Air Force fights waistline at British bases
U S Air Force units in Britain target fat by tightening belts and limiting fish and chips at bases Lakenheath and Mildenhall upped weigh limits for ground airmen and ordered stricter trim rules matching flight crews while weighing personnel at South Ruislip to assess English diet impact.
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Associated Press
London
U. S. Air Force
Britain
U.S
Lakenheath
Mildenhall
States
Air Fore
South Ruislip
Park and playground contracts approved in GuadalLine neighborhood
Urban Renewal Agency commissioners award 61,700 in contracts to Ed Lampe Construction Co. and the City Parks Department to build a strip park and playground in the Guadalline neighborhood, aligned with a 107,724 street reconstruction contract funded under the Neighborhood Development Program following the May 11, 1970 tornado.
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Guadalupe
Lubbock
Urban Renewal Agency
Ed Lampe
Civic Center
Lampe Construction Co
City of
Two women charged with burglary held on 20,000 bond each
In Lubbock County two women were booked on burglary charges and remain incarcerated in lieu of bonds set at 20 thousand dollars each. The report notes their detention status and bond amounts as of this edition.
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Lubbock
Area
See
Nixon to Pick Visit Date for China Trip
White House confirms Nixon plans to travel to the People’s Republic of China with Kissinger returning to Peking this month. Kissinger says a 10 member advance party of technical specialists will accompany him as officials avoid speculation on recent Mainland China events.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
China
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Rer
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Kissinger
Secret Service
White House Communications Agency
People's Republic of China
Singer
Ziegler
Prayer Reflection on Humility and Self-Examination
A reader prayer warns that an unhumbled heart suspects others and blames external causes for calamity, urging self examination to root out sin and cultivate humility before God.
Passenger says captain is always right to flyers at Lubbock
An elderly woman asserts Captain Bill Kelley has the wrong plane at Lubbock Regional Airport as Continental Airlines flight 181 departs. The incident ends with authorities guiding her to the proper aircraft while Kelley remains noted as a trusted pilot by many passengers.
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Bill Kelley
Perry Flippin
Avalanche-Journal
Continental Airlines
Continental
Airlines
Kelley
Lubbock's
Degree value dips but life quality rises study says
A Carnegie Commission report finds college education yields higher lifetime income and greater civic and cultural engagement, while its dollar value per year has declined. The Institute for Social Research at Michigan conducted the study, led by Dr. Clark Kerr, noting graduates tend to be more liberal, open minded, and less materialistic, yet more informed and involved in politics and communities.
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Washington — A
Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
Clark Kerr
Institute For Social Research
University of Michigan
McGraw-Hill
Kerr
Nixon faces Taft-Hartley move amid Atlantic dock strike
President Nixon awaits a five member board report to decide on invoking Taft-Hartley to end a national dock strike halting deepwater cargo. The board could trigger an 80 day cooling off period if deadlocks are certified as coast wide. Coal talks resume as miners seek raise. 100000 workers affected.
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Nixon
Gulf
West
United Mine Workers Union
Texas Gov Appoints Dorsey Hardy to Water Rights Panel
Gov Preston Smith named former Texas senator Dorsey Hardy of San Angelo to the Texas Water Rights Commission on Tuesday, potentially facing a Senate confirmation fight. He would fill the remainder of the term of Leslie Neal of San Antonio, who resigned for health reasons.
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Pees Austin
Preston Smith
Senate
Dorsey Hardy
San Angelo
Texas Water Rights Commission
Hardeman
Commission
Leslie Neal
San Antonio
Smith
Neal
Texas
Two U S Army Divisions to Withdraw from Vietnam
Reliable sources say the Americal Division, about 20,000 strong, will leave Vietnam entirely by December 1. The 101st Airborne, similar in size, will have most units withdrawn by January 1.
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Saigon
Vinam
101St Airborne
Orioles win pennant as Birds sweep in playoff clash
In the playoffs the Baltimore Orioles clinch the pennant by taking a third straight victory over Oakland 3 0. Concurrently the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the San Francisco Giants 2 1 thanks to long ball hitting.
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Baltimore Orioles
Oakland
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bucs
San Francisco Giants
Fifth Cyclist Die In Lubbock Traffic Toll Rises
A Slaton woman, 45, died when a car and pickup collided southeast of Lubbock around 8 30 p.m. Tuesday. Earlier, Abernathy man died from injuries in a car motorcycle crash in Lubbock. Michael Lonnie Miller, 26, died at Methodist Hospital after a 4 p.m. crash at sand Street and University Avenue, the fifth cyclist to die this year in Lubbock traffic. Police noted Miller rode a motorcycle on University Avenue when hit by a car driven by Herbert Brink.
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Morgan Avalanche.Journal
Slaton
Lubbock
Abernathy
Mattie Whitley
Methodist Hospital
Whitley
U.S. Sf
Tommy Wilbanks
Lubbock County
Nat
Ingiway
Charles
Rosenburg
Ity
Miller
Texas Tech University
University Avenue
22Nd Street
Herbert E. Brink
Brink
Alfred Millsap
NA Sth St
Autumn Call Shows Texas Banks Bulging and Deposits Record
A statewide autumn call reports record or near record bank deposits in Abilene Hunt County Victoria and other Texas cities as of Sept 20. Economists caution that deposits do not prove strong retail sales and note some residents hold money awaiting price changes. The inquiry was ordered by state and federal banking authorities to assess bank condition.
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Frews County
Abilene
Hunt County
Green- Tess
Nearville
Victoria
Midland
Texas City
Federal
City Bank Deposits Near Record Across Texas Counties
An odd date was set to surprise banks so that they could not shift funds to make their communities look better. Reported all time record deposits came from Harris County Houston Dallas County San Antonio Grayson County Sherman Denison Anderson County Palestine Del Rio Navarro County Corsicana Vernon Taylor.
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Harris County
Houston
Dallas County
San Antonio
Grayson County
Sherman-Denison
Anderson County
Palestine
del Rio
Navarro County
Corsicana
Vernon
Taylor
Weather Outlook for Lubbock and Vicinity Today
Partly cloudy with a high near 80 and a low in the low 50s. Variable winds 5 to 15 mph tonight. A fragment shows selected city readings such as Houston Denver and a stray numeric line, but the usable forecast centers on Lubbock.
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Lubbock
Houston
Denver
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