth began artificial respiration. Pierce was taken to Memorial Hospital where he died. A Pioneer Lodge spokesman said about one youth had paid a registration fee to swim. Pierce was described as normally a good swimmer. Arrangements with Steed Todd Funeral Home pending. Jamaica was inhabited by Arawak Indians when Columbus discovered the island in 1494.
A Midland mother discovered her 20 year old son William Wyne Guthrie fatally wounded in the living room of their home at 2205 North A Street. Guthrie died at Midland Memorial Hospital at 527 PM from a personal safety related gunshot wound per Justice of the Peace John H Biggs. His brother and mother found him. services were pending at Ellis Funeral Home.
The piece reflects on flag reverence and national pride urging readers to honor God and country on holidays like Armistice and the Fourth of July. It questions current patriotism and calls for present generation to stand for national loyalties.
The piece notes an average man carries about 100000 hairs on his body and around 30000 in his beard. Beard growth is about 5.5 inches annually while scalp hair grows roughly 5 inches per year.
Obituary briefs list services for several residents including Tom Arnn Sr. of Phoenix 69 J W Burk 78 of Lubbock area James T Hale 84 former Swisher County judge Mrs Edna Earl McWatters 48 resident of Hockley County Bob Mitchell 49 Matador Ralph Steffens 48 Dimmitt Edith Lillian Walling 84 Olton Anne Lang 57 of 2618 RB Wever Drive injured in an auto accident at 19th Street and Quirt Avenue hospitalized since.
Firemen injured in Houston as a West side apartment blaze caused extensive damage and forced evacuations. In Snyder Western Texas College educator Marvin Charles Gennett died at 49 after a heart attack, with services planned at the First United Methodist Church and burial to follow.
Herbert W. Brock 69 of Olney dies at home after a heart attack with services in Southside Baptist Church and burial at Resthaven Cemetery Lubbock. Survivors include wife Jewell three sons a daughter four brothers two sisters 12 grandchildren and a great grandchild. Paul Albert Gonzales 82 of Amherst dies in hospital with services at First Baptist Church burial in Amherst Cemetery. Lawrimore, Russell and Reed obituaries noted with survivors and service details.
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