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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1971
Page
4
More than 1809 marchers took part in the Lubbock campaign rounds Tuesday and raised 4553 dollars for the Muscular Dystrophy Association South Plains chapter led by president AJL Wilson.
Fearful students report avoiding lonely routes after a fifth senseless attack near the University of California. Police have no clues about two Black adults wielding heavy blades who attacked six people since July, injuring Bruce Lamar and others but not robbing victims.
Obituaries for George D. Bain 67 of Plainview and William Newton Thornton 96 of a Hale County area appear with services planned. New Deal High School band hall bids itemized and two Cub Scout recruitment drives scheduled. Separate crime notes report slashings near UC Berkeley and campus safety advisories issued.
Funeral services are set for 2:30 p.m. today at Dunn Tucumcari Memorial Park for Dan Cowell Davis 92 of Tucumcari who died Tuesday morning at his son's home. A separate notice recalls J Harld Siler 61 of Hobbs passing after a lengthy illness.
A Sweetwater fatality stems from a beating Nar later found in a field near Lamesa. Three men are jailed in connection with the case.
Charles Stewart Mott age 96, a leading GM stockholder and major investor in U S Sugar, is listed as satisfactory at St Joseph Hospital in Flint for a bladder infection and complications. The hospital declined further comment, awaiting his physician Dr David McTaggert. Mrs Mott is at the hospital. Mott has long served on General Motors board since 1917 and his fortune supports the Mott Foundation.
A two car collision on a rain slick Loop 410 expressway in San Antonio killed two people and injured a third. The deceased were Jose Gregorio Santos 37 of Poteet and Gloria Rivas 25 of San Antonio. Lydia Flores 29 of Elmendorf was hospitalized. One car lost control and crossed a median into the other vehicle.
Poem notes the arrival of autumn on September 23 with imagery of turning leaves, mellow fruit, hunting trips, and football crowds. It frames autumn as a time of changing colors and seasonal activity before winter, quoting Jeremiah.
Dale Gordon 30 died at Mercy Hospital from natural causes autopsy ordered by Justice of the Peace Arvin Stafford. Services at Evangelical Methodist Church directed by Engling Funeral Home burial Englewood Cemetery. Survived by wife two sons Robert Michael and Pamela Lynn, parents Charlie Simmons and Evelyn Vaughn, a brother and a sister.
Fuller E. Callaway II, heir to a Georgia textile fortune and former husband of Pia Lindström, was found dead at his Atherton home near San Francisco. Police say barbiturate pills were involved and a note to his father accompanied the body. He had moved to the Bay Area in the 1950s and earlier captained the Morning Star in the Trans Pacific Yacht Race.
Services for Mrs. Lela Haney 80 of 1713 East 16th Street will be at 10 a.m. Friday at W. W. Rix Chapel followed by burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Mrs. Haney a native of Aspermont moved to Lubbock in 1942 from Morton and was a member of the Northside Church of Christ. Survivors include her son Virgil daughters Virgie Grace Betty Gschwend Mae Lovell 13 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.
Two year old twin brothers Benjamin and William suffocated when a dresser toppled and the drawer shut on them in their home in Chicago. Authorities said the incident occurred while they played, and investigators noted the danger of unstable furniture.
Amoco AR says its large Western Desert block in Egypt yields a test oil flow of 3 175 barrels per day 161 miles west of Cairo and 56 miles south of El Almein on an early drill stem test. A Texas agricultural expert urges swine and poultry farmers to install battery powered alarm systems to detect power outages to protect stock and warmth.
Ronald Adcock 26 and Billy Crews 17 of Odessa turned themselves in to police after being charged in the Monday night slaying of Mark David Moke, a 16 year old. Both men are held on $20,000 bonds in Ector County Jail as services for Moke were set and his burial planned.
Dr. Dayton A. McClain, renowned educator and claimed world strawberry picker, died in Gainesville at 95. Former vice president of American University earned ten degrees, including five doctorates, in eleven years. He harvested 787 quarts in a single day and authored Miracle of Two Cents. He is survived by his wife.
Knox College and other private schools push aid funds to record levels for 1971-72. Knox reports a student aid budget of 15 million dollars, about 1000 dollars per student, supporting scholars at the coeducational liberal arts campus in Galesburg Illinois.
In Kentville Nova Scotia the Department of Agriculture reports shade grown McIntosh apples adopt longer shapes with shallower stem cavities. Researchers advise pruning to increase sunlight exposure to trees to prevent elongated forms.
Norris Ames, 82, moved to Mt Angel Oregon and adopted red white and blue as his identity badge. He has painted the colors on his car house pickup swimming pool lawn chairs and mailbox to show his native-son status.
Hehersom Alvarez, a delegate to the 1971 Philippine Constitutional Convention, proposes creating a constitutionally independent Department of Arts and Culture to operate free from political pressures and influences.
In Copenhagen a police wife cites a report showing 200 officers faced on the job violence in one year. She notes ulcers and divorce as major issues for policemen and families, stressing the constant fear that a husband may not return home safely.
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