Showdown Avoided Commitments In Remap Board Session
Lawyers a senator and Baptist official urged single member House districts before the Legislative Redistricting Board on Wednesday but Lt. Gov. Barnes' absence appeared to avert a clash. Land Commissioner Armstrong said he planned a motion for single member districts if the full board were present.
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Associated Press
Austin
Legislative
Ben Barnes
Oscar Mauzy
Dallas
Barnes
Bob Armstrong
Armstrong
Maury
1.8 Million Bales Cotton Outlook Remains Strong
The Lubbock Cotton Exchange and Plains Cotton Growers Inc forecast 1,853,000 bales for the 25-county South Plains, eight percent below September’s estimate but still the largest output in six years. They cite hail, cold, and disease as causes for the drop from 2,015,000 bales and note the six-year high earlier. A frost is not expected before November.
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Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains Cotton
Lubbock Cotton Exchange
The
Plains Cotton Growers Inc
Hall
Clyde Day
Exchange
PCG
Flirt Definition Sparks Local Column Cartoon
Comic dictionary entry explains Flirt as a woman who pets on with other women's husbands but does not get along with her own. The item appears in the comics section of today’s edition.
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Cairo
U.S
Suez Canal
Judge Acts After Plea By Nixon
President Nixon sought and obtained a court order halting the West Coast dock strike while deciding not to intervene in East and Gulf Coast walkouts. A San Francisco judge issued an 80-day restraining order citing potential national harm, with authorities noting threats to health and safety. In Chicago, Judge Frank McGarr ordered strikers to stop a 10-day walkout against 11 grain suppliers.
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One-Journal News Services
Washington
Nixon
Gulf Coast
San J Enanieisco
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
Spencer Williams
Frank McGarr
Chicago
San Francisco
U.S
Clifford M. Hardin
Japan
United States
West Coast
New York
Prayer Verse Invocation from a Reader
A reader offers a short prayer asking for guidance to abide by God’s laws and to be blessed this day. The plea seeks daily spiritual support and emphasizes reliance on divine help in daily life.
Ranch Headquarters museum event draws Texas Tech visitors
At the Texas Tech Ranch Headquarters museum site, members and friends plan an annual meeting with ranch artisans Demonstrations include forging leather crafting and blacksmithing while exhibits recall Col C C Slaughter Longs empire and J B Slaughter’s U Lazy. Other features include horseshoeing and barbed wire artifacts from the Thord Dockray collection.
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Texas Tech
Col. C. C. Slaughter
John B. Slaughter
Don Holmes
Renderbrook Spade Ranch
Wendall Alexander
Austin Doolittle
Tom Barnes
Thord Dockray
RANCW
Chou En Lai Addresses Americans on China Policy
Premier Chou En-lai told about 60 Americans in the Great Hall of the People that Mao's decision to invite the U S table tennis team to China paved the way for a thaw in Sino American ties. He spoke during a two hour session with Huey P Newton and John Service present, outlining negotiations versus armed struggle and a border dispute stance with Russia.
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Julian Schuman
Peking
UPI
Chou En-lai
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
U.S
China
Peking-Washington
Chou
Mainland China
Great Hall of the People
Black Panther
Huey P. Newton
U.S. State Department
John Service
Nixon
Russia
Fires Strike Two Dallas Hotels In Quick Succession
Two downtown Dallas hotels, the Baker and the Adolphus, suffered separate fires within minutes of each other. Capt. W. L. Calquitt said more than 100 firefighters fought the blazes, with Baker damage in the hundreds of thousands and Peacock Terrace Room heavily damaged. 285 guests were registered at the Baker, while Adolphus fire was limited to a storage area. Editor note points to Cotton Bowl weekend crowd pressure on local rooms.
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Associated? Press
Dallas
W. L. Calquitt
Baker Hotel
The
Adolphus
Baker
Akard Street
Baker and
Calquitt
Peacock Terrace
Oklahoma
Texas
Pirates clinch NL pennant vs Giants for World Series bid
Pittsburgh Pirates defeated San Francisco 9-5 to win the best of five NL series 3-1 and advance to face the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series opening Saturday in Baltimore. Richie Hebner and Al Oliver homered, Bruce Kison and Dave Giusti pitched key relief to seal the win.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Francisco
Pirates
Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore
New York Yankees
Richie Hebner
al Oliver
Bruce Kison
Dave Giusti
Hebner
Open Concept Plans Approved for Hardwick Elementary Addition
Lubbock school trustees approved preliminary open concept plans for a 350 student addition at Hardwick Elementary in West Lubbock. Bids may go out by Nov. 15 with completion aimed for fall 1972, funded by a $200000 portion of a $5.6 million bond issue approved in April.
Weather Map: Lubbock Area Fair and Warmer Today's High Low
Fair and warmer for Lubbock and vicinity with a high in the low 80s and an overnight low near 50s. Winds from the south and southeast, humidity rising to about eighty eight percent during the day.
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Lubbock
Weatier City
Abilene
el Paso
Albuquerque
Hobbs
Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla City
Denver
W. Fale
Lone Bandit Robs New York Bank For $238000
A lone bandit with a sawed off shotgun robbed a Yonkers County Trust Co branch of $238000 at closing time. He forced manager Christy Mercera and five women tellers into a secured area, unlocked the vault, then had the cash packed into two bags before fleeing through a side exit.
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Yonkers
N.Y
The
County Trust Co
Christy Mercera
Nixon to address nation on Phase II plans for economy
President Nixon will speak at 6 30 p m CDT to outline how wage and price controls will transition from the freeze and how inflation will be curbed. Officials expect boards of business labor and public representation to set acceptable increases tied to productivity and cost of living.
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Asalanche-Journal News
Washington
Nixon
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Oval Office
Willl
Nixon Nixon
Afl-Cio
Nixon Victory as House Passes Tax Relief Bill
The House approved a $15.4 billion three year tax relief plan boosting individual cuts and business incentives. It marks a Nixon administration victory despite labor opposition and signals Senate hearings and possible changes before enactment. It would save typical earners and offer business subsidies while aiming to accelerate economic recovery.
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Treasury
John B. Connally
George P. Shultz
House
Nixon
Senate
Assoniated
Wallington
U.S
Senate Finance Committee
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