Solons Fear Freeze on State Salaries in Texas Session
Lawmakers debate a strong push to freeze salaries at current levels and raise college tuition as the Texas Legislature opens. Budget researchers estimate $643 million in new revenue may be needed. taxes including corporate and personal income, broader sales taxes, and higher tuition are discussed as options.
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Delwin Jones
Lubbock
R. B. McAlister
McAlister
Blanchard
Tarbox
Texas
Astronaut Trio Enters Preflight Isolation at Cape Kennedy
Apollo 14 crew Alan Shepard Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell begin a 21 day medical isolation to limit exposure before a January 31 moon launch. The 112 closely contacted personnel will stay in three restricted zones at Kennedy Space Center with minimal contact to prevent a repeat of Apollo 13 exposure.
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Alan B. Shepard Jr
Stuart A. Roosa
Edgar D. Mitchell
Kennedy Space Center
Patrick Air Force Base
Cost Factor Sparks Billing Dispute Over Water Authority
Verbal fireworks erupted Monday as Lubbock and Amarillo officials argued over operating costs for the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority project. About $2 million is at stake over the 50 year repayment, with disputes over O&M bills and cost shares. No action taken, written answers ordered.
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Av Lenche-Latinal
Plainview
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Lubbock
Amarillo
Amarillo City Mgr
John Stiff
CAMWA
J. Ray Dickey
Dickey
Stiff
O&m
Lubbeck
A. F Madison
Bonzer
Pampa
South Plains
CRMWA
Prayer note praying for faith and Christ’s rule
A reader offers a prayer of gratitude for creation and daily needs. It asks for thanksgiving and faith despite problems and for assurance that Christ’s rule will one day be realized.
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Father
Christ
Texas Tech Opens Southwest Conference Play Hosting Arkansas
In Lubbock Texas Tech starts SWC basketball with a home game against Arkansas as part of the opening schedule. County budget talks continue with planned review sessions.
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Texas Tech
Arkansas Tonight
Pes Meapecaarta
Faithful doctor survives fifth kidney transplant
Dr Chad H Calland, a 35 year old heart specialist, asked to die as he was wheeled into surgery for his fifth kidney transplant. Despite severe weight loss and he was barely able to speak, the operation proceeded and he recovered enough to return to limited work. His surgeon Dr Samuel Kouitz spent 59 hours at his side after the operation praising extraordinary faith and luck.
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Associated Press
San Rafael
Calif
Chad H. Calland
Calland
Samuel Kouitz
Cochief
University of California Medical School
Kouitz
UC Medical School
Texas Dominance in Treasury Posts
SAN CLEMENTE Calif AP Undersecretary of the Treasury Charles E Walker said he will stay on despite Texas holding the top two posts. President Nixon nominated former Democratic Gov John B Connally Jr of Texas to be secretary of the treasury. Walker said Connally asked him to stay and he agreed.
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Calif
Undersee
The
Treasury
Charles E. Walker
Department
Nixon
John B. Connally Jr
Texas
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Walker
Connally
Lubbock Council to study housing expansion with FHA homes
Northeast Lubbock council reviews a plan to let the Housing Authority buy up to 128 FHA repossessed single family homes in Cherry Point Addition to expand public housing. The effort aims to secure federal loans and house families displaced by the May 11 1970 tornado, with May 1971 as a target.
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Lubbock
Housing Authority of
City of Lubbock
Cherry Point
Guava Avenue
East Bates
East
Baylor
East Colgate
East Kell
Housing Authority
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Jack McGraw
Mi Casita Home Counseling Service
Jim Sexton
Housing Authority Board
Nixon to Honor Nebraska Cornhuskers on Lincoln Visit
President Nixon will visit the University of Nebraska Lincoln campus to honor the Cornhusker football team ranked top in postseason balloting. He will address a student faculty meeting and discuss arrival details are pending.
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Lincoln
Neb
Richard M. Nixon
University of Nebraska
Cornhusker
Joseph Soshnik
Nixon
Soshnik
Cold Front Drops Panhandle Temperatures After Mild Lubbock Day
The region saw a split in weather as Lubbock enjoyed a 70 degree afternoon while northern Panhandle readings plunged to the high 20s due to an arctic cold front stalled overhead. Wichita Falls also cooled from 70 to 38 with a 32 degree drop, and Lubbock’s 29 degree low marked the day’s only sub 30 reading. The front slowly moves south and may reach the South See NEW ARCTIC Page 8.
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Lubbock
Panhandle
Wichita Falls
National Weather Service
Arctic
Abilene _ vo
Albuquerque
Hobbs
Surgeon General Warns Prenatal Smoking Harms Unborn Babies
Dr Jesse L Steinfeld warns that maternal smoking risks fetal growth and increases pregnancy losses. He notes more women smoke today than in 1955 and urges bans on smoking in confined public places. Horace Kornegay counters with NAS findings on fetal mortality and birth weight differences.
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Associated Press
Washington
U. S
Jesse L. Steinfeld
National Interagency Council On
Steinfeld
Congress
Horace R. Kornegay
The
Tobacco Institute
National Academy of Sciences
Kornegay
Surgeon General
Spending Revenues Top Issue At Texas Legislature
The 62nd Texas Legislature opens at noon with four months of lawmaking likely to squeeze Texans' purchasing power. A major tax bill is expected to pass as lawmakers seek to raise at least 646 million to 800 million dollars for the 1972 73 biennium. Governor Preston Smith will outline tax plans January 25, while Speaker Gus Mutscher is set for re election and Senator Jack Hightower may become Senate president pro tempore. An emergency 39 million dollar welfare focused appropriation is anticipated amid broad tax discussions.
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Associated Press
Ben Barnes
Senate
Sec. of
Martin Dies Jr
House
Mutscher
Gus Mutscher
Jack Hightower
Vernon
Preston Smith
Smith
Bank Employees Slain In Holdup At Chicopee Bank
A robber shot bank manager Edward Eisenman and teller Mary J. Hammeck to death as they lay face-down on the floor in Chicopee Massachusetts. About $10 000 was taken. Two teenage witnesses described a long-haired man in a ski parka fleeing the scene. Hammeck, 48, was mother of four.
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Chicopee
Mass
Edward Eisenman
Mary J. Hammeck
Springfield
Hammeck
Weather map page reports mild temps and wind in Lubbock area
Partly cloudy today through Wednesday with highs in the mid 60s and overnight lows in the mid 20s. Winds from the south to southwest about 20 mph.
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Lubbock
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