Museum Director Explores Past to Predict Future Earth Changes
Dr. Craig C. Black of The Museum at Texas Tech University discusses how environmental shifts in Earth's distant past shaped mammal evolution. He notes that current pollution may influence climate, citing Krakatoa as a historic temp drop and describing studies with vertebrate fossils to reconstruct ancient environments along the prehistoric Rocky Mountains.
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Black
Tex § Tech University
Nature
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Dr. Black
Mary R. Dawson
Carnegie Museum
Pittsburgh
Moet
Snnestal Rocky Mountains
Submarine hunted in Norwegian fjord draws NATO forces
Dozens of Norwegian planes and naval vessels hunted a suspected foreign submarine trapped in a fjord on Norway's west coast. The craft, sighted 12 days earlier, was located in a widening arm of the fjord and could not re-enter the main waterway without triggering detection. NATO nations and UK helicopters joined the search in a high secrecy operation amid speculation the submarine was mapping or equipping the area for future use.
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Oslo
UPI
Norway
O H. F. Zeiner- Gundesen
Pee
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Ard
Hermansvik
Kissinger Swaps Six Hour Talks with Hanoi Aims for Vietnam Peace
Kissinger held a six hour and five minute session with North Vietnamese negotiators marking the longest encounter in four days of private talks in YVETTE France. Saigon viewed the talks with anxiety amid questions about a possible breakthrough and future sessions. Thieu's envoys including Nguyen Phu Duc arrived in Paris to oversee the process while Hanoi pressed ahead as broadcast charges accused Kissinger of seeking a personal legend in the Paris talks.
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A-J
Gif Sur Yvette
France
Henry Kissinger
Saigon
Kissinger
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieuw
Paris
Thieu
Nguyen Phu Duc
Rancher Surrenders After Five Slayings Near Freer
Kennet Adams, a 0year-old Texas rancher and former convict, surrendered to U S Border Patrol after admitting he shot five men at a Freer area house off Texas 44. Authorities found five bodies as mud and bad roads hindered access. Adams faces five counts of murder and was identified as owner of the Grant Adams ranch.
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Kennet Adams
Border Patrol
Freer
Texas 44
Laredo
Adams
Grant-Adams
John Wiliams
P.L. Flores
Texas Ranger
Justice of the Peace
Ernesto Salinas
Adami
Salinas
August Dobie
Tex
J. Frank Dobie
Dobie
Death Penalty Support Tops Gallup Poll
The latest Gallup poll shows death penalty enjoying the strongest public backing in two decades. The nationwide rail strike disrupts travel, causing jams and delays across major lines.
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Gallup
Pen ‘Alty
Nation's Road Deaths Mount on Thanksgiving Weekend
Traffic accidents on the first day of the Thanksgiving weekend produced early fatalities across the nation. Highways were mostly clear and dry with light showers in parts of the Pacific Northwest Texas and Florida and snow flurries in the Appalachians. The fatality count began at 6 p.m. Wednesday and runs until midnight Sunday.
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Associated Press
O.l
Pacific Northwest
Texas
Florida
Appalachians
Thanksgiving Over City Turns To Yule Festivities
Thanksgiving 1972 winds down as Lubbock and state join yuletide mood. Shops reopen after a brief holiday, Christmas trees and lights brighten Downtown, and residents shift from leftovers to holiday preparations and shopping.
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Yule
Lubbock
Light Rain Snow Expected Across South Plains Today
Light rain mixed with snow was forecast for the South Plains today and tonight with temperatures in the 30s. The National Weather Service warned of minimal snow accumulation and limited sun, while forecasts shifted from earlier mid 50s to highs near 40 to mid 40s by Saturday.
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Perry Flippin
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
National Weather Service
Arkansas
Louisiana
Sun Toy
Weather Service
NWS
Lubbock
Daily Thanksgiving Reminder from A Reader
Short prayer calls for daily inventory of blessings and constant gratitude to Thee. Emphasizes expressions of thanks each day as guidance.
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A. Reader
Laird's Successor Still Hidden in White House Shuffle
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird has named his successor but will not reveal the name. Speculation centers on HEW Secretary Elliot L. Richardson and Kenneth Bush, deputy defense secretary, with Bush once a Duke law professor and ambassador to West Germany.
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Washington
UPI
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Laird
Nixon
Wisconsin
HEW
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
Kenneth Bush
Defense
West Germany
Duke
Washington Star- News
Bush
Camp
David
Republican Party
Judge orders Philadelphia man to find girlfriend or face prison
A Florida judge jokingly orders 20 year old Owen Bennett to live with family and secure a girlfriend to avoid five years in prison for grand larceny after he stole a 22 foot sailboat in Marathon. Psychiatrists say Bennett suffers from detachment and lack of affection. the judge even suggests the defendant’s sister may help set him up.
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Miami
Fla
Pennsylvania
Alfonso C
Sepe
Owen Bennett
Philadelphia
Bennett
South America
Roberta
A J Schedules 26th Annual Yule Trail
The Avalanche Journal announces the 26th annual Yule Trail lighting contest in Lubbock. Entries open Wednesday with a $5 bonus for the first 20 homes and $590 total prize money across Exterior Window and Doorway divisions, divided by city sections using Indiana Avenue as the new divider.
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Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Indiana Avenue
Weather map reports mixed rain and snow in Lubbock area
A weather map notes light rain mixed with snow across Lubbock and vicinity with a 50 percent chance today. Expect high near 40 and low around 32 with winds from the south and southwest at 10 to 20 mph. Tonight and Saturday forecast a high near 45.
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Lubbock
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