Diggers May Race Water For Canyon Secrets
Efforts advance to preserve Tule Canyon history before Mackenzie Lake fills dammed area. Texas Senate Finance Committee approved 68.44 dollars to record historical data. Archaeologists cite Coronado visits in 1540 and 1400s horse slaughter by U S Calvary under General Mackenzie. Sunken sites include at least 14 national historic locations with dugout remains. Dam construction on Tule Creek continues to supply Briscoe County towns.
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Avalanche-Journal
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Tule Canyon
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Tule Creek
Briscoe County
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Jack T. Hughes
West Tex State University Archaeology Department
Tunnel
Stock Market Dives on Confidence Decline Amid Inflation
SAGGING investor confidence, driven by soaring inflation, gold prices, and Watergate, has pushed the Dow Jones industrial average and the NYSE index to near year lows. The Dow dipped below 800 briefly before closing around 917.44, while the NYSE index slid from Monday’s peaks to a month low, as analysts cite a broad market downturn and cautious institutional trading.
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Testimony shows CIA asked to share Watergate blame
News: Ten days after the Watergate break in John W Dean asked the CIA to pay bail or salaries for arrested men at Democratic headquarters. The deputy CIA director Vernon A Walters testified that Dean was told spending funds would implicate the agency and Walters would resign rather than approve it. Christopher emerges as top candidate for special prosecutor. Nixon claimed an August inquiry found no White House staff involvement.
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Texas House OKs Extra School Money Amid Tax Reform
The Texas House approved a plan to inject about 1.8 billion dollars more into public schools over six years while debating broader penalties and reform bills. The Senate backed a 243 page penal code revision limiting disclosures of income sources and sparking debate on ethics.
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Weather forecast for Lubbock and vicinity
Partly cloudy through Thursday with a high in the upper 70s today and low 80s Thursday. Tonight's low in the low 50s. Winds 15 to 25 mph. 20 percent precipitation risk today and tonight.
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Prayer meditation on Calvary and God’s love
A reader offers a brief devotional line focusing on the cross of Calvary as a glimpse into God’s heart of love, closing with Amen.
Hunt Wire Tap Trial Slated Here Oct 29
US District Judge Hubert C Noadward moved the Hunt wiretap trial from Day to Lubbock and set Oct 29 with a continuance for the defendants. Lubbock lawyers joined Phillip Hirschkop Allan Dilman and Ralph B Shank in defense as the case moved after Judge Sarah T Hughes withdrew amid prejudicial remarks. The hearing also saw motions on severing counts and access to IRS files and other wiretap tapes, while Watergate concerns were argued but the continuance granted.
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Avalanche-Journal
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Travis Shelton
Phillip Hirschkop
Allan Dilman
Alexandria, Va
Ralph B. Shank
Cal Nelson
W. Herbert Hunt
Hunt Brothers
Internal Revenue
Six Alday family members slain in Georgia killings
In Zynol dsvile Georgia six members of the Alday farming family were found shot to death, one woman raped, as police hunted three escaped convicts described as armed and dangerous. The killings appeared in sequence with Ned Alday and three of his sons found dead in a trailer and Mary Alday shot in a field six miles away. Authorities sought suspects after neighbors described the victims as hard working.
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Public support sought to save Texas Tech campus plan
Turner appeals for citizen backing to keep the Texas Tech campus open not an island. City Council asked the Tech Board of Regents for a special joint meeting to discuss extending Indiana Avenue across campus. Regents reversed earlier support, studying inner campus traffic instead. A $1.5 million thoroughfare and utility relocations are planned with state and capitol backing.
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Texas Tech
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Skylab Cabin Heat Becomes Top Priority Breaks Report
Skylab cabin temperatures soared to high levels after a serious power shortage, prompting space officials to consider a short mission to inspect the orbiting lab. Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz could be sent to photograph a failed solar array and possibly dock for on board checks. A Mylar blanket proposal might cool the station, a task requiring training before Skylab 2 launches in August.
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NORAD General Killed In Crash Near Oneida County
Maj. Gen. James J. Price, 51, commander of the NORAD Region covering parts of the United States and Canada, was killed when his F106 fighter was struck by lightning near Holland Patent, New York. The Air Force said the crash occurred Tuesday and that the region spans from Ohio to Pennsylvania and includes Greenland and Iceland.
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Pocket of cool air lingers over Texas region
A pocket of cool air lingered over most of Texas on Tuesday, keeping high temperatures in the 60s and 50s in Lubbock. No measurable precipitation was reported at Lubbock Regional Airport, while clouds hovered southwest to Austin and Palacios. Forecasters expect little change today with a slight chance of afternoon storms and a warm trend statewide.
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