Dust Bowl echo looms as 1971 drought grips Plains
Fort Worth reports comparisons to the 1930s Dust Bowl as widespread drought and dust storms hit the Great Plains. Farmers face erosion and exodus, while experts caution against direct equality but warn rains are crucial to prevent further decline.
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Kansas
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma
Beaumont
Tex
John Steinbeck
Great Plains
Plains
California
Southwest
Clyde Graham
Temple
Soil Conservation Service
Airports screening shows success in 17 months
FAA report covers October 1969 to May this year. 100 deputy marshals screened over 50 million domestic passengers and thwarted five hijack attempts. Narcotics totaling 1.5 million dollars seized. Arrests totaled 408 including smugglers felons fugitives deserters and escapees.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
U.S
FAA
House Appropriations
Defense Dept Sets July August Draft Quotas at 16000
The Defense Department announced a 16 000 draft quota for July and August as Congress works toward a two year extension of the draft law. Officials said the calls may be filled by college students with ended deferments if action is delayed. The plan follows Nixon’s goal of a zero draft by mid 1973 amid debate over troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
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Washington
House
Senate
Defense Department
Pentagon
Defense
Nixon
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Stanley R. Resor
All Volunteer Army
Ardmore Youth Dies In Farm Tractor Accident
A 16 year old Ardmore youth, Terry Wiles, was crushed to death when his tractor slipped on loose gravel and overturned on him on the Merrick farm in Carter County. He died en route to Ardmore hospital.
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Ardmore
Okla
The
Highway Patrol
Terry Wiles
Merrick
Carter County
Notre Dame Football Games Aired In New York
All 10 Notre Dame football games this year will be aired in New York over radio station WMCA AP reports the broadcasts will cover the entire season.
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NEW York
Notre Dame
WMCA
DeSapio Begins Two Year Federal Prison Term
Carmine G. DeSapio former head of New York's Tammany Hall has started a two year federal prison term for bribery and conspiracy. He was convicted December 13 1969 by a New York jury. Co defendant Antonio Corallo also convicted. The case charged a scheme to funnel kickbacks through James Marcus former water commissioner to influence Con Edison contracts. Marcus Itkin named coconspirators but not defendants.
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Lewisburg
Carmine G. DeSapio
New York
Tammany Hall
DeSapio
Antonio
Tony Ducks” Corallo
James L. Marcus
New York City
Consolidated Edison Co
Mount Kisco, N.Y
Marcus
Herbert Itkin
Itkin
450-ton gantry crane bound for Bremen shipyard in 1972
A 450-ton gantry crane will be delivered to a Bremen West Germany shipyard in 1972. It was designed and built in Finland.
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Bremen
West Germany
Finland
Chicka Saw Library Bookmobile Stops This Week
The Chicka Saw Library System bookmobile schedules visits in the area. Thursday stops include Wapanucka Bromide Connerville and Ravia with specific time windows. Friday stops cover Cottonwood Centrahoma and Tupelo with assigned times.
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Chickasaw Library System
Wapanucka
Bromide
Connerville
Ravia
Cottonwood
Centrahoma
Tupelo
Fluorine Mill Boosts Uranium and Rocket Fuel Materials
A mill near Cowdrey Colorado manufactures fluorine for use in uranium separation processes and in producing rocket fuels, highlighting a strategic chemical supply tied to defense and space programs.
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Cowdrey
Colo
Seminole Man Enters 1972 Presidential Race
B J Clegg a 43 year old Seminole resident and former Air Force veteran announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President in 1972. He plans to campaign in New Hampshire and presents a pro God anti Communist platform focusing on prayer in schools Supreme Court reform and withdrawal from Vietnam.
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W. L. Knickmeyer
B. J. Clegg
Air Force
New Hampshire
Clegg
Supreme Court
Abraham Lincoln
New Jersey
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New Mexico
Nebraska
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F. Jake Hess
McLean
American Hereford Association
Boise City
Tipton
Keith Pinson
Clark Harper
Atlanta
Kennedy International
Los Angeles International
Kennedy
Harper
Vietnam
Curtis W. Tarr
Carmine DeSapio
B. M
Mack” Welch
of God
Oklahoma City
Spirit of God
God
12Th and
Rennie
First National Bank and Tuat Company
National Ank
Zvaystave
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