Crunch on In Legislature Last Weeks Speedup
Washington report details showdown votes in Congress on unemployment jobs SST and troop withdrawals. Nixon faces reverses on SST and jobs while Congress tees up a House plan to create public service jobs and a tax bill altering gasoline and cigarette levies. In Texas, the 6 week crunch nears end with high tax measures, redistricting, and budget decisions ahead.
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United Press International
Washington
Congress
U.S
Europe
Nixon
Senate
House
Proxmire
William M. Allen
See Showdown
Avalanche-Journal News Service
Austin
Gus Mutscher
Ben Barnes
Nance OC
Preston Smith
Mutscher
House-Senate
Rail strike set as talks at impasse near deadline
Washington reports no progress as the nationwide rail strike deadline nears. Negotiations guided by Labor Department officials stall with union seeking a 54 percent pay rise and talks unlikely to avert walkouts across the industry.
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Avalanche-Journal News
Washington
New England
Asst. Sec. of Labor
W. J. Usery
George §. Ives
National Mediation Board
Labor Department
C. J. Chamberlain
Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen
National Railway Labor Conference
Chamberlain
Nixon
National Railway Labor Act
Congress
Gamblers Anonymous Helps Compulsive Bettors End Addiction
Mike N a $12 000 a year salesman gambled for 20 years losing 38000 in debt to banks finance companies and friends. His car house savings and rings were gone. He joined Gamblers Anonymous formed in Los Angeles in 1957 to quit the compulsion and regain control.
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Benjamin Bycel
New York
Mike N
Devine Town
Los Angeles
Gamblers Anonymous
Plainview Woman Dies In Crash Near Dickens
A one car rollover on U.S. 82 east of Dickens killed Maude Malone about 65 and injured five Plainview Salvation Army members returning from an encampment near Dallas. The vehicle overturned after a left rear tire blew. all wore seat belts. Malone died at the scene. the others were taken to Methodist Hospital with minor injuries.
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Dickens
Here
U.S. 82
Plainview
Maude Malone
Justice of the Peace
Katie Slover
Spur
Salvation Army
Dallas
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Mamie McFarland
Claraleo Malone
Opal Davis Boone
Lydia Malone Spake
Mary Lou. Robinson
Malone
Campbell Funeral Home
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
South Plains
Areca
East Lubbock
Clovis Road
Gayle Holmes
Max Gunn
Dickens County
Mt Ruapehu Erupts Five Times Spewing Steam High
Mt Ruapehu on New Zealand's North Island erupted five times Sunday sending steam plumes about 20 000 feet high. The 9 175 foot peak is the country’s top ski resort and has shown persistent activity the most since 1945.
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Auckland
VPI
Mt. Ruapehu
New Zealand
North Island
Pacific Ocean
Prayer for strength to defend liberties and lives
A reader offers a prayer invoking Almighty God to grant strength and courage to faith fully defend and preserve the liberties and lives of all Thy children suffering from unprovoked aggression in Jesus Name Amen.
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Jesus
Yaqui Tale book party honors Holden editors at Tech museum
About 200 attendees from four states gathered at the Museum of Texas Tech to celebrate The Tall Candle. Editors Dr. William C. Holden and Dr. Jane Holden Kelley joined Mariana Valencia, representing Rosairio Moises, author and Yaqui tale keeper. The event marked renewed ties with former anthropology students and noted the author's journey from Sonora to Lubbock in 1944.
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Jane Holden Kelley
William Curry Holden
Museum of Texas Tech
Mariana Valencia
Rosairin Moises
William C. Holden
Texas Tech
Holden
Rosairio Moises
Sonora
Mexico
Lubbock
The
Tech Graduate School
Moises
Liquor by the drink on Texas ballots raises state interest
Voters in 46 Texas counties will decide liquor by the drink along with four constitutional amendments. State officials expect bars to open before the 52nd anniversary of prohibition, though final operation hinges on election certification and licensing steps.
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United Press International
Austin
Lone Star State
Texas
Joe Christie
del Paso
Gulf Coast
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Joe Darnall
U S Aircraft Targeted by Missiles in Laos Vietnam War
North Vietnamese antiaircraft crews fired two missiles at an American AC130 Spectre gunship operating along the Ho Chi Minh Trail inside Laos. The missiles missed and did not explode. Earlier a Navy Corsair fired a Shrike missile at a suspected enemy site after radar lock.
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Saigon
Aps
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
U.S
Dmz
Navy
Hale pioneers reminisce at 43rd Pioneer Round Up in Plainview
Old timers gathered for the Hale County reunion in Plainview with stories from 1892 residents like Robert Luttrick and Jeff Williams recalling cedar posts and windchargers. Sam Tibbets joked about a game warden, while Mildred Rankin recalled Abernathy school days and Hackberry Grove discipline as area schools close for spring.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche Journal
Plainview
Robert Luttrick
Hale County
Quitaque
Jeff Williams
W. M. Rankin
Mildred Reed
Abernathy
Hackberry
Record Number Of 25 Million Young Voters In 1972 Race
The Census Bureau estimates over 25 million Americans under 25 will be potential voters in 1972, a record rise from 12 million in 1968. About 11 million are first time enfranchised by the 18 year old voting act, with 14 million others reaching 21 or remaining under 25.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
South Carolina
Utah
Weather Map Page 10 A Lubbock Partly cloudy with 90s high
Partly cloudy today in Lubbock and vicinity with a high in the middle 90s and a low tonight near 60s. High Tuesday expected in the 80s with west to southwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
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Lubbock
Turkey Jolted Again as Tremors Follow Quake
Six minor earthquakes struck southwest Turkey on Sunday after a devastating tremor. At least two people were killed and survivors remained terrified as aftershocks rattled the region, raising concerns over further damage and rescue efforts.
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Turkey
Istanbul
UPD
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