Army to weed out deadwood under new enlistment review
The Army begins quality screening of enlisted men to remove non productive soldiers as part of a shift to an all volunteer force. Each man will face evaluation about six months before his enlistment ends with a potential re enlistment decision subject to appeal. a private first class or specialist must reach the next rank within three years or be separated. Review boards will ensure fairness.
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U. S.S
Southeast Asia
Army
Weather forecast for Amarillo area 1971 week
The forecast shows a sunny start for Amarillo with a few warm spells through Monday morning. Expect increasing clouds and a cooler afternoon on Monday with highs in the lower 60s and nighttime lows around the 20s. Northwest winds up to 15 mph.
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Amorilla
Jet Fires On Red Missiles In Laos Strike
A U S Navy fighter bomber escorting B52s f ired on a North Vietnamese missile site at Mu Gia pass seven miles inside North Vietnam. The attack marked the first strike on North Vietnam since November 30 as B52s press saturation raids to curb the Ho Chi Minh trail flow. Defense officials discussed troop withdrawal plans with Melvin Laird and Gen Abrams.
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Saigon
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Mu Gia Pass
North Vietnam
U.S
The
Ho Chi Minh
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
UT Arlington Students Aid San Antonio Churches
Thirty five Texas Arlington Baptist students visited San Antonio for a week aiding churches. They painted and spruced up facilities conducted youth activities and gathered religious surveys while paying their own travel costs and forfeiting holiday time.
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San Antonio
University of Texas Arlington
The
Baptist Student Union At
Texas Arlington
First Baptist Church
Rollin DeLap
Hog Prices Upset Marching Farmers
About 130 hog farmers from North Carolina and Virginia blocked Pennsylvania Avenue in a 54-truck caravan to protest low prices. They shouted slogans and displayed signs as they demonstrated in front of the White House for 20 minutes, planning a later stop in Philadelphia.
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Washington
White House
North Carolina
Virginia
Executive Mansion
Pennsylvania Avenue
Linwood Edge
Whiteville
N.C
Philadelphia
National Farmers Organization
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Hampshire
Raleigh
Humane Society
District of Columbia
Dumas DA Tucker Resigns to Return to Private Practice
Jerry Tucker the district attorney for the 69th Judicial District including Dallam Hartley Sherman Moore Deaf Smith and Oldham counties submitted his resignation to Gov. Preston Smith effective Feb 1 1971. He will rejoin Tucker and Baker in Dumas and cited workload especially youth drug cases and unsalaried assistants as reasons.
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Dumas
69Th Judicial District
Dallam
Hartley
Sherman, Moore
Deaf Smith
Oldham
Preston Smith
Jerry Tucker
Stanley Baker
Tucker and Baker
Tucker
Envoy Cars Vandalized in Moscow Amid Harassment
Two U.S. Embassy cars were vandalized outside the New Intourist Hotel near the Kremlin as harassment of Americans in Moscow intensified. One windshield was smashed while another had tires flashed and tail lights broken, an embassy spokesman said. Indignant Soviet citizens lectured others on Zionist hooligans in the United States.
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Moscow
United States
U. S
New Intourist
Kremlin
Red Square
Mescalero Tourist Complex Planned for Mescalero Reservation
Plans to build a 6.8 million Mescalero Apache tourist complex include a 125 room resort hotel with convention facility for 500, a 4 lake of 100 acres surface, and an 18 hole golf course. Project led by Wendell Chino with Ruidoso Village Council approval.
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Ruidoso, N.M
Mescalero Apache Reservation
Wendell Chino
Ruidoso
Chino
Cienegita
George P. White
China
Pilot whales die on beach at San Clemente Island
Twenty nine pilot whales stranded themselves on a California beach at San Clemente Island. Marine scientist John Prescott said the herd swam in at high tide and became stranded as the tide fell. The group included 17 males 11 females and one calf. most were already dead with the largest reaching 16 feet.
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San Clemente Island
Calif
UPI
John Prescott
Marineland
Legislature Set to Open Amid Tax Bill Outlook in Texas
The 62nd Texas Legislature convenes at noon with forecasts of a large tax package. Leaders predict higher sales tax and new business taxes, while Gov. Smith attends and announces aims. Lt. Gov. Barnes plans committee setups and public hearings on a 7.2 billion dollar 1972 73 appropriations bill.
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Austin
James Slider
Naples
Texas
Ben Barnes
Gus Mutscher
Senate
Martin Dies Jr
Mutscher
Preston Smith
Barnes
Senate Finance Committee
Drillers Report Heavy Deep Gas Drilling in Texas Panhandle 1970
Hemphill County led the Panhandle in 1970 drilling with a 90 percent success rate and only four dry holes. Average depth rose to 7264 feet while total footage fell. exploratory footage increased 20 percent with 478,715 feet drilled and 13 gassers, one oiler, and 38 dusters completed.
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Texas Panhandle
Hemphill County
Panhandle
Wildcatiers
Explorers
Rescue Plan for Consumer Inflation Beat by Sylvia Porter
Sylvia Porter launches a series of columns in The Daily News to help consumers save 5 to 50 percent on purchases. She urges careful buying, price watching, and avoiding hidden costs to ease family budgets and save thousands annually. The features begin Monday.
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Sylvia Porter
Daily News
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Hereford
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Joseph B. Dooley
of Georgia
Emory University
Atlanta
American Cancer Society
First Methodist Church of
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Warren
Barry
Envoy
Andrei A. Gromy‘ko
Jacob D. Beam
Jim W. Walker
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