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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1972
Page
4
Speaker Mahon argues there is not enough money in the budget to satisfy strong supporters. federal deficits arise from impractical national tasks and rising wages. He foresees slow improvements but no sudden wealth spike, and says controls will fade from political feasibility.
In Philadelphia Humphrey argued for candor and independence in, the race, backing a $5 billion space shuttle program and pledging to end the Vietnam War if elected. He warned against rising costs and noted Wallace’s Florida primary presence, while Muskie Hartke Jackson McGovern Chisholm Lindsay and McCarthy filed for various primaries. He stressed economic integrity and farm policy amid debates on defense and Vietnam.
Roger Bossley 23, an Ohio State graduate, is named general supervisor of parks for the City of Hobbs. He has worked in the Hobbs parks department since October, coming from Ashtabula Ohio.
Irving says checks deposited to H R Hughes at Swiss Credit Bank Zurich on Oct 15 1971 and Dec 14 bear Endorsement Guaranteed by Chase Manhattan Bank. He claims six figure sums amid evidence he says handwriting experts authenticated as Hughes writ ing. He criticizes a $300,000 figure as inaccurate while detailing a libel suit in Manhattan over Hughes Tool Co. and a De Hory biography. He shows a letter from Hughes praising De Hory and outlines OIC fundraising in Lubbock to aid indigent residents with new training centers.
Two officers were injured in a gun battle in Baton Rouge as protesters clashed with police. A citywide curfew 6 pm to 6 am was imposed and gasoline and alcohol sales were banned. A LSU versus Alabama game was postponed amid the confrontation.
Representative George Mahon warned that federal debt could reach a googol or even a googoplex, prompting surprise reactions. He explained a googol is 1 followed by 100 zeros, and showed a googolplex would be 1 followed by 1,000 zeros.
NRL says a Class 2 solar flare photographed by the OSO7 coronagraph showed electron and proton clouds at million-degree temps extending 20 to 40 Earth diameters and moving at 600 miles per second. Ground and front-side detectors missed it. Carnarvon Australia and observatories in Manila Voroshilov Calgeora logged supporting signals.
Voters in Lubbock Crosby Lynn Cochran Lamb and Hale Floyd and other counties choose committee members and district directors for county districts. Polling sites include courthouses city halls gin houses and community centers with multiple precincts voting for district directors and county committeemen. Some districts restrict voters by residence and precinct with special notes on Buffalo Springs Lake eligibility.
The iSparkle City Square Dance Club of Snyder sponsors an area dance at 8 p.m. Friday in the National Guards Armory in Towie Park. Caller Gary Shoemake of Tulsa Oklahoma will lead the event, having toured the nation and called festivals in multiple states. South Plains square dancers are invited.
Voters in Lubbock County go to the polls to elect three men to the Lubbock County Water Control and Improvement District board of directors. Polls run 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at six locations including the county courthouse Wolfforth Idalou Staton and Shallowater clubhouses. Incumbents Browning Kizer Rose are the only announced candidates with at least one write in candidate, and two incumbents previously lost to write ins. Voters may also cast ballots for High Plains Underground Water Conservation District directors and committeemen at these sites.
In 1969 Nixon Wins received the trophy for a fumble return wrong way safety, while NBC earned it for attempting to televise a football game and a space flight on split screen. Snyder won that year after predicting the Baltimore Colts to beat the New York Jets in Super Bowl III, a game the Jets won 16-7. London hospitals report fathers aiding delivery room morale.
The report urges tighter controls on tobacco with possible tar and nicotine limits per brand, ending subsidies, taxing, and banning certain ads. Surgeon General Jesse L. Steinfeld supports measures to protect smokers and nonsmokers, while opponents call the report misleading. Senate hearings are planned on bills limiting tar and nicotine and reviewing cigarette advertising.
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