20 Apr 1972
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1972
Page
1
Governor Preston Smith pledged Texans he would veto any tax bill in the coming special session and would cause a budget with no new taxes. He urged voters to back him in the Democratic primary, arguing rivals favor higher taxes and a tougher spending stance.
Today in the J details a major rodeo event at Lubbock Municipal Coliseum with extensive coverage of related calendar items from Page 1. The report notes hearings in Lubbock and Amarillo over Hair musical promoters and city attorneys. Local features include Estacado students enrolling in a new office training program and a cowboy life recollection from Lamesa. The issue cites a Supreme Court ruling on the Sierra Club California Disney project and federal energy and court developments, with sections covering politics, labor, editorials, and agriculture.
A reader offers a brief prayer asking Heavenly Father to forgive pretensions of piety and to grant humility and honesty in conversations with one another. The meditation emphasizes sincere speech and mutual respect among believers.
In Austin the Alcoholic Beverage Commission approved tight new resorting notes aimed at safe control of bars. The rule requires private club holders and corporations owning public bars to report within 10 days any changes in officers or directors and large stockholders. Creditors with substantial holdings may also be affected. Page 18.
A Commerce Department briefing shows GNP rising in the first quarter at a 6.2 percent inflation adjusted pace, with real growth at 5.3 percent. Inflation outpaced wage gains, lifting prices while output neared 108.2 billion dollars at an annual rate. Officials foresee a roughly 100 billion dollar GNP rise this year despite the price surge.
Apollo 16 astronauts John Young Charles Duke and Ken Mattingly completed lunar orbit maneuvers and prepared to land at Cayley Plains Descartes area after a 12 day mission. Duke praised a high speed pass while Young exclaimed the nearness of the landing and the crew described the operation as their closest approach to home.
Defense motions for new trials for former Texas House Speaker Gus Mutscher and two aides were automatically overruled by District Court Judge J. Neil Daniel under operations law. The ruling followed failures to file amended motions within the required time limits after the March trial in Abilene.
Democratic attacks on Nixon policy escalate as Wallace campaign plans a Lubbock stop delayed to late April. Senate and House panels demand a withdrawal date or a path to end the war, while Wallace postpones Texas appearance and considers sending antiwar signals to Congress.
Partly cloudy and cooler through Friday with highs in the 70s today and in the 60s Friday. Tonight's low in the mid 40s and winds from the south at 15 to 25 miles per hour with gusts.
U S destroyers shelled North Vietnamese coast targets as MiGs attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin. One ship damaged, crewman killed in an accidental missile strike. Ground forces pressed An Loc and An Thanh as heavy shelling and tank battles unfolded north of Saigon.
A tornado struck a ranch house nine miles west of Davis Oklahoma killing five and injuring three as part of a wild weather outbreak that produced more than a dozen tornadoes in the region. Watches extended across Wednesday with forecasts of showers and storms, while NWS noted the front had little role in the event. In Texas, Midland and Lubbock area rain and thunderstorms were forecast with limited middle day activity and a pending chance of rain for Lubbock.
The National Hurricane Center selected female storm names for the 1972 season running June to November. Arnold Sags said Agnes Betty Carrie Dawn Edna Felice Gerda Harriet Gene Mae Nadie were chosen at random by a computer. Roxey Bolton urged changing the policy proposing congressmen or birds, but was told such ideas would anger officials and groups.
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