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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1973

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Band to perform halftime show at season opener

Morrow and the band, pictured at page bottom, will provide the halftime show for the 7 30 p m season opener for both teams.

Thing. Morrow Milton Adams

US Supposedly Had Coup Plans In Chile Before 1973 Move

Washington officials said definite word of a Chilean coup against Allende reached U S authorities about ten hours before it began and the White House denied prior knowledge. State Department tied rumors to reports on three days but said no precise intelligence.

Washington UPI Chile White House Nixon State Department Marxist Salvador Allende Department Paul Hare Gerald Warren Cdtla Warren U. S Santiago U.S Allende North Vietnam Nhan Dan Buenos Aires Juan D. Peron United States

Hail Storm Damages Crops in Lamesa as Tornado Threat Grows

A hail storm near Lamesa caused extensive crop damage with high winds and heavy rain from 7:45 to 9 p.m. A separate tornado near Bastrop, east of Austin, damaged mobile homes but caused no injuries. The National Weather Service issued and later canceled a multi-county tornado watch as storms moved east across Texas.

Lamesa South Plains Texas Bastrop Austin National Weather Service North Central South Central Baton Rouge Beaumont College Station Menard Junction Gainesville Tyler Longview Brownsville Rio Grande Valley Coast NWS

Weather Outlook for Lubbock and Vicinity

Fair to partly cloudy conditions continue today and Saturday with a 30 percent chance of thundershowers tonight. Winds will be southerly 8 to 18 miles per hour with high near 88 and low around 60. Maximum and minimum humidity ranges are noted with forecasted warmer daytime temperatures.

Lubbock Amy Seers Ann Fe

Moose roams Methuen downtown before tranquilized

A 1,200 pound moose wandered Methuen Massachusetts downtown on Wednesday triggering police response. After eight hours the wild animal was shot with tranquilizer darts and transported to Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. Officials could not determine its origin.

Methuen Mass Boston Franklin Park Zoo

Fire causes $750000 damage at Piggly Wiggly Foods warehouse

Fire officials say a three alarm blaze at the Piggly Wiggly Shop Rite Foods warehouse at 2222 Ave A caused about $750000 damage. The cause is linked to a blow torch used to thaw a sprinkler line, igniting Styrofoam insulation as crews shut off sprinklers during the fire. The warehouse blaze, the worst in Lubbock since 1970, burned for over two hours Wednesday afternoon and prompted a large cleanup Thursday.

Attleley Avalanché-Journal Lubbock Black

Movie Star A Woman Who Won’t Stay Single

A woman known as a film star refuses to settle in marriage or single life. The item surveys her relationships and public image, noting her reluctance to commit and the ongoing marriages she’s entered and left.

Militant New Mexico Gas Workers Urge Export Halt

The most militant group of New Mexico service station operators, who have closed in protest of Phase IV gasoline price controls, asked Gov. Bruce King to halt oil and gas exports if demands aren’t met by Friday. Governor King and energy adviser Di Luzio projected a quick resolution as Atlantic Richfield paused a price rise and officials anticipated a pass-through rule from the Cost of Living Council.

Associated Press New Mexico Bruce King Gallup Interstate 40 Santa Fe King Frank DiLuzio Atlantic Richfield Cost of Living Council DiLuzio

Murray Shuffles Athletic Council

Tech president Dr Grover E Murray enlarges the Texas Tech Athletic Council adding three new members and replacing longtime chairman T L Leach He says it is a youth movement and the changes take effect immediately with the first meeting set for Saturday The board governs all intercollegiate athletics at Tech and terms run three years

Don Henry Texas Tech Athletic Council T.L. Leach Tech Grover F E. Murray Leach Robert L. Rouse Agricultural Education Department Anson R. Bertrand College of Agricultural Sciences William B. Conroy Department For Geography Raymond C. Jackson Department of Biological Sciences John Cobb Imen Philip Johnson Jack Maddox Hobbs Keith Anderson Mid Land Rickey Alexander Leo Elis Murray Rouse

Lubbock Council hikes tax rate to cover airport overrun

In a surprise move the Lubbock City Council raised the property tax rate seven cents per $100 to cover overruns on the airport expansion and other projects. They awarded a $5.825 million contract to Page and Wirtz Construction for the 140000 square foot terminal and approved a first reading $1.36 rate for 1973, with the increase expected to raise about $947,000 over two years.

Vaughn Hendrie Avalanche-Journal Lubbock Page and Wirtz Construction Co Civic Center

Today's Prayer for Guidance and Sin Avoidance

A brief devotional reads as a reader asks Heavenly Father to guide their steps this day. They seek to avoid sin and perform actions pleasing to God in daily life.

Heavenly Father

Newspapers Seek Duty Free Import of Lightweight Newsprint

The American Newspaper Publishers Association urges Customs to remove the 5 per ton duty on lightweight newsprint down to 24.5 pounds basis weight. Comment deadline is Oct 29. U.S. mills meet under 40 percent of demand. Canada supplies 65 percent of U.S. newsprint.

Customs Bureau Federal Register American Newspaper Publishers Association U.S Unitedstates Canada ANPA

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