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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal from Lubbock, Texas • Page 8

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Friday Morning, June 27, 1975 Cancer Tragedy Strikes Double BltiivAtArea Fatiiily (Continued From Page One) 57,000 for the first operations. As for Ricky, he understands little about is happening to him. "He understands that the doctor cut on his head," his mother said. "We. toid him he has a tumor, which he doesn't understand.

He doe.s know it's something like his grandmother has." His Mrs. Paher- iy, has had six tumors removed from her in the past 1 five veal's. Her cancer, melanoma, was originally diagnosed as benign in .1968. But Jast year- Mrs. Fahorly's doctor tpld her to go to the M.D.

Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute in Houston for testing and treatment alter tumors continued to develop. it.was during her third visit to cancer research center when she received the call to come home because Ricky was in- critical condition following his first, operation. Mrs. Faheriy has decided; against further treatment for her cancer because of the adverse side effects. can't expect euro.

Tho tumors can return, but 1 feel I'd rather Jive what time I have left in a parUy normal Way than to take vhemoiherapy and to so terribly sjck and bedridden the of my life," nick- y's grandmother Mrs. Ftthwty, like Ricky, "could go at any time," she if a tumor strikes anv of internal organs. Both mother and grandmother have tried to respond philosophically to tlie plight the family is facing. "My outlook, especially waj-d my baby, is thai God save us these children. Jlo loaned them to us.

If Ho takes Ricky or Mother, it's because he wanted them. God want them for some reason," Mrs. Head said. And Mrs. Faherty, wiio -may soon be facing the death of a grandchild ns well as her own, has adopted a special fortitude.

"I'm still in there; ins," she said, "I'm not giving tip." Attacks News Media Attitudes White Press Secretary Ron sharply criticized unidentified members of the.Wash- corps, Thursday to say whether it ever would be; He declined to say what revi- i- did suggest a made public. The report was sions might be considered. OIL, FJRK smOKe' DUibiys trom Burning storage tanks of gasoline and fuel oil during a fire that ravaged the Little Oil Co storage yards in South Richmond, Va Thursday. OflficiaJs Relieve the fire was ignited by hghtmng about midnight Wednesday. (AP Wlrephoto) Council Approves Sign Ordmaiice ington and threatened to discontinue his daily news briefings in their present form.

But later, Nessen told newsmen "we really are not considering abolishing the briefing, we never really considered it," Dining his first briefing on the subject, Nessen obviously was a prepared statement sajmg "Charges" Ciiert i Think some people 'are too quick to make unsubs-j tantiated charges or implications that I am ing or that, nv. credibDih has been de- strojed This President has been in ofnce for 10 months now and I think that's more than time enough foi this blind, mindless, irrational suspicion and cynicism and distrust to Pressed repot teis to elaborate, Nessen met later with a group and said, "I was not angry and I did not act in a fit of pique and I didn't feel personally persecuted. I just don't think the briefing is serving the purpose as well as it might. "The purpose of the briefing," he said, "is to put out as much information as possible on what the President's doing. The current atmosphere prevents it from serving the public." "Festering- Sore'' Nessen conceded that what he said earlier may not have i been put in the best possible way.

"but I did feel that what had was a festering'sore or boil and by talking- about it I'j think maybe we lanced it and; some air and sunlight in it! briefings." One reporter White House cover-up about released several days later, two weeks ago when Ness en an- Nessen said he lias discussed nounced that the Rockefelleripossible changes in briefing Commission report on CIA ac- procdures with some of his tiviries would not be released at aides and with" unidentified the time expected and declined 'members of the pres corps. At one, point in his statement, Nessen. "Thjs'j President is an honest man and lie's a man of integrity. And as press secretary I have kept the promise I made on Hie job." first dav I took this He apparently referred to his pledge never to knowingly lie to the press corps. He concluded by saying, "For my part, I want to say charges or implications that there is a cover-up of any kind, or charges or implications that 1 am lying or that I have no credibility, something unless there is to support those charges more than a vague and that I hope we.

don't have general suspicion. (Continued'From One) to immediately launch a study i and perhaps that will help company and service station'of all businesses the new regu-: it," he said. operator Joe Horkey and 'serrations' make non-conforming' Nessen said, "We are consid-i STAINiED TOWELS-Residents of an area near the intersection of Brown- hurriedly unloaded the stained towels fiom his car into the container, then rapidly backed out ot the allej Th said ono of the had a damaged front end The contnmod more than towels soaked wiih a red substance. Photos by Dim ings laws. Ben Striblin the revision 'committee which originated the new ordinance last year, responded that city Indiana Avenue from Jth toKvhite House briefings, of 19th Street.

Nessen also asked reporters i plans contain no rightUor their suggestions on how to at-ith, 19th, and the Tec-h as had been attorneys had informed hisjagreed to last summer by the group they did not have to council and Tech regents, abide by open meetings'law'in 'Engineers "Elusive" their work but they did hold some open hearings. said Tech, which is building the street at its eliminate the poisoned atmos-; phere. I "Xpf Ideal Temperament" "I don't really have the ideal: temperament for this job," hej said: In the earlier briefing, Nessen did not specify what had; He pointed out further that so it can'maintain, eon- th Planning and Zoning hearings froi 0 is no seeking city motivated his outburst. a TJViTi5.fi MO nuri Neighbors, Not Police (Continued: From Pajjo One) rust-colored 'car" i front-end? damage parked in front of trash-container. She said she heard the door 'gents Killed At Indian Village OGLALA, S.D.

(UPI) Two shot and killed in the tiny-set tip outside Oglala anil Indian FBI agents were killed and village of Oglala. about 10 by BIA police. About country militant Indians assaulted a miles from Wounded Knee eight or "nine Indians were ijjnii.au!. -ujiuajji aazuuiicu a iiiitcA iiom uounafa js.nce eigiu or nuie i roadblock with sunfire Thurs-jwhere 'militant Indians staged reported to have sneaked 'day in the worst outbreak orjlheir maratlion showdown roadblock at p.m. COT AIM on the Pine 1 'he federal government in 1973.land opened fire.

up on reservation in thr --has been torn with tension a nd violence ever since largely between adherents of and its arch Indian Reservation since the 71- An FBL spokesman said the! A rancher nearby Dick day occupation of 6 0llt i OT llhi crs of the American! Tlicre has been fremient and city council discussions of jaWovaI street design However, he had acknowledg-j slam shut on the container i uwoi i tnftrrifl'Viafli tL. i young man the ordinance were open. Study Ordered cross the Tech Freeway. Blumrosen said he also is expected lo spend Secre cd a group of about 35 moving utilities to! wlth Ti 2 that stations which stand to way for the new tho-! tar riy mind non-conformim: uses when the'roughfarc. (I had simply slipped his mind ordinance takes effect 10 daysj Bertram told ihe cmlncil hc when newsmen asked after it is published.

The sta-jhad tried lo el engineers who lions are located in C-2 and C-jdrew the plan to label it their 2A but under the ordi-; best engineering judgment, but i( proper i serve as presi- nancc will be uses. tha "hnv hn Pn vnrv -Spokesman if he were siSH n3-sHiES, hurry around the front of the car and rapidly back reported killed by One government Wayne Adkinson, administra- said the outbreak sounded like manager for the Bureau war. rl out of the alley onto Chica- j.an Af fairs ai nearby Pme; As night approached. Kunrirc blackout about it a few days ago Avenue. The red-stained paper towels covered most of the front portion of the irasli st snapped around roadblocks on the Al rQnrfs loading to (lie areafe" Tlnirsdav before fire which wcre ff rl( spat out of a anrt 'bunkers" nl At the time some 'container which, according i that they "have been very staff ve on that." I "I can only conclude that' Whether Nessen Index Shows Third Gain In Economy Nessen recalled that he had; they have been directed in what; een ti to i reporters, "I they were to som people at the The city lanes essential to some people at to neighborhood residents, was due to be emptied Thursday.

"I don't even know if it's human blood." said man, the police don't, either, because they didn't considers the briefings were too nuick to fake any samples. tin! cnfrt rjnH that 'street. Kord charge or imply jsmooth traffic'flow on the new uere cover-ups" i ,1 White House, lech, however, has resisted; And ie reca lled saying that; i giving up any more than Uie! sucn a temenls were "poison-; Apathy Noted "I've read in the paper jbare minimum of land for the in the atmosphere in these. (Coa.tinued From Page One) 1 Meeting 'Planned Southwestern manager Carrolll TT primarily because of (McDonald told the councilhis! 0.3.11. JT Lini high unemployment.

'jrequest for a rate increase will Economists agree thatj hike his company's return on the recession has either already lts pubbock investment from! ended or will end soon 'Wherej 2 28 er cent to about four perj the experts differ now is ont cenr Hc said also that fuel whether 'the recovery will ustmenl which allow South-! strong enough to brin- imem-! vvastcrn and Lubhock Power! ployment helow its current and Ll pass fuel cost m- per cent level anytime soon. creases on to customers are nor 1 Cht citizens and when you do call them, they just don't seem to care. That guy (policeman) was so apathetic hc didn't even search the container to see what else might have been in there." The man, disgruntled after the policeman left, cnllcr! The Avalanche-Journal at a.m. Thursday. "Somewhere'," ho "someone's nol to House Raps Talks On Panama Canal I WASHINGTON (UPl)-- is IHouse, opposed to what one.said Fasccll.

called "the nrn in occuplUl on Two tlie upi-; of the Panama Canal." refused IcBislative commmoe th' crs of oundcd Kncc an en i-t. tommitiee witn ini.s, nf i nn the town of TincjinR fire kept oilier ajjeiUs and rescrvatinn hcad-jKIA police from qoing to their i quarters alxxit three he said. I from Oglala. was hours before thr i Thc FBI spokesman said thcldealhs of ihe agents were jagcnts Were killed while: try ing'confirmed Tliursday night. serve a warrant As in 1973, all available force armed robbery on government'was rushed (o the reservation.

i properly. The names of the! Indents were withheld 1 TV7 1 notification of.next, of kin. ClllDCl'li'l The two deaths matched Ihe i Jtolal number of durnifr the Wounded Kncc LI Thursday to permit funds to be spent for canal negotiations with the nieni. This is tiVr wrnn iVin rndia nntl on ma wll sakl was: were killed! Panamanian govern- 1 i It also voted to deny funds to International Labor Orga'ni- jxation despite ivarning that isiich a move would (Middle East negotiations. wrong limo to take this stand," pleaded Mctcalfe.

Snydcr rejected those argu- in. Ihe gunfire which raked (lie! rolling 'reservation country for mon.hs. A fc'dcral 'marshnf whs! Post is a former for the state ments and said, "All this doesiparalyzcd from the waist is-give a clear message to the! by a gunshot and an FBI agent iJV 1 10 lor lllc stalc ot State Department that, in Iheiriwas wounded (luring that lime nla Washington talks the Congress docs Second i wnK cl of the Federal Administration economists; covering the inflated cost of fuels. have said it's likely to be winter or late fall before 1 no ic ri vear, is expected to expand this sum-i mer. tlie expansion is expected to bn too weak to absorb the new workers continually inn Ihe job force.

(Continued From I'Ujjo One) 9:15 p.m. Thursday for yiersons! in Crane and. Upton; (counties of the Permian Basin. Radar indicated'a line of Hum-; with, marble-size hail! from near lo miles wesl of Crane at that time. No rain or turbulent weather.

item Ihe memorial civic reported in Uibbock -p ftv 110 -mrr-i vlfih hmrfi V' ronTu" Gas Priority For CroDS Given Boost u-nnt them, to give awtiy any of Thc sprawling Oslnla Sioux! li! Co and director 'Reservation second tllc wllile Office of ManajRfimeni' and befflre $46 Billion Debt Hike Bill Clears Congress I The foreign pnlicy actions icarni: as the House considered a biHion appropriallnns! measure to fund the Depart-1 iincnls. of Stale, Justice anili iCominurc'i! for a 15-month 'period July I. Mouse passed the mcas- ure on a 393 to vote and sent it to'(ho Senate. I P.cp. Gene Snyriw WASHJNGTON (1JPI) was and brief iliroposcd the J'anarna a sswl lli Sen.

Vance I)'-mi 1 imcnt which no money in! re de nl Koul ''hursdny a S'ilijbad iilie measure could bn used blllin the ccilitiK in incgotiale ihe Ul debt. ih 'I ho vote -was 72 to 21. Department was under The rise nwriUis tui- aled 6.3 per cent. The April increase was adjusted downward from the "original 4.2 per cent cent, But that 3 per equaled the record set in June, 1958. And except for: the April increase, the "JVfay; rise was the sharpest in years.

"Siinrp'Turn" Edgar H. Fiedler, assistant secretary for economic affairs at the Treasury Department, said, "It certainly is. a sharp turn and there certainly is a degree of between tub vigor of 1Kb upturn in the leading 'indicators and of the upturn, in general nomic recovery." motion sale of between 55,2, and $5.4 million in electric revenue be completed by October. Lubbock Power; and Light director Bill Wood said the money will go mainly for a transmission line tying the Holly Avenue to western areas of (he. 1 city.

The council also hricf report on the federally funded Traffic Enforcomcn Plan in which policemen will he paid overtime, to during rush which recorded more than 10 acci- fn Traffic safety weathermen, indicated Ihe; high today coulfl be well near 90. the NWS forecast clear to partly cloudy: skies through Saturday With continued warm afl- ernbons. Thiir.sclay's t( weather exploded 'mostly' over Iluldiiii- son and coimlies. Tor'nado 'warning. 1 worn issued and also for: Hansford County.

Department of Public Safely reported several funnel cloudSj area early; in cycnin director Jeff Brilcy. said tdo of-l Thunderstorms spread iioiih- flccjrs will he looking only rorjwost" of -Plainview to west, uf "hwniir'dotis violations." ment. of irrigation gas in No. 2 priority. The hearings; arc expected to be concluded toriny.

Attorneys will have until July VI to submit, briefs and trial judge Curtis Wagner Jr. will have until July 27 to render his opinion. Then he a M-day period 'filing of any pealfi. Aikin said he beJicvc.s the commission's decision now will appealed if the finul ruling follows tho rccornmcnda- tion filed by the staff counsel. fl Ihe threats, by.

negotiating with the Panamanians. Dlsni'plinn Warned Rep. Dnntc Fascell, chairmah of Tntornalional Itclations suncommittec handling canal nfffiirs, and llcp. Ralph Metcalfe, cliair- mnn of tlu; Merchant Marine Panama, Cnnal siibcommilloe, the amendment would have the cffeci of "disrupting: If not wiping wit the talk's, at nil." tion'l: know of anyone 'in this room that wants to give up our rights over the cnmil, biit to in California. write 1 this prohibition into to pick wiififimv- apfiroprialions Isil! when House debt bill without, amendment, dropping without debate (hrec relatively minor amendments approved by the Semite Finance Com mil tec.

One the amendments have removed iho current per (icnl; neiling on inleresl pnltl nn U. S. sn vines' hoiuls, Thc oilier amendments were lechnical in nature, if any of the amciufmofils had iKion apprrivcd, flin hill 'hocn rcliirned lo the, threatoniiiK possible delay In House plans lo recess Thursday riifihl for nine driys for the July holitlny. and Budgcl before siiccotxlinw Klliot JUchardsoii mow. I Mnthows is and has been i president of the University of i Alabama 'since Politically lie is listed as an independent'.

mil. fiTducnlly is describi-ri jas liberal." iUnthew.s was born in Grove I Hill, was griitlualcd from the University of Alabama with lo hold up)" of Arts degree in lh bill in protest of: Phi Hela Kapnu Senate's slow '1953-60 army stint' he the dispute over the rcuoiveil his mn'slcr's d'egrnr race. from the University of'Aliibaina urging his doctorate from Co- Alike Alnns-i lumbia University He was named one of the 10 ln men in vcr, nt ho chunked hi ho- said, "with a heavv henrl," debt ceiling docs not involve any oxlra cspcndilurc of governmonl fuiuls. It merely gives the Trunstiry the power to borrow en'oufjli money to pay for previously approved 'government spending" prpe'rams in excess of inoomc "We- arc the, said Son. CnrI "of linvinff ordered mcrclmmi- Isn; II, lin.s ntTJvod; we rion'f h(ivo the money lo pay for It, so we foiTtid to Kit to a lein insll.tul.ion lo the monoy.

There wns no o.xplnnnti'on In Senntc floor why Hi rc.e minor (''inanci; Comrnillo'c amendments wore clronnetl 10 action was tnkun 'to Urn hill rt i "JLit in the nation by ihe United slates 1 aiambcr Commerce. works on southern history am! American higher education his loiter of resignation, Weinberger told the President he Imd been "honored beyond measure" to servo in the Ford iidmi.msirnlion and deeply Krellcd hnving to refuse ihe resident's request to serve out Ihe present term. reply, Ford praised Wetn- bcrser for "ureiitinK an tionul riiconl of liorsonnl.lnl(. piiy 10 sure jjrnsp uf Issues affeclin the of achievement, unswei difficult isu: when- our we acrimonious l-loiisciniicl nvojd ruiolhor iKovcrnmcnl; is talldng with over llic bill, the ScnnLrjhnssIr in Iho llrmsi-. lives of all lasting "wn profound.

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