Council Weighs Tax Hike and Sewer Charge Plan
Lubbock council members favor a mix of higher property taxes and a new sewer service charge to raise about $1.9 million for next year. They asked staff for detailed projections on how much revenue a sewer charge would supply and the tax rate needed to cover the rest. The session also approved a city manager pay raise, considered budget cuts, and discussed transfers and subsidies affecting transit and public safety. A 21 to 30 cent tax increase was debated, with 29 cents seen as more prudent to balance the budget. Continuous revenue concerns and weather effects on water funds were cited as factors influencing the final decision.
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Mgr
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Saittle
Plan Sanitation
McCullough
Leslee Xharge
Lubbock Transit Company
Morris Turner
Canyon Lakes
Lubbock
Sterling Miller
Miller
Carolyn Jordan
City Seeks Workers To Fill Jobs
Avalanche Journal reports city sanitation workers walked out indefinitely while applications to replace them are being accepted. The standoff enters its third day as police departments cover garbage routes with 12 off duty officers.
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Ers
4Th Street
University Avenue
Heritage features spark review at Dawson County Museum
Lubbock area residents explore pioneer items in the Dawson County Museum exhibit. Unemployment hits a record low as students finish summer break. A major California forest fire is finally contained after burning 37 000 acres. Infant deaths in France linked to baby containing hexamethylene. Fischer and Spassky conclude the 20th World Chess Match game after a tense move. Editorials, market reports, agriculture notes, and radio TV programs fill the rest of the paper with sport highlights and the horoscope.
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Lubbock
Dawson Couny Museum
Yfischer and
Spassky
Walt
Nixon Romney meet over flood relief amid Agnes criticism
Nixon and Romney confer on Agnes flood relief as criticism of the administration grows. McGovern tours Wilkes-Barre area accusing the President of not devoting enough attention or coordination to aid for victims.
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Feder
Nixon
Rasapivadi
McGovern
Bandi Wilkes-Barre
Wilkes Barre
Garbage workers strike prompts informal talks and union sympathy
Isidro Gutierrez and aides invited Mayor Moris Turner to meet with workers for an informal discussion on garbage service issues. Gutierrez pledged no interference with service by other workers and warned crossing picket lines would be allowed. Meanwhile two sewage plant operators stayed home in sympathy, a contractor covered refuse at the landfill, and supervisors kept three dump trucks to service hospitals. City eyes private trash service to assist in commercial dumpsters.
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Ac Ees
Moris Turner
Mrget
Gutierrez
Ora
Prayer text for guidance and salvation request
A devotional prayer asks for God's help to recognize salvation and be receptive to the Spirit and to discern and obey God's will. The writer concludes with an amen and signs as a reader submitting a personal petition.
London ex-detective points to Jane the Ripper theory
London former top Scotland Yard sleuth Arthur Butler proposes a new Ripper theory naming a woman abortionist known as Jane the Riper. He cites interviews with East End residents and argues seven killings occurred, with four later deaths likely abortions rather than murders. Butler suggests a male accomplice and notes no one was ever charged.
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London
Scotland Yard
Jack the Ripper
Jane the Riper
Vicion London
Arthur Butter Ae
Tuesday
East End
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Ton
Butler
Emma Smith
Emma
Allenced
Ripper
Art Masterpieces Saved From Fire
Fire swept through parts of the 13th century Rombouts Cathedral in Mechelen Belgium threatening Flemish masterpieces from Brussels and Antwerp. About 200 firemen and Belgian troops carried the last paintings including Van Dyck’s Crucifixion to safety as embers and smoke lingered in the damaged areas.
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Belgium
UPI
Rombouts
Brussels
Antwerp
van Dyck
Tower Defends Senate Attendance in Texas Campaign
Senator John G. Tower rebutted charges of excessive absence by opponent Barefoot Sanders of Dallas during his 11 years in the U S Senate. Tower cited Armed Services travel and committee work as proof of his diligence, speaking at a $50 per plate event during a campaign stop in Texas.
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U.S. Senate
U.S
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Barefoot Sanders
Dallas
Sanders
Tower
Senate
Texas
Ger” Teague
Bryan
College Station
Olin Teague
Armed Services Committee
Tower Honored Here at Lubbock Fundraiser
A Republican fund raising salute to Texas Senator John Tower drew a sellout crowd of more than 750 at the Red Raider Inn in Lubbock. Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz delivered the keynote roasts targeting the Democratic presidential nominee and “McGovern philosophy” as Bob Price of Pampa and Graham Purcell joined in supporting Tower’s campaign.
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Earl Butz
U.S
John G. Tower
Jerry McDonald
Lubbock County
Joe Don Buckner
Auris
Lubbock
Bob Price
Pampa
Graham Purcell
Butz
Pilots Crash Near Gail After Training Flight
Two Webb Air Force Base pilots ejected from a T 37 jet trainer near the Creighton Ranch south of Gail. Lt. Charles E. Henry 25 and Lt. James H. Issenman 22 landed near a farm and called base within minutes. They were on a routine training mission. cause under investigation. A board was appointed to determine the crash details.
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Avalanche Journal
Webb Air Force Base
Big Spring
Creighton Ranch
Here
Charles E. Henry
Webb
James H. Issenman
Air Force
Midland Approves One Percent City Sales Tax
Midland voters approve a one percent city sales tax by a large margin amid a budget deficit risk. Of 7 208 votes cast, 5 300 favored the tax and 1 821 opposed, officials said. The council warned a rise in ad valorem taxes would be needed otherwise to cover a 200 000 dollar shortfall.
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Midland
Nixon says no pre election halt to bombing in North Vietnam
President Nixon told reporters at the Western White House in San Clemente that there will be no pause in bombing or mining in North Vietnam until negotiations show substantial progress. He said he will not declare a troop withdrawal as an election tactic, urged a negotiated settlement, and defended ongoing air campaigns as essential to U.S. respect and bargaining power.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
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White House
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Washington
Vietnam
United States
Air Force
Indochina
North Viet
Page
Nixon faults both parties over campaign fund violations
President Nixon told a news conference there were technical violations in campaign fund handling by workers but Democrats shared guilt. he pledged to correct issues and said Republicans had no intent to violate new funding rules. He referenced a government probe into 350000 of fundraising money and called the Washington Democratic HQ bugging a bizarre incident. He stressed seeking a mandate for change that works.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Washington
John R. Dean
White House
The
Sun
McGovern Proposes $22 Billion Tax Reform Plan
In New York McGovern unveils a sweeping tax reform package that ends lower rates on capital gains, targets investment income, and promises no wage earner pays more in federal taxes. He names Rep Mills as Treasury Secretary pick amid mixed reception from the audience in the financial district.
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Associated Press
New York
George Meltion
Atennedad
Acanues Yin
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
McGovern
Weather Outlook for Lubbock Area Sunny and Warm Today
The Lubbock and Vicinity forecast calls for sunny skies and warm temperatures with no precipitation. Expect a high in the upper 80s and a low around the mid 60s with maximum sunshine. Winds will be southwest at 8 to 18 mph and humidity near 91 percent.
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