Big Job for City Water System Upgrades and Plans
City crews work to upgrade aging water lines damaged by a tornado area. Projects include installing 12 inch and 4 inch mains, a new pump station on Municipal Drive, and lines from the Panhandle Construction contract. New wells, a large storage tank, and a 24 inch reclaimed water pipeline to Jones Station are in planning.
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Toledo Avenue
Wilson
Toledo
4Th Street
66Th Street
Pacta
Panhandle Construction Co
Jle
Slaton
Sand Hills
Municipal Drive
Lubbock
N. University Avenue
Kent Street
Southwestern Public Service
Jones Station
City
Joe Don Buckner
Airlift frees prisoners amid Cambodia Vietnam battles
The report details U S airlifts moving prisoners from Con Son Island to Saigon for release. It notes Viet Cong and Cambodian combat, including clashes near Hue, Kiri Rom, and Saigon as 3,000 more South Vietnamese troops arrive. Mercenary forces engage near Phnom Penh, with heavy casualties reported on both sides.
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U.S
Washington
Saigon
Cambodia
Sraka Neak
Phnom Penh
Kompong Som
South Vietnam
101St Airborne Division
Kim Rom
Phnamt Penh
Ae Rom
Srak
Nainana
Saane
Cuntry
Mekong Muta
Saizon
Con Son Island
United States
SPC plans Yoakum County branch with multi-building campus
The Texas junior college system considers a Yoakum County branch to serve area students. Plans include a library administration building gymnasium music lab student activities facilities vocational tech science labs and business instruction in a 125000 to 135000 square foot complex on about 35 acres. If annexation and bond issues pass two local residents join the SPC Board of Regents and a bond to fund the project may reach 2.8 million dollars, lowering district taxes from 59 to 38 cents.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Dallas
Callege
Odessa
Midland
SPC
Yoakum County
Territory
Baker
SPC Board of Regents
Denver City
Plains
Denver
State Coordinating Board For Colleges and Universities
South Plains
Branch College
Yoakum
Floydada
James Louis Coy
First Baptist Church
F. C. Bradley
Moore-Rose
Copprell
Alabama
Salem
Ore
UPI
Willamette University
Ruth Orlene Cunningham
Offico
Martha
Lee White
Sudan
Uninsured Driver Challenges Texas License Suspension Law
Thomas J. Lindsey sues to overturn a Texas rule suspending licenses of uninsured drivers in accidents with damages over 100 dollars. He alleges a insurance industry conspiracy to pressure uninsured motorists into low settlements, claiming equal protection and constitutional rights are violated. The case targets the Texas Department of Public Safety and city attorney as defendants.
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Dallas
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Wilson E. Speir
Alex Bickley
Lindsey
U.S
Big Thicket park plan urged as lumber cuts intensify
Senator Yarborough urged Interior Secretary Hickel to back a Big Thicket national park bill after reports of heavy logging along the thicket’s watersheds. Bush proposed a park carved from about 35 000 acres of protected areas, while hearings and tours highlighted conservation concerns and opposition from timber interests.
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Washington
Ralph W. Yarborough
D.tex
Interior
Walter Jo Hickel
Texas
Yarboraigt
George Bush
Serkine Warrbornah
Og Park
Congress
Yarborageh
Testing gaps cited in 1972 car emission rules debate
Middleton criticizes the 1972 procedures for likely higher emission readings than real production models. He notes testing on prototypes skews results, while government targets persist for 1975. In 1973 nitrous oxides and 1975 particulates face new regulation amid rising Holland fires reported by the Netherlands National Statistics Agency.
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Middleton
Holland
Hague
UPI
Netherlands
National Statistics Agency
Nixon visits Kentucky to rally support and discuss regional development
President Nixon arrives in Frankfort and meets with Norma at a partisan reception. About 25,000 state employees were told they could take the day off for arrival ceremonies. He plans further regional efforts through the Appalachian Regional Commission to boost economic development and engage with the public outside the cabinet room.
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Nixon
Norma
Thes
Frankfort
Strike Deadline Slated By Union Against Daily News
The Mailers Union set a strike deadline for 12:01 a m Friday against the New York Daily News after 26 negotiating meetings with the Publishers' Association of New York since February 10. The contract with several papers expired March 30, and Times Publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger warned that a Daily News strike could halt Times publication as in past walkouts. A further mediation session is planned Wednesday to avert action.
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NEW York
UPD
Mailers Union
New York Daily News
George McDonald
New York Mailers Union No.6
Publishers’ Association of New York
the News
the Times
the Post
The
Long Island Press
Times
Arthur Ochs
Sulzberger
Daily News
Auto unions push for equity amid industry shakeup
Union leaders forecast a rosy near future as they press for equity in automotive jobs amid plant closures and wage talks. A union strike fund sits around 11 million with a projected 12 million by mid September while employer offers and overall costs, including benefits, shape the bargaining.
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Competiton
SOM Pal
GS Ines
Carninas
Automotyee
Industey
Amos General Fund
Uni
Ato Daces Nn Financial
Ems
Third Choice Garbage Site Wins Nod In Houston
Houston City Council approves Mayor Louie Welch's third proposed garbage dump site on the north side near Loop 610 after protests erase two earlier plans. The plan envisions American Refuse Systems operating the city dump once opened and includes a new ambulance service expansion with 21 ambulances and 108 firemen.
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Houston
Louie Welch
Loop 610
Welch
City I
Southside
American Refuse Systems, Inc
CR. Cook
Fire Department
Hareings
Iaston
Ols Onk
Israeli Air Raids Strike Near Suez Canal in 54th Assault
A military spokesman says 56 Israeli jets attacked Nak home bases along the Suez Canal Tuesday as Egyptian artillery pounded the canal area. An Egyptian claim says one Israeli plane was shot down while all pilots returned safely.
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United Press
tSenties
Heopsaid Keyptian
Aodstaea
Old Standard Mill Stinger Demolishes Landmark in Lubbock
The four story Old Standard Mill built in 1925 by Walter Stanton and later owned by J M Bucks Cunningham and W W Sherell is being razed after a 1964 fire and tornado damage left health hazards from underground pits. The owners bought it from SBA last January for over 15 million with plans to develop commercial buildings unless the city uses it for the Memorial Civic Center. A M-ton crane will complete the demolition after the Midland project, with the Stinger showcasing in Tuesday’s demo still the highlight.
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Blinger
Tcs
Lubbock
Walter Stanton
James M. Dadaon
Army Corps of Engineers
Osu
Corps of Engineers
SBA
J. M.bucks Cunningham
W. W. Sherell
Theml
Small Business Administration
Memorial Civic Center
Midland
Parker
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Laos
Peay
Louisville
Albert Brewer
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Robert McNair
South Carolinas
Linwood Holton
Virginia
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Kentucky
AL Lar
J. L. Copprell
Senate Interior
Yarboerouch
Besit Ont
Bush
Yarbrough
Roeven
Peter Genter
Chaplman
Phiosophy Department
North Texas State Umiversity
L.kedo
Ace Pine Island
Atr Wom
UAW
Laciard Woodiock
Woodcock
Suez
OLD Standard Mill
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