Lubbock starts 1973 with monthly LLW campaign
The Avalanche-Journal will continue the LLW effort through 1973 to highlight Lubbock's potential as a business hub. Monthly pages will feature economic indicators, industries, and civic branding, with brochures compiled from January's special pages and widespread public support already evident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock Poster Co
Continental
Braniff Airlines
LLW
Lubbock
Avalanche- Journal
Avalanche Journal
Livermore
Calif
Murieljsell
Doggett
Jim
Nity
San Fran
Cisco
Dog
Ingett
Livermore Herald News
Viet Reds to Release 27 Prisoners Sunday
Pentagon sources say North Vietnam will release 27 POWs Sunday as part of the cease fire terms. The plan calls for four increments of roughly 100 to 150 prisoners to be freed within 60 days, with initial releases near An Loc in the Central Highlands. After processing, POWs will be flown to Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines for medical exams and debriefings before onward transport to U.S. hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laos
South Vietnam
Paris
Pentagon
Vietnam
Washington (Ap
Com
An Loc
North Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Hanoi
Ree
U.S
Michel Chan A . Gauvin
Saigon
International Commission
Nomci
St Marin Clark Air Force Base
Minmam
Philippines
Clark
Wissinam'Humialy
United States
Fico
School Chief Supports Bus Driver Amid Fatal Train Collision
Littlefield police cited Artis Ray Johnson, 68, driver of the school bus involved in a fatal train collision that killed seven children. Authorities say he lacks a chauffeur's license, though school officials say he is in the process of obtaining one and had worked as a custodian prior to driving emergencies. Johnson held a Texas operator license. he first licensed in 1941 and earned a commercial license in 1959 after multiple attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Littlefield
Gary Davis
Sam Attlesey
Avalanche-Journal
Artis Ray Johnson
Department of Public Safety
Austin
Johnson
Paul I. Jones
Claude Oliver
Jones
Oliver
Texas
DPS
Blazing Navy Jet Crashes Into Alameda Apartments
A wing aflame Navy twin engine interceptor crashed into a four story Alameda apartment block. The building collapsed in flames with a second block also burning. Mayor Terry LaCroix called it the worst tragedy in Alameda as screams and burning bodies were reported by witnesses. Police described residents fleeing the first blast as fire consumed the structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda
Calif
UPI
Wayne Jones
San Francisco
Terry Lacroix
Ted Guinn
Alameda Naval Air Station
Navy
Brad Smith
House Restores Farm Plan Amid Budget Showdown
The U S House approved a plan forcing President Nixon to fund a soil program at 65 cents per day, a 251 to 142 vote, as Congress clashed over spending priorities and the White House veto risk. The action, tied to a multibillion dollar budget battle, signals a tense early stage in the fiscal fight with Senate fate uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Congress
House
America
Smith
Senate
Slaton
Littlefield
Morton
Matador
Tulsa
John Gillingham
White House
Paul Findley
RIL
Germaine
Winter Storm Hits Panhandle and South Plains
A massive late winter storm swept the Panhandle and South Plains with rain sleet and snow. Lubbock reports .22 inches moisture at 6 pm and .5 inches snow cover at 10 30 pm. Temperatures to fall to the upper teens. Travel warnings issued. 1 to 3 inches of snow expected in parts of the Panhandle Lubbock and South Plains. Leroy Chowing Floydada police dispatcher says it’s all weather with snow sleet freezing rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Arthur
Avalanche-Journal
Panhandle
South Plains
National Weather Service
Lubbock
Rocky Mountains
Central Plains
Mississippi ‘Valley
Upper
Great Lakes
Leroy Chowing
Floydada
Nixon threats big stick to curb out of line inflation
President Nixon warned in the Oval Office that a very big stick would be used to fight higher prices and taxes if wage price controls fail. The threat came after Harvard Professor John T. Dunlop’s confirmation as Cost of Living Council director amid concerns over inflation and a sluggish deficit, with Mills warning of rising costs and trade imbalances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPD
Nixon
Harvard
John T. Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
Oval Office
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means
Arkansas Democrat
Mills
Dunlop
Prayer request to remember sacrifice and sin avoidance
A reader offers a morning prayer asking guidance to remember that God gave His only Son for sins and to strive not to sin, ending with Amen.
Fieldton Area Shaken After Bus Collision Tragedy
Heavy drizzle marks a town in shock as seven Fieldton area children die when Bus No. 7 collides with an express freight train. Three children survive critically in Littlefield and Lubbock hospitals while ten more are listed as in satisfactory condition. At Pat Drake’s grocery and post office, residents express grief and remember the lost youths as a local relief fund grows to support affected families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Ellington
Avianche-Journal
Fieldton
Pat Drake
North
Littlefield
W. T
Mary) Rowan
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The
Janu
Robert R. Norris
Norris
Muriel Doggett
Wwe
Viet Reds
Kissinger
James Cox
U.S. House
Mercury
More Nic ‘Tame
Paul Jones
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