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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1972
Page
9
Latest national survey shows Nixon leading McGovern 64 to 30 percent with six percent undecided. Among under 30 voters Nixon holds a 61 to 36 margin, reflecting gains from youth outreach and the acceptance speech at the GOP convention. The poll surveyed 1,203 registered voters from 1,534 adults.
The first postwar Japanese commercial jet from Tokyo to Peking returns with three passengers a stork and two cranes. It carries 88 original passengers awaiting live TV coverage of Prime Minister Tanaka's China visit. The plane also ferries chimpanzees and a black swan as gifts from Tokyo Zoo to China and vice versa.
The National Airport Security Committee granted Lufthansa special protection for its planes in Mexico City after threats linked to the Munich Olympic killings. Jets will be guarded until all passengers disembark and security on the ramp will be doubled before overnighting for Cologne and Frankfurt via Montreal. Other carriers Sabena Air France American Pan American also boosted security.
Pravda discloses severe bread and vegetable shortages in Gorky Oblast along with a lack of consumer goods like refrigerators and dishes. The article cites long bread lines and factory shutdowns, implicating local leadership and the two year plan’s draft as Brezhnev’s era of consumer promises falter while Soviets await imported potatoes and goods.
In Rhode Island volunteers organized a one day cleanup along an 18 mile stretch of the Blackstone River and parts of the Seekonk River. They used trucks bulldozers canoes and helicopters to move debris with initial confusion fading by late morning. Local groups supplied equipment and staff to assist the effort and workers reported progress by mid day.
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