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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1970
Page
1
New York report shows Leon Birnbaum of The Sandwich Genie, Inc. struggles as bear markets bite the financial district. Brokers and traders face a downturn, with customers expressing lost confidence and many businesses hurting across Wall Street.
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew blamed a small hard core of campus agitators for unrest at a Texas Republican dinner. He urged identifying and removing these dissenters from the college community as a cancer to be cured. He also attacked liberal media and Congress for hostility to his speeches.
Tornadoes and funnel clouds menaced Texas including Dallas as violent thunderstorms moved across the state. A tornado warning covered Dallas Collin and Denton counties late Friday, funnel cloud spotted at 8 50 p m and cleared by 9 20 p m. Rain and possible flash floods warned the Hill Country with reports of twisters near Robstown and Tilden and storms in eastern New Mexico.
A devotional line prays for courage to face today’s fears and uncertainties. It asks for divine help and victory through faith in Jesus Christ. The prayer affirms dependence on God and seeks strength for present challenges.
Long Beach police units adopt PIGS Pride Integrity Guts as morale program. Officers wear miniature pig tie clips and T shirts with swine portraits. Origin credited to Bernie Frydman and Robert A. Fawks as a psychological ploy against the insult term.
A $331,100 Labor Department grant will let Lubbock hire 219 workers for four months to aid the tornado cleanup. Priority goes to those who lost jobs. 200 workers plus supervisors and coordinators will be employed at $1.60 an hour. Applications start Monday at several locations including the Texas See CLEANUP Page 14
A common earth germ Streptococcus mitis reportedly withstood the moon’s harsh environment for 950 days after riding to the moon on an Apollo 12 Surveyor camera. Microbiologist Frederick J. Mitchell and Dr. W. W. Kemmerer note the benign bacterium likely arrived during pre launch testing and was revived in lab studies.
The Avalanche-Journal sells its 60,000 copy special storm section until noon. With fewer than 10,000 copies left, it can be bought over the counter at 10 cents or mailed for 25 cents including postage. No phone orders. include payment with mail requests to the Circulation department.
In the Fishhook region of Cambodia, American forces fought three battles against Communist units Friday. A U.S. helicopter attack on another Cambodian front killed nine South Vietnamese soldiers, described by spokesmen as the worst such accident since the operation began. American casualties reached 178 killed and 701 wounded over 22 days of campaigning.
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird urged that South Vietnamese troops be allowed to operate in Cambodia after U S forces leave by June 30. He warned against firm withdrawal timetables and said future actions should be worked out between Saigon and Phnom Penh with no direct U S involvement. He noted U S air support may end with the pullout, while future air operations would be decided then. President Nixon suggested Saigon would exit about the same time, with possible later reentry if needed.
The murder case of Benjamin Lach 26 a former Texas Tech student accused of slaying Mrs Sarah Alice Morgan was moved from Lubbock to Fort Worth after a change of venue hearing Judge Howard C Davison granted the motion and placed the case on the docket in Tarrant County Criminal District Court No 1 Byron Matthews presides Lachs trial was set for June 8 but defense counsel argued a fair trial could not be had locally or in adjacent districts News cameras were barred from the courthouse third floor during the brief hearing Travis Shelton noted a venue change was necessary Marvin Rogers praised Lach’s case needing relocation beyond nearby districts to ensure impartial jury.
Police probe the death of a newborn infant found decomposed and partially burned in an East Lubbock alley behind 2444 East 30th Street. Sanitation worker Richard Lopez discovered the baby wrapped in newspapers at 8 55 AM on Friday.
Partly cloudy today and Sunday with a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Highs in the mid 80s, lows near 60. Southerly winds around 25 mph. Maximum humidity near 81 percent. Local station data and weather terms appear garbled but indicate a typical regional forecast from a Weather Map Page 6-A.
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