16 Sep 1972
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1972
Page
1
Murray declines comment as a university official explains campus administrators face higher federal wage requirements. If the minimum rises from 1.60 to 2.20 per hour, pay raises may follow, the memo notes.
Reports from Levelland to Spur and Needmore describe light to moderate rain and brief showers. Amounts included 0.20 inch near Needmore and brief thundershower activity around 2 30 p.m. in parts of the area, with most activity fading by sundown.
About 335 persons are expected to attend the annual meeting of the Ginners Association in Lubbock Sunday, as reported on page 1 section B. The event is tied to the area Scottish Rite reunion activities.
U S and South Vietnamese forces claim victory as the 1st Division drives into the Citadel and provincial capital of Quang Tri, threatening Hue to the south and signaling a major setback for North Vietnam in the 1968 offensive. The Viet Cong deny loss of the Citadel though reports indicate heavy shelling and strategic retreats.
A fragmentary prayer text invokes God as end and guide, with disjointed phrasing about walking and lives. The lines present a devotional tone but lack a clear narrative, date, or identifiable figures.
A three judge panel rejected most challenges to the Texas Election Code and primary financing law. The ruling keeps Raza Unida and the Texas Socialist Workers Party in contention and preserves a 30 year age minimum for governor and lieutenant governor candidates. It also upholds petition rules for minor parties and bars several independents from November ballots.
Texas Tech hosts its 1972 home opener at Jones Stadium under questionable weather and a busy week at local motels as fans anticipate the Goin Band from Raiderland debut at halftime and a strong turnout for the Tech Utah game.
Guards used tear gas on about 150 inmates to break up a fight between rival black prisoner groups at Green Haven State Correctional Facility. Two inmates were injured and a temporary state of emergency was declared at the maximum security prison in New York’s Hudson River Valley.
A Lapeer County housewife buying groceries in bulk for study and family causes disbelief as a $571.88 bill astonishes store workers and shoppers. A pool formed among baggers to guess the total while Leonard LeClerc won a $15 pot. The wife began large purchases after starting college three years ago.
An earth tremor measuring 4.5 to 4.75 on the Richter scale rattled parts of Illinois Wisconsin Indiana Michigan and Iowa for about 30 seconds at 12 22 a m Police in Dixon Lee County reported no damage noting the largest Midwest quake since November 9 1968 along the Madrid Fault No serious damage was reported as the National Earthquake Information Center logged the tremor near Dixon Illinois
Three Yugoslav hijackers seized a domestic DC9 with 90 aboard in Stockholm Malmoe and forced Sweden to release seven Croatian separatists from prison. Authorities began prisoner exchanges at the airport after long negotiations, with passengers held for over 10 hours.
A federal grand jury indicted seven men linked to the Watergate break in at the Democratic National Headquarters. Named defendants include G Gordon Liddy and I Howard Hunt, with James W McCain Jr Bernard L Barker Eugenio Martinez Frank A Sturgis Virgilio R Gonzalez. Barker faces separate fraud and notarizing charges in Miami.
Eli's Discotheque owners massed a legal challenge to a second reading dance hall ordinance that bars under twenty one entry to venues serving alcohol. Judge Robert C. Wright granted a temporary restraining order and set the hearing for 3 p.m. Tuesday in the 137th District Court, arguing the measure violates due process and shifts liability for others actions onto owners.
Forecast shows daytime highs in the mid 80s for Lubbock and vicinity with temperatures dropping to the lower 60s tonight. The map page notes typical diurnal variation and clear to partly cloudy skies across the region.
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