Busy Monday in Andrews with summer school and promotions
Andrews faces a packed day starting with summer school registrations and class determinations. The city also hosts the First Monday Promotion with special prices and a live musical event featuring The Soul Searchers promoting the Top Sounds of Nashville at Mustang Cable Channel 5. The piece questions war funding in Vietnam and notes Canada’s pullout from peacekeeping efforts amid tensions.
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Andrews
Top Sounds Af Nashville
Soul Searchers
Mustang
Alsop flags U S arms limits and Soviet edge in submarine missiles
Columnist Joseph Alsop argues the United States agreed to cap submarine launched nuclear missiles at 600 while the Soviet Union could keep 950 due to allegedly shorter Soviet ranges. He notes a later Soviet test of a longer ranged missile and warns of rising defense costs and congressional opposition. The piece urges a steadier U S stance before stakes worsen.
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Joseph Alsop
U.S
Soviet Union
Uncle Sam
Watergate talk from a Florey philosopher in the letter column
A reader cites Watergate controversy and argues President Nixon had an airtight alibi, claiming the president was somewhere else. The letter mocks public interest crookedness and references Clem Webster and newspaper reports as context.
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Watergate
Country Store
Clem Webster
Nixon
Clem
Florida
Cali
Political satire and intrigue in Andrews County letters
A satirical column features Clem and Zeke discussing Washington politics, Nixon era intrigue, and alleged government misdeeds. Ed Doolittle weighs in on partisan tactics and Cold War era blame games as Uncle Flud signs off with FBI and CIA crime remarks.
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Fornia
Clem
Camp David
Washington
White House
Zeke Grubb
Zeke
Nixon
Bamboozle
Florida
Ed Doolittle
Abe Lincoln
Bug Hookum
FBI
Bug
CIA
Uncle Flud
Hereford School Bids Delay Remodel Plans
Hereford trustees postponed remodeling bids after all bids exceeded available funds by about 86 000 dollars. Board set aside 439 000 dollars for the project from a bond issue approved by Hereford voters and must cut costs in classrooms or work quality to meet bids. The delay halts proposed scope while seeking savings.
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Hereford
Dollar hits record lows in Paris and Europe
Convicted Watergate burglars James W. McCord Jr. and Bernard L. Barker testified they believed the Democratic National Committee break in had been approved by top Nixon aides and was therefore legal.
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James W. McCord Jr
Bernard L. Barker
Nixon
Andrews County Commissioners Schedule Special Meeting 1973
The Andrews County Commissioners Court will meet in special session on Monday June 4 1973 at 9 00 A M in the County Courthouse Andrews Texas to discuss 15 items including temporary employment for jury wheel work at the District Clerk office approval for 4 H round up attendance and possible abolition of the Child Welfare Office location of the county communications tower and antenna budget revisions for the golf course and airport settlement progress with Martin County on bonds property exchanges with Community General Hospital and potential Texas State Guard funding plus bids for a seaboat and staff changes at the Extension and golf course offices Roy D Bennett County Judge.
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Andrews County Commissioners’ Court
Commissioners
Andrews
Texas
Kenneth Cook
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