Skylab crew ends 28 day flight in Pacific splashdown
Skylab's first crew undocked from the space station and headed for a Pacific Ocean splashdown at 9 50 a m 834 miles southwest of San Diego after a 28 day mission. Commanders Conrad Kerwin and Weitz prepared for final undocking at 3 45 a m CDT aboard the Apollo ship. They will pass the sun earth and man data to mission control as 2 000 strong recovery team awaits aboard the Ticonderoga.
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Houston
UPI
Skylab
Charles
Pete
Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
San Diego
Earth
Man
Space Station
Ticonderoga
Kerwin
Weitz
America's 1973 Junior Miss Here For Gridiron Classic
Linda Susan Rutledge of Fort Leavenworth Kansas arrives in Lubbock to attend the Coaches All-America Game with Lubbock chamber officials greeting her and presenting a Prairie Dog Pete charm bracelet. The 18 year old is an A average student and will attend Penn State University.
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Linda Susan Rutledge
America
Lubbock Regional
Lubbock
Carrie Line
Avalanche-Journal
Gilbert
Fred F. Gilbert
West 9Th St. Plainview
Pentagon
Daily Prayer For Courage And Assurance
A reader offers a concise prayer asking for heavenly courage to face any fate while trusting that God will never abandon or forsake. The prayer ends with an Amen.
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Heavenly Father
Granberry's Candidacy Announced and Nixon Moscow Talks
Granberry formally announces his candidacy as Nixon set to revisit Moscow for a summit. Brezhnev extends invitation, signaling renewed effort toward a stable nuclear arms accord and potential reductions, with the 1974 summit the third meeting in three years.
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Washington
Nixon
Destruction
Brezhnev
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Viet Union
Thursiday
Spur Farmer and Ex-Police Officer Indicted by Grand Jury
A Spur farmer and a former Amarillo police officer face grand jury indictments. The story notes a July 1977 suspension from the metro squad for irregularities in unit reorganization and mentions broader political maneuvering ahead of the 1974 governor race. The piece ties SALT talks and U S political figures to regional campaigns and expectations.
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Spur Farmer
Amarillo
UN Uleak
Bowes
Metro
Don McKinney
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Joe Dean Bowes Jr
Bthea Couit
Texas Gubernatorial Race Cited For Leadership Change
Texas voters hear Granberry call for unifying leadership to advance progress. He notes a four year term after a constitutional change approved by voters last November. The remarks contrast with Briscoe era themes and underscore a push for fresh energy in state government.
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Texas
Granberry
Vot Jers
Bris
Police Ride-A-Long Project Expands To Daily Problems
The program started as a university partnership and now includes students and citizens riding in patrol cars. It aims to expose daily law enforcement challenges and has expanded since an incident prompted reviews of expense vouchers and program leadership. Local officials note about 30 illegal aliens were cited in related cases and a broader community relations concept remains under review.
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Sam Attlesey
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
College
Lcords
Amarillo Civil Service Board
Bowes
Oklahoma
U.S. District Attorney's Office
Pen
Ita
Enrique Boisse
San Angelo
Texas
Boisse
Tech University
J.T. Alley
Texas Tech Law School
Robert Wilson
U. S
Senate panel votes to raise Social Security funds
The Senate Finance Committee approved a 5.5 percent increase for all 28 million Social Security recipients, attached to a bill to extend the national debt ceiling. No tax hike is planned, with the plan taking effect January 1 and potential presidential veto or budget impounds hinted by Treasury Secretary Shultz.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Congress
Treasury
George ‘P. Shultz
Nixon
Puerto Vallarta
Mexico City
Mexico
Puerto Vallartations
Aeromexico
Sens
Wallace F.|ping
Monterrey
Houston
Miguel Chacon
Pacific Coast
Carlos Fernandes de Lara
Fernandez de Lara
Pacific Ocean
Seo Jet Page
Phase IV To Trail Freeze Phase IV To Trail Freeze
Washington expects a tough Phase IV post freeze stabilization with strong controls on food prices and gasoline. Herbert Stein argues the next phase will use ceilings to prevent rises, while wages remain unaffected. the end date remains flexible.
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Washington
UPI
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Stein
Nixon
White House
Health and Education Funds Restore in House Move
The House Appropriations Committee voted to restore most cuts in health and education proposed by Nixon, boosting his budget by 1.2 billion dollars. The panel sent the appropriations bill covering Labor and HEW to the House floor, preserving antipoverty programs, school aid, and health research training programs Nixon had cut.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Mystery ship Cyclops may be located depart the sea again
Retired Navy diver Dean Hawes believes he stood on the deck of the sunken vessel Cyclops, which vanished with 309 aboard in 1918. The Navy plans to relocate the wreck using the salvage ship Kittiwake as a training hunt off Virginia, while weighing Hawes claim.
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Norfolk
Navy
Dean Hawes
Bibby
Submarine Headquarters
Virginia
Kittiwake
Baltimore
Barbados
Dent Woodrow Wilson
Hawes
Cape Henry
Atlantic
Braniff Strike Looms After Talks Fail
Braniff International Airlines clerical and baggage workers represented by the Teamsters Local 19 reject a proposed settlement. A strike could begin within 48 to 72 hours, with a vote showing 87 percent opposition to the non-economic deal. Union negotiators to outline reasons and set a date at the National Mediation Board in Washington.
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Worth Wren
Avalanche-Journal
Dallas Braniff International Airlines
Bagway
Teamsters
Avalanche Journal
Braniff International Airlines
Teamsters Union Local 19
Lubbock
Braniff
National Mediation Board
Washington
Union J
Lunion and
Management
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