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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1972
Page
10
Policemen pursue college courses to advance careers in law enforcement, with many aiming to stay in the field for a set number of years after completing training. The program emphasizes practical study and career uplift for officers.
McGovern figures show baptized supporters in Mundelein Los Angeles and St. Louis with linked comments from Kay Whitney Sabatka Carol Taylor and John H Adams. Elsewhere Texas Tech police training plans enroll officers in Wayland and SPC courses while Lubbock authorities prep pre enrollment and outline degree aims and limits.
Gov. Preston Smith announced Texas will receive $20 million more in federal funds after the U.S. Senate Finance Committee dropped a state income tax provision from a revenue sharing bill. He framed the move as a victory for state autonomy, noting state government would get $66 million and cities and counties $202 million under the House bill in its current form.
The Republican tactics headlined at a National Press Club luncheon attack McGovern on his defense budget critique. The report notes McGovern plans a 75 billion defense cut and a 5 percent social program push while MacGregor counters with calls for honest budgeting and fiscal restraint.
The Oct. 1 pullout mandate faced defeat as antiwar forces split, with some shifting to support President Nixon. The move was labeled vain and potentially misinterpreted worldwide, and the split doomed its passage in the House.
Spokesmen from Great Plains Wheat Inc and the American Farm Bureau Federation weigh large US exports to the Soviet Union, claiming up to 400 million bushels could be supplied if policy and shipping restrictions are resolved, while noting potential relief from surpluses. Meanwhile debate in Congress over aIndochina pullout deadline sparks partisan fireworks and calls for realistic bargaining with Hanoi.
A fund for 11 year old Cindy Hall on a Sulphur Springs dairy farm grew slowly as she prepared for a long stay at Baylor Hospital Dallas after a July 14 accident. Her hair caught in a dairy machine ripping scalp and injuring her eye. She is off critical list but needs skin grafts for two to three years. The local Jaycees and Commerce Junior Women’s Club work to support the financially strapped family amid debt from starting a new farm and stock purchases. Funds reached $650 by Wednesday and increased by Thursday.
The story of Cindy Hall's accident circulates in Dallas papers and broadcasts. Mrs. Hall says Cindy remains in good spirits, plans to return home to the farm and her three sisters, and will miss school and her favorite sport baseball due to injuries.
In the Wyoming Valley after Tropical Storm Agnes, residents endure losses totaling about a billion dollars with 45 000 homeless. Families face destroyed homes, curfews, and slow federal aid as locals like Delores Branchi recount mud soaked houses and the need to rebuild from scratch.
Union leaders say captains should not expose themselves to hijackers until necessary. They credit progress but demand decisive steps. ALPA cites 300 000 to 540 000 annual hazmat shipments by air and calls FAA and DOT rules inadequate. Pilots warn against waiting for tragedy and call for stricter labeling and permit processes.
In Birmingham doctors report a new abdominal infection could delay Gov. George Wallace’s release from the Spencer Health Rehabilitation Center. Some sensation returns to Wallace’s lower body as treatment aims to drain the abscess non surgically, with prior abdominal surgeries noted after the May shooting left him paralyzed.
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