Fireball Lights North Texas Sky Exploding Meteor?
An astronomer says a bright fireball seen across North Texas likely was an exploding meteor, a bolide, possibly in Cameloparcus in the Arctic. The pale blue flash lit skies from Athens to Farmersville and northern Euless residents reported a long lasting glow before dawn.
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Texas
Red River
Earl Watts
Duncanville
Arctic
Athens
Farmersville
Watts
South Plains
Euless
Darrell Skages
Skaggs
Halloween Bandit Robs Kiddie City Store At Gunpoint
A Halloween-masked man held two employees at Kiddie City on 34th Street at gunpoint and escaped with about $100. Witnesses, including Jeanne Barnes and Richard Priesmeyer, described the daring robbery and the bandit briefly removed his mask as he fled. Police searched the area for a bald man fitting the description.
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Lane Arthur
Avalanche-Journal
Kiddie City
34Th St
Jeanne Barnes
38Th St
Richard Priesmeyer
Bledsoe Hall
Priesmeyer
Miss Barnes
Sandi White
16Th St
Charlie Chaplin at eighty two fuels lively energy
Charlie Chaplin is an 82yearold bundle of energy as noted in a world section feature. The piece highlights Chaplins enduring vitality and enduring influence in film and culture.
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Charlie Chaplin
Plains
City Chalks Up Record Maximum
Avila-area records show a warm Friday with a record high for the date 80 degrees in Lubbock. A sharp cold front then dropped temps, forecasting lows in the upper 20s by Sunday with winds up to 25 mph and subfreezing readings in parts of the region.
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Don Vandiver
Journal
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South Plains
National Weather Service
Lubbock
Amarillo
Lubbork
Roaring Springs History Told by Local Woman
Mrs Myra Green, 91, recalls Motley County’s Roaring Springs and more than 70 years of memory of the scenic spot on the Tongue River. She first saw the springs in 1900, where a waterfall spills from a sandstone cleft above the river. See HISTORY Page 15.
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Myra Green
World's oldest lobster fisherman writes back to class
Mae Murfee Elementary School fifth graders study Maine and Maine's oldest lobster fisherman Charles D. Murphy. After reading a clipping they write letters and Murphy replies from his Maine home, noting his 94 years, NYLON nets, and hard work earning a dollar fifty daily.
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Avvalanche-Journal
Mae Murfee
State of
Maine
Charles D. Murphy
Murphy
Smith Blasts Nixon Delay of Welfare Reform
Texas Governor Preston Smith criticizes President Nixon for delaying welfare reform and estimates a $300 million cost to Texas next year. At the Texas Research League convention he warns the federal action will worsen budget pressures as the state sought federal funding to cover welfare costs.
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Preston Smith
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Smith
Texas Research League
League
Bruce Street
Smith Page
Prayer Note Seeks Growth and Peace for Nation
A reader's devotion asks for guidance to grow honorably and for the president to foster peace and bring loved ones home. The brief closes in Jesus' name with a request for prayers and support for future submissions under a 60 word limit.
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Jesus
Nixon arrives in Florida for working weekend
President Nixon lands in Homestead Florida at 3 20 pm EST for a Florida weekend at his Key Biscayne vacation home aides say it will be a working weekend with White House staffers John Whitaker Leonard Garment and H R Haldeman accompanying him Nixon plans to return to Washington Monday
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White House
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H.R. Haldeman
Stormy Weather Looms Over Cannikin Test On Amchitka
Across Amchitka Island Alaska crews rushed to finish the Cannikin underground nuclear test as a storm with winds over 50 mph approached. The AEC said preparations remained on schedule for a 4 p.m. CST detonation while the Supreme Court weighed an injunction. Visibility was reduced by heavy rain and high winds complicating ground and air monitoring. The condition of the storm prompted federal officials to assess whether the blast could be delayed or halted by judicial action.
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Alaska
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Anchorage
Amchitka
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Canada
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Justice Department
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Dem
Threats prompt U S plant closures amid Amchitka protest
An anonymous caller threatens to blow up 50 American owned plants in Canada if the Amchitka nuclear test proceeds. Five Ontario firms suspend operations. police in Ottawa and Edmonton investigate. Courts consider a temporary injunction as environmental groups protest.
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Canada
U.S
Ontario
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Edmonton
Alta
Vancouver
B.C
Ottawa High Pupils Parade Quietly on Parliament Hill
About 130 high school pupils joined a planned mass demonstration in Ottawa on Friday around Parliament Hill as organizers fizzled out expectant turnout. The event drew limited participation and left questions about the protest’s scale and impact.
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Ottawa
Parliament Hill
FBI Tests Ballistics in Abduction Murders Across States
The FBI conducts ballistic tests on .32 caliber bullets from victims in Mesquite Lakewood Colorado and Kearns Utah. Lawmen say there are amazing similarities among the killings as Everett Clinton Harris faces murder charges. Witnesses place Harris at Mesquite businesses on the nights of the disappearances.
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FBI
Mesquite
Lakewood
Colo
Kearns
Utah
Harris
Forrest Covey
Jena
Mr. M Food
Susan Darlene Shaw
Miss Shaw
L Sweet Cream
Coveys
Weather Map Forecast for Lubbock Area Today
Decreasing clouds and cold with north winds 10 to 20 mph. High in the low 50s, low tonight near 28. WPA data show midnight figures, compare to last year. Sunrise near 7:15 AM, sunset 5:51 PM. Humidity and regional temperatures listed for Abilene Dallas and surrounding cities.
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Amarilla
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