Families greet POWs returning from Hanoi raid
Relations at Clark Air Base and across the United States celebrated as prisoners arrived in the Philippines after years of captivity. Relatives, including Joy Jeffrey of Wichita Falls, spoke by long distance with returning pilots Maj. Robert Jeffrey and his wife, recalling a reunion filled with emotion and relief.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Ireitlnd
Rober Purcell
Hus
Ita Falls
Tmce
Robert Jeffrey
Billy
Jeffrey
Larry J. Chesley
Burley
Idaho
Clark Air Force Base
Chesley
Air Force
Hanoi
United States
Clark Air Base Hospital
Loc Nigh
South Vietnam
Clark
John W. Ord
North
South
Vietnam
Laos
Maj
Marian Fortune
Air Base
City Area Braces Prison Hit For New Cold Front By Blazes
Winds to 66 mph sweep Lubbock region with dust and cooling temps. A cold front tonight lowers highs to the 50s and 40s, with snow flurries possible Panhandle area as winds shift to north. Night temps drop to mid 20s. sunshine diminishes Wednesday amid a warming trend later in the week. A travel advisory remains in effect west of San Angelo due to gusty winds and blowing dust.
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City, Area
Braces
Carrie Line
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
South Plains
National Weather Service
Panhandle
San Angelo
West Texas
Texas
Weather forecast for Lubbock area clarity today
Cloudy and mild conditions prevail in the Lubbock vicinity with temperatures falling tonight as a dry cold front moves in Winds diminish today and shift to NW Highs in the mid 50s 1 PM to midnight Maximum 60 Minimum 38 Humidity about 82 percent at midnight and 20 percent in the morning.
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Lubbock
Vile
Houston
Scotland Yard grants women full police power at last
London AP report says Scotland Yard officially ended gender limits on duty assignments. Women can now head precinct stations and homicide squads and are eligible for the commissioner’s job, reflecting a quiet, historic integration across the 21,500 officers and 787.7 square miles of metropolitan London.
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London
Scotland Yard
Yard
Metropolitan Police Force
Texans consider open records bill in tentative pass
The Texas House tentatively approved a public records bill allowing access to state and local government files for the public and press, with a final vote expected later. The measure, part of reform efforts, aims to reduce copying costs and outline an appeal process for confidential material, amid heated debate over necessity and limits.
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Senate
Denton
Price Daniel Jr
Billy Wil
Jameson
Tyler
Daniel
Williamson
Texas Department of Public Welfare
Welfare Department
Appropriations Committee
E. L. Short
D-Tahoka
Camm Lary Jr
Short
Dictionary Materialism The belief that money buys happiness
A brief note explains materialism as the idea that value in life beyond money requires money to obtain. It questions whether possessions define fulfillment and suggests balance between money and nonmaterial joys.
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Ea Family News
Aw Sports
JTV
POWs begin homeward flight from Vietnam camps
Morale rises as 143 former POWs depart captivity after Vietnam peace accord. Among them 116 from North Vietnam and 27 from three South Vietnamese prisons. One remains in Saigon for the first leg of the journey home, while the rest return under the U.S. flag and contact families by telephone.
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North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Lubbock Pays Tribute To Slain Policeman
A large crowd gathered at Broadway Church of Christ as Larry Jack Stevens 32 was buried after a Friday shootout with an ex convict. Officers from across Texas and Oklahoma attended, praising his devotion to family community and police work.
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Sam Attlesby
Avalanche-Journal
Larry Jack Stevens
Broadway Church of Christ
Downstown
Lubbock
South Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
Garnie Atkisson
Northside
Atkasson
Doyle Nelson
Bill Rutherford
Wallace Stalcup
United States devalues dollar by ten percent
Washington AP United States devalues the dollar by 10 percent to calm the international monetary crisis. Treasury Secretary Shultz says the move is immediate and aims to end weeks of European market turmoil. Japan plans to float its yen, and the US will phase out capital export controls by end of 1974.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
P. Shultz
Shultz
Japan
U.S
Canada
Great Britain
Aaid
Prayer opener blesses another day and guidance
A reader offers a brief invocation thanking God for a new day and seeking guidance to follow divine footsteps before it ends. The tone is reverent and concise. No events, dates, or persons are specified.
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Walpole
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Solons
Altice Tholder
Police and Firefighters
Doyle Willis
Fort Worth
Sears
Philip J ‘Pines
Fin
Garrie Atkisson
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