Gainesville Eight jurors acquit on plot charges
A federal jury in Gainesville finds all eight defendants from the Vietnam Veterans Against the War not guilty of plotting violence at the 1972 Republican National Convention. After five weeks of testimony, the jury of seven women and five men delivered verdicts in about four hours, prompting cheers from defendants and supporters.
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Gainesville, Fla
Gainesville
Stanley K. Michelson ,Jr
Arnow
Impulses Blamed In Torture Slayings
Psychologists discuss factors behind serial killings linked to a Houston case. They explore early trauma, sexual identity confusion, and punishment methods affecting development. Recounted behaviors describe grooming minors, bribery with cash or rides, and gradual exposure to sadistic acts leading to murder.
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Elmer Wayne Henley
Center
Houston
Moore
Sherbert Frazier
Evans
County Court Hearing Planned On Movie Confiscation
LeCroy announced the case will be heard in county court at law over an X rated film seizure at The Flick in Lubbock. He noted another confiscation occurred two weeks earlier and said communities must set standards as Supreme Court rulings delegate this to local judging bodies. Patrons received refunds, and LeCroy defended actions as legally required, suggesting a broad community jury will decide.
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LeCroy
Lubbock
U.S. Supreme Court
LeCrey
Clovis Police Request Raises and Upgrades For Staff
Worley demands include overtime for officers and warden, 15 percent detective raise, added four patrolmen, a secretary, two patrol cars and two motorcycles, enlarged facility, retirement plan, and annual pay raises above cost of living. City agrees in principle. exact implementation details pending. Four promotions announced: Harold Russell and Ed Rodriguez to lieutenant, Steve Galloway to sergeant, Lawson Somers to sergeant.
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Page Qne
Police Department
Worley
Kingsbury
Chick Taylor Jr
Marvin Hass
Harold Russell
Ed Rodriguez
Leutenant
Steve Galloway
Lawson Somers
Holiday Observance Affects Texas Tech and Local Colleges
Faculty staff and students at Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian College get Monday off with classes resuming Tuesday. Reese Air Force Base airman training curtailed Monday and offices closed. Postal service limited to special deliveries and mail box dispatch. DPS urges precaution for a long traffic weekend and lights on for motorcyclists. Police focus on speeding and drinking drivers to reduce head on collisions.
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Dock Independant
Texas Tech University
Lubbock Christian College
Air Force Base
Reese Air Force Base
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Rescue Effort Continues For Pisces III Sub Crewmembers
The 19 foot Pisces III sank off the Irish coast while laying cable. British divers and an American drone sub CURV II assist with rescue operations as weather worsens. Crewmates Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman show signals, while CO2 poisoning risk looms and surface doctors are rushed to aid.
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Leonard Redshaw
Vickers Oceanics
Palomares
Spain
Redshaw
Royal Navy
John Cabot
Cork
United States
London
Weather Bureau
Roger Mallinson
Roger Chapman
Chapman
Mallinson
June
Broughton
England
Pamela
Windermere
Grass Fires and Severe Thunderstorms Hit Region
Strong thunderstorms and heavy rains swept across the South Plains and Texas Panhandle. Lubbock recorded light rainfall while Seagraves Post Tahoka and Snyder saw hail and flash floods. Tornado reports and hurricane winds stretched from Minnesota to Florida with widespread thunderstorm activity nationwide.
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Tahoka
Post
Tohoka
Lockney
Floydada
Olton
Snyder
South Plains
Big Bend
Panhandle
National Weather Service
Khmer Rouge Drive Hits Phnom Penh Border City
Rebels attack Kompong Cham and Kompong Speu as artillery rain pounds the region. 18 soldiers killed and 58 wounded in the Cham offensive, with Highway 7 cut and Kompong Som seaport access blocked. Lon Nol praises defenders of the capital.
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Phnom Perh
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Kompong Cham
Kompong Speu
Lon Nol
Khmer Rouge
Cial
Prek Thaot
Kompong Som
Nixon asks 60 day delay on federal pay raise
President Nixon asked Congress to defer a 4.77 percent federal pay increase for 60 days citing inflation risks. The delay affects 3.5 million workers and could cost about $2 billion, with a review set for December 1 and a new decision after advisory review by late September.
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Nixon
Congress
San Clemente
Calif
Office of Management and Budget
Civil Service Commission
Mail rate increases across classes hit small papers and nonprofits
Spokesman lists increases in mailing costs across classes. Second class weekly papers in counties rise from six tenths to seven tenths of a cent per copy, nonprofit national publications from three fourths to nine tenths, and commercial titles like Time and Newsweek from 2.8 to 3.4 cents. Third class bulk mail for nonprofit booklets rises from 8 to 9 cents per pound, and eight ounce nonprofit mail rises from 4 to 4.5 cents. Fourth class books and records go from 14 to 16 cents per pound initially and 7 to 8 cents per additional pound.
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Spokesman
Afl-Cio
Time
Newsweek
Spain Exports 124 Thousand Tons of Grapes in 1972
Spain shipped 124,122 tons of table grapes in 1972. The United Kingdom and West Germany received the majority of the exports.
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Spain
Madrid
United Kingdom
West Germany
Gas Stations Face Wave of Closures Amid Fuel Shortage
Local observers warn many stations will close Sunday and likely Monday due to ongoing fuel shortages and delayed September allocations. Hall notes the Lubbock area shortage could last up to three years while refineries operate at full capacity elsewhere and the Colorado region also faces shortages. Retailers blame Phase IV price ceilings for shifting higher crude costs onto stations, with farm demand and September quotas tightening supplies further.
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Hall
Lubbock
Amarillo
Colorado
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