Landing Marks End To 'Most Perfect' Space Mission
Last Apollo 17 crew Eugene Cernan Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans returned to Earth in the America off Ticonderoga after a 12 day 13 hour 52 minute 1.48 million mile voyage. Recovery details note a bull’s eye Pacific splashdown 400 miles southeast of American Samoa at 1 25 p m CST with medical reports confirming excellent condition aside from minor skin irritations from sensors.
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Security At Airport Due Tight Reinforcement
Vaughn Hendrie reports FAA tightened airport security plans for Lubbock. Beginning Jan 5, every passenger undergoes parcel and metal checks with magnetometers while two boarding times overlap with only one officer on duty. The airport seeks three more guards, cites budget constraints, and may require police help during peak periods. The revised plan is due Jan 6 with full staffing by Feb 6.
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TECH VP resigns and named University Professor in A-J
The Lubbock paper notes the vice president for academic affairs at a local tech university resigns and is appointed the second University Professor. Other items include library staffing requests, a National Court of Appeals screening proposal, interior department coal discussion, an Irish Republic sanctuary for Northern Ireland police assassins, and assorted features from editorials to sports and horoscopes.
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IBM Bids Land Near Center for New Branch Office
International Business Machines offered 198900 for a northwest corner tract at 10th Street and Avenue C to host a new branch building. Urban Renewal Board accepted the bid. council approval expected Thursday. IBM plans two story building with 28000 square feet on site and 18000 square feet for admin and engineering. The tract is the third sold for the civic center redevelopment near Memorial Civic Center. Avenue C will be widened as western boundary. A motel and restaurant are planned on a separate parcel at 7th Street and Avenue Q. IBM will lease Citrine Center space in downtown Lab, and detailed design criteria were set by IBM.
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Odessa Grocery Robbery Turns Up Small Cash Bystander
A lone gunman wearing a baseball cap robbed Trade Way Grocery Odessa around 10 pm Tuesday night. He displayed a blue steel revolver to a female attendant and received about 176 dollars in small bills. No arrests had been made by police late Tuesday.
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Christmas Prayer Note from a Reader
A reader offers a brief Christmas prayer asking for the holiday to be celebrated with love gratitude and giving as Christmas nears. The wording reflects a church or community readership tone.
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Hanoi airs charges in Vietnam peace talks
Xuan Thuy, head of North Vietnam's negotiating team, accused the United States of blocking a peace accord drafted in October by demanding 126 changes. He charged Kissinger with distorting the truth and said secret talks would continue. Washington denied Kissinger proposed 126 changes while Thuy warned the edits would perpetuate division and force an American solution by force.
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Oil Firms Bid Record High on 119 Gulf Tracts
In New Orleans AP reports oil companies bid a record 1.673 billion dollars for 119 Gulf of Mexico tracts amid dwindling available offshore sites. Trans-Ocean group led with 108.25 million dollars in a four hour session, averaging 21 620 per acre.
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Yule Trail Riders Flash Color Across Lubbock
Hundreds of Lubbock residents joined the sixth annual Yule Trail, a tour of Christmas lights on lawns, rooftops, and windows. 680 trail riders rode 22 buses as Santa, wise men, angels, and other favorites delivered a moving, musical display tied to the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce event.
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Avalanche-Journal
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Goodfellows care highlighted amid Hub Homes story
In the Hub Homes area eleven children live without parents or grandparents as a single eldest daughter keeps the family together. A white collar Alex us Tech worker, whose wife teaches at Sanders School, reported the father is dead and the mother missing, yet the brood remains resolute. Monday morning, before daylight, many cars will See GOODFELLOWS Page 14.
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American Losses Severe as Bombing Ramps Up
U S B52 bombers led a third day of heavy air strikes on the Hanoi Haiphong axis in North Vietnam. The U S Command reported ships hit, several B52s lost or damaged, eight American crewmen listed missing, and continued large scale raids ordered by President Nixon following stalled peace talks. Hanoi radio named six B52 crewmen captured.
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Haig Confers With Thieu and Lon Nol in SEA Tour
Presidential envoy Gen. Alexander Haig met with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu in Saigon for nearly three hours and then traveled 135 miles to Phnom Penh for a session with Cambodian leader Lon Nol after the Thieu meeting. Government sources note Thieu led a National Security Council session following the talks.
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Weather Map Page 7-C Lubbock vicinity forecast
Partly cloudy today with a shift to fair skies tonight. No major temperature changes. High around 60s, low in upper 20s. NW winds 15 to 25 mph. Sunrise 7:47 a.m., sunset 5:43 p.m. Humidity peaks near 92 percent, midnight reading 62 percent. Regional highs and lows shown for several cities with a year ago comparison.
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