CRC proposal trims Texas Constitution but boosts local government
A Texas CRC review notes the document is about one fourth the size of the 1876 constitution and omits many items covered by laws to be passed by the legislature. It praises stronger local government and expanded powers for counties over 25 000 population to adopt charters and gain city like powers with voter approval.
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CRC
Austin
Texas
Ioiature
Anderson
County Commission
County Commissioners Court
Economist Foresees 1974 Near Recession and Higher Unemployment
Washington AP Herbert Stein chief economist predicts the Arab oil cutoff will push the economy into near recession in 1974 with growth slow and output cut by two percent. Unemployment may rise to about six percent, affecting over a million more workers. Gasoline rationing or tax increases loom as options, with rationing seen as a last resort.
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Washington
Nixon
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Stein
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
City Considers Modified Civic Center Plan And New Bids
Lubbock City Council weighs a partial redesign of the civic center after discovering 2.7 million in new funds would be needed if built as planned. Mayor Morris Turner set a 9 p.m. Thursday work session with architects and city financial advisers after bids came in about five million above the budget.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journel
Civic Center
Lubbock
Morris Turner
Coun
Cil
Turner
Dallas
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Prayer for guidance of readers in troubled times
A prayer asking God to guide the nation’s readers with wisdom and courage to make proper decisions. Signed by A Reader.
Parole Granted for Literary Hoax Master Clifford Irving
UPI reports the U S parole board granted Clifford Irving parole on February 14 for a 1972 fraud case involving a fake Howard Hughes biography. Irving served after selling the fake book to McGraw Hill for 765000 dollars. his wife Edith was jailed in Switzerland for involvement.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Parole Board
Clifford Irving
Irving
McGraw-Hill
Howard Hughes
Edith
Ard
Abury
Conn
Bahamas
Los Angeles
Hughes
Newsweek
Allenwood
Danbury
Goodfellows Listings Ending Soon
Final Christmas charity listings close with the December 9 Ava lanche-Journal print. Names for children 14 and under are screened after submission to ensure funds aid the truly needy, not families able to provide. Last year 8,000 names remained after screening. Contributions go to Box 491 Lubbock 79408.
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Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Spy's Survival Tied To Plumbers Probe
The White House blocked deeper inquiry into the plumbers unit fearing exposure could endanger a foreign agent. Investigators warned they might uncover a CIA operation that eavesdropped on Soviet leaders including Leonid I. Brezhnev. The agent remains non American and abroad, keeping the case sensitive.
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Washington
White House
Central Intelligence Agency
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Comic Dictionary Snob Defined as Equal to Superiors
A compact entry defines a snob as a person who sees himself as equal to his superiors and superior to his equals. The definition appears amid amusements and media listings in The A-J Today.
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Stock Marketa
SDA Bporta
Ee Ceee Secon
Japan Fire at Kumamoto Store Kills 99
The worst department store fire in Japan’s history killed 99 people and injured 86 as flames engulfed a seven story Kumamoto city building during a pre holiday shopping day. Firefighters battled the blaze for eight hours while sprinklers were off for maintenance.
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Kumamoto
Japan
Vile
Sunday Gas Holiday Looms From Local Stations
Avalanche-Journal surveys show filling stations from Lubbock to nearby towns likely to close 9 p.m. Saturday to midnight Sunday in line with Nixon’s request. Many stations began shutting Sunday with some never closed before, predicting shortages for long distance travelers.
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Gordon Zeigler
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Lubbock
Nixon
Paul McCormick
Littlefield
Plainview
Levelland
Tulia
Lamesa
Snyder
Clovis
N.M
Egypt Breaks Off Cease-Fire Talks
Egypt and Israel failed to resolve disengagement of troops on the Suez front as talks collapsed amid Israeli stalling. Reports cite machine gun and mortar fire near the truce tent at Kilometer 101 as negotiations ended without a resumption date.
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United Press International
Suez Front
Egypt
Kilometer
Cairo-Suez Road
Egyptian Middle East News Agency
MENA
Ahmed Anis
U.S
Israel
United States
Soviet Union
Middle East
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
House Armed Services Committee
ANL
Laird to resign after Ford confirmation as VP
Melvin R. Laird plans to resign as President Nixon's domestic adviser once Gerald R. Ford wins final congressional approval to become vice president He notes the Watergate tapes have hurt Nixon but sees no House majority for impeachment and expects a strong move against the President.
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Washington
UPI
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Laird
John D. Ehrlichman
White House
Agnew Legal Hearing Set in Anne Arundel County
A UPI report says a hearing could bar former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew from practicing law, scheduled to begin in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on December 18.
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Annapolis, Md
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Anne Arundel County
Fire Boss Honored By SAM ATTLESEY FIRE MARSHAL
A.C. Black received the Community Service award at the Lubbock Fire Department Awards Banquet along with three retiring firemen honored for 5 10 20 and 30 years of service. About 300 people attended at Merchants Building on the Fairgrounds. Chief Hershel Sharp pinned the retirees as Joe Carothers lauded Black for untiring fire prevention work statewide and in civic and youth outreach.
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Luibbock
A. C. Black
Lubbock Fire Department
Black
Joe Carothers
The
Chamber of Commerce
Sam Attlesey
Avalanche-Journal
A.C. Black
Lubbock
Carothers
Dickson
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