Coed Referee Makes First Call At Reese AFB
At Reese Air Force Base a SBOA member Charlotte Toombs officiated her first intramural game. The first female referee faced a tough night as cadets challenged calls and players towered over her on a crowded base gym floor.
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Perry Flippin
Avalanche-Journal
Reese
Charlotte Toombs
Reese Air Force Base
Southwestern Basketball Officials Association
SBOA
Miss Toombs
FEM
Price Commission Halts Cost Spiral on Health Fees
The Price Commission announced controls on doctors fees and hospital rates to curb rising health care costs. Physicians, dentists, labs and care facilities may raise prices an average 2.3 percent with justification. Institutional care may rise 25 percent for higher costs but 2.5 to 6 percent require IRS and Medicare reporting. over 6 percent needs IRS or commission approval. The plan includes state governors naming advisory reviewers for increases above 8 percent.
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United Reese Informations
Washington
the Price Commission
Commission
Internal Revenue Service
Jocal Medicare Agency
IRS
The
Price Commission
Commis
Jackson Grayson
Mideast Tension Reports and Belfast Gunfire Hit Patrols
An Egyptian link to a U N resolution prompts Israel to heed a warning as Middle East tensions rise again. Separately, gunfire wounds two British soldiers during a Belfast patrol amid ongoing trouble spots.
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Egypt
Israel
U.N
Mideast
Belfast
Page
Cuban gunboat attacks Miami freighter in Bahama Waters
The Cuban gunboat attacked the Panama registered Johnny Express about 109 miles off Nassau's eastern coast and rammed and strafed the freighter injuring the captain and two crewmen. Coast Guard said the vessel was operated by Bahama Lines of Miami and owned by Cuban exile brothers. The Cuban government denied wrongdoing.
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Associated Press
Miami
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Roni Wright
Johnny Press
Cuba
U.S
Wright
Johnny Express
Nha
Little Inxgua
Bahama Lines of
Fidel Castro
Manuel Alen
Bahama Lines
Alen
Lyla
Prayer Note: Understanding God's Goodness in Trouble
A reader asks for spiritual guidance acknowledging trouble and loved ones while affirming faith that God is good and hears prayers. The prayer seeks comfort and trust amid hardship.
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Gott
Gift Calf Delivers Surprise to Police Station
Detective Wayne Lave of the Public Police Department receives a wrapped Hereford calf gifted by colleagues. The 200 pound heifer, tied with blue tulle and a blue bow, was paraded to the southeast corner of 9th Street and Avenue J amid curious onlookers.
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Wayne Love
Lubbock
Love
Lamesa
Dawson County
Joe Don Buckner
Bill Mor
Avalanche-Journal
Wayne Lave
Public Police Department
9Th Street
Avenue J
Nixon Wins Bipartisan Backing for Devaluation Move
Washington leaders from both parties endorsed President Nixon’s plan to devalue the dollar pending final weekend talks with major trading partners. House and Senate leaders met in the White House and pledged congressional approval of devaluation at the official gold price when requested. Industry officials see the move as a first step toward rising exports and new jobs.
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Washington
Nixon
United States
House
Senate
White House
Congress
Mike Mansfield
GOP
Gerald R. Ford
Hand held radar paying off speeds guns down drivers
The Speedgun a palm sized police radar weighs under three pounds and runs off battery or a car lighter. About 100 units built by CMI Inc. of Mintum Colorado have been sold to police and sheriff departments in eight states and Montana State Patrol at roughly 980 dollars each. Denver police report faster arrests after tests showing the device is highly portable and accurate within one mile per hour.
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Ween
Denver
CMI, Inc
Mintum, Colo
Sheriff’s
Colorado
Timals
Oklahoma
Michigan
Missouri
Ohio
Oregon
Montana State Patrol
F. W. Markle
Jack Fritzlen
Community charity names families for Christmas effort
Mrs. Elsie Pate of Hub Homes lists several families for a Christmas appeal and contributes money as part of a Goodfellows drive. About 50 volunteers assist in delivering joy to these households.
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Elsie Pate
Goodfellows
Pate
Indians Start New Attacks on Dacca Amid Cease-Fire Plea
Indian forces pressed toward Dacca as mortars shelled the city from less than two miles away. Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi had 16 hours to capitulate, while Indian authorities awaited his response and prepared to link up near the river Lakhya for a final thrust.
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Palan
India
A.A.K. Niazi
Dacca
Defense Ministry
Sprikesman
New Delhi
Niazi
Dace
Gon Sam Manakshi
Lakhya
China
Karachi
Pakistan People's Party
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Peking
Bhutto
Washinton
Nixon
Mosons
South Asia
Congress Ends Session with Stopgap Aid Measure
Congress passed a stopgap aid resolution totaling about 29 billion dollars to operate programs until March 15 amid fights over the regular foreign aid bill. Senate and House plans to adjourn were challenged by opponents over policy and holiday recesses. Senate leaders predicted passage of a different version with roughly 450 million dollars less, while debates over salaries and admin costs continued.
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Anennnal
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
2Nd Congress
Indochina
Alan Cranston
de Calit
Tornadoes and high winds cause damage across nine states
Severe storms roared across nine midwestern and northern states late Tuesday into Wednesday, killing at least two and injuring more than 100 as North Texas suffered millions in damages. A cold front from the north may bring light snow to the Panhandle while a warm Gulf front dims precipitation along the coast. In Lubbock temperatures rose to 61 after an early low of 34.
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Arthur
Journal
Plains
Texas
South Plains
Panhandle
Colorado
New Mexico
South
Mith Plains
NWS
Gulf
Mexico
Lubbock
Weather map notes cooler Saturday with scattered clouds
Lubbock area forecast calls for a cooler afternoon with partly cloudy conditions. Expect a high in the low 60s and a low tonight in the upper 20s. Friday’s high projected in the low 10s with additional regional notes omitted.
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Lubbock and
Sicsinaay
Maxaman
Uday
Momus
Magnum Amity
Inidntsu
WEATI
Paso
Houston
Kin City
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Speedgun
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