09 Oct 1973
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1973
Page
1
On the first school day amid Middle East conflict shoppers crowded stores to stockpile provisions while buses carried children past tank and family truck traffic toward the front. A visitor was shown how Israel goes to war.
In Tel Aviv two women sharing an apartment each gave birth to triplets, a remarkable coincidence highlighted in the noon news. The bulletin also noted renewed war reports and, from Marjaoun near the Lebanese border, villagers watched Israeli air strikes produce mushroom clouds over the area.
A returning soldier, smiling despite hardship, reports mixed progress at the front while describing a journey from an orchard near a bivouac toward Tiberias. Tanks, trucks, and jeeps are seen on the road back.
President Nixon says after private messages with Leonid Brezhnev the US is drafting a diplomatic proposal to stop fighting in the Middle East. Kissinger has been in close contact with Egypt and Israel ministers, aiming to seize a chance for peace amid new Middle East fighting. Israeli raids near Port Said and claims of Egyptian advances on the Suez Canal prompt UN Security Council adjournment.
A Senate Watergate session centers on undercover operatives linked to Nixon campaigns. McMinoway a Louisville detective and Buckley a private investigator are named in reports as infiltrating Humphrey and Muskie campaigns. A separate case in Lubbock sees a 19 year old man freed on bond after a murder charge involving Patricia DeLaney.
A concise devotional plea asks for guidance in all endeavors this day and for worthiness of divine love, offered in Jesus name.
The Justice Department said on Monday that top officials would testify under oath that there was no campaign to discredit Vice President Spiro T. Agnew through leaks about the investigation. The department would not contest Agnew attorneys’ subpoenas to obtain sworn depositions and objected to subpoenas of newsmen who wrote stories based on the leaked information.
About 96 employees walked out at Texas Meat Packers on Old Slaten Highway over a demanded $1.84 an hour raise over three years. Union official Leonard Guerrero says picketing continues as management offers only eight and sixteen cent raises over three years. Plant manager Rod Klemke notes alternative suppliers will serve customers, while current pay sits at 2.87 per hour versus 4.70 at Swift and Armour.
Farm News Horoscope Markets Movies Sports Weather Map and a note on Superstition about four leaf clovers becoming omens of success through better luck rather than ambition.
The Snyder area marks a weeklong 25th anniversary celebration as the billionth barrel is moved from Canyon Reef Reservoir. State Rep Renal Rosson and local oil figures attend with tours planned at SACROC offices at 9 15. The event highlights the discovery of the world’s largest oil reservoir and Snyder’s postwar boom beginning in 1948.
Lash LaRue once a screen cowboy now acts as an evangelist at Mission Power Headquarters aiding derelicts in St Petersburg. He recalls a Miami arrest and vows to help sinners reform under Rev John Cook who runs the mission.
Houston area mass murder case involves Elmer Wayne Henley and David Brooks who pleaded not guilty to multiple counts related to the killings of 27 teen aged males linked to Dean Corll. Trials set for next year with pleas and arraignments completed.
A.J Correspondent ODESSA Donald L Westfall a 26 year old Odessa welder died en route to Medical Center Hospital after a car pickup collision in northeast Odessa. Westfall was thrown from his pickup suffering massive head injuries. The other driver William Michael Hetzler 18 also of Odessa. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Belmont Baptist Church with burial in Odessa Cemetery under Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home.
Clear to partly cloudy today with cooler conditions and a slight chance of showers or thunderstorms tonight through Wednesday. Highs in the upper 80s and lows around 60s, with regional readings showing Abilene and El Paso near 85 to 90 degrees.
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