Margaret Chase Smith Bitter Over Senate Defeat
Margaret Chase Smith, 75, publicly laments her U S Senate defeat and withdraws from interviews as she plans to sort papers from 32 years in Congress. Close aides describe her as bitter yet focused on future work, with possible writing or public life ahead.
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Margaret Chase Smith
U.S. Senate
Washington
Maine
Senate
United States
Mrs. Smith
William C. Lewis Jr
Lewis
Smith
Charles E. Moorehead
Republican Party
State Committee
Nixon
Apollo 17 Becomes Flying Physics Lab
Geologist Harrison H. Schmitt noted orange lunar dust near crater Sulpicius Gallus as Apollo 17 mapped the surface from orbit. Cernan Schmitt and Evans supervised complex science and photography while America orbited 75 miles above the Moon, marking a record of accomplishment with extensive lunar surveying.
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Flying Physics Lab
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
America
Polamid
Cerrain
Sulpicius
Cernan
Schymi
Taurus-Littrow
Serarcy
Neil Hutchinson
Flying Physics Laboratory
Lunar
Evans
Air travel record sighted from Lubbock Regional Airport
Today in the A J Lubbock section notes a record year for air travel originating from Lubbock Regional Airport with 8 500 boardings needed to reach the target. The brief cites national and local context across sections and pages.
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Lubbock
Lubbock Regional Airport
Truman's Condition Worsens As Kidney Failure Deepens
88 year old former President Harry S Truman remained semiconscious with kidney function failing despite treatment. Doctors described his state as very serious with renal impairment and impurities building in his blood while vital signs stayed largely within normal ranges. His daughter Margaret and wife Bess traveled to Independence as a postponement affected plans to return to Washington for Christmas.
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Kansas City
Harry S .Truman
Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Harry Truman
Fresearch ‘Hospital
John Dreves
Dreves
Graham
Margaret Truman Daniel
Bess
Independence
Daniel
Washington
Prayer Message Reveres Creation of Man and Woman
A brief prayer asserts God created man and woman and asks for reverence of this gift. The reader signs as A Reader.
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Heavenly Father
Explosions Kill 21 at Weirton Coke Plant Disaster
Four blasts within a half hour ripped through a hen coke plant on an island in the Ohio River killing 21 workers and injuring 20. Ambulance owner D Amedalle described the scene as horrific with bodies mutilated and some workers missing limbs. Officials estimate damages in the millions. See plant details on Page 18.
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Weirton
W. Va
Ohio River
Robert D'Ammidalle
Steubenville
Ohio
D'Ammidalle
Lubbock Central Library May Open After Delays
The Lubbock central library at 1.35 million dollars may stay closed for six months after completion. Al Couch reports scheduling delays tied to land, parking, landscaping, and the heating cooling plant for civic centers north of 6th Street. Original plans hoped for October 1973 occupancy but bids show a 12 month build to July 1973, with further civic center delays.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
al Couch
Couch
Civic Center
6Th Street
Some Large Families Need Help
A plea from Dea Goodfellow describes an 11 member family with a single working mother facing hardship and seeks assistance. The note appears in a page 18 feature highlighting difficult family situations.
Alien Life A Possibility
Scientists in Boston gathered for a symposium on life beyond earth, sponsored by Boston University Astronomy and NASA. The discussion explored how contact with intelligent extraterrestrials might affect religion philosophy and social systems and whether humanity should pursue such contact.
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Warren E. Leary
Enterprise Science News
Boston
Earth
Boston University Department of Astronomy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Missions Set New Record In B52 Attacks On North Vietnam
U S B52 bombers carried out 16 missions in a 24 hour period near the DMZ in North Vietnam surpassing previous records as bombing intensified. Sources say 80 plus missions and 7000 tons of bombs targeted reinforcements moving toward South Vietnam with reports of up to 100 tanks and 8000 troops arriving in Quang Tri Province. Two raids hit the DMZ near Mu Gia pass linking Hanoi with Laos and the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Page 18.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Paris
Radio
United States
Hanoi
Haiphone
South Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
Dmz
Mu Gia Pass
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Lee
Tire inspection added to checks in Texas
AUSTIN AP Cars entering annual inspections after January 1 will face tire checks for the first time. Vehicles with tread under one sixteenth of an inch or exposed ply or cord will fail the state mandated inspection. Temporary repairs or large cuts and cracks will also disqualify a car.
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Austin (Ap
Department of Public Safety
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SecZon
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Dea
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Ty Epey
D. Wedges Whee
Lahbbock
Fred
Lyons
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Haze
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