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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1971
Page
3
Citing a budget stalemate, City officials discuss reducing the general fund and utility spending to about 26.1 million. The council weighs a 1 cent tax-rate increase and a possible garbage charge to raise roughly 917 thousand while testing 500 garbage containers in three residential routes.
Federal officials say Stephen M. Bingham, 25, a Berkeley lawyer linked to the San Quentin violence, disappeared after Aug 21. A murder complaint in Marin County alleges he helped smuggle a gun to George Jackson. an FBI nationwide search and a no-bail warrant followed. Authorities consider foul play possible as Bingham’s last sighting was unclear. He is descendant of Hiram Bingham and previously worked for Berkeley Neighborhood Legal Services.
35 Jewish refuseniks from Georgia appeal to UN Secretary General U Thant to bring the Soviet Jews question to the General Assembly. Ambassador Yosef Tekoah says the letter was handed to Thant hoping the Soviet government heeds the plea. The group represents the largest signatory bloc on this issue to date.
Premier Pham Van Dong told a Hanoi rally that northern North Vietnam faces floods larger than 1945. Authorities warn losses in agriculture, communications, transport, and property, as Red River and Thai Binh Delta water levels surge.
Funeral notices and legal cases fill the page. Damages sought in a $44,750 civil suit in 10th District Court. multiple funeral services announced including Mrs. Susie Benham and Ira Burris. Local injuries from car accidents reported with hospital admissions and ongoing juror deliberations noted.
An 18 year old Odessa College freshman receives a $50 scholarship from the Zeta Kappa chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma. The piece lists Istanbul’s historical names across Persians Greeks Romans Ottomans and Arabs and notes the award to Gail Umarudunya Mother of the Allen family.
A devotional verse-based note by dulien C Hyer urging true giving beyond mere praise or material aid. It emphasizes personal involvement and placing others' joy above usefulness as the living gift. The passage cites Deuteronomy and frames generosity as inner giving.
G B Middleton 83 died at Mercy Hospital after a long illness. Services Friday at First United Methodist Church Slaton with Rev Bruce Parks officiating. Masonic graveside rites at Englewood Cemetery. WWI veteran, former Santa Fe conductor, survived by daughter DaOnne McCain Grants NM son Maurice Naperville IL brother N P Amarillo and three grandchildren.
Justice of the Peace Charles Smith ruled death by own action in the case of Thomas Allen Whisenhunt about 54 found dead in Apartment 6 of the Cactus Motel. An inquest and autopsy were ordered after a pistol wound to the abdomen occurred Tuesday night. Whisenhunt had learned of his divorce finalization and that custody of his infant daughter Kimberley Irene had been awarded to his wife Norma. Services are pending at Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Stacy H. Starrett will be held at 3 p.m. today at Resthaven Singleton Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with E. E. Cowan of the Church of Christ officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park. Starrett, 59, died Tuesday at St Mary of the Plains Hospital. He was born in Crosby County and lived in Lubbock since 1946 as a steelworker. He leaves wife Faye, daughter Valene of Glendale, two brothers Conda of Calgary and S. P. of Crosbyton, four sisters in Crosbyton and Houston, and three grandchildren.
Cassandra Fincher of Lumberton died in a three car collision on U S 96 about four miles north of Beaumont. Linda Fincher the mother survived and was hospitalized. Eva Curtis of Lumberton and William Williford were treated and dismissed. Drivers include Mrs Fincher Miss Curtis and Mike Hood of Jasper.
The American Heart Association awards 15 million dollars in research grants for the year starting July 1. This brings total grants since 1949 to 179 million dollars.
Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. today at St. Matthew United Methodist Church for 3 month old Jeffrey Allen Reid, son of Ronald and (Mrs.) Reid of 5402 33rd St. Graveside rites follow Saturday in Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Billings, Montana. Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home handles arrangements.
Alton Day 59 longtime Friona area farmer died on arrival at Palmer County Community Hospital after an apparent heart attack. Services pending at Clathorn Funeral Home Friona. Survivors include his wife Leona two daughters a son and several relatives. Day moved to Friona area in 1940 and was native of Whitney.
In Amsterdam, 74 year old Sarah Krasnoff died at a hotel near Schiphol after a heart attack grounded her, ending a summer of nearly daily air travel with grandson Howard Gelfand. Her son-in-law, Leonard Gelfand, arrives as investigators review the unusual pattern of some 160 crossings and $140,000 spent on tickets.
Mrs. Alice Birdie Potts 92 died at Commerce Nursing Home. Services at 2 p.m. at Pottsboro Methodist Church with Reverends Campbell and Shaw officiating. Burial at Forest Park Cemetery Greenville. Survived by two daughters K M Davis and L A Pattillo, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Washington AP reports Duke Ellington and his jazz band will tour the Soviet Union early this fall under the U.S.-Soviet cultural exchange program, announced by the State Department.
Karachi authorities consider a broad ban on begging after a government survey found about 15,000 beggars in the city. About 75 percent are professionals, with the rest described as genuine poor and destitute including many lepers.
J S Smith 84 died at Parkway Manor Nursing Home in Lubbock and will have services at 7 p m in Afton Church with burial in Afton Cemetery. He was born in Azle and lived in Dickens County 1917 to 1963, then in Lubbock with his son Ferrel. Survivors include a sister, four grandchildren and four great, with pallbearers named.
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