Carlsbad Caverns Turns 50 In Celebration Of Legacy
Carlsbad Caverns National Park marks its 50th birthday with a free day of tours and festivities. Interior Department officials, Governor Bruce King, and local residents join a program tracing the park’s history from the 1920s to today. Geology explains the cavern’s formation over millions of years, revealing crystalline formations and the vast underground chambers shaped by ancient water and tectonic activity.
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Caverns
Interior Department
New Mexico
Bruce King
Texas
Carlsbad Cave National Monument
Bork seeks new Watergate special prosecutor
Acting Attorney General Robert H. Bork spent Saturday evaluating candidates for a successor to Archibald Cox while facing opposition from Congress. He ruled out Eliott Richardson and William Ruckelshaus, saying the administration would seek a plan acceptable to lawmakers. House and Senate leaders rejected the President’s proposal and backed legislation to empower Chief Judge Sirica to appoint a new prosecutor under different terms.
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Washington
UPD
Robert H. Bork
Nixon
Congress
Bork
Archibald Cox
Justice Department
Richardson
Department
Jack W. Hushen
Eliott
Senate
Cox
Mansfield
Mike Mansfield
NATO
Turkey
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Nigen
U.S
John J. Sirica
Zonkey Arrival Expected At Brooklyn Prospect Park Zoo
New York AP reports a donkey named Jenny and zebra Lucky Strike may sire a Zonkey foal next March at Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn. Zoo supervisor Frank Blomquist notes zebras and donkeys rarely mate, and New York would see its first Zonkey if the mating results. The foal is anticipated to be light gray with faint stripes. Jenny is six years old and was paired with Lucky Strike after his mate's loss.
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New York
Brooklyn
Prospect Park Zoo
Frank Blomquist
Jenny
Lucky Strike
Zebra
Blomquist
Lubbock High Student Drowns During Big Bend Field Trip
Brian K Lite 16 son of Dr and Mrs Lite of 3209 27th St from Lubbock was with a group of advanced science students on a Big Bend field trip when he fell into a Rio Grande drop off and drowned. Park officials recovered his body after rescue efforts.
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A. Lubbock
Big Bend
Brian K
Animal Life
Lite
Joe Carthers
Yvan Little
27Th St
Little
Latchbockites
Texas Tech
Rio Grande Village
Rio Grande
Virgil
Wade
Lubbock
DROWNING PROMPTS SEARCH AT HOT SPRINGS PARK
A party on a boating trip encountered a dangerous 12 foot drop near the south shore. While the group saved most members, Brian Little disappeared after others attempted dives. Park rangers were called and the shoreline was combed for hours.
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Boquillas Hot Springs
Brian
Carthers
Carithers
Brian Little
Little
Park Rangers
Oldest South Texas resident dies at 115 in Mirando City
Mrs. Julia M. Cristan aged 115, born March 2, 1858 in Saltillo, died Friday night in Mirando City, where she had lived 48 years. Survived by two sons six daughters 72 grandchildren 192 great grandchildren and 37 great great grandchildren across Texas California and Mexico.
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Laredo
Tex
Julia M. Cristan
Texas
Mirando City
Here
Frost and Freeze Warnings Loom Over South Plains
Cold blast from a front brings frost warnings to western South Plains counties with lows near freezing predicted before dawn. Showers and thunderstorms persist in parts of the region, while rainfall totals from Saturday range from a trace to about a quarter inch across cities like Floydada Paducah and Plainview.
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South Avalanche-Journal
Plains
Lubbock
South
Yech
SMU
Floydada
Paducah
Muleshoe Refuge
Tohoka
Levelland
Muleshoe
Plainview
NWS
Texas
New Mexico
Daylight Saving Time Ends as Clocks Return to Standard Time
Daylight Saving Time ends and clocks fall back one hour returning Americans to standard time until next April. The change occurs at 2 am on the last Sundays of October and April, with the mnemonic Spring forward Fall back to aid memory.
Raider Win Bonus At Homecoming
Texas Tech celebrated Homecoming 1973 with a 31 to 14 football victory over Southern Methodist University before 15 088 in Lubbock. The day featured homecoming mums, a queen, band performances, and alumni events highlighting Tech’s 50th golden anniversary with the theme Tech The Past is Only the Beginning.
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Raiderland
Jones Stadium
Texas Tech
Charlotte Dillon
L. P. Dillon
47Th St
Cinde Weatherby
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech University
Tech
Southern Methodist University Mustangs
Raider
Historic Egyptian Israeli meeting aims for peace talks
The United States arranged a face to face meeting between Egyptian and Israeli army officers to plan a convoy of non military goods to Egypt's Third Army east of Suez. Israeli leader Yigal Allon hopes the talks mark beginnings of peace negotiations as UN peacekeeping teams move into the region.
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United Press International
United States
Egypt
Suez
Yigal Allon
United Nations
Historic
Rhodes
Mixed Armistice Commission
Ralph Bunche
U.S
Israel
Suez City
Suez Canal
East Bank
State Department
Robert McCloskey
Soviet Union
U.N
Golan
Prayer Verse Appeals for Guidance and Mercy
A reader closes with a dated prayer asking for wisdom to discern right from wrong and to follow God’s bidding, invoking Jesus’ name in a brief devotional line.
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Heavenly Father
Jesus
Abernathy Farmer Turns Weeds Into National Gift Goods
Gordon Zeigler Abernathy Monroe Waits, a West Texas farmer, started collecting and selling dried weeds and related plants for gift shops and florists. What began as a hobby grew into a large scale operation with exports to Chicago and expanding packaging, decorating, and farming changes. Waits now cultures flax millet and decorative cotton products around his crops as demand climbs yearly.
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Gordon Zeigler
Avalanche-Journal
Abernathy
Monroe Waits
Lubbock County
Waits
West Texas
Chicago
New Mexico
Lifesaving Plan Shifts Ambulance Work to EMTs
In Lubbock County, ambulance rides are being replaced by mobile emergency care with trained medics. An Idalou boy revived after a fatal crash demonstrates EMT CPR effectiveness. Seventeen more locals enroll in a 15 hour EMT course at Texas Tech and local hospitals.
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W. Eugene Smitit
Avalanches Journal
Lubbock County
Idalou
Laub Dock
Thatou
Tim Ward
Ward
Texas Tech University Medical School
Lubbock
Weather notes for Lubbock and region show fair skies
Forecast calls for continued fair weather in Lubbock and vicinity with highs in the upper 60s and lows in the lower 40s. Winds expected 3 to 12 mph. Sparse garbled text remains but no additional usable data.
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Lubbock
Bam
Tony
Sun Seus
Hobbs
Houston
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Zonkey Due
Lubbock High
Abilene Area
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Syria
Tiam
Little Rock
Bey
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Sage
Bill Lindsey
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