Senate weighs tax reforms and social security boosts
Senate debates early retirement incentives for doctors and a broad social security boost. Proposals include raising benefits, expanding exemptions, and a $600 to $800 personal exemption, with critics labeling provisions as costly loopholes while leaders expect a conference to trim the bill before a veto threat.
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Texas Tech forms changes in football leadership search
Board chairman King outlined a broad search for a new football coach with a one to two week window, emphasizing recruiting as immediate. Robison will oversee athletic dining hall construction and artificial turf at Jones Stadium while handling program finances and development.
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Goodfellows plea for names and funds in Lubbock drive
Time is short for listing children for the annual Goodfellows Christmas visit. Coupons are discontinued after Sunday and all names and money or coupons must reach Box 561 in Lubbock by next Wednesday. The drive, in its 25th year, aims to aid over 7 000 children with $1 fruit packs plus toys and candy.
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Avalanche Journal
Goodfellow
Lubbock
Goodfellows
Boyle Takes Early Lead In UMW Presidency Fight
Washington reports Tony Boyle held an early lead in the United Mine Workers race for president. He faces Joseph Yablonski in a battle viewed as the toughest in four decades. Unofficial returns show Boyle at 27,319 to Yablonski’s 5,?62 with only 14 of 21 districts counted.
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United Mosioe Workers
Joseph Jock’’ Yablonski
Boyle
House OKs 1.6 Billion Foreign Aid Bill Amid Turbulence
The House approved a 1.6 billion dollar foreign aid measure after a nine hour session marked by heated debate and confusion. The bill includes military aid for Nationalist China and South Korea, with a final vote of 200 to 195 sending it to the Senate.
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Silent magnetic motor prototype trains unveiled in Los Angeles
The U S Department of Transportation showcased a 30 foot long maglev prototype on a guide rail at Los Angeles Airport claiming potential to replace wheels for high speed ground transit. Tests planned in Torrance city with air cushion braking and electric induction propulsion. The device weighs 5000 pounds and uses a central linear induction motor to attract and pull along a reaction rail. Officials expect passenger service possibly in the 1970s.
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J. Department of Transportation
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Feresmen
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Los Angeles International Airport
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Torrance
Keith M. Chirgwin
Garrett Corp
Chirewin
Nixon program risks more troop withdrawals before Tet
Sources in Saigon say Nixon may hesitate to remove major combat units until there are clear indications of Communist plans for next spring. Some believe the president could keep strength steady while trimming behind the lines and support forces. Other sources note the improving South Vietnamese units and a recent slump in Communist activity, with UT Corps commanders suggesting a major unit loss might be possible if the war remains favorable.
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Nixon
UT Corps
Ban Lifted on Male Visitors at Thadan University's Dorm
Lagos Nigeria AP reports officials of the University of Thadan have lifted a ban on male visitors to the institution's single women dormitory. The move follows campus concerns and aims to address gender access in student housing.
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Nigeria
University of Thadan
Apollo 12 trio to end isolation early at Houston lab
Space Agency said Apollo 12 crew Charles Conrad Richard Gordon and Alan Bean will exit a quarantine in the Lamar Receiving Laboratory at 2:30 p.m. CST ending a month long isolation after biochem and immunological tests showed no germs. Washington officials also reviewed timing for Apollo 13 and its moon landing site, delaying final decision to today.
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Strikes Increase in Mekong Delta and Dalat Attacks
Reports detail clashes near Cai Be nine miles north of the town with seven Vietnamese soldiers killed and one wounded, while My An district suffers seven civilians and one policeman wounded by mortar fire. A theater bomb 15 miles southwest of Saigon wounds 20 civilians. A U S Army Ranger force repels an ambush near Phan Thiet and Saigon, as 27 enemy troops are reported killed. Dalat police training center hit. 13 policemen killed and 0 enemy killed. Barracks damaged. Viet Cong sappers strike Talat area from a nearby base, as North Vietnamese traffic on the Ho Chi Minh trail increases with possible 400 U S sorties expected daily.
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New Mexico Voters Slow With Margin For Proposed Constitution
At 10:55 p.m. CDT 340 of 446 precincts reported 50 823 for and 48 002 against the proposed constitution. In Curry Roosevelt and Te as counties voters split, turnout was light. The measure would cut elected offices from the attorney general secretary of state and treasurer to appointments and consolidate hundreds of boards into a governor directly responsible cabinet.
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Tea County
Bott Imst
Dewuiwerk
Curry County
Tas
Roosevelt
New Alexica
Cold snap grips South Plains with fog and low clouds
Temperatures fell to the mid 20s across the South Plains with Lubbock the state's coldest city at 26 degrees and 40 mph northwest winds driving a wind chill near 22. Amarillo stood at 28 as fog and low cloudiness persisted while an upstream cold air trough erased earlier rain prospects. Fog covered the Plainview area with a reported 100 foot ceiling late Tuesday night.
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Mrs Schaare Services Set in Austin for Lubbock Resident
Mrs Lesale J Schaare, 65, of Lubbock, formerly of Austin, died Monday in Lubbock. Services at 4 p.m. today at Trinity Baptist Church Austin with Rev Wade officiating. Burial in Capitol Memorial Gardens Austin. Survived by two daughters Alvine White and Mildred Lesko, brother Clarence Eason, sisters Goldie O Briant and Minnie Galbreth, and nine grandchildren.
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Lubbock
Trinity Baptist Church of
Alvine White
42Nd St
Mildred Irene Lesko
Babylon
N.Y
Clarence Eason
Jonestown
Goldie O'Brian
Austin
Minnie M. Galbreth
Brady
Birth Announcement From Method Hospital Details
Congratulations to the family as Monae’s daughter weighs 9 pounds 2 ounces at Method Hospital. The notice mentions the father and various relatives, with multiple names and hospital references, including West Pevis and Reese Air bases, all in a ceremonial birth record tone.
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