Beej Buyers confronted with price rise and shortages
Beef shortages and rationing rumors hit consumers as prices rose while beef sales faltered. Norval Dvorak of Packerland Packing says 1,430 cattle this week versus 1,900 normal. terminal market receipts down 16 percent. Hog receipts up. John Morrell halts all beef slaughter, layoffs rise. Gov Kneip urges end to price freeze as impact spreads nationwide.
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Associated Press
Norval Dvorak
Packerland Packing Co
Wisconsin
Dvorak
Charles Glorious
Milwaukee
John Morrell & Co
South
Prison Riot Erupts At Oklahoma Penitentiary
In McAlester Oklahoma inmates rioted seizing hostages and setting fires to more than a dozen buildings. Three inmates died late Friday and guards and inmates were injured as two guards were stabbed. Authorities said about 500 inmates were involved and gunfire cracked inside the walls. Prison physicians reported multiple injuries while hostages were not allowed examinations.
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Mcalester
Okla
API
Fii
Rafael Cott
David Hii
Cott
Sam Johnston
Park Anderson
Tim
Lawmakers Drinking Attacked at Watergate Hearing
Washington UPI reports John Ehrlichman defended spying on politicians personal habits as long as lawmakers totter onto the floor in no condition to vote. During the Senate Watergate hearing Ehrlichman argued public servants' competence can override seamy undercover work, defending White House use of Anthony Ulasewicz to investigate Kennedy affair and others.
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Washington
UPI
John D. Ehrlichman
Congress
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Ehrlichman
White House
Anthony Ulasewicz
Chappaquiddick
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Burlighman
Price Concept Approved by Cotton Interests
Washington AP report notes Senate House conferees tentatively accept lowered guaranteed prices for farmers to settle the farm bill dispute. Republican conferees say Nixon administration may approve the measure with guaranteed prices and a clause to raise them to meet rising costs, adopting House figures for a new target price concept.
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Washington
Senate House
Skylab Mission Clears Final Hurdles and Launch Nears
Skylab cleared a House backed cost framework with a target price for production and escalator costs. The crew Bean Garriott and Louisman prepared for a long stay, relaxing before briefings as the 26 story mobile space station gears up for launch.
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Taok
Aebil
Eanforces
Lelose
Kensne
Astronan’s
America
T P.m
Anita
Arabella
Mear Beaufort
S.C
Flouse
Tony
Skylab
Linilion Space Station
Bean
Earth
William C. Schneider
Donald K
Deke" Slayton
Garriott
Louisman
Bicyclist Killed Here in Suspected Hit and Run
A bicyclist was found dead in a roadside ditch along 4th Street near Marble Falls late Friday night. Police believe a hit-and-run occurred as the victim appeared injured and the driver fled the scene before investigators arrived. The body was taken to Sanders Funeral Home pending autopsy results.
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Lubbock
LeCroy
Risinger Jr
4Th Street
4Th Space 45
Frank ‘Ross
Marble Falls
Indiana
Quaker Avenues
Investi
Sanders
Justice of the Peace
Wayne
Man Picks Wrong Place To Hide In Lounge Shooting
Odessa police said a man shot Salvador Garza, 34, during a quarrel in a lounge early Friday and hid in a women's restroom. Two women talked him into surrendering. one woman turned in the gun. Garza remained in hospital with a wound near his heart as charges were pending.
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Odessa
UPD
Salvador Garza
Garza
Senate backs cap on campaign gifts and cash limits
The Senate approved a campaign finance amendment restricting individual cash contributions to a $3,000 ceiling and imposing penalties up to 10 years in jail and a $25,000 fine for embezzlement or misappropriation. Lawmakers debated whether to tighten further, with Sen. Hart proposing a $1,000 limit and $15,000 annual cap.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
D-Aw
Havi
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Ion
Howard W. Cannon
D+ Nev
Cannon
Today's Prayer Reader Blesses Courage and Guidance
A devotional fragment asks for courage to set aside personal interests and selfish motives. The prayer requests divine guidance and Thy light to lead the reader through the day.
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Amin
FATALITIES NEAR BLOODY MILESTONE IN HIGHWAY DEATHS
Washington reports a House subcommittee mission warning that by 1974 the nation will surpass two million traffic deaths since the motor car era. It criticizes highway design and maintenance, urges safety over blame on drivers, cites $383 million spent since 1967, and notes Senate House talks proposing $2 billion more to fix roads and improve state and county routes.
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Washington
House
House Public Works
National Safety Council
Subcommittee
Kim Wright
D-Tex
Senate
Earthquake shakes Nicaraguan city with no injuries reported
A strong earthquake struck a Nicaraguan city from its downtown to about 16 miles, with no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Managua remains in ruins from the December 23 quake that killed about 10,000 and caused widespread destruction.
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Richard Aversa
Lower Burrell
Memorial Park
New Kensington
Hey
Vagua
Nicaragua
Managua
Weather map page reports fair to airy conditions this weekend
Lubbock vicinity forecast shows fair to airy weather through Sunday with a slight chance of showers today and tonight. Highs in the upper 80s, tonight's lows in the mid 60s. Winds from the south and southwesterly at 3 to 15 miles per hour.
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Neopets Biaxiaara
Huaide
Inimman
Glens
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