30 Dec 1973
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1973
Page
1
The new rules require final decisions in public meetings and 72 hour notice for meetings with emergency sessions by telephone or telegram. Prohibited secret deliberations by insufficient quorums carry up to six months in jail, per Ken Jones.
The 63rd Legislature adopted a new penal code effective now, replacing horse and buggy language with concise statutes. Officials praise brevity and clearer classifications, while some caution simplification may breed unseen complications. Capital felonies carry death or life terms, including police or firefighter killings and other murder scenarios.
Federal price watch telephones drew complaints as motorists faced thin supplies and high costs. A New York incident saw a driver pay 6.42 for two gallons while others reported cars topped with water or wait times for quotas. Border Patrol in Nogales reported missing electronic devices and a theft inquiry.
Texas Tech University School of Medicine and Laidback County Hospital District review blueprints for Phase I facilities. Changes trimmed oversized areas and expanded essential spaces while keeping the same programs. Adjustments target a 250 bed teaching hospital with revised operating, radiology, and cafeteria areas.
General Motors plans indefinite layoff of 23 000 workers and 550 000 passenger car cuts by next fall to align with a projected sales drop of 8 to 12 percent from 1974. W day layoffs begin January 7 affecting 48 000 workers, with scattered plant layoffs nationwide. Trucks and small cars remain unaffected as GM boosts small car output. Chairman Richard C Gerstenberg cites Arab oil embargo and fuel uncertainty as the cause of the sales decline.
UPL Colombia reports the discovery of new oilfields in the Futumayo jungle area near the Ecuador border. The company aims for Colombia to reach petroleum self sufficiency by 1975.
President Nixon signed legislation to spur group health plans and approved a $2.6 billion measure for sewage treatment plants. He also prepared for a New Year at the Western White House with Kissinger due, while aides noted ongoing work on the State of the Union.
A reader prays for divine guidance urging truth over ignorance, bad habits, and superstition. The note emphasizes seeking freedom through clear understanding and faith.
Washington UPI reports federal energy official John Hill says few exemptions likely under gasoline rationing. Doctors clergymen and even congressmen would need to buy coupons from others if rationing starts March 1. Standby plans aim to meet about 80 percent of demand with transferable coupons to curb black markets and ease health emergency needs.
Doc Blanchard criticizes proposed rules for the Texas constitutional convention saying they would curb minority voices and empower the chair. The 51 legislators meet January 8 to draft a new constitution to be voter approved next November. House Speaker Daniel Jr. is expected as convention chair, with debates over ending the session in 90 days and limiting debate.
Elaine Spencer the City of Lubbock associate engineer is the first woman to aid in planning the city water and sewer systems. She wears a hard hat with flowers and field boots as she oversees projects from concept to completion including pumping station expansion and routing water to new developments south of Loop 280.
A terse item notes a debtor definition stating a person must have enough money for the down payment. The fragment, dated 1973, cites Ivan Sar as copyright holder.
A cold front sweeps into Texas with light snow possible in the Panhandle and Lubbock area. Temperatures may drop from the upper 40s to the middle teens tonight as windy, cloudy conditions persist and no precipitation is expected locally. The Panhandle and North Texas face further cold air and scattered snow, with winter storms elsewhere in the region.
The Israeli Labor Party mobilized 80 000 supporters with Nixon pictures on the eve of the New Year election. Ads show Meir with Nixon and a Galaxy transport delivering arms from the October war as a peace and security appeal. Opposition Likud accuses the government of errors and warns against concessions in Geneva. Public polls show Labor barely ahead of Likud.
Windy, cloudy today with highs in the upper twenties to mid thirties. Northwest winds 20 to 56 mph and gusts likely. tonight for the region low teens. Readings include humidity near 40 percent and sunrise around dawn. southwest winds shift early.
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