24 Feb 1972
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1972
Page
1
A shift from long work weeks to longer weekends and paid sabbaticals marks a social change. Automation, labor initiatives, and a weakened work ethic push Americans toward more leisure time with five holidays moved to Mondays and four-day work patterns gaining ground.
Fort Worth crowds boost Barnes as his Victory Special tours Comanche Dublin and Stephenville. He vows a farmer from Comanche County could become governor and notes strong support in Lubbock, while avoiding direct references to Gov. Preston Smith.
The League of Women Voters plans to reexamine a garbage petition as city officials report a shortage of required signatures. The move comes amid City Council actions and related city governance scrutiny.
Unnamed sources report the United States agreed to supply Venezuela with 100 air defense missiles to offset Brazil and Colombia's military edge, noting both neighbors operate Mirage jets.
Rep Wilbur Mills pushes a 2 percent Social Security increase with delayed payroll tax changes to ease current workers' take home pay while boosting benefits. The plan would raise the annual payout by about 4 million dollars and lift benefits for more than 1.7 million recipients in the first full year, with averages of 162 dollars for singles and 269 for aged couples.
A reader offers a short prayer asking for guidance to learn to live together in peace harmony love and brotherhood within one country. The message closes in Jesus name Amen.
Senator William Proxmire arrived with bandages and explained he is getting hair transplants to improve his baldness. He refused to discuss the two black eyes from two weeks earlier or grant interviews, saying the procedure has no public significance and will take about two months with treatments beginning Tuesday night.
Ronnie Weeden 22 faces murder with malice charges in Houston for the Sept 4 1970 killing of George Albert McGann in his home. Weeden says McGann fired first and was armed when a struggle for life followed as a woman and others were present.
Tass reports Luna 20, the USSR second successful Moon probe, soft landed in the Apollo area on Monday night. It drilled rock samples and placed them in a sealed container for return to Earth with a parachute landing expected Friday. Geologists hope the oldest lunar rocks will reveal the Moon's origin.
An aide said the ousted ruler Sheik Ahmed Bin Ali al Thani is angry and undecided whether to stay at his Bandar Abass palace in Iran, relocate to a $3 million Shiraz palace, or move to a $5 million Swiss villa after a coup led by his prime minister and cousin Sheik Khalifa Bin Ali al Thani. He was falconing at Bandar Abass with about 300 armed militiamen and aides.
Dallas investigators from Texas California Colorado and Utah convened a three day seminar to find common threads in abduction murders of women. Dallas County Sheriff Clarence Jones said the 40 officers compare notes on the crimes and may yield usable information. Findings expected later today with no immediate conclusions.
President Nixon hatless and gloveless braved 20s as he walked the restored Great Wall section 33 miles from Peking. He toured with Mrs Nixon, Secretary Rogers and Vice Premier Li in bright sunshine after secret talks with Premier Chou En Lai. The visit follows four hours of talks and aims at continuing Sino American contact and a possible exchange program.
In Peking a five cent Great Wall cigar remains available in the Great Hall during Nixon and Chou En-lai talks. Reporters note spittoons in the press rooms and efficient service at the Hotel of the Nationalities, nicknamed The Running Dog Hilton.
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