Salvaged film preserves Raider Bowl memories
Avalanche Journal reports Tech Red Raiders and Tennessee Volunteers clashed in the Gator Bowl with echoes of a 1929 Cotton Bowl loss to St. Marys of LA. A donor provided a wartime campus film from the 1930s to the Southwest Collection at Tech, retrieved by State Rep Elmer Tarbon amid archival clearances.
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Avalanche Journal
Tenas Tech Universty
Red Raiders
Tennessee
Tech
Jonglame
St. Mary's
Los Angeles
Calif
Dallas
Southwest Collection
Elmer Tarbon
Lubbock
Tarbon
Pete Cawthen
Standby Rationing Program Unveiled
The government unveiled a coupon gasoline rationing plan to start with 35 gallons per driver and could tighten if shortages persist. Federal Energy Administrator William Simon warned he would not predict full implementation and urged high school students to reduce car use. The plan envisions a white market with coupons bought from unused allotments and aims to curb long lines at stations.
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Washington
William E. Simon
Simon
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Jackson Says He Has Been Threatened By Arab Terrorists
Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington says he has been threatened by Arab terrorists and will not be blackmailed. His staff is told to watch for letter bombs as he defends his Israel support amid the oil embargo and energy crisis. Jackson, a 1972 Democratic presidential candidate, has led energy crisis legislation.
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Seattle
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Israel
Weather Summary for Lubbock and Surrounding Areas
Fair and windy today with cooler temperatures and a night chill. Daytime high near 50, tonight’s low in the teens. windy with 15 to 20 mph north winds. Saturday expected in the 50s. Sections show regional readings for Abilene Amarillo Denver Houston and others with highs near 60s and lows in teens.
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Lubbock
M. Ryun
Water Main Break Floods City Area Near Quaker Avenue
A water main break flooded a Hats of a cotton field and covered part of Quaker Avenue in West Lubbock, halting traffic and threatening a nearby business. Two workers escaped injury as crews dammed, pumped out, and closed the feeder line, cutting water pressure within an hour and isolating the system from Shallowater valves.
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Quaker Avenue
Clovis Highway
Barrow Ditch
Lubbock
Clivis Road
Coepany
Law Head Gopump
Injarn
Quakes Avenue
Peuben McCowen
Laubbees
Nixon hails flight as symbolic gesture during energy crisis
President Nixon called the cross continental flight a symbolic gesture amid the energy crisis. The Wednesday Los Angeles trip on a regularly scheduled jumbo jet marked the first such presidential air journey while in office, drawing internal controversy. Nixon then began a working vacation at his oceanfront villa in California while FAA officials criticized last minute notices and security procedures.
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San Clealente
Calif
Papi
Nixon de Heyes
Washington
Los Angeles
Ay Nixon
Federal Aviation
Alexander Butterfield
Food Prices Jump Again and Middlemen Gain
A report shows November price increases at the retail level while middlemen margins rise for the third straight month. The USDA notes a net household food basket cost of about 312 per week, with farm values and middleman spreads shifting differently from October to November. Officials say price controls earlier affected margins and foresee continued changes in the food chain.
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Tari
U.S
USDA
WSIGA
Tasket
Gstaeath
Genh Pronkeeb
Retuvers
Fourth Body Found In Florida Grove
Deputies in Titusville search an orange grove for clues in the slaying of a young woman and locate a decomposed body, the fourth in five weeks in the area. Sheriff Wilson says the victims were found nude or partially nude and suspects a connected pattern. The latest victim was found on a wooded road two miles north of Titusville off U.S. Highway 1, about a quarter mile from the first scene.
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Titusville
Leigh Wilson
Wilson
Fter
Fred Morton
Wilson x ‘East
Business News
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Arme 4
LL White
Titus Family News
I’ ‘Ville
Arm News
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Wade Htaq
Morton
U.S. Highway 1
Dictionary
Gas Sold Only By Appointment in Small Town
In Terryville Connecticut ARCO dealer Warren Wheeler began taking appointments at the pumps to curb lengthy lines. Customers must call between 8:00 am and 9:00 am to secure a time and provide license plate details. Wheeler says the policy ends the traffic jams and stressed temper about wait times.
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Connecticut
Warren Wheeler
ARCO
Wheeler
Prayer for strength to face the coming year
A reader submits a brief prayer asking for strength and courage to endure the approaching new year, ending with Amen.
West U S Warmer Springs Through Snow Clashes
A weather update notes a new storm dumping heavy snow in the West while milder readings spread across much of the U S. A cold front pushes temperatures back into the teens tonight with a cooler outlook this weekend. The report cites eight degree readings in northern Texas and surrounding areas, with Marla the coldest spot.
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Warner
del Rio
Texas
Temple
Vsier
Marla
Ee Servier
Nust
MOST
Siquieros In Grave State In Mexican Hospital
Mexico's renowned muralist David Alfaro Siquieros remains in grave condition at a Social Security Hospital in Cuernavaca. Doctors report a chronic urological ailment complicated by pneumonia and circulatory problems as he approaches his 77th birthday.
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Cuernavaca
Mexico
UPI
David Alfaro Siquieros
Raymundo Rovira
Social Security Hospital
Siquieros
Mexico City
Veterans hit by VA red tape in Los Angeles
AP reports a massive VA clerical snafu delayed subsistence checks for veterans in Southern California, affecting 4000 to 5000 with payments resumed for over 2000 by Nixon order. Veterans, students like Dave Garcia and Sha ron Murdock, faced hunger and eviction as officials pledged rapid payment clearance by New Year.
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Los Angeles
Veterans Administration
Dave Garcia
University of Californa
Nixon
West
Hughes Indicted in Air West Takeover Fraud Scheme
Las Vegas federal grand jury charges recluse billionaire Howard Hughes and four associates with conspiracy to depress Air West stock prices to facilitate Hughes 1969 takeover. Named co conspirators include Chester Davis Robert Maheu James Hall and others. Extradition talks active as Hughes faces possible prison and fines. case links to Senate Watergate probe and Four Star interests.
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Nev
API
Howard Hughes
Igland
Hughes
Air West Airlines
Justice Department
Bahamas
Chester Davis
Summa Corp
Robert Maheu
Nevada
David B. Charnay
Four Star International Productions
Hollywood
James H. Hall
Corpon
Air West
T Hughes
Mit
HM. Greenspun
Las Veras Sun
Gypsum Board Firms Indicted in Price Fix Conspiracy
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh indicted six major gypsum board manufacturers and ten executives for price fixing and conspiracy to raise and stabilize gypsum board prices during a period before 1960 through 1974. Named defendants include US Gypsum Co., National Gypsum Co., Georgia-Pacific Corp, Rusler Gypsum Co, Cerotex Corp, Kenticote Co and multiple officers.
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U.S
US. Gypsum Co
Chicago
Graham 4. Morgan
Andrew J. Watt
National Gypsum Co
Buffalo
Colon Brown
Cofficer
J.P. Nicely
Vic
Georgia-Pavifie Corp
Portland
Ore
Willam Hi. Hunt
Rulser Gypsum Co
Oakland
Calif
Claude I. Harper
Pew
Robert A. View
Cerotex Corp
Tampa
Bis Ami
William D. Herbert
Kent
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