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"FIRSThi SOHi No. 212 3S Lubbock, Tcxos, Tuesdoy MorniiifV July 4, 1972 Price 10 Ctitts Full Uotcd Wires: (AP), (UPI) FROM PASSING CAR Shotgun Slaying Of Child Possibly Killing' (Br AiMcUM ftetil ANGELES The killing.o£ a .4 ,7 old girl by blast from a passing. car Was possibly a senseless "joy killing," a Joyce Ann playing alone in a neighbor's yard about 7:30 Sunday suburban'' Hawaiian Gardens when gunned down Robert Wood said there appeared.to no motive for the shooting, and advanced the killing" theory. and a study of the must a- case of he' The girl-was-struck by 42 birdshot two of which lodged in her-brain, and died a bout'an hour, later in a hospital, officers said. said the.

shot came from ligh't-colorcd car containing three or four men. A similar car was seen See SHOTGUN JOYCE AXN HUFF Victim Of "Joy Killing" CALIFORNIA, CHICAGO ge Lets Stand Tlte Aiiociafta District Court Monday refused to enter dispute allotting of California delegates to the Democratic National Convention. While the. candidates relaxed, forces of George McGovern asked Judge' George" Hart 3r. to restore the more than 15( delegates stripped from') the South Dakota senator by the Democratic Credentials Committee.

Hart declined to act. saying the question the state's winner-take-all primary was fair and- is a matter'. to, be decided by the party not by the courts. said the judiciary (should 'party con- i flicts only when' they involve a clear Approves H. Humphrey, presidential candidate with 1 most to gain from splitting up the California delegates, said he approved: of Hart's decision and predicted the convention would, uphold the Credentials Committee ruling by "a safe margin." "This the whole question the convention, which is 'its proper place," Humphrey said in a telephone interview from his home in Waverly, Minn.

"1 believe if the convention sustains the Committee- ruling, we would have a good chance to get the nomination." In a parallel and similar nil ing delivered at the same time, Hart refused to unset the Cre denjtial Committee's action in unseating Chicago JIayor Rich-; ard Daley and 58 other Illinois delegates to the convention. Appeals Anticipated In. anticipation of appeals in both cases, Hart told the con- lending lawyers before giving lis rulings that the U.S. Court of- Appeals would hear argu ments in the cases today despite the Independence Day holiday. The losing attorneys in each case told newsmen they will appeal.

In a development Monday night, the Credentials Commit; tec voted overwhelmingly to Barbecues, Fireworks Shows Set Quiet Observance Planned For City By- DANNY'. EUJNG'TON Avalanche-Journal Staff INDEPENbENCE: DAY festivities a scheduled from" dawn to: dusk today at many po i the South Plains Fifteen communities have scheduled, major, activities including Snyder. Muleshoe, Andrews, Post, Slaton, O'Donnell, (Editorial Page 6, Sec. U.S. Festivities, Page 11, Sec.

A) Canyon, Sunnyside, Hereford, Farwell, Texico, Oklahoma. Lane, Lorenzo and Olton. Daylong activities are on tap at. Snyder and Muleshoe. Fireworks Display get At Lubbock, meanwhile, it will be just a quiet holiday with no official celebration planned except for a fireworks display at Buffalo Springs Lake 'at 9:45 today.

Admission to the display will be the regular 25- cent "admission fee to the lake area. The Hetail Merchants Association said that allbanks and savings and loan institutions would be closed today along with many All city; county, state and-federal offices will be 'the exception of essential, services such as fire, police, etc. sales are being conducted at several stores which will remain open here. Budget Final Accord On Plan Near Antibusing Proposal Kept Intact; Meat Inspection, Drag Funds Pass Tbe Associated Pros) AUSTIN Senate-House negotiators put all but the finishing touches late Monday night on a compromise no-new-taxes billion state budget. In a final hectic conference session, attended by Lt.

Gov. Ben Barnes and Speaker Rayford Price, the five senators and five representatives reached agreement by: Meat Inspection Kimds Approved a Senate plan to continue financing state meat inspection procedures at a cost of $4.3 million for the stale's next business year. $293,000 to start a Drug Dependent Youth Project at the Vernon State School, instead of. the $1.03 million first proposed by the House. to the House plan to block construction of an 11-story Texas Highway building in THIRD DAY of Americans in thought, if not in-deed, will scene! most patriotic holiday.

pail'in of "old fa'shioned patriotism Sturgeon, 9, of 5205 saluting, and Da vi'd-Herisley, 11, of 4702 47th backpacking 'while'on trips across nation, in Europe Page Sec. B. MISS West Texas State, Linda-'-Lea Adams. tells of pageant excitement Page 1, Set. B.

BOBBY Fischer ready to go for chess championship and 5130,000 more added by London banker Page 11, Sec. A- THREE states on Gulf compete for federal permission to.build offshore "ports" Sec. A. TWO. armed men.

comman- deerj-busload of race track fansUri Baltimore and'force driver circle while they rob passengers II, A. And The World VALUE of British pound sterling continues to decline to unofficial devaluation of 7'per cent 7, Sec. A. Reese AFB also will observe the holiday, for necessary base services and recreational functions. Numerous fireworks complaints already have been received' by police here over the weekend, and the number is ex peered to peak today.

Police offi cials have- cautioned residents that a municipal law prohibits the use of fireworks within the city Snyder's annual festivities will again be. staged, in Towle Memorial on the city's south edge with the dusk fireworks display on the' park lake capping the day-long activities. Bicycle races beginning at 7:30 a.m. will open the activities. Little League baseball games are slated for 9 a.m.

The annual flag raising ceremonies at 3:30 a.m. will precede the 10 a.m. parade through the park. A fireworks display will cap off AT HOME the day'at 9:30 p.m. Muleshoe will stage See MAXV Page 30 the Prayer WEST German chancellor Willy Brandt, French president Georges Pompidou achieve "useful" results during discussions Page 9, Sec.

B. KrMTOKIAI.S, COLUMNS 6, Sectfcm A MARKET REPORTS es Sectiew A FAMILY NEWS Pages 2-5, Section PLAINS AGRICULTURE Page 9, Scctkm A KADIO, TV PROGRAMS Page II, Scctkm SPORTS NEire 1-5, Section TODAY'S HOROSCOPE 8, Section COMICS Section COMIC DICTIONARY KOCENTWC The inventor whose perpetual no- Uon is to discover perpetual motion. God, walk beside us this day that we might live it with the faith and courage we need to help us meet tomorrow wUh challenge. Amen. A Reader.

Wallace MD Plays Host A (Br TIM SILVER SPRING, Md. Alabama Gov. George C. left Holy Cross Hospital Monday for a four- hour outing to eat an early. at his physician's home in nearby Bethesda, 'Aid.

It the second lime Uiat: had left I the' hospital "sincp.he was The recuperaing-governor hbspitar p.m'.' with his' Cornelia, "for the; home -'pf- Dr. 'Joseph Schanho, who has been heading' the -medical team treating Wallace's gunshot wounds. short trip was unannounced and t'h relations staff did not know of his Sec GOVERNOR rage JO CALL' Officials Back 'No-Alert? Decision downtown Austin by instructing the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to buy the land for $1.5 million and turn it into a state park. First removed, then restored, an antibusing rider to the budget bill. The rider, added by the House Saturday night.

prohibits the Texas Education Agency from spending appropriated Cunds to bus school children for the purpose of racial balance unless required to do so by a court order or by statutes, either state or federal. "As far as I am concerned it (the rider) can be burned to a turn," remarked Rep. Hilary Doran of Del Rio, who added that the rider was meaningless. Restoration Suggested After the rider was removed, Sen. A.

R. Schwartz of Galveston said he had learned there would be problems getting the compromise bill' through the House without the rider and suggested that it be restored. The conferees saved $2.7 million' by voting $7.7 million for a new food stamp program for the needy, the same amount that the House approved. Senators had voted for $10.4 million in their version oE the bill. The deletion will have the ef- Shells Again Hit Hue; B52s Attack By STEVE EAMES Avalanchc-Journiil Stuff a judgment call" Accident ate Monday the decision hot to sound an "alert" early Monday when violent storms were battering, the area and after two weathermen visually confirmed a tornado on the ground near the city.

The twister was spotted about 7 miles north of the city by at least two meteorologists on duty at the National Weather Service Station at Lubbock Regional Airport. Bill Payne, director of civil efense who was on duly in the mergency Operations Center in said fife' 'Sirens--were' riofsounded ecau'se: "the weather posed no threat to the city." 'Indicated Ry Radar The tornado also was in icated by radar at the NWS lation and the forecasters said touched ground about 4 a.m. The twister sneaked out of wiling black clouds which had pawned heavy high (Other Details On Weather, Page -1, Sec. A) vinds', some hail and a rash of ornado" sightings elsewhere in ho 'area. At least 11 were re- xjrted in the Plainview area.

cattered damage was reported. Larry Peabody, a forecaster, feet of keeping the food stamp program from taking effect in all 254 counties in the coming fiscal year. Rat Funds Detetc.il Except for Caldweil, House conferees went along with Senators in deleting nearly from rat control funds and applying the money, instead, to elimination of predators. "There has been a good deal of looking at this- from a country standpoint (since the House shuffled the funds Saturday night, and the predator problem has gotten worse. We need (Br The Associated Presri SAIGON (Tuesday) North Vietnamese artillerymen fired four rounds into Hue just after dawn today, marking the third consecutive day that the old imperial capital has come under shelling attack.

Field reports said at least one person was killed and sev- (Sco Related Slory, Page 1, Sec. B) eral were wounded when four 122mm artillery shells struck inside the citadel about 7 a.m. U.S. B52 bombers flew 15 missions during the night in support of the Quang Tri drive and against North Vietnamese resupply and troop concentration areas in the A Shau Valley about 25 miles west of Hue, the U.S. command said.

Raids Hit Jn North spokesman also said one B52 mission of three planes was flown inside North Vietnam, striking targets 62 miles northwest of the port city of Hoi, 35 miles north of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates the two Vietnams. The huge Stratofortresses also hit areas northwest of Kontum City in the Central Highlands and to the south around capital the besieged province of An Loc, GO miles (Aralancte-JixirnI Sews Services) HOLIDAY traffic deaths approached the' 500-rnark late Monday with the home-bound rush of the. Fourth of July still to come. A Press Internationa count at 10 p.m. CDT showed 435 persons killed in traffic since the start of the holiday period at 6 p.m.

local time Friday. seat Texas delegation, defeating 16 challenges which said it lacked enough 'women and Set JUDGE Holiday Speech By Nixon Due SAN CLEMENTS, Calif. (AP) President Nixon will address the nation by radio oday in a July 4 holiday speech expected to call for un- ty to meet the "great trials" he President sees ahead for American people. Press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said Monday chief executive's speech will be broadcast live at 9:03 a.m.

PDT (11:03 CDT1 today from the Western While House. Nixon will taik for about 10 minutes, Ziegler said. BACK TO HOSPITAL Alabama George C. Wallace Mrs. Wallace are shown returning to Holy Cross Hospital Monday after a four-hour Security men shown include Alabama state trooper Capt.

E. C. Dothard, pushing Wallace, who suffered minor wounds when Wallace was shot. (AP Wirephoto) that back like it said north of Saigon. Government military spokesmen, meanwhile, reported nearly 200 enemy slain in new- fighting just to the south of Quang Tri City and west of Hue, and said troops taking part in the Quang Tri counteroffensive also had recaptured three 105mm artillery guns lost in earlier fighting.

Enemy gunners pounded a Rep. Bob Salter of Gatesville. Later, Caldweil burst out during a discussion of giving Midwestern University's library an extra 550,000 for books wanted See Pajre 10 uase camp moiiuay on me northwestern approach to Hue with about 500 rounds of 130mm artillery and mortar fire, a communique said. They followed with a ground attack that Sec Page 10 SECOND IN TWO DAYS aid, "We tornado). both saw it and then issued a tornado warning for botli the City 'of County.

Lubbock and Lubbock Peabody said me twister was art of a storm cell which was moving at about -10 mph. He Sec 'NO-ALERT PagnM NORTH, SOUTH Gmimaii Robs Youth At Service Station By BILL MORGAX Avalanche-Journal Stalf THE 17-year-old son of a Lubbock service station operator was forced at gunpoint to empty the station's cash register about he man (the customer) to dial he telephone for me," the boy aid. "Then I saw a policeman and ran across the street to Sec GUNMAN Page 10 Monday by a man who Koreas Discuss SEOUL (Tuesday) (AP) toi-th and South Korea have held top-level meetings to discuss improved relations and re- jnification of the peninsula split World-War II and ravaged the Korean War five years ater. South Korea announced today. The announcement said both parties agreed "to establish and operate .1 South-North coordinating committee" to be cochaired by and North Korea's Kim Young-joo, young cr brother of Premier Kim sung.

9:30 p.m. mustachioed stood around the station for several minutes prior to the robbery while the boy wailed on customers. The exact amount taken from Family Park Enco at 3402 Ave. was not immediately known, but the owner, Norman Specter of 5426 46th said he believed it to be than $100. Specter's son, Steve, said tlie robber wailed until a rush of customers departed before entering the station.

The robber talked to one customer for while, officers were lold. After the bandit walked in. the younger Specter said, he puller a small, black pistol from his belt and ordered, "Turn around. Open the cash register and give me the money." Specter said he had just com plied with the order xvlie another customer pulled into the station driveway. The bancii then said, "Wait on him.

Turn around and I'll kill you." The robber bolted from th station after Specter sleppct II- outside, officers were told. Iwas shaking so much I asket Weather Map Page 9-A Lubbock and Vicinity: A 20 per cent chance of precipitation oday increasing to a 30 per cent chance tonight. Considerable cloudiness and a chance of: hunder.storms today through Wednesday. High today and tVedncsday in lower 80s. Low in lower 60s.

Winds east northeast 6 to 16 mph 1 a.m. 2 a.m. 3 a.m. 4 a.m. 5 x.m.

7 a.m. a.m. 9 a.m. 10 a.m. 7t 61 1 D.m 4 p.m 5 D.m fi O.TTl.

txm. B.m 9 p.m TO Dm. I a.m. Tl Jl Xoon 7S 77 7S 73 71 63 Maximum 73; Minimum Maximum a rwr siro Mini. mem a aco today 71.

Pun touy 6:42 a.m.; Sun 9:01 p.m. Maximum Humifcljr Minimum Humidity Humidity al wildnisht 901. SOLTItWJST HKATHEtl 1. HIT II Abilene .01 67 El Paso 73 Altwuicntus 95 Kobbs 64 Arr.ar.llo 71 SO Houston S3 So nsllas 7S 0V. City J.57 Dcwee .10 5J 4T W.Fal'j .03 9J TO.

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