Supervisors Keeping Santa Fe Trains Moving Amid Strike
Santa Fe Railroad operations in Labbeck Slaton area continue with some delay as local supervisors handle freight and crewing. About 250 union workers in Labbeck Staten area are on strike or honoring picket lines. Trains move when crews are rested. freight includes construction materials groceries steel, with no current report on food shipments.
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Santa FE
Lutcock-Slaton
Paul Buchanan
Buchanan
Bank Bills Would Have Aided Sharpstown Bank Senate Probe Says
Investigators say two 1969 bills backed by Houston financier Frank Sharp would have let Sharpstown State Bank operate with little supervision. The bills aimed to alter deposit insurance to private firms and shift oversight from the banking department to state boards, but lacked regulatory machinery. Green notes FDIC pressure on Sharp prompted the push, while large political loans cited by regulators were not yet made.
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San Antonio
Houston
Frank Sharp
Sharpstown State Bank
Senate
Hubert W. Green
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
State Finance Commission
Banking Department
State Banking Board
Green
Banking Board
SEC
Sharp
FDIC
Sharpstown Bank
Preston Smith
Gus Mutscher
National Bankers Life Insurance Company
Walkout Set Today By Steel Union
The United Steel Workers face a grim outlook as talks stall with 350000 members and a cost of living clause dispute. Rail strikes widen, paralyzing 19 carriers. Negotiations continue through the night with a possible strike at contracts expiring tonight. Local union leaders meet at 1 p.m. CDT to decide on action.
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United Press International
Washington
Nixon
Union
United Transportation Union
Santa Fe
Atdaopm
CDT
UTU
White House
United Steel Workers Union
Onn
USW
I. W. Abel
Steel‘workers
Joseph’p. Molony
Ford Foundation grant funds Harvard study for Lubbock grad
A Texas graduate student from Lubbock receives a Ford Foundation grant to continue studies at Harvard. The item notes related desegregation rulings in Lubbock and outlines other regional topics across pages in the same edition.
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Lubbock
Area Tech
Harvard
Prayer for courage and unity ends with Amen
A reader offers a brief prayer asking God for courage to face difficulties and guidance in how to treat others, closing with the name of Jesus.
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Jesus
Air Collision Kills 162 In Japan
A Japanese Air Force F86 Sabrejet collided with an Air Nippon Airways 727 over the Morioka region, killing 162 people in a disaster described as the worst in history. Pilot Yoshimi Ichikawa parachuted to safety with only 21 hours of training, while officials consider professional negligence and plan to arrest him.
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Aviation and Defense
Ichikawa
Morioka
Honshu
Tokyo
Dying Mother’s Thoughts Stolen by Young Burglary
Denver police report a thief entered Lyn Helton’s home and fled with a tape recorder holding the dying mother’s thoughts for a research project. Helton, 20, crippled by osteosarcoma, hopes to publish her insights on dying and motherhood. The family moved from Green River Wyoming to Denver for treatment.
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Lyn Helton
Helton
Lyn
Tom
Jennifer
Green River
Wyo
Apollo 15 Eyes Moon Crust Quest At Apennine Front
Apollo 15 astronauts Scott and Irwin approach the Apennine Mountains to collect lunar crust samples. Geologist Dr. Harrison Schmitt explains the Mare Imbrium origin and how the upthrown Apennine front may reveal early lunar history.
26 Injured As Jumbo Pan Am 747 Hits Runway Light
A Pan American 747 carrying 212 aboard struck a runway light on takeoff in San Francisco. Emergency landing followed after two hours circling the airport. The San Mateo County sheriff reported 26 injured, four seriously. one man lost a foot. FAA said it was the first personal injury accident for the jet.
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Pan American
San Mateo County
Federal Aviation Agency
Mao Taken Off Clothing List
London reports that Mao Tse-tung was dropped from Tailor and Cutter magazine’s list of 10 best dressed men of 1971. The publication said no tailor considered the chairman stylish enough, despite improving Western ties. Results will be announced in October.
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London
China
West
Mao Tse-tung
Tailor and Cutter
Lunar Stroll Slated Today
Apollo 15 astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin landed safely in a moon valley and began a geology led exploration near Hadley. Scott described the canyon banks and craggy terrain naming craters such as Pluton Dome and Chain, Bennett Peak and Eaglenest as they prepared to survey the lunar landscape.
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Associated Press
Space Center
Houston
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Scott
St. George
Kimball
Spur
Bennett Peak
Eaglenest
Apollo Moon Landing Report From Apollo 15 Mission
Seventh and eighth Americans land on the moon in the Apennine valley. They will spend 67 hours and conduct three treks in Rover 1 starting at 8 34 am. today, gathering 50 pounds of lunar rock. Scott and Irwin descend later after Worden fixes a loose power cable.
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Apennine
Scott
Irwin
Moon Show Aimed At Taxpayers in Apollo 15 TV climax
Space Center Houston will televise Apollo 15 live from the moon, promising 19 hours of color coverage of the moonwalk and rendezvous. Edward T. Fendell, Apollo communications chief, says viewers will see the crew talking as they talk, with footage designed to please paying viewers despite limited studio gear. Mission commander David R. Scott and lunar module pilot James Irwin will depart the Falcon for the Ser MOON Page Ip.
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Falcon
Thapawer
Fendell
David R. Scott
James RB. Irvin
Cold Front Brings Unseasonable Freeze Across Central U S
Unseasonable cold moves from Canada into the Midwest and Central Texas causing record lows in Lubbock and heavy rainfall across Central Texas. Thunderstorm warnings were issued as northward high pressure collides with warm moist air. Local towns reported record lows and several inches of rain in dawn through afternoon periods.
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Texas
Lubbock
Midwest
Agate
Nei
Canada
Bertram
Austin
Weather Update for Lubbock and Vicinity
Decreasing clouds and warmer today with highs in the 80s and a low in the middle 60s. Winds come from the southeast at 10 to 20 miles per hour.
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Lubbock
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