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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1973
Page
2
Reports warn that hoarding gasoline canisters may cause dangerous leaks or explosions. Rishare, a noted official from the Tire Association in Boston, cites earlier deaths and urges caution amid rising winter fuel concerns.
Dallas launches a Park and Ride program with buses from suburbs to downtown nine miles away on North Central Expressway. Buses run every five minutes during peak hours and every half hour off peak, with plans to expand if successful. Mayor Wes Wise and Dallas Transit System officials praise the effort but caution over long term success.
Commerce Department data show October exports at 6.4316 billion dollars and imports at 5.9 billion, indicating the country moving toward a yearly surplus for the first time in three years.
County Court-At-Law Judge Denal today set bonds at 400 dollars each for three persons charged with carrying a prohibited weapon. Pleading innocent were Leroy Perkins 57 619 9th St Lola Zamora 23 Levelland and Floyd Burns. Pleading guilty was Richard Gerard Shea 38 14 Ave. Shea was fined 75 dollars plus court costs and released after paying an 11 000 dollar bill including fees.
A plane bound for Havana was intercepted by air controllers due to an instrument problem and forced to land. The crash near a Florida airport in fog created a chain reaction, overturning 12 cars and delaying 13 others as authorities investigated. News mentions political figures and local events in a fragmented context.
Mrs W B Hahn of O Donnell and her husband died in a crash two miles northwest of Wall on U S 7 near San Angelo. William C Ham mett of Midland was injured and later released. Hammett’s pickup and trailer collided with a station wagon and trailer driven by Hahn after a trailer wind gust caused loss of control.
Fragmentary text mentions individuals and measurements, including names like Mrs Ernest Rogreurs and Mr Albert Langet Gras, and a weighing of 7 seande 315 omeer. Several garbled phrases reference locations Levelland and Marin dengnier, but most details are unintelligible.
Dick Laird presented founding checks to seven area high schools and nine junior high schools during the charter banquet at Lubbock Christian College Cafeteria. Dr. Joe Frantz and Kenneth Ragsdale of the Texas State Historical Society spoke, with guests from TBEU and the Walter Prescott Webb Society.
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