1972 Trade Deficit Seen Worst In U.S. History
Washington reports 1972 trade deficit at 6.4 billion dollars, the largest in history, with exports at 49.1 billion and imports at 55.5 billion. Commerce Dept cites devaluation, slower imports, and rising prices as factors, while the Nixon administration seeks reforms and a new approach via the world monetary system.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Washington
U.S
United States
Congress
Commerce Department
Department
Canada
Europe
Japan
Tech Air Group To Host Meet At Texas Tech Inn
The Texas Tech University Arnold Air Society chapter will host about 250 members from 10 universities across Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas for its annual area conclave at the Red Raider Inn. Lubbock officials proclaim POW MIA Week as part of the event. Brigadier General James M. Breedlove, now at Randolph AFB, will address Friday’s banquet. he is a former Reese AFB commander and Lubbock native.
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Texas Tech University
Arnold Air Society
Air Force Reserve Training Corps
ROTC
Red Raider Inn
Gary Trennepohl
Tech
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Trennepohl
Lubbock
Jack Baker
Morris Turner
Mack E. Bakery
Aerospace Studies
James M. Breedlove
Air Training Command
Zoning Case Defeated Near South Plains Mall Expansion
Nearby residents blocked a spot zoning request for commercial use on the northwest corner at 19th Street and Slide Road amid opposition from F Napier and others. Opponents warned of overconcentration of service stations and a looming gasoline shortage as new plans for apartments and commercial sites across Lubbock face scrutiny.
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Slide Road
Rothwell
19Th Street
Slider Road
F. Napier
Tom Griffith
Earl Ince, Jr
Ince
Lubbock
22Nd Street
Joliet
Knoxville
Avenue U
50Th
Kenosha
11Th Street
Indiana Avenue
Cere Street
10Th and
Avenue 8
50Th Street
Lathams
Orlando
Jim Bertram
Jordan
Lewis Garnett
Goodacre Day Realtors
2Th
Slide
Planning and Zoning Commission
Dan Wells
Arnold Gully
Wells
Gully
Ei and Loan
42Nd
Avenue R
Avenue A
Mth
Coronado High School
26Th Street
Avenue Q
Public School Administration
Erskine
North Frankford
24Th Street
Milwaukee Avenue
Frenship
Sth
Avenue 3
7Th Street
Avenue V
California Man Given 101 Year Prison Sentence
John Swift, 24, of San Francisco, was convicted of murder in the slaying of H. C. Kelly, president of the Planters' and Merchants State Bank of Hearne Texas, and sentenced to 101 years in prison. The case tied Swift to the killings of Kelly, his wife, and daughter, with accomplices also indicted.
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Waco (Ap
John Swift
San Francisco
Texas
Carl C. Anderson
Swift
H. C. Kelly
Planters’ and Mercchants State Bank
Hearne
Tex
Duran
Gurode
Adams
Oklahoma
Marvin Maxwell
Oklahoma City
Kelly
Seat Belt Law Introduced In New Mexico
In Santa Fe a Senate bill would outlaw driving without a seat belt and require a shoulder harness where available. The measure allows exemptions for some handicapped drivers and slow-moving delivery operators. Traffic safety director D K Kelly says New Mexico could be first to pass such law, noting Australia saw a 20 percent drop in highway fatalities. He expects voluntary compliance rather than police enforcement.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Senate
Traffic Safety Commission
D. K. Kelly
Australia
Kelly
Waste heat from Chinese plant warms thousands of homes
A northern China chemical plant uses its waste heat to heat thousands of housing units, saving about 6,000 tons of coal annually, according to Peking's Hainhua news agency.
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Tokyo
China
Peking
Hainhua
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