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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1970
Page
1
A Snyder man died in a traffic accident reported in the area. The incident details are limited in the readable text, with references to a collision and surrounding figures. No other clear names or locations are identifiable from the fragment.
South Plains notes five Labor Day weekend deaths, four on Sunday. In Lubbock no local fatality during the 78 hour period, but Stephen Posle Smith, 20, Texas Tech junior from Deming NM, drowned at Masses Park. His body recovered early Monday near disappearance point.
Rebels of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine threaten to blow up two more airliners and hold 180 aboard. Negotiations involve Sirhan Sirhan's release, with Switzerland West Germany Britain weighing demands and the Red Cross mediating between Jordanian authorities and Palestinian groups.
A reader thanks God for another day and asks for guidance to walk worthy of Him. The prayer names Jesus and seeks strength to follow the divine path in daily life.
More than 7,000 fans packed the Lub bock Municipal Coliseum Monday night to see Lawrence Welk and his Champagne Music reach a peak of praise with the catch phrase Isn’t he great. The maestro led a 40 member ensemble through a sharp program, but the crowd’s praise echoed that Welk remains the center of the show.
A bolt struck Gibbs High School football practice in St. Petersburg as players huddled, killing Vincent Willams 16 and Robert Newton 17 while Bruce Chapman 16 was listed in poor condition. About twenty others were treated for injuries. coach Al Campbell said there was no warning.
Meteorology crews led by Jim Wells chase hailstorms in Hail Alley Colorado to study cloud formation and test sample collection. The Joint Hail Research Experiment funds a 2.5 million dollar yearly program across NCAR ES A Colorado State University and others to develop cloud seeding and hail suppression for 1972.
In Amarillo two motorcycle clubs the Freedom Seekers and Jokers fought with rifles and shotguns across Polk Street. Lelon Christie aged 20 died from a rifle wound. James Dunn aged 19 was wounded. Jerry Lee Adamson aged 24 was charged with murder with a $25,000 bond. Johnny Lyrm Miller faced assault with intent to murder charges.
Acuff Co-op gin produced its first bale of Lubbock County cotton Monday. The 594 pound bale came from 2,050 pounds of seed cotton ginned by Gabriel Trevino, a local farmer.
The city considers a merit based pay package totaling 775000 and including four to five percent raises for many employees effective January. The proposal, backed by City Manager Tali Blackwell, also envisions reclassification and targeted boosts for administrators and police and fire staff. Two staff members would be affected by a change in the administrative assistant role.
Former city manager Matthews of Lubbock dies after a vacation trip. He led Lubbock from 1945, oversaw early postwar growth, and is remembered by colleagues including Mayor Peter de Werner. Funeral services announced for Highland Park Baptist Church in Austin with Rev. Ray Burnette Jr. officiating. He came to Lubbock from Pampa in 1945 and served 62 years.
Dr William Banowsky, chancellor of Pepperdine Malibu, told an overflow Moody Auditorium crowd at Lubbock Christian College as it marked its shift to a senior college. He warned higher education faces deep trouble and rising tensions across society while praising LCC and similar institutions as calming influences in Western civilization.
Partly cloudy and warmer through Wednesday with highs in the 90s. Tonight's low in the upper 60s. Winds light and variable shifting to southerly 10 to 20 mph today.
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