Weaving Garment Concept Aims To Cut Clothing Costs
Dr. Amar Sawhney at Texas Tech University Plastic and Textile Research Center works on tubular weaving to produce garments as a continuous fabric. The approach pairs stretch and rigid fibers to form semi ready to wear clothing, potentially reducing middlemen and prices. He notes development is in early stages and flexible for hemming or alterations. The concept by passes cutting in favor of a seamless weave, with details on his Lubbock residence and two year stay in the U.S.
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Jerri Osborn
Avalanche-Journal
Amar Sawhney
Textile Research Center
Texas Tech University
New Delhi
India
Indus
Dr. Sawhney
U.S
Lubbock
3Rd PI
Tech
China agrees to buy two Concorde jets from UK France
Paris AP reports Communist China signed a preliminary purchase for two British French Concorde supersonic jetliners. Wang Ya xiang and Henri Ziegler signed the deal described as a firm engagement with final contract due in months.
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Paris
China
Peking
Soviet Union
Wang Ya-xiang
China Machinery Import and Export Corp
Henri Ziegler
Aerospatiale
British Aircraft Corp
Ziegler
Ence
Time Stands Still Palo Duro Canyon Like Time Machine
Avalanche-Journal staff recount Palo Duro Canyon State Scenic Park as a doorway to West Texas history and recreation. The article describes dramatic canyon walls, an 800 foot drop on Park Road 5, and past inhabitants from Coronado to the Comanches. It notes park location near Canyon and Amarillo and the River crossings along Prairie Dog Town Fork.
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Palo Duro Canyon State Scenic Park
West Texas
Park Road 5
Palo Duro Canyon
Canyon
Amarillo
Prairie Dog Town
Red River
Nixon orders faster drug crackdown progress review
President Nixon received a progress report on the narcotics crackdown in the Oval Office and urged officials to double arrests in the coming year. He noted 16 144 drug arrests in fiscal 1972 versus 8 465 in 1969 while comparing the effort to a football drive.
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Washington
Nixon
Oval Office
Myles Ambrose
Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement
Egypt says it shot down Israeli jet near Suez Canal
Egypt claimed that four Israeli Phantoms breached its air space near the Suez Canal and that one was shot down. Israel denied the claim, saying its jets dodged four Russian SAMs over the Sinai. Sadat told an ASU meeting that war with Israel was likely and that Egypt would fight alone if needed. He also ordered 15,000 Russian advisers to leave Egypt.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Israel
Sinai Peninsula
Anwar Sadat
Arab Socialist Union
ASU
Sadat
United States
Nixon
Moscow
Qantara Ismailia
ASU National Congress
Russia
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Sad Monkey Railroad
Earl Burtz
Milton Adams
Red China
Noth
Saker
Hills
Conyerts
David Butler
Avalanche-Journal Staff
Texas
Ranald Mackenzie
Plains
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
High Plains
Cibola
Fcn
Ars Hardiise
Waldred
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