Texans' Auto Insurance Hearing Draws 500 Protesters
Texans packed the State Insurance Board hearing in Austin to demand relief from a 14 percent average car insurance rate hike that began January 1. About 20 000 notices went out, mostly to AFL-CIO petition signers, as labor groups mobilized residents in Fort Worth and San Antonio for the session.
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Associated Press
Austin
State Insurance Board
Ned Price
Texas Afl-Cio
Organized Labor
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Massacre testimony as Calley testifies at My Lai case
Lt. William L. Calley Jr faced sharp cross examination as he described the My Lai operation and an order to move civilians. Prosecutor Aubrey M. Daniel pressed on whether Calley meant to exact the order despite Meadle’s hesitation and later found the prisoners still near the ditch.
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Cetted Press International
FT. Benning
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Calley
Aubrey M. Daniel
Daniel
Pfc
Paul D. Meadle
Daniel As
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Ash Wednesday observances across Lubbock churches
Area churches in Lubbock will observe Ash Wednesday today with services across the city. The notice references multiple sections and pages in the A-J edition, including editorials, market reports, farming, and sports. no further details are provided in the readable text.
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Lubbock
Second Unit Isolated Inside Laos
Eleven Americans were killed in Laos helicopter crashes in a single day during the allied drive against the Ho Chi Minh trail. The losses came as one Huey was shot down and two others collided, while a third OH58 helicopter was shot down in the same region.
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United Press International
Saigon
Laos
U.S
Ho Chi Minh
Lower
Panhandle
Withdrawal By '72 Urged In Senate Signal
The report notes congressional calls to withdraw by 1972 amid growing losses. It cites at least 60 American helicopters destroyed or badly damaged. Official toll rises with 40 helicopter crewmen killed, 26 wounded, 15 missing.
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U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Prayer for Church Perseverance and Protection
A Reader offers a devotional plea asking God to keep the church’s family steadfast in faith through Thy protection. The aim is avoidance of misfortune and devotion to good works for Thy glory. Amen.
Tahoka girl Deb Draper makes solo flight milestone
Deborah Draper, 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs Blang Draper of Tahoka, returned home from Lubbock with part of her shirt tail cut away to mark a pilot's milestone. The event was planned for her 16th birthday but delayed by weather.
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Perry Flippin
Avalanche-Journal
Deborah Draper
Tohoka High School
Liquor by the drink bill sent to Texas Senate floor
The bill to allow liquor by the drink in approved areas moves to the Senate floor after a 6-5 vote to send to a subcommittee. Sponsor Sen. Joe Christie defends it as revenue raising while Sen. Jim Bates questions the tax basis of the measure.
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Texas
Senate
Avalanche-Journal News Services
Austin
Don Kennard
Fort Worth
Senate Jurisprudence
Joe Christie
el Paso
Jim Bates
Edinburg
Christie
Bates
Blizzard Forces Indoor Wed At Burruss Home
Miss Lucy Burruss and Lonnie Francis Jr planned to wed at St. Andrews Episcopal Church but a blizzard forced a Burruss home ceremony. Friends tried to join in with tire chains and ski gear until snowbound guests missed the vows. Jerry Kimble and his son arrived with skimobiles to transport the couple to their new Amarillo apartment afterward.
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Associated Press
Lucy Burruss
Lonnie Francis Jr
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Burruss
John Lane
Dallas
Jerry Kimble
Hook
Amarillo
Free beer study uses human volunteers in Salisbury hospital
A Salisbury research hospital rebels traditional lab norms by using human volunteers to study more than 100 cold virus strains. Volunteers live in heated apartments with radios and free beer, while researchers seek basic data. logistics pose challenges for 30 volunteers.
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Gurney
Williams
Universal Science News
Salisbury
Eee
Nixon halts Davis Bacon act in wage curb move
Miami Beach AFI CIO chief George Meany denounces President Nixon’s suspension of the Davis Bacon Act as harming fair labor standards and workers while trying to curb inflation. Officials say about 25 billion dollars in federal projects are affected.
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Associated Press
Miami Beach
Afi-Cio
George Meany
Nixon
Building Trades Unions
Meany
America
James D. Hodgson
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Congress
Officer Shot Three Slain At Home Downstate
Fort Worth reports an officer shot as police entered a south side home. Three people were found dead and another critically wounded in a family killing described as the gunman’s work. The gunman Lewis McKinney was also in critical condition. The victims include Ethel Mae Williams 59 Lucille Newton 25 and Cleveland Williams Jr. 18. McKinney’s stepfather 62 is in critical condition. Police say McKinney recently lost his job at Bell Helicopter and his wife left him.
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United Press International
Fort Worth
Gene Berserk
J.H. Barton
Lewis McKinney
Ethel Mae Williams
Lucille Newton
Cleveland Williams Jr
Cleveland Williams
McKinney
James McKinney
Bell Helicopter
H. B. Purselley
Westmoreland to Speak at LCC Dedication Ceremony
Gen William C Westmoreland chief of staff of the U S Army will be featured speaker at Lubbock Christian College dedication ceremonies April 2 He will address at 2 pm during the dedication of the Mabee Agriculture Science Laboratory funded by the Mabee Foundation and private gifts Westmoreland born 1914 in Saxon S C trained at West Point 1936 and served in World War II Korea and Vietnam rising to Army chief of staff in 1968
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William C. Westmoreland
U.S. Army
Lubbock Christian College
F. W. Mattox
LCC
Westmoreland
U.S
Mabee Foundation
Weather map brief for Lubbock page
Readable weather map notes show high this afternoon in the 60s and low tonight in the 50s. Winds are westerly at 10 to 20 mph. Thursday expected to be in the 50s with similar wind.
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Lubbock
Westerly
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