Wholesale Price Plunge Signals Easing Inflation Pressure
Washington AP reports September wholesale prices fell by 1.8 percent unadjusted and 1.5 percent seasonally, the largest monthly drop in 25 years. Herbert Stein calls the decline welcome while AFL CIO president Meany warns it may be temporary as costs recover. Consumer goods and farm product prices also eased amid late summer price controls.
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Washington
Herbert Stein
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Cost of Living Council
Stein
Labor Department
Agnew Attacks Democrats and Watergate Syndrome
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew denounces Democratic social programs as failures and urges Nixon to overcome inertia. He speaks at a $12 dinner while a Baltimore County ex-chief faces federal tax and kickback charges, amid a sealed grand jury probe into Agnew’s own alleged misconduct.
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Chicago
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
America
Agnew
Hoever
Federal Grand Jury
Spire T. Agnew
N. Dale Anderson
Baltimore County
Anderson
Maryland
U.S
Justice Department
Weather Map Fragment Shows Texas and New Mexico Readings
A fragment from the weather map page lists Abilene 68 and Albuquerque 72 with other cities like El Paso, Amarillo, Dallas, Hobbs, and Ken. The snippet suggests regional temperatures and map annotations for a weather page.
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Abilene
el Paso
Comic Dictionary Credit Plan A
A brief item discusses a credit plan named Plan A described as a system where users continue payments repeatedly. The note frames the plan as ongoing and burdensome, highlighting its perpetual payment structure and potential implications for subscribers.
Texas colleges gain by enrollment surge in 1973
An Associated Press survey shows Texas colleges defy a national decline with rising enrollments in 1973. Junior colleges show the strongest gains, led by El Paso Community College which nearly doubled to 5,038 students, aided by veterans recruitment. Four-year schools also rise, most notably Texas A M with a 14 percent jump in female students to about 4,000.
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Sylvia Lee
Associated Press
Texas
U.S
el Paso Community College
Alfredo de Los Santos Jr
el Paso
Sev
A&m
Texas A&m
University of Texas At Arlington
Gas Stations Across U S Close Down For Weekend Vacation
Thousands of filling stations nationwide locked pumps to protest government price policies amid a promised future hike. Southern California dealers and others urged a shutdown, with Los Angeles and San Diego seeing large closures while Nevada and Long Island stations also reduced operations. An oil company raised wholesale prices by eight tenths of a cent, the fourth rise since last Friday.
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California
American OF Co
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Diego
Nevada
New York
Long Island
Boston Man Stoned To Death In Race Tension
An elderly white man, Ludivico L. Barba, was stoned by a mob of 40 to 50 black teenagers near Columbia Point Boston. Police report a white woman was set afire in a related attack, and another white man was stabbed in the housing project. Police arrested two six year old black youths in connection with the three Thursday attacks.
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Wagler
Roxbury
Boston
Robert diGrazia
UPI
Kevin White
Columbia Point District
Robert J. diGragia
Ludivico L. Barba
Columbia, Paint
Today’s Prayer Bless Others And Be Mindful
A brief prayer asks for mindfulness of the less fortunate and to bless them, expressing charity and compassion.
UFOs Seen Across Five States Amid Bright Flashing Lights
Reports of unidentified flying objects spread from Georgia to Mississippi, South Carolina and beyond. Witnesses include National Park Service ranger Thomas Westmoreland near Tupelo and Rev. Clint Holley from Grenada, with observers noting bright rotating lights and a Laurier shaped craft. A Greenville photographer describes multiple bright lights. Weather officials suggest planet reflections may explain the phenomenon.
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United Press International
Mississippi
South Carolina
Thomas E. Westmoreland
National Park Service
Tupelo
Miss
Westmoreland
Greenville
Mietcher W. Ross
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
National Weather Service
Jackson
Mars
Jupiter
Heavy Rains Hit Panhandle Central Texas Regions
A cool autumn front brought 20 degree drops and heavy storms across the Panhandle and Central Texas. Hexar to Guadalupe counties saw flash flood warnings while Lubbock reported .2 inches of rain at the airport. San Antonio endured near four inches in three hours with other towns logging up to two inches per hour.
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Panhandle
Texas
Hexar
Comal
Gonzales
Kendall
Maverick
Atascosa
Guadalupe
Lubbock
National Weather Service
Lubbock Regional
Andrews
Monahans
Tahoka
San Antonio
Webb
LaSalle
Civic Center Board to Decide on Beer at Audito rium
The Civic Center board will consider selling beer at the municipal auditorium and coliseum. The issue has been debated for a year and was sent to the executive committee for study. Chair Bill Moss urged a recommendation next month after a thorough review.
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Municipal Auditorium
Coliseum
Civic Center
Bill Moss
Reese Drops Attempt To Oust Nurse
Officials at Reese Air Force Base have reconsidered dis charging 22 year old nurse Sara Kennedy who became pregnant while on active duty at the Lubbock installation. A temporary restraining order had blocked the discharge and Kennedy said she learned of the action this morning. Kennedy maintains the discharge is discriminatory against pregnant women and says she filed a waiver of pregnancy discharge under Air Force rules.
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Reese Air Force Base
Lubbock
Sara Kennedy
U.S. Dist
Hatbert
Woodward
Air Force
Kennedy
Petition to Put Alcohol Election on Lamb County Ballot Fails
Lamb County Clerk Mary Beth Wiley refused to certify 743 names on a petition seeking a local option election to allow alcohol sales in Lamb County. The 911 names failed verification due to registration issues including duplicate and missing records across Littlefield Spade and Fieldton precincts. Elections officials noted several voters lacked proper registration or had multiple registration numbers, complicating certification.
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Robert C. Borden
Avalanche-Journal
Littlefield
Lamb County
Mary Beth Wiley
Willey
Spade
Fieldten
Herbert Dunn
Bowater announces newsprint price hike for 1974
Bowater Sales Co. says newsprint will rise by 15 per ton effective January 1 1974. The increase covers Bowater Canadian Mills and Bowater LS Mills and is based on higher fuel oil and supply costs plus recent labor settlements. A further $10 per ton rise is anticipated by mid 1974 if trends continue.
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Dallas
Bowater Sales Co
Bowater Canadian Mills
Bowater LS. Mills
Mill
Woods
Bowater
U.S
Bowater US
Couel
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Heath
Pat Buchanan
Lubbock Cote
Comic Dictionary
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Dennis Sullivan
Moss
Jack Seiler
REESE
Bud
B. M. Carter
John’s Island
Carter
Linda Lawson
Joyce Hinson
Lamb Liquor
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