12 Mar 1971
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1971
Page
1
City council backs changes to a federal grant to base an economic study for attracting industry. Texas Tech University staff and graduate students would conduct the work. Separately, an experimental gasoline sale program was considered for shopping centers and plant employee lots amid petitions to block bondfund spending on civic projects.
In a landmark court martial of Lt. William L. Calley Jr. Col. Oran Henderson testified a congratulatory message from Gen. William Westmoreland on the My Lai operation had been received. Henderson said higher command worried about civilian deaths while the assault continued. Calley faces possible execution if convicted of premeditated murder for the March 16, 1968 killings. The trial pauses after Henderson’s testimony as summations loom.
In the LA Piece LA Piece Lubbock area edition, STATE Rep Delwin Jones voices strong opposition to single member urban districts. The edition lists page references for other local topics, including school bond proposals, auto insurance issues, and world affairs coverage.
A one inch thick drive-in teller booth window resisted hammer blows at Citizens National Bank on 13th Avenue K. A bank customer found a claw hammer on the sill around 9 p.m. Investigators said the glass endured 10 to 15 blows, with damage estimated at $800.
A civil suit threatens Lubbock civic center canyon lakes park improvements and related programs by seeking an injunction against city officials over bonds in the tornado recovery package airport expansion streets water and sewer projects. Judge Pat Moore set a hearing for Tuesday on Rose’s petition challenging a $7 million bond issuance and a $13.6 million bond program approved Aug. 8, with potential delays to urban renewal and federal relocation funds.
A reader offers a devotional message asking God to guide trust in His promised presence. The appeal encourages pursuing meaningful, spiritual goals and inspiring others toward eternal values.
A self taught wood carver known as a minister inspires his Carlsbad congregation on Sundays and creates life like birds that rival historic painters. One carving valued at several thousand dollars was given to Lubbock Christian College by Lennis and James Baker of a local firm. The Baker Collector Gallery represents the artist minister and his pieces are exhibited there. A pair of pigeons by Drake is on display at the Smithsonian in Washington.
A federal indictment targets Frost National Bank for a 7500 loan to Governor Preston Smith's 1970 Bexar County campaign committee provoking sharp partisan exchanges. Attorney General Will Wilson and Governor Smith traded accusations while GOP lawmakers urged apologies amid questions about campaign finance law. A separate AP report from Lubbock covers a DC-3 crash at Lubbock Regional Airport, injuring no one, as three crew members and a radio technician were aboard.
Chase Manhattan Bank reduced the prime lending rate to 5 percent, the fifth cut in a year as loan demand slows and liquidity rises. The rate had reached a record 9.0 percent in March 1970, signaling expected reductions in home mortgage and personal loan costs while corporate loan rates remain unsettled.
A Quitaque resident preserves South Plains heritage with a growing display of barbed wire, hand forged nails, and fence staples in a feature with photos. Readers are directed to Page 1 for the full story and Page 10 for traffic signs images as 4th Street west from Tech Freeway to Slide Road is shown.
South Vietnamese troops probing for supply caches along the Ho Chi Minh trail in southern Laos faced heavy enemy fire with mortars and rockets. U.S. reports say five helicopters were shot down, a sixth missing, bringing losses to 66 since February. B52 strikes reportedly damaged targets near Sepone as ground actions slow west of Sepone, with Hanoi asserting Sepone remains contested.
Gov. Preston Smith will attend a 5 p.m. signing in the SUB ballroom as Texas Tech vows to issue 35 million dollars in bonds for a Medical School and UT system 150 million for new campuses in Odessa San Antonio Houston Dallas and El Paso. Critics say tuition revenues will pay bonds prompting higher tuition. Supporters frame it as spend now pay later to avoid tax increases.
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