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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1975
Page
1
A Friday morning report from Clovis NM describes the death of Mrs. Sarah L. Work in a Memorial Hospital area after a body was found behind a parked car near an all night store. Authorities say a felonious act led to the fatal shooting amid cold weather conditions.
In Curry County, Texas and New Mexico reports detail a murder investigation of Mrs. J Vineyard in Clovis with blood evidence at a store scene and an autopsy planned in Albuquerque. Lawmakers push a pension increase measure amid debate on constitutional ceilings, while a school relief bill advances with both houses sending similar emergency funding to aid inflation strapped districts.
Gov Dolph Briscoe sanctioned a move by a calendar producer to fix a presidential portrait issue. The John Baumgarth Co. had distributed 20,000 1975 Presidents Calendars featuring Nixon’s face with earlier presidents. They now offer Ford replacement pictures to paste over Nixon.
In Newport Beach California Nancy Atwater, wife of A G Atwater, was found bludgeoned and stabbed in a 55 gallon drum filled with concrete. Daniel Bedelian, a 40 year old attendant hired three months ago to care for Wrigley family, was held on suspicion of murder after blood splatter was found in the Atwater home yard.
Washington AP report shows economists and policymakers divided over recession causes and remedies. Greenspan testified before Congress forecasting unemployment near 8.5 percent this year amid inflation fears. critics urge new policies to cut joblessness and stabilize the economy.
Partly cloudy and warmer through Saturday with a high in the lower 50s and a cool night in the upper 20s. A later item recounts a grisly homicide narrative involving Atwater and a Newport Beach detective, with details about a crime scene in a bed and a reconstruction of events.
Skies clear and sunshine expected to ease the chill as Arctic air sweeps the state. Lubbock dropped to 16 with a high near 36 and trace moisture from light snow. A warming trend continues into the weekend before a new cold front Sunday with little precipitation. Shine returns on the Plains as freeze warnings persist in the Rio Grande Valley.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a 20.1 billion dollar tax cut package including 8 billion in 1974 rebates 8.3 billion in permanent cuts and 3.8 billion in business tax reductions. Rebates would relate to 10 percent of tax liability with a maximum 200 for high incomes.
A devotional note expresses gratitude to God for life and daily blessings. The writer, identified as Amon-A Reader, asks for humble thanks and acknowledgment of divine goodness in everyday moments.
Aristotle Onassis arrived in Paris with muscular disease and flu for treatment at the American Hospital in Neuilly. He traveled by Lear jet and was seen with his wife Jacqueline and daughter Christina as officials described a discreet entry amid a chorus of reporters.
Sen. William Proxmire introduces a Limousine Limitation Act to cut chauffeured officials from 800 to 27. The plan promises annual savings around 13 million dollars and covers only top leaders and key officials including the president, vice president, cabinet heads, U.S. ambassador to the UN, chief justice, speaker, Senate pro tempore, and party leaders and whips.
Josie Heath leads a critique with the American Association of University Women noting textbooks portray mothers as homebound while fathers dominate stories. A study of 1,500 children’s tales shows only two feature mothers driving, and many omit moms in outings and parks. Heath tours the Denver Boulder area with a slide show urging change to reflect women’s ambitions.
Washington AP Sen Henry M Jackson of Washington formally declared his candidacy for the 1876 Democratic presidential nomination promising to use the White House to aid hurting Americans. At 62 he has raised at least 1 million dollars, second only to George C Wallace among potential candidates. He announced in a five minute telecast after CBS Thursday Night Movie Dillinger.
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