Texas Tech Medical School Funding Becomes Law
A 1971 Texas legislative measure signed in Lubbock allocates about 35 million dollars in state funds for Texas Tech University medical school construction and 150 million for UT buildings. Gov. Preston Smith presided, with legislators and university leaders recognizing a key milestone in Tech’s development within Texas higher education.
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Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Texas Tech
University of Texas
Preston Smith
Tech
Smith
Trials bogged down by protests in Seale Rackley case
The Seale Rackley kidnapping murder trial in New Haven and related San Rafael drama unfold amid long jury selection, pretrial publicity, and calls of political motivation. Critics say delays stem from demonstrations and defense challenges while justice debates rage.
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Bobby Seale
New Haven
Conn
Angela Davis-Ruchell McGee
San Rafael
Calif
Seale
Connecticut
U.S
Alex Rackley
McGee
Davis
Angela
UCLA
Less Mystery and More Trouble in a Railroad Era
The piece notes Penn Central's bankruptcy risk after losing 277 boxcars and questions the U.S. justice system amid murder indictments of five men and two women in the Joseph Yablonski case. It then honors Mrs. James Spears as Lubbock Woman of the Year for 1971 and praises the Altrusa Club. A final lurid line refers to a Houston murder over a meal dispute.
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Penn Central Railroad
Penn Central
United Mine Workers
Joseph A. Yablonski
U.S
James Spears
Lubbock
Spears
Nashville Drive
Altrusa Club
Altrusa
Jack Hightower
New Mexico Line
Wichita County
Committee On
Rhea Howard
Wichita Falls
Senator Hightower
Bailey
Baylor
Briscoe
Castro
Cottle
Dickens
Floyd
Hale
King
Lamb
Motley
Palmer
Swisher
Neck of the Woods
Austin
Jack
Houston
Texas
Voluntary Export Limits on Japan Textiles Face Doubts
Washington reports that a long running effort by the United States and Japan to limit textile exports is failing. U S producers struggle against low price Japanese goods as debates over levels and timing continue. Nixon calls for protection while seeking negotiated relief for workers.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Congress
Department of State
Nixon
State Department
Texas
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Austin
Broad hints of life and court scenes cross the pages
The piece blends reflections on aging and living with courtroom life and tax status while a feisty car buyer joke punctuates the column. It notes small price shifts in daily goods as a backdrop.
Nixon 1972 Campaign Plans Reveal White House Roles
Nixon begins shaping his 1972 bid with a front line primary strategy and a power balance at the White House. Mitchell will head the effort with Haldeman, while Dent and Rumsfeld contend for influence. Vietnam policy aims to remove U.S. combat troops early next year, risking South Vietnam stability. The piece notes the "terrible twins" Chotiner and Dent, and political maneuvering ahead of the election.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Atty
John Mitchell
Justice Department
Mitchell
Robert Finch
H. R
Bob) Haldeman
Finch
Donald Rumsfeld
Haldeman
U.S
Southeast Asia
New York Times
Vietnam
America
Murray Chotiner
Harry Dent
Dent
Republican National Committee
Chotiner
Love and War Notes in Houston Life and Humor
L M Boyd surveys Houston dating divides and a stray note on romance. A quiz on Hollywood dreams, animal biology, shirt habits, and witty language curiosities punctuates a wide ranging column filled with humor and social observations.
Mills Strategy Shapes Democratic Bid Against Nixon
In Washington, Rep. Wilbur Mills leads a Democratic push to frame policy against Nixon, arranging a voluntary Japanese textile export limit and opposing the president's import quotas. Mills and Speaker Carl Albert guide a covert “shadow Cabinet” to beat Nixon to policy credit while Democrats eye next year’s nomination. Nixon seeks compromises if the race remains open and the economy improves.
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Washington
Congress
Richard Nixon
Attila the Hun
Wilbur Mills
Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
U.S
Canny Arkansan
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
White House
New York
John Lindsay
Humphrey
George McGovern
Albert
Indochina
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United States of America
Republic
Medical School
Atlanta
David Lawrence
South
Japan Textile ‘Federation
Ways and Means
Presias
Plainsman
Jay Henry
Marianne
Johnson
Gene McCarthy
New Hampshire
McCarthy
Avenue Q
John Q. Taxpayer
John Q
Oscar Mauzy
Dallas
Mauzy
A. R. Schwartz
Mike McKool
Senate
Maury
Gil Stern
Ivan Anfulitch
Pega
Moscow
L. M. Boyd
Hollywood
St. Louis
Mercedes Benz
Delilah
Samson
P.O
Santa Monica
Paris
Andrew Tully
George Gallup
Maine
Ed Muskie
Ted Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Muskie
Kennedy
Lindsay
Sir Kennedy
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