Cattle Leaders Oppose Government Land Retirement Plan
Texas cattlemen led by T L Roach Jr opposed a proposed land retirement program that would subsidize beef production on retired cropland. Roach warned such policy would raise meat prices and create new surpluses, urging safeguards to avoid shifting surpluses to other commodities.
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Clifford Hardin
Texas A&m
Amarillo
T. L. Roach, Jr
The
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Hardin
Roach
Texas
T. L. Roach
Ballparks Named for Men Highlight Baseball History
The piece notes major league parks like Shea Comiskey Busch Wrigley Fenway Crosley Connie Mack Forbes all honor men while newer venues carry generic or civic names. It contrasts Milwaukee County Stadium and Ray Winder Field naming trends with local petitions in Amarillo to rename Potter County Stadium Manning Park in memory of Ben Manning. Citizens sign at Vaughn Building and Maxor Drug.
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Shea Stadium
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Comiskey Park
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Busch Stadium
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Wrigley Field
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Fenway Park
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Crosley Field
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Connie Mack Stadium
Pittsburgh Pirates
Forbes Field
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Oakland
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County Stadium
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Milwaukee
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ray Winder
Tingley Field
Albuquerque
Amarillo
Potter County Stadium
Manning
Ben Manning
Vaughn Building
Maxor
Fisk Building
Your Tax Dollars at Work Sign Spotted in South Texas
Glynn Morris reports a new highway stretch displays a bold notice Your Tax Dollars at Work Caution Construction for Next 4500 Miles. The bulletin arrives amid a string of local updates and commentary.
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Glynn Morris
Borger
Texas
Amarillo
Nixon Aims to End Vietnam War by 1970
President Nixon spoke at a radio news conference outlining a goal to end the Vietnam conflict in 1970. He argued that a Congress deadline would hinder peace efforts while noting hopeful signs such as potential withdrawal of 60,000 troops by December 15 and the cancellation of upcoming draft calls. He also cited reduced casualties and North Vietnamese infiltration as partial progress amid uncertainty after Ho Chi Minh's death.
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Nixon
Congress
Paris
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Nixon opposes Goodell plan to deadline Vietnam pullout
President Nixon argues an arbitrary year end 1970 withdrawal would defeat peace aims and undercut U.S. negotiating leverage in Paris. He says bipartisan support exists for his steady course and warns Senate rejection of Goodell’s proposal.
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Hanoi
United States
Nixon
Charles E. Goodell
Goodell
Vietnam
Paris
Senate
Robben W. Fleming
University
Fleming
Medicare tab set to rise for retirees next year
The Nixon administration said at least $8 will be added to Medicare costs for about 20 million beneficiaries starting January 1, 1970. Hospital cost shares rise for 60 days to 52, 60 to 90 days to 13, over 90 days to 26 daily. supplementary premium also hinted at a rise.
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Washington
Nixon
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Congress
One Killed In Indiana Prison Riot
In Pendleton Indiana one inmate was killed by gunfire and dozens injured as a riot flared at the Indiana State Reformatory. Officials cited racial overtones and said the confrontation followed demands over black militant literature and detainee release.
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Heyne
Charles “‘Snooky
Sylvia Porter Section Highlights And Classifieds Guide
The page lists sections including Astro Guide 2 Copite Stuff 4 Classifieds Comics Editoriels Markets Movies Obituaries Radio TV Sports 15-19 and a Sylvia Porter feature. It reads like a table of contents for a multi page weekly issue with page references. The exact article text is fragmentary but shows a layout guide for feature and classified content.
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Astro Guide
Radio & TV
Sylvia Porter
Panhandle Cattle Boom Raises Labor and Cultural Tensions
Texas Tech associate professor Dr Frank Baird warned at a symposium that cattle feeding and meat packing growth in the Panhandle may attract racial or ethnic minorities and spur labor unions, potentially creating a distinct subculture and shifting political dynamics away from local conservatism due to new economic benefits and Midwestern rural influence.
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Lubbock
Texas Panhandle
Texas Tech
Third International Center For
Michigan U Students Urged to Strike After Building Eviction
AP reports student protesters urged a general student faculty strike for Monday following the arrest of 103 people evicted from a university building. Nine hurt, none seriously, as police identified 43 of the detainees including student leaders.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Literary, Science and Arts
University of Michigan
Bolivia forms military junta under Ovando Candia
Gen. Alfredo Ovando Candia heads a new left leaning Bolivian government after President Luis Siles Salinas is ousted. The cabinet vows reforms, annuls labor and petroleum codes, reviews Gulf Oil profits, and signals a nationalist shift with plans to favor peasants and state interests.
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Bolivia
Luis ‘Adolfo Siles Salinas
Alfredo Ovando Candia
Peru
Gulf Oil Co
David la Fuente
Gustavo Medeiros
United Nations
New York
Ovando
Gulf Oil Corp
Davenport
Gulf Oil
Mexicans Call for Boycott of U S Border Cities
The National Chamber of Commerce launches Operation Dignity to urge Mexicans to avoid U S border cities in protest of Operation Intercept. Officials warn voluntary travel limits could curb cross border shopping and harm merchants along the 2000 mile border.
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U.S
U. S
National Chamber of Commerce
Dignity
Chamber
Francisco Cano Escalante
Operation Intercept
United States
Mexico
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Coast Guard
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Matamoros
Ciudad Juarez
Javier Barona Yanez
San Diego
Yanz
Ensenada
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Mexicalii
Texato
San Luis Rio Colorado
Nogales
Agua Prieta
Ojinaga
Piedras Negras
Ciudad Acuna
Rio Bravo
Ciudad Camargo
Ciudad Aleman
Nuevo Laredo
Reynosa
Antonio Carrillo Flores
William Rogers
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Carrillo Flores
Ovens Blow Women Meet In Amarillo Residence Explosion
Two Amarillo women living on Bonham Street were burned when their home ovens exploded while lighting them. Mrs. Trivella Ann Smith, 32, and Mrs. Marilyn Kay Thomas, 22, were treated at Northwest Texas Hospital for facial and arm or ear burns and released the same day. Their husbands are Jeri Smith and Prentiss Thomas.
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Amarillo
S. Bonham
Northwest Texas Hospital
Trivella Ann Smith
Bonham
Marilyn Kay Thomas
Weather: Amearilio forecast for today and tonight
Forecast indicates generally fair skies with little temperature change. High expected in the upper 80s, with southerly winds from 2 to 11 mph, through tonight.
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