Watch Firm’s Employees Accept 10 Percent Wage Cut
Hamilton Watch Co. workers approve a 10 percent pay reduction from January 11 to May 29 to shore up the company. Union president Ralph Frey says the move is tough but necessary to save the plant and jobs. Management calls it courageous and says a 6 percent raise is due in June under the existing contract.
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Lancaster
Hamilton Watch Co
America
Ralph Frey
Frey
Hamilton
James Pollock
Hamilton Jecal
Pollock
Santa Fe Plans Slaton Plains Division Consolidation
Santa Fe Railway will consolidate Slaton and Plains divisions effective June 1. About 84 percent of the payroll of 232 957 dollars monthly will stay in Slaton, with a 16 percent net decrease. Division offices move to Amarillo and 50 of 223 employees will be affected, 21 moved, J P Spears to coordinate.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Slaton
Plains
Santa Fe Railway
F. N. Stuppi
Amarillo
Stuppi
Jrailroad
Santa Fe
Chapparal
J. P. Spears
George Allen takes similar role with Redskins after Rams firing
GEORGE Allen, fired last week as coach of the Los Angeles Rams, accepts a similar position with the Washington Redskins. The note appears amid brief items from the sports section and a broader page of national and campus news.
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George Allen
Los Angeles Ramis
Washington Redskins
Sec. C
Round Five Forecast For Today
Lubbock residents endured the fourth straight day of sub freezing temperatures and were urged to brace for a fifth. Forecasters predicted a warming trend into the upper 30s by Friday with a chance of snow or drizzle. A record low stood since 4 a.m. Sunday with no freezing high yet.
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Lubbock
Fourteenth victim in cold wave asphyxiation death in Lubbock
Nathaniel Royal, 56, of 2735 E. 3rd St., was found dead. peace justice F H Bolen ruled carbon monoxide poisoning. Frigid air persisted from Arizona to Minnesota with light snows in Amarillo and headlines of subzero readings in Colorado.
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Nathaniel Royal
E. 3Rd St
F. H. Bolen
Lubbock
Arizona
Minnesota
Missing Houston area boy sought by 200 officers
Seven year old Ken Dell Lowell disappeared on the way to school. About 200 officers and volunteers searched Channelview area with horseback, helicopters, and on foot as temperatures dropped. Police fear cold exposure but suspect no foul play.
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United Press International Channel View
Ken Dell Lowell
James H. Sowell Jr
At & A.m
Wayne Dean
Harris County Sheriff's Department
Channelview
Houston
Prayer for Compassion and Scriptural Guidance
A reader offers a morning prayer asking that social outcasts be seen as humans created in God’s image. The petitioner seeks divine help to train children in Godly ways through Scripture’s nurture.
City urged to adopt land use plan for Canyon Lakes zone
Planning officials pressed for immediate adoption of general zoning objectives to guide future decisions near the Canyon Lakes recreation area in Lubbock. City Planning Director Jim Bertram warned that without a plan, adjacent development could ruin the park project, and said detailed land-use planning and possible ordinances would follow. The Planning and Zoning Commission agreed to study the proposal further.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Canyon
Lubbock
Jim Bertram
Bertram
Yellow House Canyon
Planning and Zoning Commission
Rate Cut Lets Buyers Save On Auto Loans
Chemical Bank New York Trust Co reduced rates on consumer loans including a three year 3000 auto loan saving a buyer about 90. Auto loans dropped to 5 1-2 percent while prime business loans moved to 6 1 2 percent. Morgan Guaranty Trust cut its prime rate to 6 1/4 percent for top borrowers. Mortgage Bankers Association president predicted broad easing of credit availability.
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Chemical
Iwitch Life
Morgan Guaranty Trust
Washington
Everette C. Spelman
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
Lubbock Residents Form Storm Study Group With Barographs
The Lubbock Defense Club plans to install homemade barographs and hail pads across the city to track thunderstorm pressure changes and hail distribution. Texas Tech engineer Dr. Gerald Kirby demonstrates the devices and envisions surplus barographs at about five dollars each for more units.
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Lane Arthur
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Kirby
Eugenia
Eugenia Morse
Gerald Kirby
Drug Raid Nets Three Arrested In City Apartment
City detectives and assistant district attorneys executed a late night search warrant at an apartment on 38th Street. They found numerous syringes and vials along with three bottles of pills. The three occupants, two men ages 19 and 20 and a woman, were jailed.
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38Rd Street
Crisis Seen By Barnes
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes warned Texas faces its most critical financial crisis as the 62nd legislature opens. He will delay announcing political plans until after the session, amid speculation he may run for governor or U S senator in 1972.
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United Press International
Austin
Ben Barnes
Texas
Barnes
U. S
State Senate
Laird sets plan to end combat role in Vietnam by midsummer
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird said the United States would end its combat role in South Vietnam by midsummer and shift to security, logistics, and support duties. He noted patrols may continue to counter Viet Cong threats but major offensives would stop. Some U.S. units could be withdrawn in coming months, including possible March departures from the 1st Air Cavalry.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
SEC. OF Defense
Melvin R. Laird
South Vietnam
U.S
Laird
Paris
Washington
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Saigon
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry
1St Air Cavalry Division
10St Airborne
Vietnam
101St Airborne
Nixon
David K.E. Bruce
Texas Banks Hold Record Cash On Hand Across State
State banks in Texas report the largest cash on hand in history as of year end 1970. In Lubbock deposits rose by more than 64 million from the prior year, totaling 477 million across six local banks. Analysts say Texas remains financially solid despite national recession concerns.
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Associated Press
Texas
Lubbock
Weather Cast for Lubbock and Vicinity
Continued cold today with a high near 30 and south to southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Cloudy and warmer tonight and Friday with a chance of snow showers or drizzle on Friday. Low tonight mid teens, high Friday upper teens. City forecasts include Abilene El Paso Albuquerque Hobbs Amarillo Houston Dallas Oklahoma City Denver and more.
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Abilene
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Hobbs
Amarillo
Houston
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