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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1973

Page

8

Bombings and weather highs overshadow North Vietnam news

Amid reports of intensified U S bombing near the 20th parallel and heavy raids on southern North Vietnam, officials note ongoing reconnaissance above the line while Hanoi accuses Washington of preparing for new military actions. Ice and storms disrupt travel and power across Texas and nearby states, with several fatalities in separate icy incidents and widespread transportation delays.

20Th Parallel Demilitarized Zone Hanoi North Vietnam Nhan van Army United States

Oil Operator Dies While Jogging in Tyler

Sam A. Trant 62, veteran independent oil operator and Trio Production Co. owner, died of a heart seizure Thursday while jogging around the Robert E. Lee High School track in Tyler. Deputy E M Bishop found the body around 5 35 a m. Funeral services are set for Saturday with burial in Tyler Memorial Park. The Bryan native, SMU petroleum engineering graduate and former football player, leaves a wife two sons Mike and Sam and a daughter Mrs Pat Kidd.

Tyler Tex

Cost Overrun at Clovis Airport Project Raised

Clovis commissioner Don Bonner questioned a $20 000 cost overrun on the city airport project during a regular meeting. Bob Lydick cited poor condition of the old runway base as the cause, while Bonner pressed why this wasn't found earlier. Mayor Chic Taylor Jr. urged tighter updates on cost and progress. The commission approved the Clovis Jaycees membership in Memorial Hospital Inc.

Clovis Don Bonner Clovis Airport Bob Lydick Bonner Lydick Chic Taylor Jr Clovis Jaycees Memorial Hospital Inc

Blaze Damages Three-Bedroom Home on Reel Ave

Flames ripped through a three bedroom house at 3903 Reel Ave around 4 p m causing heavy interior damage. Firefighters had it under control in thirteen minutes and traced the origin to a bedroom though the cause remains undetermined. Occupants the J K Armstrongs were moving at the time. Owner Earl Sears of Tennessee listed. Five firefighting units responded.

Reel Ave J. K. Armstrongs Earl Sears Tennessee

Moon Soil Sale Dubious On Public Support

A fragment quotes Cernan arguing that public buyers are unlikely to accept lower fuel or allowances this year due to space program influence, reflecting skepticism about Moon Soil sales and public funding attitudes.

Nixon expands cabinet role and streamlines domestic policy

President Nixon moves to add three cabinet counselors to coordinate natural resources human development and community affairs subject to Congress approval. Earl Butz becomes counselor for natural resources while Ehrlichman notes the plan as an experiment to streamline policy making. The five White House assistants Haldeman Ehrlichman Kissinger Ash and Shultz are designated to oversee unified executive branch operations.

Washington (Ap Nixon Areorgani Ehrlichman Agriculture Natural Caspar Congress White House Weinverger Uesig Henate James Lynn Desig Housing and Urban de Capitol Hill H.R. Haldeman John Ehrlichman Henry Kissinger Roy Ash George P. Shultz

Space exploration inspires renewed human horizons

Schmitt notes a shift in thinking over the last decade as humanity demonstrates the ability to travel and live beyond Earth. He believes this achievement can expand global imagination and broaden what people can admire and pursue in the universe.

Schmitt Earth

Unemployment Rate Shifts Over Year in 1973 Outlook

Month shows total 3,291,000 unemployed. Non-white unemployment drops from 9.8 to 9.6 percent, totaling 825,000. White workers gain as unemployment falls 541,000. non whites down 38,000. Bureau notes 5.2 percent rate for two months meets White House target near 5 percent by year end. Stein remains optimistic for 1973 progress.

Stein White House

Paducah Man To Get 50 Year Masons Pin

Byron A Shotts 72 of 3609 44th St Lub bock will receive his fiftieth year Masonic membership certificate during ceremonies starting at 5 p m today at Paducah Masonic Lodge No At age 21 Shotts joined the Masons in Cisco in 1922 and later moved to Lubbock becoming a 33rd degree Mason in 1969.

Kissinger Sidney Pervising Ziegler Palen Peck People’s Pentagon Jerry Gordon Defense Melvin Vietnam R. Laird Nixon U.S North Laird Capitol Hill Paducah Shotts Masonic Lodge Cisco Lubbock

Tough Airport Security Meets Public Approval

The article describes mixed public reaction to new security checks at major airports. Passengers express inconvenience, but officials in Philadelphia Detroit and Miami report acceptance and improved flow. Lui and staff highlight strategies to ease tensions and focus on weapons searches.

Detroit Daniel Norton Honolulu Hawaiian Airlines Eastern Airlines Miami

Sale Agreed for Fort Worth Newspapers Under Capital Cities

The Star-Telegram and WBAP AM FM will stay under present management with editorial independence as Carter Publications joins Capital Cities. Murphy says editors and executives retain posts and the paper will operate independently under the Carter banner. The sale could mark the largest price for communications properties in history according to Murphy.

FCC Star-Telegram Wbap Am-Fm Carter Honea Jack Butler Jack Campbell Murphy Carter Publications Capital Cities Fairchild Publications United States LIN Broadcasting Citizen.Journal Inc Arlington Citizen-Journal George W. Hawke Amon. G Carter Foundation Principa Privat Foundation Stat

Blanchard Joins Session With Lubbock Lawmaker Support

Mrs Blanchard says she will accompany him as the Lubbock legislator known as the pioneer of Texas Tech and Lubbock State School legislation attends the appreciation party with committee members named including Bruce Gentry Syd Moore Asher Thompson and others.

Helen Penney Fuller Gene Quest Bryan Williams Jim Sexton Clyde Owens Don Smith Egie Cozler Davis Armistead Wilmer Smith Leroy Elmore Iris Stinson Roy Middleton Harold Chapman

Flu Like Illnesses Sweep Nation Across Regions

The article notes rising flu like disease cases across the United States with 1450 weekly cases in Tennessee and increases in Virginia and Washington. Public health officials warn not severe but expect more, linking the outbreak to a new English strain of Type A flu related to the 1968 69 pandemic and London flu.

Nessee World Health Orgi Talion Washington Unio Virginia Ningrad Moscow Charlottsville Virginia Hospital England London Land Ohio

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