31 Dec 1972
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1972
Page
1
City finance officials received a state comptroller breakdown covering the three months ending June 30. LubbockSales tax totaled 760000 with overall county outlays of 7.49 million for eating and drinking places. Drug stores reported 2.449 million in gross sales, with taxable amounts under 886000.
Lubbock Midland and Fort Stockton museums preserve frontier history and culture of West Texas. Debra Ann Ploch heads Cotton Bowl Parade in Dallas as Mall of Cotton Homecoming. Market reports and fine arts events fill various sections. agriculture notes, school menus, and church news appear across the pages.
Weather map notes fair and warmer today for Lubbock and vicinity with increasing cloudiness tonight and Monday. Highs today and Monday near the 90s percent, southwest winds around 10 mph. Low temperatures and other data not fully legible.
In New York the legality of acupuncture hinges on physician licensing though many practitioners lack formal training. Western doctors increasingly accept acupuncture, hosting symposia and voyages to Bermuda while Chinese medicine remains underrepresented in speaker lists.
District Attorney Blair Cherry steps down to combine roles with county attorney in a reform plan. The article notes intensified shelling around the Go Heights and Go county area, with Israelis reporting air strikes and Syrian claims of civilian casualties amid cross border tension affecting local law enforcement duties.
President Nixon ordered a halt to bombing above the 20th parallel after North Vietnam signaled readiness to resume serious negotiations with Henry Kissinger. Kissinger and the North Vietnamese leaders Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy will resume talks in Paris, with technical discussions starting soon.
A reader writes a concise prayer asking divine guidance to replace self connostrousness with longing for God's kingdom, ending with Amen.
A Eastern Airlines Tristar jet crashed into the Everglades near Miami killing 97 travelers aboard with 80 survivors and many injured. NTSB Chairman John Reed said the crew reported a landing gear light problem and sought to circle at 2000 feet before landing.
Roy Arnold Hyatt 38, a serviceman for Parkinson’s Electronics, died at the scene of a head on crash three miles south of Levelland on U S 385 at 1:35 a m. Francisco Trevino of Hereford, driver of the other vehicle, was treated for minor injuries. Hyatt had lived in Levelland 20 years. Services were pending. See fatality page.
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