City Man Finds Arthritis Tough Foe
A Texas man, Bob Robinson, details his battle with inflammatory arthritis that ended his active career. He recalls Mayo Clinic doctors warning he would need a routine desk job and might end in a wheelchair within three years. He pursued travel and work across three states before the illness halted ambitions.
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Celeste Loucks
Avalanche-Journal
THOSF
Bob Robinson
Dallas
Leason
Banks
University of Texas
Europe
Mexico
Jonesboro
Ark
Robinson
Mayo Clinic
Mayo
City Man
Solons Eve Single Tax Office Plan
Texas lawmakers consider revision of school funding that could trigger county wide tax office consolidation. Rep. Mac McAlister says a special House committee may push a bill this session or next, with a constitutional rewrite possible to enable county wide tax office unification, starting with combining school tax offices in a county.
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W. Eugene
Avalanche-Journal
Texas
Lubbock
Mac" McAlister
Texas House
McAlister
Tax Rate Vote Sparks Council Meeting Tension
City council discusses a $1.36 tax rate in an ordinance that passed 3 to 2. Mayor Morris Turner hints at possible vote change to challenge the measure as officials consider a $5.8 million contract.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Lion Airport
Avalanche Journal Stat
Turner
Morris Turner Hasi
Repair Job Shifts Along 19th Street
Texas Highway Department reports progress on the Kerr Construction Co project along 19th Street from Avenue A to University Avenue. The winter damage prompted an asphalt base to stabilize the thoroughfare, with multiple sections reopened to traffic and finishing touches remaining.
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Rebecca Galvan
Avalanche-Journal
19Th Street
Texas Highway Department
Kerr Construction Co
Green
Avenue A
Council delays tax rise amid $625,000 terminal overrun
The article reports a proposed tax rate increase to cover a $625,000 overrun on terminal costs. Council members debate reconsidering the contract, fearing future overruns on the civic center. A special meeting at 2 pm is set to discuss the matter and Indiana Avenue extension with Texas Tech regents.
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Turner
Civic Center
Jim Kirchenstein
Sterling Miller
Mgr
N.B. McCullough
Indiana Avenue
Regents of
Texas Tech University
King Gustaf VI Dies In Sweden
STOCKHOLM reports the death of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden at Helsingborg hospital after a month of declining health following stomach surgery. He died in his sleep on the eve of parliamentary elections. Crown Prince Carl Gustaf, age 2, succeeds as King Carl XVI Gustaf, greeted by about 500 Swedes outside the hospital.
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Stockholm
Carl XVI Gustaf
Brother says LBJ tricked world into quitting race
Sam Houston Johnson, LBJ’s estranged brother, in a four room Austin hotel, argues the late president withdrew to end the Vietnam War to save lives. He says LBJ was tricked by advisers and foreign experts and that quitting politics shortened LBJ’s life.
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Austin, ‘Tex
UPI
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Apher von
Sam Houston Johnson
Sam Johnson
White House
Lyndon
LBJ
Sam Houston
Gas Stops Close By Hundreds Across Nation
Gasoline station operators many on strike plan to descend on Washington to press Phase IV price controls. Dealers foresee a Monday appeals court ruling on a constitutional challenge to the price ceilings while hundreds closed for the weekend with Memphis hit hardest.
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United Press International
Washington
Memphis
Tenn
Georgia
Ilinois
Indiana
Massachusetts
Cost of Living Council
John Dunlop
Beer Can Convention Draws 550 Attendees in Cincinnati Ballroom
About 550 members from 38 states and Canada converge for the third annual Beer Can Collectors convention. Attendees trade roughly 250 cans each, despite a hall filled with empty cans and cleanup in progress.
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Family News Farm
Lon
Canada
America
Area Inmate Flees MATADOR Manhunt Across Six Counties
Michael Wayne King, 28, escaped from Motley County Jail Friday afternoon and fled on foot as deputies and highway patrolmen from six counties hunted across Floyd Dickens and Childress counties. Air support joined the search with authorities reporting spots near Matador cemetery east of town.
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Matador
Depu
Depu-I
Flats
Motley
Crosby, Hall
Prom
Floyd
Dickens
Childress
Matador Counties
Motley County
Jinkslin
Alwilson
King
Crosby County
Molplane
Starkreeicher Stark
Thetley County
Snow Crenshaw
Crenshaw
Sting
Lubbock Mania Opens Tech Utah Clash in Style
Nancy Arthur reports a fashion and football frenzy at Jones Stadium as 38 000 fans filled the stands for the season opener between Texas Tech and Utah. Spectators wore red and white pant suits burgundy jackets and cowboy boots while the crowd shouted for popcorn hot dogs and cotton candy. The scene blended sport and style in a lively opening night.
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Nancy Arthur
Avalanche-Journal
Jones Stadium
National Arena
Lubbock Mania
Texas Tech
Price maneuvers and their mixed effects on meat prices
WORTH WREN reports on 1973 price controls and boycotts that left Lubbock housewives seeing three price levels and forecasters predicting winter rises. Cattle producers tightened supplies while processors cut hours, pushing futures and cash cattle prices to peak before ceilings were lifted.
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Worth Wren Avalanche-Journal
Nixon
Lubbock
Prayer for daily preparedness and trust
Reader offers a short请求 invoking Heavenly Father to help be ready for any problems today. The prayer asks for guidance and trust in God, ending with Amen.
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Heavenly Father
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