08 Dec 1969
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1969
Page
1
Plans for the 24th annual Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Home Christmas Lighting Contest resume today with entries accepted 8 a m to 4 30 p m through Wednesday in Exterior Window and Doorway divisions. Neighborhoods may enter Collective Groupings. 36 entries have been received so far.
A Texas Tech athletics council meeting precedes today’s expected announcement. J. T. King to be named athletic director and begin hiring a new football coach while Robison moves to another post after a board decision delayed until today.
Visitors to the city gallery collect autographs from two artists while works are on display as part of a festive event. The listing notes sections and pages for related coverage across the paper.
Washington leaders plan a heavy week with sessions through Saturday and a Sunday Proxmire panel hearing. The agenda includes defense and foreign aid bills, voting rights extensions, antipoverty measures, a 15 percent Social Security rise, and DC appropriations. The Senate aims to pass tax reform and foreign aid authorization if possible. See LAWMAKERS Page 4
A church reader offers a morning prayer asking God to cleanse hearts by the Holy Spirit and to help believers love and magnify the Lord. The prayer ends with Amen.
A Christmas appeal notes a Lubbock family with a father out of work and a hospitalised mother facing surgery. The Goodfellows, familiar in the community for 34 years, plan to ensure the two small children have a Christmas if the parents cannot provide it.
Washington D C faces disclosures on hidden provisions in the Tax Reform Act of 1969. Private interests push tailored incentives, with big corporations and foundations shaping credits and exemptions as lawmakers claim progress while uncovering new loopholes.
Rebecca the jaguar, captive 14 years in New York's Central Park Zoo, is shipped by cargo plane to the Amazon Valley. Miami collector Julia Allen Field bought the cat for 810 dollars after bidding over rival offers and plans a river journey to the wilds.
Senator Edward M Kennedy said the tax reform bill contains special provisions that will save Lockheed Aircraft Corp and McDonnell Douglas Inc millions in taxes. He cited other hidden provisions aimed at seven foundations, two universities, 19 oil pipeline companies, a Massachusetts power company, barge makers for offshore drilling, Litton Industries, Transamerica, Mobil, and Uniroyal.
Space Center Houston reports the Apollo 12 crew spent a quiet Sunday in quarantine with one day left in de briefing and three more days of isolation before postflight processing.
The Lub bock area saw snow with sporadic flurries across South Plains towns and the northwestern Panhandle. The Weather Bureau projected up to four inches in western mountains near Ruidoso with travel warnings issued. Dalhart reported ground cover Sunday night as northern Panhandle systems extended flurries through the afternoon and into night.
The Associated Press reports from Washington that President Nixon faces questions on Vietnam troop reductions at the first conference in 2.5 months. Official talk centers on small reductions so far and a possible late 1969 pullout, with Packard signaling withdrawals can continue but warning of rising enemy infiltration and a Tet season assessment.
An American veteran warns the My Lai killings could yield broader global shock, calling the event Pandora's box. Civilians express concern that harsh search and destroy tactics reflect higher policy and leadership failures, linking it to broader war conduct.
Considerable cloudiness and cold in Lubbock and vicinity with a 30 percent chance of snow today and 20 percent tonight. Daytime highs near the mid 40s and overnight lows around the mid 20s. Outlook calls for Tuesday to be partly cloudy and cool.
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