New Texas Senate OKs Social Security Bill and emergency funds
The Texas Senate approved three measures to empower the governor during financial emergencies with a $500000 standby fund through Aug 31. The bills move to the House as Gov. Preston Smith aims to avoid frequent special sessions.
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Senate Economic Development Committee
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Bryan
Dallas
Mike McKool
Oscar Mauzy
Moore
Mauzy
Texas Film Commission
Senate Hikes Welfare Bill With Social Security Reform Delay
The Senate passed an $18.5 billion welfare and Social Security bill by a 71 to 5 vote, delaying broad reform for welfare families. The measure funds new testing for eight years, preserves Aid to Families with Dependent Children, and protects recipients from rent or food stamp cuts. Senate and House conferees aim to finalize before adjournment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
Walter Mondale
Dminn
Senate House
First Tech Arts and Sciences Student Visits Alma Mater
Irwin Coleman, the first student to enroll in the Texas Tech School of Arts and Sciences, returned to Lubbock to visit relatives and see the university’s origins. He is nearing retirement as Gulf Oil Corp associate general counsel and helped guide early anti trust work. He hopes to dig up history from the school’s opening nearly 50 years ago.
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Celeste Loucks
Avalanche Journal
Gulf Oil Corporation
Irwin Coleman
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Coleman
Floyd County Community Center opens in Floydada
The Floyd County Community Center in Floydada officially opens with a $75 000 investment. The event is highlighted in local notices with page references to state and nation sections and sports and community pages. The edition also notes a Career Woman comic definition about being up to date in everything but age.
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Floydada
Floyd County
Senate Approves Brantley Dam Near Carlsbad
The U S Senate approved a 45.6 million reservoir project on the Pecos River between Carlsbad and Artesia. The Brantley Dam would be 18 miles upstream from Carlsbad, downstream from McMillan Dam, and cover the older structure as it funds construction maintenance and operations.
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Carlsbad
U. S
Senate
Pecos River
Artesia
Brantley Dam
McMillian Dam
Prayer Invocation Emphasizes Love for Humanity
A reader offers a prayer urging divine help to love humanity, citing the command to love one’s neighbor as essential to loving God. The plea ends with a concluding Amen.
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Heavenly Father
God
Escalating LP and L Pact For Gas Approved
The Electric Utility Board recommended a gas purchase contract for Lubbock Power and Light that introduces escalation clauses allowing automatic cost increases. The deal supports fuel supply for LP&L generators and marks a change in how gas costs are passed to customers.
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Lubbock
Electric Utility Board
LP&L Gas Rates From Pioneer Natural Gas To Rise
LP&L has paid 23.5 cents per 1 000 cubic feet of gas in 1972 under a firm-rate contract with Pioneer Natural Gas Co. The 1973 rate rises to 26 cents, and a 1974 contract proposal would set a base price of 25.5 cents with automatic CPI and gas-cost increases, per Utility Director Bill Wood.
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Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Lubbock Power and Light
Bill Wood
Wood
Pioneer Officee Lp&l
Kleindienst speaks on news sources at Lubbock and Plainview
U S Attorney General Richard Kleindienst spoke at Lubbock Regional Airport and Wayland Baptist College in Plainview about news source confidentiality. He urged that journalists need not have the same protections as doctors or lawyers and declined comment on the Watergate bugging case. He referenced immunity for Frank Sharp in the National Bankers Life scandal and noted restraint due to a judge’s gag order.
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Lubbock Regional Airport
Plainview
Eugene Smith
Avalanche-Journal
U.S. Atty
South Plains
Lubbock
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Arizona
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Wayland
Democratic Party
Frank Sharp
Morning Star Yacht Sliced In Half Off Mendocino Coast
Coast Guard reports seven rescued after the Morning Star yacht was struck and split by an unidentified freighter in thick fog off the Mendocino coast. Two children remain missing. survivors include Hal Lacy, Donna Dennis, and Greg Bubic.
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Mendocino
Morning Star
Coast Guard
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Donna
Tom Dennis
Greg
Bubic
Midland Woman Fatally Stabbed
A 43 year old deaf mute, Ruthie May Richardson, was found stabbed to death at her home in Midland about 5 p.m. Thursday. Investigators said she suffered at least 46 stab wounds to chest and abdomen, with no weapon found and no sign of forced entry at 406 S Tilden. Her husband, also a deaf mute, found the body. services are pending at Thomas Funeral Home.
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Ruthie May Richardson
S. Tilden
Nixon recalls LBJ error and vows election not to dictate Vietnam talks
President Nixon said Lyndon Johnson erred in halting the 1968 bombing and that November elections will not influence the Vietnam settlement. He noted Paris talks are in a sensitive stage and outlined tax, welfare, and civil rights positions while denying Watergate details. He promised a constitutional anti-busing amendment and reiterated plans for welfare reform and elderly relief.
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Avalanche-journal News Services
Washington
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Paris
Saigon
White House
Congress
Nation
Allies and Reds far apart in Vietnam peace talks
Paris Hanoi negotiators reported positions remain very far apart on military and political questions after the 162nd session. Nguyen Thi Binh said antagonism creates a wide gap making substantial progress impossible. Porter urged acceptance of Nixon's May cease-fire proposal as an opportunity to stop the killings.
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Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen Thi Binh
Viet Cong
Provisional Revolutionary
U.S
William Z. Porter
Nixon
Porter
Ly van Sau
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Binh
Wreck Kills 22 in Turkey Highway Collision
A bus and a taxi collided head on in southwestern Turkey on Thursday, killing 22 people and injuring 13, authorities said. The crash occurred near Istanbul as emergency crews assisted victims and investigated the cause.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Seven County Vote On Water District Formation
The Texas Water Rights Commission approved placing a proposed South Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 4 on the ballot. The district would cover parts of seven counties Andrews Cochran Dawson Gaines Lynn Terry and Yoakum. Temporary directors named include John Kendrick Gayle Craft Gene Hendon Vernon Goodwin and Marion Bowers. The election is planned for early December with separate ballots for rural residents and incorporated municipalities.
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Texas Water Rights Commission
South Plains
Andrews, Cochran
Dawson
Gaines
Lynn
Terry
Yoakum
Water Rights Group
Water Development Board
John Kendrick
Terry County
Gayle Craft
Yoakum County
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Abilene El Paso Amargo Houston Weather Watch
Weather summary lists regional readings with high and low temperatures for Abilene El Paso Amargo and other cities. Data includes humidity levels and times, noting 83 F max and 9 year ago values, with forecasts and wind observations across the Southwest region.
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