11 Oct 1971
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1971
Page
1
In Lubbock area coverage the open house featured precision aerobatics by the Thunderbirds and a folk dance troupe from Korea. Coach Jim Carlen criticizes Tech fans after a Texas game. Political committees prepare for possible partisan spending battles. Nationalist China in U N debates. 60th Double Ten Day celebrated. President defined as U S chief executive serving four-year term.
Central Dockland Marine Council of the International Longshoremen's Association decided to keep West Gulf ports open from Lake Charles Louisiana to Brownsville Texas amid a union leadership dispute. P C Klein named a negotiating committee while Thomas Gleason was absent, and no vote was taken on the open ports.
Santa Barbara Calif large 4 day old brush fire pushes east along a three mile front as 1 800 firefighters work to strengthen a fire break. Winds hamper air drops and fire spreads into canyons. Four firefighters killed two injured as crews fight largest California blaze of the year amid delayed retardant drops and shifting terrain.
A church school wing collapsed after a boiler room explosion at 11 28 a m. in Marietta Ohio killing four teenagers and a Sunday school teacher and injuring 14 others. The building housed 100 to 140 people adjacent to First Baptist Church with no confirmed cause.
In Dallas Associated Press report Gus Mutscher once powerful Texas House Speaker says he needed an airplane and cash to position himself financially independent. He claimed the plane was to meet requests for public appearances around the state. The remarks followed calls for his resignation amid indictment pressure.
A freight train on a trestle in Boys Ranch Oklahoma killed the mother and left the father and a five year old son in critical condition after the family tried to escape the oncoming rail. Two older brothers, Mike 11, Dudley 8, escaped into the river bed while two younger siblings crawled down to safety. The injured father Cecil Reynolds and Mitch were rushed to Amarillo hospital.
In 1960 the Federal Census listed Peacock in west-central Stonewall County as zero population. The town protested and, by May 1961, census records were corrected to show Peacock with a population of 130. Local residents recalled estimates near one hundred thirty.
A reader offers a brief prayer asking God to heal the sick and regulate minds, affirming belief in divine power to heal. The exclamation ends with Amen.
Jerome Andrew Price, 14, placed in jail for truancy, hanged himself in the Montgomery County juvenile ward. His father Julian Price previously died by hanging in the same jail while jailed for murder. Sheriff Reeves noted the youth tied his trousers to a window bar. two kitchen workers were nearby.
Rodney Speck of Lub bock, Texas, awaiting a donor kidney at University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver. Eight doctors, a hopeful father donation, and the boy's need to accept a new kidney drive the effort as he battles nephritis since age five. Friends fill walls with cards while Rodney remains fifth in line for a transplant amid his quiet church and school life.
Two Hereford men died in a Saturday night crash after a car traveling the wrong way narrowly missed seven school buses filled with Plainview High students returning from a football game. Don Pertian 39 and Emilio Cantu of Hereford were killed in the collision.
Odessa fire crews battled a four alarm blaze at the Sherwood Shopping Center causing heavy damage to Antiques owned by Bob Bryant at 1340 S Washington. Eight units with 24 men from four stations fought the fire, which was abated soon after it was reported by off duty firefighter Hiram Cotton. Smoke damage extended to Barrow's Flowers and Gifts and Raven's Fabrics while wind kept damage contained. A post incident inventory will determine the total loss.
Fragmentary OCR note references a Leather Weather Map page with unclear city names and heading. No discernible events, dates, or entities to summarize into a complete news item.
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