Huskers Still No 1 After Big Bowl Rout
Nebraska routed Alabama 38 6 to claim top ranking as Texas was stopped by Penn State 30 6 in the Cotton Bowl Texas A M’s Sooners beat Auburn 40 22 in the Sugar Bowl and Stanford edged Michigan 13 12 in the Rose Bowl Michigan Penn State Oklahoma Alabama Auburn Stanford Nebraska are key teams and outcomes noted with major bowl results.
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Crimson Tide
Alabama
Texas
Penn State
Oklahoma
Sooners
Auburn
War Birds
Stanford
Michigan
Secret Papers Claim Roosevelt Sought War Excuse
British wartime papers released reveal President Roosevelt allegedly sought an incident to justify entering World War II. Churchill's August 1941 account notes Roosevelt wanted to provoke Congress and risk war, with orders to attack German U-boats to force an incident before Pearl Harbor.
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Avetinehe Journal News Services
London
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United States
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Nazi Germany
Churchill
Placentia Bay
Canadian
Newfoundland
War Cabinet
Congress
U.S. Navy
Atlantic
Britain
Worldly troubles visit Children of God sect
Military personnel see 5.5 percent higher pay. notes on paycheck bulges. Read across Page 15 Section A for details.
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Children of God
Smith Fumbles At Sports Event Recurs In 1971 Cotton Bowl
Texas Governor Preston Smith again mispronounced a name at the Cotton Bowl event, confusing Ara Parseghian with Penn State coach Joe Paterno remarking on the faux pas. Parseghian reportedly joked that the toughest thing at the Cotton Bowl is Gov. Smith.
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UPI
Texas
Preston Smith
Notre Dame
Ara Parseghian
Texas Sports Hall of Fame
Smith
Pennsylvania U
Penn State
Joe Paterno
Parseghian
Gov. Smith
Gov. Schmidt
Challenges Set For Court Test
Four lawsuits in Texas challenge the reapportionment plan as discriminatory. Plaintiffs include Sen. Oscar Manzy and officials from Harris and Bexar counties, alleging urban districts dilute minority voting power and violate one person, one vote. The Texas and national courts face cases pivotal to future legislative representation.
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Tyler
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Austin Court
Justice's Court
Dallas
Oscar Manzy
Houston
Curtis Graves
Harris
Houston County
San Antonio
Bexar County
Today’s Prayer Invocation Blessings and Gratitude
A reader offers a brief daily prayer thanking God for love and blessings. The plea asks to hold hearts in constant praise and gratitude, ending with Amen.
After Revelry Sober Trend Bowl Games Take Over
The New Year opens with reflection as bowl games and resolutions replace revelry. In Hawaii's Lanikai community residents hold a recovery day while Pope Paul VI calls for a new justice from Boys Town Italy. President Nixon joins Americans in viewing See SOBER Page ii.
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Associated Press
Lanikai Oan
Oahu
Hawaii
Boys Town
Italy
Paul VI
Nixon
White House
New Year Opens Quiet in Lubbock City
New Year’s Day brings a calm scene in Lubbock with church services and football bowls. The first New Year baby in a Tuuchock hospital was Tasier 9, born to Mr. and Mrs. Ted Taylor at 5 50 a.m. weighing 6 pounds 12 ounces at West Texas Hospital. Police report a quiet day, minor incidents including a drugstore entry and a gunshot wound, while downtown Lubbock sees light traffic and sparse pedestrians.
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Ted Taylor
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West Texas Hospital
Lubbock
Hub
Latchhock
Shelley Rene
Severe storm lines sweep across upper Texas coast
Heavy rains and a reported tornado moved over parts of the South Plains and the Houston area as a line of severe thunderstorms stretched from Beaumont to near Galveston. Shoppers faced closures and businesses stayed open elsewhere. No damage was reported from the tornado near Friendswood.
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Fournal
South Plains
Texas
Friendswood
Vames
Houston
Beaumont
Galveston
Weather update from Southwest region with storm warnings
Precipitation reported in Waibboek Vicinity with fair to partly cloudy conditions elsewhere. Temperatures near 60 with lows around 30. Winds 19 to 20 mph from the north. Tornado warnings issued for Harris County and surrounding areas. storm moving southeast toward Friendswood and Houston. rainfall amounts vary with isolated intensities noted in several towns.
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Bub
Naeiwdll
Lubbock
Cee
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Hereford
Levelland
Seminole
Spur
Tahoka
Amarillo
NWS
Masini
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Vendon
Friendswood
Holiday Highway Toll Rises During Long Weekend
The New Year holiday period saw a rising toll as 516 people died in roadway accidents by late Saturday night, with the National Safety Council forecasting 400 to 500 fatalities for the stretch from 6 pm Thursday to midnight today.
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United Press Internaionial
National Safety Council
United Press International
Economy Upturn Hopes Amid Inflation and Unemployment
Washington reports the Nixon administration aims to revive the economy despite high joblessness and inflation fears. Budget details and the annual economic report for 1972 are due to Congress, while a dispute over the Labor Management Public Pay Board's procedures threatens its future effectiveness.
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Arl-Cio
Heard
George Baldtland
Ts Future
Aerospace Industry
Maurice Chevalier Dies Aged French Showman Of Stage And Screen
French star Maurice Chevalier died of a heart attack Saturday at Necker Hospital Paris after kidney treatment. The longtime secretary Felix Pacquet was at his bedside as an artificial kidney aided recovery. Funeral plans called for a simple private service in a suburb near Paris with burial beside his mother. Chevalier’s career spanned revues in Paris and London, Hollywood films, and stage appearances, making him a global symbol of France.
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Associated? Press
Paris
Chevalier
Necker Hospital
AL Chevallier
Felix Pacquet
Aostar
Seta
Niu
Nial
London
Hollywood
Price Commission
Maurice Page
Hijack Suspect Held In Omaha
A United Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Newark made an unscheduled landing in Omaha. Adren Wall of Painesville Ohio was arrested by Omaha police after allegedly threatening to hijack the plane to Cuba. He was handed to the FBI and charged with air piracy.
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United Airlines
Las Vegas
Newark
Cuba
Omaha
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Adren Wall
Painesville
Ohio
FBI
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