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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1972

Page

10

Budgeting a Family Room Makeover and Everyday Costs

The Snyder family details monthly expenses including a $70 loan payment, car and health insurance costs, and a $200 yearly car expense. They plan a room renovation financed by a bank loan, while noting savings from hand me downs and frugal outings like Thursday movie nights. They discuss babysitting rates, Nixon era critiques, and a federal pay raise impacting their finances. They say the room project dominates their budget but feel luckier as income rises.

Vane Liska Liska Snyders Nixon Snyder

Pipeline Leak Explosion Kills One Injures Two

An explosion from a pipeline leak near Hearne Texas killed one person and injured two others early morning. Fire spread from a house to nearby properties as two high octane jet fuel pipelines operated by Gulf and Humble were shut off to control the blaze. The Hearne and Bryan units battled the fire, which damaged two more homes and prompted evacuations.

Department of Public Safety Bryan Fred [Martin Ally Rai Pace Trea Salveston Will A. Curtis Temple DPS Ares Hearne Gulf and Humble Oil Pan

Youths Arrested In City Fracas

A police lieutenant who intervened to break up a disturbance near the Texas Tech University campus became involved in a fracas. The incident, occurring around 1:30 to 4 a.m., led to the arrest of several youths as officers halted the disturbance.

Eeeniversity Texas Tech University

South Vietnam House votes to empower Thieu for six months

The South Vietnamese National Assembly approved an 81 to 49 bill granting President Nguyen Van Thieu sweeping decree powers for six months to cope with the crisis of the general offensive. The measure aims to authorize emergency laws, treaty ratifications, declarations of war, and peace negotiations, drawing protests that it would make Thieu a dictator and strip the legislature of its powers. Demonstrations criticized the move as undermining democracy as tanks seized in Quang Tri Province and police observed without action.

Saigon South Vietnam Nuyen van Thieu Ae ‘Vietnam Thiew Senbeset Swenty-ning Penton Thiei Pe Toescu National Assembly Leu Legis Jby Saviyey van Tuyen South ‘Vietnam Koomintang Thieu Pelige Quang Tri Yxice

Three Killed In Explosive Boiler Blast At Plant

A faulty exhaust pipe caused a Saturday boiler blast at a Carterville Georgia plant killing three workers. The explosion hurled one man two stories into the air as a turbine crew conducted routine maintenance. Investigators say the line weakening and shifting structure contributed to the fatal accident.

Cartersville UPC Movin Tes Sao Wat Wes Tne Pats Bowen Uns

Gaines County Rodeo Closes After Tight Calf Event

Unclear clipping reports the Gaines County Rodeo concluding with a calf event. Mentions names possibly including Mrs Brady Flemming and Big Spring participants. Readers are left with fragmented details and uncertain outcomes.

Gaines Ireagraves Wes Brady Flemming

Civil rights clash erupts as paratroopers face protesters

A fragmentary report describes civil rights demonstrators clashing with British paratroops in London. The scene notes youths in a bar outside the venue, with word of bloodshed and tense exchanges as crowds formed and dispersed.

Parliaments debate hints at broader Arab conflict stakes

An international cast including Aly Sabry and Egypt’s former war minister discussed a May plot to reclaim Arab lands from occupiers. Key figures met with Algeria’s Houriee, Tunisia’s Bour aide, and Libya’s Kadali to advance liberation aims amid regional tensions and potential settlements. In Ireland, a bombing near Springmartin sparked claims protests blamed the Republican Army and sectarian violence. A child injured by a pall bomb and shootings wounded soldiers as gunfire hit multiple Belfast areas.

Aly Sabry Egypt Oe Ee A Sadat Reee Houriee Algeria Presiden Bouraide Tunis Muammar Kadali Libya

Fire devastates department store in Okahama area blaze

Saturday night fire causes major damage at a department store in Okahama area. The blaze, described as Japan’s worst since World War II, prompted emergency crews to battle the flames through the night with limited details available on casualties or exact location.

Okahama Ure Japan

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