Kissinger Promises Carter Cooperation On Foreign Policy
Secretary of State Kissinger briefed President-elect Carter for 5 1/2 hours in Plains Georgia on foreign policy and promised to cooperate during the transition. Carter and Kissinger met with Mondale, toured Carter's peanut warehouse, and spoke cordially about a long partnership to ensure a smooth shift of power. Carter said he would be prepared to assume the presidency on January 20 while seeking continued guidance from Kissinger.
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Plains
Henry A. Kissinger
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Kissinger
Walter F. Mondale
Georgia
Secretary of State
United States
Middle East
Ford
Lillian Carter
Mike Douglas
Texas lawmakers near final plan for statewide property tax revision
A Texas study committee approved a sweeping property tax revision plan and proposed a State Property Tax Board and three new state bodies. Public hearings begin December 13 in Austin with further sessions across the state.
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Austin
Texas
Wayne Peveto
D-Orange
Aus
Arlington
Midland
San Antonio
Victoria
Amarillo
Corpus Christi
el Paso
Longview
Lubbock
Harlingen
Houston
Lufkin
Peveto
Senate
Red faced FBI agent caught in radio interference case
A prolonged radio interference case ends when deputies confront an FBI agent whose transmission button stuck. Deputies traced the culprit via a beam antenna and a mobile search through Lubbock streets leading to a federal courthouse where the agent was found.
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Lubbock
Tohoka Highway
Federal
FBI
Paula Tilker
Tech Prospects Good For Adequate Funds
Texas Tech University will seek $121.8 million for the next biennium for operation and support for the Lubbock hospital and museum budgets. Officials say higher education funding depends on merit and a state budget, with 85 percent of funds set by a statewide formula.
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Preston Lewis
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech University
Texas
Lubbock
Tech
Bill J. Parsley
Texas Tech
School of Medicine
Parsley
Prayer Excerpt Encourages Trust Amid Trials
A reader offers a brief prayer asking for strength to trust in God when life closes in. It asks for unwavering faith despite difficult circumstances and ends with an Amen.
Folkloric Forecast Backed By South Plains Weathermen
South Plains residents and longtime Lubbock observers say a hard winter looms with a wetter, colder pattern. Lubbock has tallied 12.9 inches of snow—far above the 30 year average—while October marked the coldest on record and 10 days froze or below. Meteorologists forecast a return to normal cold for the 1960s era pattern as Arctic air moves south, signaling a change in South Plains temperatures.
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Dwayne Cox
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
South Plains
National Weather Service
J. E. Murfees
Billy Crouch
Crouch
Arctic
North America
Phillips Hydrogen Sulfide Blowout Evacuates Town
A hydrogen sulfide blowout at the Phil-Tex plant in Phillips forced a one hour evacuation of the 3,200 resident town Saturday night around 9:45. No injuries were reported as plant officials contained the gas by 10:10 with aid from Hutchinson County sheriff's office Amarillo DPS troopers and Borger police.
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Éam
Ease Sane
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WEA
Abbiene
Denver
Albuquerque
Hausto
Hobbs
Okla
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Falls
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