Solons Face Most Difficult Session in Texas History
Lubbock lawmakers predict a tough Texas Legislature as it opens in Austin with a possible constitutional amendment to enlarge the state Senate to counter redistricting effects. The four man delegation warns a special session may be needed to restore 7.5 million in Texas Tech medical school funds and to address car personal property tax and insurance rate issues.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche Journal
State Senate
Texas
Lubbock
Austin
Senate
Texas Tech Medical School
Elmer Tarbox
Private Colleges Face Financial Dilemma As Deficits Rise
A survey by the Association of American Colleges shows private colleges shifted from surplus in 1968 to deficits by 1969 and worsening through 1970, totaling an estimated 370 million over four years. Officials urge significant federal aid, warning many institutions risk weakening American higher education.
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United Press International
Washington
Association of American Colleges
AAC
William W. Jellema
United States
Jellema
Defense Department
Nixon to loosen business depreciation for tax cut
The Nixon administration plans a deficit driven tax cut by allowing faster depreciation write offs for business equipment. The move, aimed at stimulating the economy amid unemployment, would be done via Treasury guidelines without Congress approval.
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United Press
Washington
Nixon Administration
Congress
Nixon
Treasury Department
John H. Alexander
Mudge, Rose
Enlistments in South Plains fall in 1970
In 1970 the number of area residents from the South Plains enlisting in the armed forces declined. The report notes a drop in enlistments across the Lubbock region as districts face changing draft dynamics.
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Lubbock
South Plains
Moonrover Lunokhod 1 resumes patrol on Moon
Moscow reports Lunokhod 1, the eight wheeled Soviet moonrover, crawled from a crater in the Sea of Rains and began its third patrol series. It traveled 459 feet on Friday for a total of 6 132 feet in 15 mobile patrols and set out in a new direction while all systems functioned normally.
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Moscow
Lunokhod 1
Russia
Tass
Expanded F111 Search Fails to Find Missing Jet
Texas and Oklahoma searchers and 90 planes scoured 150 mile area around Fort Worth for the FEUSA swingwing jet missing from an acceptance flight from Carswell AFB. Lt Col Stocks and Maj Gentry were the pilots as Civil Air Patrol, Carswell aircraft, and Coast Guard crews joined the effort. Crashes have previously grounded the F111 in Southeast Asia and the U S twice.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Oklahoma
FEUSA
General Dynamics At
I Carswell Air Force Base
General Dynamics
Bruce D. Stocks
Billy C. Gentry
Lubbock
Corpus Christi
Southeast Asia
United States
Dropout duo tours to seek roots of school discontent
Ezra Swerdiow and James Katz, 17, former Great Neck High juniors, quit to tour the nation in search of why they disliked school. They received a 2375 grant from the New World Foundation after discussions with educational consultants and a six week tour of public, private and underground high schools.
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Cunited Press International
Berkeley
Calif
Ezra Swerdiow
James Katz
Great Neck High School
Long Island
New York
Ezra
James
New World Foundation
Vernon Eagle
United States
Rose
Bay Area
California
Prayer for Leaders to Seek Peace Worldwide
A reader asks for divine intervention to change the minds of world leaders from war to lasting peace. The plea is offered in a simple closing prayer invoking Jesus' name.
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Heavenly Father
Jesus
Convicted killer escapes San Quentin in fog
A 31 year old inmate Joe E Davis Jr escaped San Quentin Prison in heavy fog by breaking into a barber shop, smashing a wall, and using a home made hearing device to open a safe, taking about 500 dollars. He fled the prison complex after dawn and may have climbed two fences. Davis was serving a life sentence for murder and burglary and had a good prison record.
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San Quentin
Calif
UPDA
Esc
Joe E. Davis Jr
San Francisco Bay
Davis
S.cc
Larson
Santa Clara County
Rock Piles At Triangle Ranch Linked To Disciplinarian
Oil men on the Triangle Ranch in Cattle and Foard counties chase a mystery as rock piles appear across the land. Mrs. Anne Burnett Tandy calls them Charlie Hart's work pyramids, referencing the late Triangle foreman famed for a colorful career.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Triangle Ranch
Jay Phumphrey
Burnett
Fort Worth
Jay
Anne Burnett Tandy
Miss Anne
Burk Burnett
Tom Burnett
All Men
Charlie Hart
Triangle
Charlie
South Vietnamese Drive Expands Into Cambodia Near Tay Ninh
South Vietnamese forces report heavy fighting northeast of Saigon near Tay Ninh City and announce a new 2000 man operation into eastern Cambodia. The move brings total Vietnamese troops in Cambodia to 10 500 as U S officials weigh further support while fearing a larger North Vietnamese push.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Tay Ninh City
Cambodia
Tay Ninh
South Vietnam
Parrot's Beak
Highway 1
Kompong i Trabek
Vietnam
Mekong
Laird
Sec. of
Melvin R. Laird
Neuyen van Thieu
Lon Nol
U.S
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Sce
Tech Student Rescues Boy From Icy Lake
Dennis Jones a 19 year old student at Lake Tech dashed onto thin ice at Maxey Park Lake 2:20 pm Sunday after a 6 year old boy chased ducks broke through. He crawled swam and pulled James Wilson to a small island then performed mouth to mouth resuscitation. Fire Department rescued them and the boy was admitted to Methodist Hospital in satisfactory condition.
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Texas Tech
Lubbock
Thesehild
Maxey Park Lake
Dennis Jones
29Th St
James Wilson
35Th St
Jones
Methodist Hospital
Noise sparks fatal shot at Quang Tri base in Vietnam
At the U S combat base in Quang Tri two U S Army officers argued with five enlisted men over a blaring stereo. A pistol exchange killed one major and wounded another. Three enlisted men were held for questioning as investigators probe the incident. The base imposed an early curfew.
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Bake Up Era Press
DA Nang
Vietnam
U.S. Army
U.S
Quang Triin
Quang Tri
Demilitarized Zone
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Hebert and Laird Promise Close Communications Gap
Rep J Edward Hebert incoming Armed Services chair said he and Secretary Melvin Laird understand each other thoroughly There will be no communications gap There will be a communications gap because we will do a lot of talking
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Washington
J. Edward Hebert
D-La
House ‘Armed Services Committee
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Weather Outlook for Lubbock Region This Week
The Lubbock area sees fair skies with little temperature change through Tuesday. Winds will gust 15 to 25 mph today, with highs in the upper 60s and overnight lows near 30s. Tuesday’s high should also reach the 60s.
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Ferry Odom
Houston
San Jacinto
Palacios
Beaumont
Texas
Marfa
West Texas
Dalhart
South Plains
Paducah
Aspermont
Tahoka
Big Spring
Lamesa
Levelland
Lubbock
Plains
Tulsa
Morton
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Indochina
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