Nixon blasts Congress as he heads to write State of the Union
President Nixon, in a caustic critique of the 91st Congress, flies to California with Pat to craft the State of the Union. He calls Congress do nothing and vows to push for 21 bills and a productive next term. Carl Albert defends congressional achievements amid administration flaws.
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United Press
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
91St
Congress
Pacific
Pat
el Toro Marine Air Station
White House
el Toro
San Clemente Villa
Washington
Senate
United States
House
Carl Albert
Albert
Nixon approves 1972 budget with deficit not inflationary
President Nixon outlines a fiscal 1972 plan expected to run a deficit around 10 billion dollars in a total near 230 billion, aiming for a noninflationary path via the full employment budget concept. He described an expansionary, deficit budget that will not exceed full employment revenues as economists note. Melvin R. Laird arrives in Paris on a trip that will include Vietnam troop-reduction talks.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Nixon
Paris
Melvin R. Laird
Vietnam
Residents Own Shares Co-Op City Offers A New Housing Idea
A sprawling Bronx project named Co-op City rises from 300 acres of marshland to become one of the world’s largest housing developments. It will house about 15,382 low to middle income families and grow into a sizeable mini city with high rises, townhouses, shopping centers, schools, a power plant, library, theater, and extensive garages. The United Housing Foundation drives the project as residents weigh its promise and critics call it fairly hideous.
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New York
Bronx
Co-op
New York State
Leroy Brown
United Housing Foundation
UHF
Crash Of Russian Airliner Kills Crew In Leningrad
Reports from Western sources say a Soviet Ilyushin 18 operated by Aeroflot crashed at Smolny Airport in Leningrad on New Year’s Eve. The pilot and co pilot were killed. passenger casualties unknown. The plane was en route to Yerevan and weather adjustments reduced seating to about 100.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Aeroflot
Smolny
Yerevan
Armenia
Sheremetyebo
Bitter cold grips Lubbock and Brownfield as deaths rise
An Arctic storm yields zero to subzero temperatures across West Texas with three local deaths blamed on cold and heaters. In Lubbock two residents Mr and Mrs Harry Phillips 65 die from carbon monoxide poisoning and heart attack. Brownfield adds a 54 year old woman Jewell Kuykendal found dead after an early morning fire. The cold shatters daily records with a 4 below zero low and a 27 high.
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Guadalupe Mountains
Texas
Tulsa
Lubbock
Harry Phillips
Amherst
Brownfield
Jewell P. Kuykendal
Four women victims of carbon monoxide poisoning Levelland
Levelland residents read that four women died from carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of a home incident. The report appears in Section A with updates on local deaths and safety concerns.
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Levelland
Prayer for Hearts Open to Share Love
A Reader offers a devotional plea praising God and asking for a granted new heart filled with love. The prayer seeks strength to spread the Lord’s love among fellowmen through faith and humility.
Worth Seeing Solar Show Delights Lubbock Sky
A rare sun dog lit the western sky above Lubbock Tuesday as a 25 degree afternoon offered a clear view. Dr. Don Haragan of Texas Tech noted it was his first parhelion sighting in two years in the area. The phenomenon resembles a halo and lasted until sunset. See SOLAR SHOW Page 10.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Don Haragan
Texas Tech
Seven Parcels Only Early Civic Center Land Buys Okayed
The Lubbock Urban Renewal Agency Board of Commissioners approved immediate acquisition of seven parcels in the Memorial Civic Center area with total prices of 95 450. Negotiations with owners will determine final purchases as earlier appraisals set prices for several parcels and a committee weighs destruction weather and financial factors before spring deals.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Memorial Civic Center
Lubbock
Board of Commissioners
Civic Center
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Never a dull moment Arctic life from the Arctic Circle
Tony Sudikas, a National Weather Service technician from Lubbock, recalls a 13 month tour at a Prince Patrick Island weather base in 1967 68. He describes extreme cold long work hours limited sleep and life beyond the pole. He notes staying connected with family via ham radio and keeping the base radios running. See ARCTIC LIFE Page 2
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Sudikas
Airlines seek 20 percent fare increase to reach fair return
The Air Transport Association president urged a 20 percent fare rise to generate an extra $1 billion in annual revenue to reach a 10.5 percent fair return on investment, noting only one year had achieved that level. he did not claim the increase should be demanded now or that the public would agree.
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Washington
Stuart G. Tipton
Air Transport Association
Tipton
Officer Deserts Viet Cong Ranks
A Viet Cong training officer defected and a high-ranking Communist official was killed in the final week of 1970, South Vietnamese sources reported. The officer Nguyen Quoc Cuong surrendered Christmas Eve at a defectors center in Cao Lanh. The slain official Nguyen Duc Dinh was killed December 30 during a militiaman raid on a meeting in Binh Tri in Quang Tri province.
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Saigon
Vpt
Nguyen Quoc Cuong
Cao Lanh
Nguyen Duc Dinh
Binh Tri
Quang
Tri Province
Health and Accident Insurance Ads Under Review
Insurance men urged separate rules for health and accident ads at a Texas board hearing, opposing broad standards. They favor NAIC guidelines used in over 90 states, arguing the proposed rules overstep health and accident coverage, not life insurance.
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Austin
Doc” Blanchard
Lubbock
National Association of Isurance Commissioners
NAIC
Wade Spilman
Texas Legal Reserve Officials Associa
Weather Outlook in Lubbock Area Sees Snow Chance
Increasing cloudiness and continued cold with a 20 percent chance of snow beginning tonight. Highs near 30 today and Thursday, lows in the low teens.
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Mark
Lubbock
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