Battle Lines Drawn On Proposed Vocational-Technical School
State Rep R B McAlister pursues a bill to establish an extension campus of South Plains College in Lubbock for vocational and technical training. He cites county grants and local industry needs while opponents warn of state funded competition and impact on private business colleges. The plan aims to attract major industry and wrest regional dominance in training.
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Howard Swindle
Avalanche Journal
State
South Plains College
Lubbock
R. B. McAlister
Merriman
Business College
Lubbock Christian College
Texas Tech
McAlister
Texas
King
McAlster
Marvin Baker
Levelland
Jerin
F. W. Mattox
Glenn Barnett
South Carolina
Harris County
Burk
Merriman Business College
Eckhoff Pursues Do It Yourself Crafts In Wide Range
Earl Eckhoff of 4923 Knoxville Ave. is a prolific do it yourself hobbyist. He has done mosaics fine furniture rug hooking stained glass scrap metal sculpture shell sculpture and wax work for bronzes. He is now collecting and wearing Indian jewelry and crafts in the style of Native Americans. He travels as a traffic representative for Southern Pacific Cotton Belt and meets many people.
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Gerry Burton
Avalanche-Journal
Earl Eckhoff
Knoxville Ave
Southern Pacific Transportation Co
Cotton Belt
Kissinger to Visit Peking for Talks With Chinese Leaders
President Nixon adviser Henry A. Kissinger will travel to Peking February 15-19 for talks with Premier Chou En-lai and top Foreign Ministry officials. The trip follows a Hanoi visit and is framed as a continuation of U.S. efforts to normalize relations with the People's Republic of China and discuss Indochina peace arrangements.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Hanoi
White House
Vietnam
Kissinger
Chou En-lai
China
Indochina
United States
Ronnald L. Ziegler
Nixon
U.S
Ziegler
People's Republic of China
iMenry
A. Kissinger
People’s Republic of China
Nixon Impounds Funds, Faces Congress Over Vietnam War
Washington report details ongoing tug of war between Congress and President Nixon over war funding and impoundment actions. Murray named senior U.S. military attache in Saigon as withdrawal continues and POW negotiations proceed. More debate centers on whether Congress can curb presidential war powers.
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Washington
UPI
John E. Murray
Army
Murray
Clifton
N.J
U.S
Indochina
Congress
Vietnam
Nixon
State Department
Saigon
Thomas Jefferson
Sam J. Ervin, Jr
Dn.c
Senate
Bee
Weather Lubbock and Vicinity Partly Cloudy Then Cloudy
Partly cloudy today followed by mostly cloudy conditions Monday. Highs in the mid 60s today and Monday with a low around the mid 30s. Southwesterly winds.
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Lubbock
Managua Rebuilding Pace After Devastating Quake
Six weeks after Managua's earthquake that killed up to 12,000 and left 300,000 homeless, reconstruction begins. Refugees live in blue tents as demolition crews catalog bodies and burn unidentifiable remains. Vietnam cease-fire news and Laos air strikes are noted alongside the relief efforts.
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Managua
J. Paul Wyatt
Nicaragua
Julio Aguirre
Rolando Ruiz
Highway Department
Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Lake Managua
la Esperanza
Hope
Bedbugs Ignore Truce as Peacekeepers Complain
AP dispatch from Saigon notes cease fire observers from Poland Canada Hungary and Indonesia housed at Tan Son Nhut report swarming bedbugs in barracks. Officers cite holes in screens broken fixtures and poor meals as conditions while Canadian vehicles break down.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Ron Clarke
International Commission For Control and Supervision
Tan Son Nhut
Prayer Aims to Align Heart with Divine Grace
A devotional prayer compares God’s guidance to the North Pole steering a compass, invoking divine grace to move human feelings. The reader ends with an Amen.
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North Pole
Waiting For POWs Home From Indochina At Clark Base
At Clark Air Base in the Philippines a 2000 man U S task force works toward repatriation of prisoners of war from Indochina amid cautious optimism. Spokesmen say no instant return is assured despite Melvin Laird’s Paris peace accord claim.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Clark Air Base Hospital
Charlie Brown
U.S
Indochina
Defense
Melvin JR. Laird
Paris
Hanoi
Nixon
Laos
Army mixup leaves MIA mother hopeful for son
Mrs. Claude Stacks says she remains hopeful Raymond Stacks, 24, is alive after an Army mistake listing him off the POW roster. An Army spokesman said the incident involved a human error and an investigation will determine what happened. Raymond, a City High School football standout turned helicopter pilot, has been missing in action since Nov. 30, 1968.
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Memphis
Tenn
Army
Claude Stacks
Raymond
Indochina
3Rd Army
Ft. McPherson
Pentagon
Stacks
Laos
Life On Plains Due Study Here
Life on the South Plains centers on man, environment, and culture through millennia. Lubbock Lake Site exploration will cover 12,000 to 14,000 years ago to about 2,000 years ago under Dr. Craig C. Black, funded by a $12,000 National Geographic Society grant.
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South Plains
Millenia
Lubbock Lake
Museum At
Texas Tech
National Geographic Society
Craig C. Black
Lubbock
Wall of History
Home Locator Service Starts New Guide in Avalanche-Journal
The Avalanche-Journal launches the Home Selector Guide a new service listing homes with a keyed map of their locations in Lubbock. The guide promises a fast easy way to shop for a home and highlights a color feature on Page 10 Sec. C.
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Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
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