Chrome costs and Texas famous trees feature
The piece discusses chrome prices tied to Rhodesia and a possible Nixon policy shift. It also highlights the Texas Forest Service book Famous Trees of Texas with 96 trees, notably oaks and a lone Longleaf Pine, and credits John A. Haislet and Hal Harris.
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Texas
Texas Forest Service
A&m University
Panhandle
Lake Marvin
Canadian
Plainview
City Park
Matador
Caprock
Motley County
Bandera
Seguin
LaGrange
Fort Worth
Washington
Capitol Grounds
Austin
Hemphill
Sabine County
John A. Haislet
Hal Harris
Supreme Court case boosts press right over Pentagon papers
The New York Times seeks high court approval to continue publishing its Pentagon papers series amid federal orders to halt, while the Washington Post is allowed to resume publication. Other papers print excerpts on Vietnam diplomacy and McNamara’s wartime policy clashes with the Joint Chiefs.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Washington Appeals Court
Pentagon
Los Angeles Grand Jury
The
New York Times
Washington
Washington Post
Post
Supreme Court
United States
James C. H. Shen
Shen
Los Angeles Times
11 Knight
Vietnam
Defense
Robert McNamara
Knight Papers
McNamara
Joint Chiefs of Staff
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Knight
Mitchell
North Vietnam
Henryanna’s 34 Mayors in a Texas stage town
In the Palo Duro Canyon performance of Paul Green’s Texas, Henryanna a tiny Panhandle town, boasts 34 mayors as Uncle Henry and a group of honorary figures receive mayor certificates. The fictional town’s governance is playfully expanded for the stage production opening its sixth season.
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Panhandle
Texas
Palo Duro State Park
J. Manly Bryan
Canyon
Tom Christian
Claude
Robert Eastham
White Deer
Charles Hastings
Dumas
L. I. St. Clair
Muleshoe
Henryanna
Pioneer Amphitheater
Palo Duro Canyon State Park
Paul Green
Henry
Dean Kelley
Heuryanna
Mining Tragedy Deep Under Sylmar Leaves 17 Dead
A gas explosion in a water tunnel near Sylmar California killed 17 miners and left one survivor after 14 hours of effort to control flames. Rescue teams battled smoke and gas with limited air, while authorities cited methane pockets near an earthquake fault.
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Slymar
Calif
UPI
California
San Fernando
Gordon B. Oakeshott
State Division of Mines and Geology
Hollywood
Ralph Brisette
Pacoima
Wayne Pryor
Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co
Seattle
Pryor
Los Angeles
Argonaut
Amador County
Sylmar
Paul Badgley
City aims set for Amarillo goals program
The Amarillo City Commission expects a report with 15 goals to be completed by Nov. 1. Mayor L. Ray Wahue says the aims reflect citizen wishes and will guide two years of city leadership focusing on industrial growth, downtown rehabilitation, housing, and regional cooperation.
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Amarillo
L. Ray Wahue
City Commission
Vahue
Martin Road Lake Park
E. Amarillo Boulevard
Arthur Street
Grand Avenue
Border rules restrict work trips across U S Canada line
An immigration crackdown tightens entry for skilled workers seeking temporary or permanent jobs at the U S Canada border. The Yakima Herald Republic reports delays and extensive paperwork, as officials push back against aliens seeking employment amid 6.1 percent unemployment. A Vancouver technician was finally allowed to repair the paper's color-separation machine after formal requests and lengthy processing.
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Immigration Service
United States
Yakima, Wash
Herald
Republic
Herald-Republic
New York
Dallas
Vancouver
British Columbia
Yakima
U.S
Washington
State
Seattle
Department of Labor and Industries
U.S. Immigration Service
Pilotless Cessna 150 Circles Yuma Before Crash
A two seat Cessna 150 ran off the runway at Yuma Airport after circling the city for nearly three hours without a pilot. Charles Fox of Calexico tried to stop the plane by hand but was dragged until he let go. The aircraft climbed to 9,000 feet, briefly crossed into Mexico, then crashed on government property causing only self damage.
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Yuma
Fox
Sylvia Sandes
Marine Corps Air Station
Ex Pentagon official urges declassification of most material
William G. Florence a former Pentagon classification policy expert told a House subcommittee that about 99.42 percent of classified government material could be public He argued hundreds of thousands of federal employees created around 20 million classified documents and only a small fraction should remain secret He challenged the Defense Department’s handling of the Pentagon study from the 1960s saying the papers show actions already taken and pose no national security risk He warned that many people can assign classifications through derivative logic allowing broad secret stamps
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
William G. Florence
House
Freedom of Information
Florence
Subcommittee
Defense Department
Banker Identifies Suspect in Quitaque Bank Robbery
The vice president of the First National Bank of Quitaque identified George Harley Perkins as the younger of two robbers in the January 18 1971 heist. The missing cash totaled 1442 dollars with 562 in currency and coins stolen. the second suspect remained at large as Perkins and Barfield pleaded innocent in U S District Court.
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First National Bank of
Quitaque
George Harley Perkins
Plainview
Bobby Jack Ham
U. S. District Court
Perkins
Wayne Barfield
Bryan Poff
Amarillo
Hamm
Ham
Barfield
Federal Reserve
Gerald Bailey
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Aston Williams
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Britain
Black Africa
United Nations
Russia
Williams
Nixon
State Department
Moody Foundation of
Galveston
College Station
Joyce Kilmer
Ogden Nash
New York News
Wes Izzard
United Press International
Mike Kohler
Henryanna Big
Gloria Denko
Amusements
Potter
Randall
U. S.-Canadian
New Mexico
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