Cease Fire Initiated In Laos Cuts In Antipoverty Funds
Thousands rallied at the Capitol to protest cuts in antipoverty funds and churning of the Office of Economic Lobbying. Rep Bella Abzug urged mobilization against the budget, while Mayors Conference leader Moon Landrieu warned against hurting the poor. Treasury Secretary Shultz and Roy Ash defended cuts before the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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D-N.y
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Moon Landriett
New Orleans
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Senate Appropriations Committee
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Roy L. Ash
Office of Management and Budget
Congress
Nixon
New York Area Power Outage Strands 1 Million Amid Substation Failure
A large blackout hit Brooklyn and Staten Island when a Greenwood substation feeder tripped, disabling power to about one million people for nearly three hours. Transit and emergency services handled elevator rescues and traffic delays while hospitals activated emergency comms as subway service largely continued with delays.
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Park Stop
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Transit Authority
Butz Defends Farmers In Food Price Boost
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz defended farmers and criticized urban newspapers for misreporting January 1973 food price data. He warned the Consumer Price Index would show a large one month food price rise, while some papers allegedly inflated the figures into 24 to 36 percent annual increases.
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UPI
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Butz
National Agricultural Outlook
CPL
Labor Department
Peris
Waar cillEty
Buzz
Agriculture
Commerce Department
Daily Prayer Excerpt Ends With Amen from Reader
A brief devotional prayer fragment asks for continual pursuit of good through God’s grace and closes with Amen. The line echoes a reader’s simple spiritual appeal.
Discussion On Center Set Today
Lubbock Urban Renewal officials urge a final decision on constructing the Early Learning Center. Council work session today and a status report Thursday will address funding and possible project changes to avoid delays and rising costs.
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Vaughn Hendrif
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Jackeele
Early Learning Commission
Orville Alderson
Civic Center
Alderson
Early Learning Center
Nolan Barnick
Techs Raiders Clinch SWC Tie In Overtime Win
Tech's Raiders edged Texas 80 76 in overtime to clinch a share of the Southwest Conference title. Baylor upset SMU 84 82 in Dallas while Arkansas defeated TCU 96 54. Coach Gerald Myers' squad leads by three games with three to play.
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Raiders
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Ustit
Baylor
SMU
Dallas
Arkansas
TCU
Gerald Myers
POWs Return Home Sparking Red Carpet Welcome
At Travis Air Force Base California former prisoners of war arrive after a long journey from Clark Air Base Philippines. Families cheer as Cmdr James Glenn Pirie leads the celebration with a salute and a message of renewed hope for their unit.
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Ohio
Kevin J. McManus
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Tex
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California
Cmdr
James Glenn Pirie
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Golden Gate Bridge
Sue Flesher
Hubert K. Flesher
Economy grows 8 percent in last quarter of 1972
The Commerce Department reports U.S. GNP rose 8 percent in Q4 1972, keeping the expansion into 1973. Full‑year 1972 output up 6.4 percent, inflation around 3 percent, with personal incomes rising and savings improving. Nixon to address economy and trade policy in a national radio speech.
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Ad_News Services
Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
Nixon
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Department
Nixon predicts history will vindicate Vietnam stance
President Nixon told the South Carolina General Assembly that history will prove America correct for sticking with Vietnam. He claimed the peace accord strengthens world peace and that the United States now leads effectively. He cited a California mother's letter praising the ceasefire and quoted a returning POW as part of his message.
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Laos Cease Fire near after decade of fighting
The Lao government and Pathet Lao reached a cease fire after more than ten years of conflict influenced by U S and North Vietnamese intervention. Details were sparse with timing unclear and a noon Vientiane time Thursday cited by Tass as possible. The move follows the Vietnam peace accord signed in Paris and comes amid ongoing raids in Laos and Cambodia.
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Laos
Tuess
Pathet Lao
U.S
Ment
Tuoss
Sonyanna Phouma
Tass
Vietnam
Pans
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Lin Nol
Cambodia
Henry Ige
Weday
Nixon
China
Northaland Magor
Kissinger
Health Aids Review Prompts Regional Planning Panel
SPAGH the South Plains Health Aides Advisory Group announced it will review all health services and facilities in a regional area stretching from Hing find Mabey to Yoakum. The panel aims to appoint officers and chairpersons as it establishes a regional planning and review commission for hospitals clinics and related providers.
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Avalanche-journal
Suimenster Committee
Tha
Wall
Tnernal
Lubbock
Joead
U Health Services
OSPAG
Hing
Mabey Ceamttes
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Yoakum
Cochran
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