Soviet Union seeks nuclear superiority and blackmail power
An analysis from 1967 warns the USSR aims for strategic superiority to win a nuclear war and wield blackmail, not mere parity. Testimony by Laird and Packard before Congress suggests Russia already possesses first strike capability, IRBMs and a growing submarine force, outpacing the United States and threatening retaliatory stability.
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Soviet Union
Ussr
Senate Armed Services Committee
American Security Council
Russia
Council
Washington
Moscow
U.S
Melvin Laird
David Packard
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Laird
Pentagon
Europe
NATO
United States
Victim in Critical Condition After Head and Chest Injury
A man was struck in the head and chest and listed in critical condition. Police withheld the name pending further investigation. Other victims included one in critical, two in poor, and one in fair condition. All were suffering injuries.
Solons Approve One Year Texas Spending Bill
Texas lawmakers near an early end to the 61st Legislature as the Senate approved a $2.8 billion one year spending bill with only one dissenting vote. Officials warned negotiations may push the session to the 140 day limit, while House actions shifted to a two year teacher pay raise under review.
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Austin
Texas
House
J. P. Ward
Meridian
Senate Nominations Committee
Preston Smith
Senate
Henry Grover
Houston
Chamber
Grover
U.S
Ralph Yarborough
Dtex
Ben Barnes
Smith
Barnes
Memorial Day Observance and Closures in Amarillo
Most business firms close for Memorial Day as Amarillo marks the day with a 4:30 p.m. service at Llano Cemetery. Government offices and banks close early, the N. Hughes Street bus line runs, pools open, groceries stay open, and flags fly at half mast by presidential proclamation.
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Llano
Amarillo
N. Hughes Street
Ruth Eisemann Schier pleads guilty in Mackle kidnapping
Honduras born Ruth Eisemann Schier pleads guilty in DeKalb Superior Court to her role in the $500000 ransom kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle. She receives a seven year sentence. parole eligibility appears after two years and four months. She leaves the courtroom smiling as sentencing is handed down.
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Decatur, Ga
Ruth Eisemann Schier
Barbara Jane Mackle
H. C. Hubert Jr
Gary Steven Krist
Miss Eisemann Schier
Atty
Dennis Jones
Eisemann Schier
DeKalb Superior
Dist
Attv
Richard Bell
Rockefellers Ride Through Ecuador Riots Sparked by Arrival
Police shielded Nelson Rockefeller as stone-throwing students attacked a motorcade during his Latin America fact-finding tour in Quito. Three American reporters were slightly hurt. two Rockefeller aides were pelted but unharmed. Rockefeller shrugged off the violence and met with President Velasco to discuss the mission for President Nixon.
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Quito
Ecuador
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Tani
Rockefeller
Presidential Palace
Nixon
Jose Maria Velasco
Rockefeller visit to Quito disrupted by anti American student siege
In Quito the capital turned tense as anti American Ecuadorean students blocked streets and besieged the American Ecuadorean Bilateral Center. They fired gasoline bombs and forced shops to stay closed while police cleared routes for the Rockefeller caravan from Bogota where unrest continued.
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Ibarra
Rockefeller
Bogota
Colombia
Quito
Tiny Cemetery Blooms Today
In Hutchinson County Morseys community will gather to honor those buried in Lieb Cemetery a seven acre site between Morse and Pringle. Established in 1902 after a lightning death of Frank Fox the cemetery was planned by Confederate veterans Sam Waters and G W Tompkins and surveyed by Waters. The original five acres donated for a school and church was fenced with barbed wire and hog wire.
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Morsey
Hutchinson County
Lieb
Morse
Pringle
Frank Fox
W. M. Lieb
Wil Roberts
Texhoma
Oklo
Fox
Sam Waters
G. W. Tompkins
Waters
Bill Blakey
Amarillo Forecast Shows Mild Sun and Light Rain Chance
The Amarillo area expects partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a slight chance of rain. Highs reach the upper 80s with southerly winds 12 to 22 mph. Rain probability is 2 percent today and 30 percent tonight.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Banker William Durham Jr. Dies After Heart Attack
Well known Amarillo civic leader William Newton Durham Jr. 54, former executive vice president of First National Bank, died after a heart attack at his desk around 2 50 p m Thursday. He began as a bank runner in 1938 and rose through roles to executive VP in 1964. Durham, born in Old Mobeetie, lived at 202 Sunset Terrace, married Chella Wood in Canyon on September 2 1938. He served as a trustee of Florence.
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Amarillo
First National Bank
William Newton Durham Jr
High Plains Baptist Hospital
WN. Durham Sr
Durham Appliance Co
Taylor
Durham
Old Mobeetie
Amaro College
West Texas State University
Canyon
Chella Wood
Sunset Terrace
The
Florence
Queen of Pussycats Steaks Out Tavern
In Tucson Arizona a 225 pound lion wandered loose in the Old Heidelberg Club bar for about 80 minutes. Janitor Hert Lawson alerted Patrolman Robert Southworth who faced the animal when it charged. Owner Donald Brest secured the situation by feeding the lion a steak to lure it back to its cage.
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Tucson
Ariz
Hert Lawson
Heidelberg Club
Lawson
Robert Southworth
Southworth
Donald Brest
Brost
Brest
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Red
National Strategy Committee
Air Security Council
House Armed Services Committee
McNamara
Gra
Packard
Wes I4zard
Garland Peek
Tascosa High School
Ollie Mae Gardner
Solons
Ruth Fisemann Sehier
Ruth
Rocky
Ann Landers
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Sylvia Porter
William Durham JR
Queen of Pussycats Steaks Out
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