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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1971
Page
4
Recipients named for a Pulitzer include a drama prize for Paul Zendel age 34 for The Effect of Coeyns Rays on Moon in the Moon Marigolds. The committee gave no fiction award and provided no explanation for the omission.
South Vietnamese militiamen repelled a North Vietnamese attack on Dai Loc district headquarters 15 miles south of Da Nang. The skirmish left 14 militiamen dead and 53 wounded, five civilians killed, with Saigon claiming U.S. air strikes aided the defense. ground fighting subsided with two B52s reported over South Vietnam.
Senator Humphrey Muskie and McGovern condemned the tactics of protests as dangerous and potentially weakening moves to end U.S. involvement in Indochina. Rennie Davis and other Chicago 7 defendants were arrested for conspiracy to interfere with constitutional rights. Police used tear gas and clubbing. 100+ treated. Authorities moved prisoners to Ft Belvoir and other facilities.
A Houston fireman died when an ambulance collided with another vehicle while transporting an injured victim to a hospital. James Wall, 28, was killed in the crash and the patient he was carrying was injured.
A medical helper in the responding van sustained minor injuries when a crash occurred at a busy intersection as Wall’s ambulance collided with a car. Police report the siren was active. the incident marks the first ambulance fatality since the fire department assumed city service on April 1.
Dr. John Spiegel of Brandeis and three psychiatrists criticized authorities for provocative handling of Washington protesters at the American Psychiatric Association meeting. He said authorities could have planned to reduce violence and provided a timed window for arrests, while noting the permit withdrawal and heavy police presence led to random arrests. He likened officials to inconsistent parents in a delinquent family.
Six inmates fled from Ward County jail in a deputy’s car after overpowering guard W M Weed and seizing keys. The group, armed with pistols and a riot gun, targeted the McCullough home in Midland, binding family members and robbing them plus seizing a doctor’s Pontiac, narcotics bags, clothing bags, watches and cash.
Texas officials warn effects of the Supreme Court decision remain uncertain as executions pause nationwide. Ohio Governor Gilligan and other officials weigh how many inmates may qualify for new dates while residents watch legal changes and lingering appeals.
Weather notes frost warnings from Tennessee Valley to Michigan amid ongoing drought. Officials report delayed federal aid of surplus hay and grain to ranchers. Florida records its first rain in months while Everglades grass fires burn 21 acres and a 20 to 75 percent water curtailment affects two million in South Florida.
The article reports on a Swedish humanitarian proposal for third country internment of POWs discussed at the Paris talks. Laird touted neutral third country internment, while Ziegler cited U S willingness to transfer all prisoners, sick or well, and urged North Vietnam to respond to prisoner welfare concerns.
The National Tax Office reported 57 individuals in Japan had taxable incomes over 400 million yen in 1970, about 1.11 million dollars. The highest figure was 4.27 million dollars claimed by an industrialist.
Matron Mrs Ebert recalls the challenge of managing 23 children with 32 in the family during a rare reunion. She notes the need for patience and household rules, such as children dressing themselves once old enough for school, after her husband and wife of Hand passed away years ago.
Davis 30 was arrested by four FBI agents on a Washington sidewalk after emerging from a news conference with Mayday Tribe leaders who disrupted traffic near the capital. He faces conspiracy and blocking charges with possible penalties up to 10 years and one year respectively. Davis dismissed the charges, calling the protest a powerful challenge to U S policy and likening himself to a prisoner of war. Froines is accused of conspiring to plan the disruptions.
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