24 Oct 1971
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1971
Page
1
Federal census figures illuminate the typical Lubbock resident. About 23.3 years old, living near 33rd Street and Gary Avenue, in a 4.7 room home valued at 13100. The city holds 149,101 residents, Metropolitan Lubbock 179,295, with 128,601 and 156,271 in 1960.
Lubbock councilmen favor doubling the proposed civic center size if funding allows. Architects are revising concepts after a Miami Beach tour to study a 42 000 square foot exhibit hall with hope of a 1 500 seat theater and self supporting shows.
In 140th District Court Judge William Shaver set a second pre trial hearing Monday on Clark Gamble Inc and Sundaco Inc civil suit raised by County Attorney Tom Purdom. Jury selection will follow as trial looms over alleged selling on consecutive Saturdays and Sundays.
In a poll 77 House members urge Speaker Gus Mutscher to resign immediately. The article also notes Kissinger winding up talks in Red China and includes editorials, market reports, school menus, and today’s horoscope. A comic dictionary defines a congressman as a legislator running for re election to make the House a home.
A fire in southeast Anton killed 8 year old Bobby Garcia and lightly injured his sister Eva 18 and grandmother Mrs Jesse Garcia. The still burning blaze at the grandparents home sent them to Levelland Hospital by Anton ambulance for treatment. Fire crews remained on scene early today.
A reader signs a brief prayer asking forgiveness for the world for neglecting and rejecting God. The note ends with Amen and reflects a personal plea for spiritual renewal.
Premier Golda Meir congratulated 22 year old Hadassah Berman in a telegram after she gave birth to Israel’s first quintuplets at Hadassah Hospital. The quints three girls two boys were reported doing well. Berman is a kindergarten teacher and her husband Yitzhak 24 runs a flag and embroidery shop in Jerusalem.
Mesquite detectives seek a link among several disappearances in Texas Utah and Colorado as they investigate the vanishing of Forrest Covey 22 and his wife Gena 19 from the Mr M Grocery in Mesquite. Also missing is Susan Darlene Shaw 16 of Mesquite.
U S inflation eases as Nixon expands Phase II price wage controls yet overseas signs of drift to protectionism grow Denmark retaliates against the U S import surcharge France discusses a European counter surcharge Group of Ten talks in Paris end in deadlock Washington and EU officials split over surcharge lift terms Connally warns the surcharge may last more than a year awaiting balance of payments relief.
The body of Marion Martin, 48, of Amarillo Texas, was located Saturday afternoon by a Durango search party after a weeklong avalanche alert suspended earlier in the week. The recovery follows his disappearance last Sunday near Durango Colorado.
In a Vantage Point column President Johnson describes a major goal after Kennedy’s death to pursue equal rights. The article teases frustrations hopes and behind the scenes White House action during riots and the Equal Rights Laws, inviting readers to Page 6 Sec A for more.
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports 28 traffic fatalities this year, including six motorcyclists, with the year on pace to surpass the 1967 all-time high of 32. Winter driving hazards and holiday periods loom as key risk factors.
Lubbock area forecast calls for fair skies and warmer temperatures with a daytime high in the low to mid 70s and an overnight low in the low 40s. Winds southwest at 10 to 20 mph. Notes list temperatures, humidity and sunrise times, with statewide fatal accident counts and city rainfall notes.
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