Juvenile Detention Center Hurdles Continued Debate
In Lubbock County a draft study by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency faces opposition as Judge Robert Bean questions funding for a proposed juvenile detention center. The plan estimates 525000 to build and over 200000 annually to operate, excluding land and nearby probation offices.
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Eugene Smith
Avalanche Journal
Robert Bean
Hoth District
Rod Shaw
NCCD
Cambodia Plea for U S Helicopters Amid Cambodian War Losses
The AP reports 300 American deaths in Cambodian operations as Lon Nol seeks U S helicopters and military gear. With 12 days until U S withdrawal, allied and Vietnamese losses mount and fighting nears Phnom Penh and Kompong Thom.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Angkor
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Lon Not
Washington
Nixon critic denies leaving post in commerce clash
Kenneth N. Davis Jr a fierce import restriction advocate denied resigning after a dispute with Maurice H Stans secretary of commerce Davis claimed no resignation while Stans and White House aides asserted administration support for Stans Davis suggested he might leave at Nixon's request and cited a differing memory over whether he planned to quit The Mills bill controversy loomed as Congress considered options on restricting imports
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Washington
Kenneth N. Davis Jr
White House
Nixon
Secrretary of Commerce
Sec
Maurice ‘H. Stans
Davis
Stans
Atfil
Commerce Department
New York
Hiscome
Gerald L. Warren
Administration
Congress
Rita in the ze Lubbock physicist lectures at Texas Tech
A Texas Tech physicist named Rita is scheduled to give two lectures on nuclear research. The notices appear in the page segments under Area PHYSICIST and RADIO logs. Other items include Dole’s stance on antiwar measures and U Thant’s alignment with Russia on Cambodia.
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Texas Tech
Sec
Prayer Phrase Blesses Faithful Reader Line
A reader offers a short devotional prayer committing the world and life to God and asking for wisdom and power in Jesus name. The blessing closes with Amen.
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Jesus
Patriotic Scene Lifts Coaches’ All-America Game at Jones Stadium
A giant American flag nearly seven yards wide and ten yards long dominates the east side of the damaged field at Jones Stadium for the Coaches’ All-America game. Grady Healy’s decorating firm installed the display, with more bunting and welcome signs planned. Texas Tech officials consider a “She Was Here” sign on the damaged high standards.
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Jones Stadium
Chaches’ Ai Armerica
Kimberly
Melissa Burton
Lynn Burton
47Th St
Joe Don Buckner
Grady Healy
Polk
Robison
Texas Tech
Tech
Flying Scotsman visits Dallas in ghost town tour
Britain's Flying Scotsman steams into the closed Dallas Union Depot for a special visit. The locomotive, with a cowcatcher and bell, drew railroad buffs despite 95 degree heat and a late arrival after a Waco derailment. Crew from Britain and Texas spoke of language quirks and shared coal and water challenges as the historic train toured American rails.
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Dallas
Britain
Dallas Union Depot
London
Edinburgh
Waco
Les Richards
York
British Rail
Gordon Pugh
Doncaster
England
Dan Parish
Katy
Pugh
Rain Possible Brief Respite From Torrid Spell
A weak cool front halted a string of 93 degree highs in Lubbock for Friday making it the coolest day in a week. The Weather Bureau forecast mid 90s with a 2 percent thunderstorm chance through Sunday as showers dotted the Texas coast and southeastern areas late Friday.
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Larry Cheek
Avalanche-Journal
Weather Bureau
Lubbock
Texas
Gulf Coast
Brentham
College Station
Camp Ruby
Seffshore
Gulf of Mexico
Berkeley Banks Bomber Attacks Bank of America Branches
Bombs exploded at two Bank of America branches in Berkeley, shattering dozens of windows. No injuries or major damage reported. The incidents follow antiwar demonstrations labeling the bank a symbol of capitalism.
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Berkeley
Calif
Bank of America
I Nations
Yala Vista
Cadet's Triumph Sparks Tragedy at Wolters Training
A South Vietnamese Air Force cadet died after classmates tossed him into a motel pool to celebrate his first solo flight at Wolters training school near Mineral Wells. Authorities withheld the victim’s name pending notification of relatives.
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Mineral Wells
UPN
Air Force
Wolters
Minuteman II MIRV missiles enter operation at Minot base
The Strategic Air Command announced the first Minuteman II missiles with three MIRV warheads are now in underground silos at Minot Air Force Base North Dakota. Ten missiles with 2000 pound payloads and 6100 mile range join US deterrence as talks with Russia on arms control are deemed unlikely to be affected. A high orbit reconnaissance satellite also launches, providing imaging and heat sensing to detect and respond to ICBM launches. In Calcutta region a truck crash near Barauni kills fifteen and injures forty five factory workers.
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Cambodia
Salon
U.S. Command
Air Force
Kompong Thom
Phnom Penh
Siem See
Associated Press
Washington
Minot
N.D
Strategic Air Command
Lit
Eatesna Thaninal
Missachout Witpisccives
Hiroshima
United States
Southeast Asia
Equator
J Defense
High-Flying Sentinel On Asia Patrol Launch
A secret Atlas Agena launcher sent an experimental payload into a near stationary high orbit above Southeast Asia. The projected Spacecraft carry new missile warning sensors to monitor Soviet and Chinese military activity and record troop movements and sites.
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Sentinel
Asia
John Foster
Defense Department
Congress
United States
Air Force
Cape Kennedy
Cosmonauts Endurance Flight Beats World Record
Soviet cosmonauts Adrian Nikolayev and Vitaly Sevastyanov returned to earth in Soyuz 9 after 17 days 16 hours 59 minutes in orbit setting a new American space endurance mark. They reported good health and readiness for future assignments and were welcomed by recovery crews and officials near Karaganda.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Adrian Nikolayev
Vitaly Sevastyanov
Earth
Steppes
Kazakhstan
Iman
Nikolayev
Sevastyanov
Communist Party Central Committee
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin
Tass
Karaganda
Weather Map Forecast for Lubbock and Vicinity
Twenty percent chance of thunderstorms late today and tonight. Otherwise partly cloudy through Sunday. Highs around 90s, lows in the 60s.
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Lubbock
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