24 Jun 1974
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1974
Page
1
Avalanche-Journal reports amniocentesis used by Lubbock physicians to reduce infant mortality from premature lungs. Dr. Schneider notes the practice is low risk when done properly and aids in perinatal care, with sex determination as a secondary use.
After a week long filibuster the Senate schedules a Monday vote on a six point six billion tax cut with dim prospects for full approval Backers led by Edward Kennedy express hope for partial passage The package would raise the personal exemption and offer a 190 credit while a 10 percent work bonus targets families earning up to four thousand dollars annually
Charles W. Colson's planned testimony as a government witness could shape the Ehrlichman case and the Nixon presidency. Ehrlichman and three others face the Labor Day 1971 Fielding office break in and civil rights conspiracy charges, with potential long sentences if convicted.
Partly cloudy in Lubbock and vicinity with no major temperature changes today and Tuesday. A slight chance of thunderstorms mainly at night. High near 90, low in the 60s. Humidity about 36 percent. The report lists regional highs and lows across Texas cities and cloudy patterns for the period.
A brief reader prayer asks for Heavenly Father to grant strength courage and ability to carry out His will. The invocation expresses faith in divine presence and seeks guidance and grace.
Washington reports the House Judiciary Committee plans to publish an expurgated record of six weeks of secret evidence in the Nixon impeachment inquiry. Chairman Rodino and most Democrats back the move. a few Republicans oppose. Publication may wait until Ehrlichman trial starts Wednesday.
Severe storms spawned at least two tornadoes on the south side of Tucson and in southern Pima County causing one death and injuries to about 40 people. The tornadoes damaged mobile homes and a number of trailers in a mobile home park south of the city, with several more homes damaged in the county.
An American warship, the 922-foot USS Barnstable County, steamed from Port Said to Ismailia and anchored in Lake Timashah to serve as a communications and logistics hub. The transit marks the first by a U S ship through the canal since 1967 while Israel carries back forces from the Golan Heights as UN aims to complete troop disengagement with Syria within 48 hours.
President Nixon plans a Brussels NATO meeting and a Moscow summit after a Middle East tour. He relaxes at Camp David and handles White House briefings while impeachment guidance rests with his lawyers. He will sign a new Atlantic alliance declaration in Brussels and then proceed to Ottawa talks.
A major search for missing years old David Louison ended with authorities saying no foul play is suspected. Up to 4000 people searched Brockton and nearby towns around a large park while investigators pursued reports of a light colored car with California plates seen near the boy’s neighborhood.
Seth Wood of Paducah, once a bunkhouse foreman at Floyce Masterson’s F Cross Ranch, recalls starting cowboying by eight near Dalhart and earning his first pay at eleven. He rode night guard shifts, braved sleet and storms, helped drive 2,500 cattle in 1922, and once accompanied a train load to Denver pens, recalling how a hill outside Durango required splitting the train.
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