Pentagon moves to slash military bases and jobs
The Pentagon plans major base closings and personnel cuts at 274 military bases and 16 640 civilian positions and 75 million in first year savings. Major targets include Boston Naval Shipyard and Hunters Point in San Francisco with large civilian jobs losses. Navy air stations at Long Beach and Newport News are eyed for cuts.
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Associated Press
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R Mass
Elliot L. Richardson
Melvin R. Laird
Boston Naval Shipyard
Hunters Point, Naval Shipyard
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D.wis
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John ‘Tower
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Mineral Wells
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Clovis
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Albuquerque
Nixon Draws Labor Cheers Criticism
President Nixon thanked hard hat labor leaders for backing Vietnam policies but faced sharp AFL CIO chief Meany criticism over inflation. Meany called Phase I and II a disaster and urged Congress to roll back prices rents and profits. Nixon defended spending curbs and vetoes while praising construction workers support for his war stance.
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Nixon
Vietnam
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George Meany
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United States
Afl-Cio
Weather Lubbock Area Partly Cloudy warming through midweek
Partly cloudy skies in Lubbock and vicinity with a warming trend through Wednesday. Highs in the low 70s today and upper 70s by Wednesday, nights in the mid 40s. Winds vary 8 to 18 mph today.
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Lubbock
Desegregation Ruling Upheld by DC Circuit Court
A federal appeals court in Washington DC rejected the Nixon administration’s bid to delay HEW desegregation enforcement deadlines. The ruling came shortly after government attorneys argued that HEW had shown progress, but the court maintained the original timetable.
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Nixon Administration
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
U.S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
HEW
Prayer for end of killing and world unity
A reader offers a hopeful prayer for the day when violence ends and nations live as one family. The message envisions peace and global harmony through faith.
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Heavenly
Plainview Tornado Visits Governor Briscoe in Disaster Tour
Gov. Briscoe toured Plainview after Sunday's twister that left 50 families homeless and caused $40 000 to $150 000 in damage. He discussed disaster designation with city officials and promised to forward a presidential request for federal aid as assessments continue.
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Avalanche Journal
Plainview
Dolphi
Briscoe
Nixon
John Stoneham
Janey
Jack Hightower
C. C. Layne
Department of
House Extends Presidential Economic Control Authority
The House voted 293 to 114 to extend President Nixon's economic powers for one year and rejected price freezes or rollbacks. The measure keeps discretionary wage and price controls, with an amendment for public hearings on pay reductions, amid a broader Senate-House debate over cost of living actions.
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Justice Of The Peace Slams Calvert In Texas Row
Justice of the Peace Albert Lee of Humble in Lubbock for a JP school opening week. Lee warns Texas Chief Justice Robert Calvert aims to backdoor the justice court system through constitutional reform and new bills. He cites proposed circuit courts and attorney-only presiding rules as threats to JP powers.
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Avalanche-Journal
Justice of the Peace Association
Lubbock
Texas
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Justice of the Peace
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Humble
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Austin
Senate
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Peoples Court
Dynamite Blasts Wreck US Owned Pipelines
Unidentified commandos blasted a 751 mile Trans Arabian Pipeline from Dahran to the Lebanese port of Zahrant damaging a storage depot and a tanker. The attack caused minor damage and did not halt pumping, Beirut sources say as tension rises in the Middle East conflict.
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Sidon
Trans Arabian Pipeline Corp
Dahran
Zahrant
Lebanon
Iitself
Ne Ae
Beirut
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