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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1973
Page
5
A hatchet-wielding man attacked a woman at a North Adams school while about 100 children watched in horror. Police said the assailant struck in the head back and left hand as she stood by to pick up her child. A witness reported a hatchet wedged in the victim. The incident occurred as students were boarding a bus.
President Nixon asks the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to keep Watergate tapes secret amid a clash with Grand Jury access. Judge Sirica ordered turnover for review, while Archibald Cox seeks direct grand jury access, arguing courts must balance secrecy with justice.
Police took Leon Ciolkowski into custody after finding him near East Elementary School where Susan Ciolkowski was attacked. She was in critical condition at North Adams Regional Hospital after emergency surgery for hatchet wounds. A witness said a young man paced the parking lot with a bag before attacking her and another staffer intervened when a custodian ran out. The report links a separate mention of the Sirica decision and White House comments on presidential tapes.
The forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms and showers across Texas through Wednesday with 80s temperatures and lower 60s inland. Threat of flash flooding rises in Southeast and South Central Texas as showers interrupt outdoor farming and cooling trends modest.
Police pursue three young men who forced entry into the Lowenstern brothers’ southwest Amarillo apartment and gravely wounded David Lowenstern, 20, with a double barreled shotgun. Kevin, 18, was knocked down during the break in. Witnesses saw two fleeing on foot and a third leaving in a black car. Investigators have yet to determine a motive.
Frenship school trustees debated a petition filed to move a 640 acre tract from Frenship to Lubbock district. A public hearing is set for Wednesday as attorneys argued jurisdiction and constitutional questions.
Sharli Gains len from the Welfare Department says the Parks and Recreation Department will landscape the area, plant trees, and set cement markers with numbers to indicate graves. The group claims to know burial locations back to 1929 to aid disinterment if a family requests it.
In Reykjavik Iceland warned after a collision during the cod war dispute over a claimed 50 mile fishing limit. The clash occurred Sunday with a British figure aboard the Icelandic warning coming on Monday as tensions rise.
The House Banking Committee heard that high interest rates have worsened housing finance and hit small businesses and farmers. Savings and loan associations lost millions as big banks gained deposits after July Federal Reserve actions, threatening 1974 housing starts and overall mortgage lending.
Lubbock officials study a financial report on an airport terminal project costing about 7.2 million with bonds from 1969 and 1970. A potential 2 million overrun prompts review of revenue bonds and reserves as FAA changes raise costs.
The House approved a contempt of Congress citation against G Gordon Liddy for refusing to testify about CIA involvement in a Watergate case. The 334-11 vote directs the Justice Department to seek a grand jury indictment. penalties include up to a year in jail and fines to 1000 dollars.
Forty million adults over 18 read the classified ad columns on a weekday, based on a readership survey for the Newspapers Advertising Bureau.
Fragmentary text references Mexico and steel production with broken figures and unclear metrics. No coherent events or names are readable to form a factual card.
Stephen F. Smith formerly of Dallas joins the West Texas Chamber of Commerce staff in Abilene as assistant development director. Smith attended Karamursel high school in Turkey Dreux in France and D. W. Holmes High School in San Antonio. He earned a BA from Southwest Texas State University in 1970.
President Nixon calls for quick action on four energy measures including an Alaskan oil pipeline and deep water ports. He pledges cooperation with Congress while defending executive confidentiality amid Watergate controversy as Senate leaders note a spirit of cooperation.
Oklahoma State Insurance Commissioner demanded Prudential Insurance Co. of America stop advertising that policyholders own "a piece of the rock" as it is not licensed to sell rocks in Oklahoma and has no rocks among its assets. The commissioner cited Alcatraz and the Rock of Gibraltar and called the ads misleading.
Former Texas governor John Connally said he is thinking about running for president in 1976 but is not yet ready to dedicate the rest of his life to such a bid. He indicated he would announce decisively if he decides to run and noted GOP turmoil from Watergate.
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