City Council stalls final electric rate vote
City Councilmen balked at final passage of electric rate hikes on Thursday setting up a possible showdown April 10. A motion to deny rate increases for SWPS and LP&L failed while a separate ordinance to retain 10 percent of LP&L net operating revenue for system expansion passed. Rigsby resignation timing and voting eligibility cloud decisions ahead of a special meeting on April 15.
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Avalanche-Journal
Southwestern Pubs Service Company
Lubbock Power and Light
Lp&l
Chains Ciman
Deaton Rissty
Rigsby
Nixon reshapes Pay Board after four resignations
President Nixon cut the Pay Board to seven members with four business and five public seats after four labor members resigned. Leonard Woodcock announced his quit from the board in Detroit as AFL-CIO leaders Meany and others stepped down. Woodcock urged a congressional probe into wage price policy administration amid calls to reframe the panel.
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Congress
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Council weighing stopgap liquor sale ban in Lubbock
Lubbock council moves to consider a temporary ordinance prohibiting public sale of mixed drinks if a full zoning overhaul cannot be completed by April 10. The move hinges on voters approving liquor by the drink on April 8. a defeat ends action. A Planning and Zoning Commission meeting is set for Tuesday to push zoning controls on beer wine and mixed beverages ahead of council review on April 19.
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Lubbock
Planning and Zoning Commission
Texas Cotton Association met in Lubbock for first convention
The sections show a note about the Texas Cotton Association convention in Lubbock with merchants and shippers statewide. Other items list Lubbock school trustees hiring new teachers, delays on motions, and security police adding a female officer. National items include a Justice Department action in Detroit and Nixon proposing funds for nutritional aid.
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Texas Cotton Association
Justice Department
Detroit
Prayer Confession for Mercy and Worthiness
A reader offers a brief prayer confessing sin and asking God for mercy to keep them as His own. The wording centers on humility before God and seeking divine protection and status as children.
Smith to address on special legislative session
Gov. Preston Smith said he will announce plans for a special legislative session in a nationwide telecast next week. His press aide noted requests for TV time and the governor offered to pay for the 30 minute program himself to ensure exposure.
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Preston Smith
Governors
Carlton Carl
Statfors
South
Smith
Air Force Birthday Observed At Reese Base
Thunderbirds staged an airborne salute to the Air Force on its 25th anniversary at Reese Air Force Base. An officer was cited for heroism as crowds gathered to watch precision aerobatics. Phantoms highlighted the contrast with early propeller aircraft from the service.
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William R. Carter
Reese Afb
Air Force
Carter
Linda
Joe Don Buckner
Avalanche-Journal
Thunderbirds
Reese Air Force Base
Severatecs
Ano Force
Alaska reports moderate quake near Kodiak region
A preliminary magnitude 5.5 quake struck 240 miles southwest of Kodiak Alaska at 9 p.m. CST. The Palmer Observatory said the tremor was felt in Port Heiden and King Salmon with no damage or tsunami threat reported.
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Palmer, Alaska
Kodiak
Alaska
Palmer Observatory
Port Heiden
King Salmon
Forty secretaries sought man faces reverse sexism
A reporter posing as a secretarial applicant with four years of college and typing sixty words a minute attempted to win a secretary job at about forty to sixty firms in Charlotte. He found that many employers rejected men for secretarial posts, citing preference for a young, attractive secretary.
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Associated Press
Charlotte
N. C
Don Bridges
Bridges
Air Force Day marked by city proclamation and address
A day of commemorative events at Reese Air Field featured a Mayor James Granberry proclamation of Air Force Day and a closing address by Maj Gen John P R Murphy, vice commander of the Air Training Command, who urged attention to the future of flight and duty.
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Thunderbirds
Thunderbird
Reese
Air Force
James Granberry
John PR Murphy
Air Training Command
ATC
Market Ienures Cost of Living Market Ienures Cost of Living
The stock market rose in moderatly active trading as the Dow gained 10.76 points to 944.69. It marked the sharpest one day Dow increase since February 9 and 18.38 million shares changed hands on the New York Stock Exchange.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Inflation Dominates The Nation In Latest Economic Report
A chaotic set of OCR garble suggests inflation remains a central issue with rising prices and debates over policy. The text references costs, weekly or monthly price changes, and mentions public hearings tied to agriculture and cabinet roles, but specifics are unclear due to corruption.
Cooler readings due as storms lash area
Severe thunderstorm warnings touched Stonewall Haskell Stephens Parker and Palo Pinto counties as an eastward cold front moved through West Texas. Damage included snapped power poles and scattered debris in Aspermont while Houston County areas saw light sprinkles. Temperatures cooled from near 80 in Hub City to the low 70s with cooler air moving in.
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Stonewall Haskell
Stephens
Parker
Palo Pinto
Stomensai
Snapyai
Aspermont
Hhub City
West Texas
Weather Map Page Lubbock Outlook
Variable high cloudiness expected in Lubbock and vicinity with a tough near 70. Tonight, low temperatures should dip to the low 40s.
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Lubbock
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