01 Sep 1973
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1973
Page
1
Psychologists and experts discuss the Houston area case tied to Dean Corll, Elmer Henley, and David Brooks. They describe a covert group dynamic of emotionally hungry teen boys enlisting others for torturing and killing over three years, noting early life disturbances may underlie the crimes.
In Washington Maine George and Madeline Miller Jr a poor disabled pair struggle as thieves raid their half acre garden. With illness and low income they rely on a small harvest for winter while youths and a neighbor helped seed and tend crops. Despite signs the robbers keep returning taking ripe produce leaving corn beans and potatoes.
Lightning struck tinder dry grass on the Yellowhouse Ranch forcing a grass fire to sweep across 5 000 acres in Lamb County and surrounding areas Friday. Thunderstorms and hail moved through the region with over two inches of rain in parts but water shortages hindered firefighting efforts. No cattle losses reported and ranch headquarters were not threatened as investigators monitored the blaze. Local residents observed a separate lightning display in Levelland with about one inch of rain in 30 minutes.
Mountainous seas hindered a rescue mini-sub mission as Pisces II sought a line to Pisces III, trapped 1,375 feet below with two crewmen Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman. Air was depleting and the mother ship Vickers Voyager maintained contact by radio.
A reader offers a short prayer asking divine help to reveal hidden sins and to remove them from their life with faith and devotion.
Justice of the Peace Wayne LeCroy confiscated the controversial film The Last Tango in Paris at the Fox I Theater on 19th Street for alleged pornography and obscenity. Marloni Brando starred in the movie shown since Wednesday with about 500 tickets sold for a second showing. Police and a district attorney attended the viewing. no charges had been filed, likely pending the Labor Day holiday.
CLOVIS The city commission named Nelson Worley to head the Clovis Police Department replacing Ken Kingsbury who was fired after indicating officers wanted to unionize. Worley demanded city manager cooperation and recognition of the department as a separate unit with broad responsibilities. a 5 percent pay raise was approved.
Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz will visit Russia Yugoslavia and West Germany in early October, the Treasury Department said Friday. The trip aims to strengthen economic ties and discuss global financial issues.
The Texas Department of Public Safety predicts 42 fatalities on state highways over the three day Labor Day weekend. DPS will tally deaths from Thursday midnight to Monday midnight as local students observe the 79 year old holiday. Banks will close and downtown parking will be restricted while city police maintain regular shifts.
Thirteen people died and seventeen were injured when two minibuses collided head on near Elazig in eastern Turkey. Authorities reported the accident on Friday.
Mayor William Donald Schaefer ordered 10 fire hydrants opened at McHenry and Stricker streets to relieve the heat as Baltimore and much of the East sweltered under a heat wave. An AP Wirephoto captured the scene repeated citywide.
Northwest Texas travelers face many closed service stations over Labor Day as September fuel allocations remain unavailable amid the energy crisis. Benton Oil Co. vice president Nelson Hall notes shutdowns likely due to severe shortages, while price ceilings under Phase IV are postponed and protest shutdowns seem unlikely in the Lubbock area.
The Postal Service won permission to raise mail rates for magazines and newspapers. The new schedule takes effect Sept. 9 for items postmarked after 12:01 a.m. CDT. The increases apply to second, third and fourth class mail, mainly newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, books and records.
Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. argues the Federal Consumer Product Safety Commission cannot regulate cigarettes, saying tobacco is exempt from safety rules and the 1960 Hazardous Substances Act was not meant to cover tobacco. He cites a lack of statutory authority and presses for limits on CPSC reach.
U S aid agencies warn charitable groups may run short of essential foods as demand for wheat soybeans and corn climbs. The Agriculture Department resumes purchases Sept 7 at about half normal levels, with 198 million budget and uncertainty over total distributions. CARE Catholic Relief Services UNICEF and Lutheran World Relief face funding and supply pressures amid rising prices and low wheat stocks.
Tropical storm Christine with 60 mph winds moves toward the Leeward Islands and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane early Monday. Dr. Robert H. Simpson of the National Hurricane Center says slow intensification to hurricane strength is likely within 24 hours as the center nears the Leeward Islands from about 925 miles east of Barbados.
A weather map brief for Lubbock and vicinity notes a slight chance of afternoon and night time thundershowers. Highs near the upper 80s, tonight lows around upper 60s, with humidity around 48 percent and sunrise at 7 21 A M.
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