Area Emerges From Decade of Change in Lubbock and South Plains
A retrospective looks at the 1960s in Lubbock and the South Plains, detailing Texas Tech growth from 9 178 to 19 490 students, Litton plant openings, and apartment booms. It notes controversies over Texas Tech University naming, mayoral battles, and tax debates, alongside gains like the State School for the retarded, interstate highway designation, and the Canadian River water project completion in 1966 with an $85 million price tag.
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Holiday Gift Exchange Hits Stores After Christmas
Lubbock reports a post Christmas shopping surge as shoppers hit stores early morning. The feature highlights buying patterns and regional activity with a nod to related market and arts sections.
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Lubbock, Area
Reds Strike Americans In Bivouac
In Saigon the post Christmas lull ended as U S forces hit a large enemy camp near Cambodia in the biggest battle since November two miles from Cambodia and 83 miles north of Saigon. North Vietnamese troops attacked US soldiers in a night bivouac 25 miles northwest of Saigon, killing seven Americans with one grenade. Five Americans were wounded as the assault lasted under half an hour. Three enemy soldiers were confirmed dead.
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Amarillo crash kills rock group en route to Borger
Four Amarillo musicians and their equipment manager were killed when their van collided with a Santa Fe freight train at a highway crossing near Amarillo. A critically injured member was taken to St Anthony's Hospital. Investigators cited the train's speed between 35 and 43 mph.
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Lion Cubs Bring New Life to Caldwell's Children Zoo
Frank Cobb, a 1961 Texas Tech graduate and Caldwell's Children Zoo director in Tyler, visits Lubbock with his wife Delores and two children. They bring two 10 day old lion cubs Simba and Satan, plus several other animals, highlighting the zoo's 36th year and its 150 species. The zoo spans 1 acres near Rosebud City and operates April 1 to November 1.
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Lubbock
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Satan
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Rosebud City
Nixon weighing tax reform bill decision at Camp David
The White House said President Nixon will decide within days whether to sign or veto the tax reform bill as its current provisions near expiration. Press secretary Ziegler noted focus on the bill and next year's federal budget while Nixon flew to Camp David for planning with advisers in heavy snow.
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Tax Bill Deadline Pressures Nixon Before New Year
President faces a looming New Year deadline as a tax surcharge and federal levies on autos and phone service could expire Thursday if a pending bill is not signed. Ziegler says Nixon has not decided while he indicated a decision before Monday or after a ten day period.
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FAMOUS PIER RAZED Apartment Blazes Kill 21 In U S and Canada
Early morning fires hit three U S cities and Montreal killing at least 21 people including children. Steel Pier blaze in Atlantic City causes millions in damage. Firemen injured. Berkeley Township death of Mrs Alfreda Small and her five children. Six Montreal residents die in an apartment fire. explosions reported.
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Texas Tops Nation in Holiday Traffic Death Toll
Texas led the nation in traffic deaths during the Christmas travel period with 41 fatalities as weekend tolls rose. Nationwide traffic deaths reached 433 with 552 violent deaths overall. Amarillo saw a fatal collision involving a teenage rock band.
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Prayer of Courage and Faith from a Reader
A reader offers a short prayer asking divine help to be strong and courageous, trusting in God’s presence wherever they go, ending in Jesus name.
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McCain Says Vietnamization Plan Is On Track
Honolulu AP reported Gen. John McCain told Vice President Agnew at a breakfast that the Vietnamization program in Vietnam is on track and the finest effort to date. Lt. Gen. Michael Davidson also briefed Agnew before his Guam stop en route to Asia.
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Philippines
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Cold front brings snow and record chill to Texas
A powerful cold front sweeping from the Rocky Mountains into Texas downsizes temperatures into the 20s to 30s with cloudy skies and a 30 percent chance of light snow. Gusty north winds affect travel as snow and freezing rain disrupts the Plains with broader storm violence inland causing power outages and travel woes across New England and Mid-Atlantic regions.
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Oklahoma
South Plaines
Lubbock
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Big Spring
el Paso
Fort Worth
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Hanover
N.H
Massachusetts
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Rockies
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Midwest
Montana
Arizona
Nebraska
New York State
FBI Chief Hoover Reaches 75 with Open Letter to Youth
FBI Director Edgar Hoover, turning 75 on January 1, issues an Open Letter to the Youth of America. He urges young people to act positively, assume citizenship duties, and help guide the nation through a perilous yet promising decade as the country enters the 1970s.
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