Alli es Blunt Red Offensive B52s Hit Key Council Stalls Liquor Permits
Heavy fighting flared on two sides of Quang Tri City as B52 bombers struck near Vinh deep in North Vietnam. Navy ships prepared for Vietnam duty while Adm. Zumwalt met officers in Jacksonville. A Viet Cong sapper hit an ammunition dump near Saigon destroying about a quarter of its stock. Government forces claim victories near Quang Tri City. casualties totaled six dead and 59 wounded.
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United States
Florida
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Hollingsworth Sworn Rate Hike Delayed Again
A probable tie for the electric rate increase was averted as Mayor James Granberry postponed final action to after the council runoff election. Councilman Denton Rigsby abstained, citing a minutes revision that altered his resignation to April 1. His absence could have affected votes on rates and liquor locations before election canvass.
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James Granberry
Denton Rigsby
Council
Rigsby
Morris W. Turner
Lubbock
Hollingsworth
Lonnie Hollingsworth
Connally predicts rough economic days for U S
Treasury Secretary John Connally warned Americans will face difficult times and must make individual sacrifices to restore U S leadership after World War II. He spoke at the National Association of Broadcasters convention noting global economic competition and the need for public support of Phase II of Nixon’s plan.
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Connally
National Association of Broadcasters
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America
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Landscaping at Tech Museum Headquarters Spotlighted
The Museum at Tech features landscaping vital to the ranch headquarters. The page notes coverage of environmental and federal topics including a chemical weapons treaty and auto emissions deadline. An FBI ransom recovery update is reported alongside world news from Poland and Turk-Soviet relations.
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Tech
FBI
Hand Not Shoe Incident Sweeps Soviet Uproar at UN
At the United Nations, Ambassador Bush and Soviet delegates clashed in a debate about an event in which Bush asserted he struck the table with his hand, not his shoe. The exchange echoed a famous 1960 Khrushchev moment when he pounded a desk during a General Assembly session.
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N.Y
Josepb Mialikere
U.S
Bassadore
Bush
Boat
Nikita S. Khrusichev
Gtree
M. Caaneral
Zoning Moratorium Halts Mixed Beverage Permits
The Lubbock City Council imposed a moratorium delaying the granting of mixed beverage permits until May 4. New zoning rules require property certification and halt building permits, occupancy certificates, and zone certificates during the interim. About 15 to 16 applicants sought certification. most were current private clubs converting to liquor sales.
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Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
van McVay
C. C. Turquette
Prayer for hope and gratitude in daily life
A reader offers a blessing asking for the kindly light of hope and lasting gratitude for life and love. The short devotion invokes spiritual grace and personal reflection.
Fonda Hackman Lead Oscar Winners At 44th Academy Awards
Jane Fonda and Gene Hackman won top acting honors while The French Connection claimed best picture of 1971. William Friedkin earned best director for The French Connection, with Cloris Leachman and Ben Johnson winning supporting acting awards for The Last Picture Show. Isaac Hayes won best song.
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Hollywood
Jane Fonda
Klute
Gene Hackman
New York City
Philip d’Antoni
Indictments Include Welfare Fraud Crackdown in Lubbock
The first three welfare fraud indictments in Lubbock County led 29 total indictments issued by a grand jury for Judge Howard C. Davison's court. Indicted are Guadalupe Garza Gilbert Rodriguez and Sharon Hensley all of Lubbock County. Also named were Casimiro Gonzales and Charlie Mae Cole in murder cases from February and August 1970.
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Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County
Howard C. Davison
99Th District Court
Guadalupe Garza
Gilbert Rodriguez
Sharon Hensley
Asst. Dist. Atty
Bob Odom
Texas
Grand Jury
Casimiro Gonzales
Ave. H
Manuel Lopez Moreno
Fordham St
18Th Street
Charlie Mae Cole
Charlie Mae Smith
Shallowater
Henry Crawford
Smith questions polls as Texas governor candidate stresses plan
Gov. Preston Smith dismissed polls showing him fourth in the Texas Democratic primary while noting supporters conducted informal county surveys. He pretended a random sample. Dolph Briscoe and Frances Farenthold received about 19 and 14 percent respectively, with many undecided. He said no budget targeted for a June session is finalized and hinted at a no new tax fiscal 1973 plan.
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Austin
Preston Smith
Smith
Fort Eats Starcelearene
Ires
Dolph
Bee Smith
Wallace Plans Texas Campaign Swing For Presidential Delegates
Governor George C. Wallace announced a Texas campaign tour ahead of the May 6 primary. He will hold an airport rally in Lubbock at 10 a.m. on April 21, then travel to San Antonio for another rally. He also schedules appearances in Longview Dallas Beaumont Corpus Christi and Houston May 2, plus a Louisiana swing today with stops in Monroe Shreveport Baton Rouge Lafayette and Lake Charles.
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Lubbock
Texas
Wallace
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Longview
Dallas
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Houston
Louisiana
Monroe
Shreveport
Baton Rouge
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Iran quake deaths rise to thousands in southern region
An earthquake leveled up to 30 villages in southern Iran in the worst quake since 1968. Rescue operations began immediately as unofficial figures put the toll at about 4000, many of them women and children. New tremors at 4 p.m. disrupted communications with Tehran.
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Tehran
Iran
Red Lion and
Sun Organization
92 Degrees Reading Ties Mark in Heat Wave
The South Plains bake under a 92 degree reading tying a date record while no rain falls. Lubbock nears 59 straight dry days as forecasters predict no measurable moisture through midweek. Some towns report trace showers on the Rio Grande and west of San Antonio but few others receive significant precipitation.
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Don Vandiver
Avialanche-Journal
South Plains
Lubbock
National Weather Service
Mercury
Paducah
Childress
Wink
Gila Bend
Ariz
Texas
Rio Grande
Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
College Station
del Rio
San Antonio
Narcotics Ring Here Two Nabbed In Major Marijuana Bust
A three state narcotics ring crackdown led to two Lubbock arrests on Avenue Q and seizure of 190 pounds of marijuana. Customs agent Guillermo Diaz said 600 pounds were accounted for in April arrests, with about 1,000 pounds involved in the traffic. Three suspects were also arrested in Eugene, Oregon, and a federal grand jury in June will act on the Lubbock cases.
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U.S
Guillermo Diaz
Customs Bureau of the
U.S. Treasury
Avenue Q
Diaz
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