Car Wash to Benefit Christian Youth Fellowship at North Center Street
The Christian Youth Fellowship of the First Christian church will hold a car wash Saturday at the Dave Patille Station on North Center Street starting about 9:30 a.m. Cars can be picked up and delivered or dropped off. Dial 583-5312 or 583-3625 to arrange service.
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Christian Youth Fellowship of the First Christian Church
Dave Patille
North Center Street
Dick Stinson
Phillip Seawall
Ray McCommas
CYF
New Hydrogen Weapon Tested Explodes Underground
A hydrogen weapon test occurred underground near PaHute Mesa New Mexico. Military experts call it a future American weapon of great significance, noting the blast carved caverns about feet in diameter and displaced millions of tons of rock while affecting distant Las Vegas gaming resorts.
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Pahute Mesa
New
UPI
Las Vegas
Barricades Begin to Come Down on Falls Road
British army units dismantle six barricades around Divis Street in Belfast with no Catholic resistance. Divis Towers roof sniper memories haunt August riots as Catholics debate cooperating. Bishop Philbin urged restraint after barricade leaders vote 47 to 4 for dismantling.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Roman Cather Falls Road
Ian Freeland
Divis Street
Falls Road
Divis Towers
Divi Towers
Falls
William Philbin
UN General Assembly Opens Amid Private Talks and Candid Debate
Diplomats from 126 nations gather at the United Nations for the 24th General Assembly opening with private talks on the Middle East, nuclear disarmament, and China’s UN seat. Key figures include Gromyko, Rogers, and Abba Eban. Angie Brooks slated as the first Liberian woman president of the assembly.
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United Nations
Oruin
Middle East
China
Peking
Nixon
William P. Rogers
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
New York
World Organization
Gromyko
Assembly
Abba Iban
Rogers
Gunnar V. Jarring
Sweden
Meet Jarring
Thant
Angie Brooks
Liberia
Reorganization urged for FTC amid calls to change leadership
A special commission to President Nixon urged either leadership changes and a shift in FTC priorities or abolition of the 55 year old agency. It faulted the FTC for delaying procedures and misallocating funds for consumer protection and enforcement, arguing reform is essential or the agency has no purpose. The report noted some FCC efforts in labeling warnings despite strong opposition.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Iederal Trade Commission
FIC
American Bar Associator's Commission
Special Commission
FTC
Repos
Smith Names 9 ETSU Regents
Gov. Preston Smith appointed nine men to serve on the new East Texas State University Board of Regents. The appointees include Leon Jackson Coker Jr of Texarkana Thom as B Steely of Paris Luther P Johnston of Lubbock for two year terms and William Garland Button C F Dowell Joel Thomas William Jr of Dallas for four year terms. Harte Jr of San Antonio Ramond Middleton Holliday of Houston and Joseph Zeppa of Tyler received six year appointments as the state creates a nine member board replacing the former governance structure.
Pat at UN Speech
Mrs. Richard Nixon accompanies her husband to New York for an appearance before the United Nations General Assembly. The President is scheduled to deliver a major address to the world body.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
New York
U.N. General Assembly
Nixon unveils plan to withdraw 35,000 more from Vietnam
President Nixon announced a further 35,000 U.S. troops to be pulled from Vietnam by December 15, bringing total withdrawals to 60,000 since June. He specified a new ceiling of 484,000 troops by that date, noting most units are below 100 percent strength. The White House asserted the plan aligns with Ky’s figures, while urging Hanoi to resume meaningful peace talks.
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Nixon
U.S
Midway Island
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
White House
Hanoi
Gulf
Congress
Creighton W. Abrams
Thieu
Thien
National Security Council
UT Can't Strip McCrocklin of Doctor's Degree
UT regents cannot administratively strip Dr. James McCrocklin of his 1934 doctorate without court action, per Attorney General Crawford Martin. A UT panel urged nullification due to plagiarism in a 1944 dissertation and a 1939 Marine Corps report. The AG ruled only a court can annul a degree. university may claim fraud for its own purposes.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Texas Regents
James McCrocklin
Crawford Martin
Martin
McCrockin
University
McCrocklin
Marine Corps
Health, Education and Welfare
Lyndon Johnson
Southwest Texas State College
Regents
Frank C. Erwin Jr
McCracklin
Southwest Texas Post
Southwest Texas
Erwin
Paris Talks Reds Will Meet American Wives
North Vietnamese delegation at Paris peace talks said four American wives who flew to Paris to learn if their Air Force husbands are alive would be received by the delegation though no appointment existed. A Hanoi spokesman could not confirm timing or whether Col. Ha Van Lau would meet them. The talks touched on Nixon's troop withdrawal plans but comments were reserved pending official confirmation.
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Paris
UPI
Vietnam
Hanoi
Ha van Lau
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
Ho Chi Minh
Nixon
United States
Nguyen Cao Ky
Rescue Teams To Enter Manntington No 9 Mine
Rescue workers plan to reenter the Man nington No 9 mine to tackle waist-high water and a rock fall that stalled a nine month search for 78 missing miners. Two teams had previously established communications as crews probed the tunnels after explosions and fires.
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Mannington
W.va
UPI
Mannington No. 9
William Park
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Bailey Inglish Adds Seventh Second Grade Teacher
The Bailey Inglish elementary school board approved hiring Mrs. Martha Evans as a second grade teacher due to enrollment of 177 students in the grade. Superintendent Joe Campbell noted seven sections now exist and total district enrollment reached 2,102.
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Bailey Inglish Elementary
Board of
Martha Evans
Joe Campbell
Evans
Supt. Campbell
Bailey Inglish
J. W. Evans
L. H. Rather
Zealous Trout
Bonham
Bon
Showers Sweep Bonham Area
Bonham measured 1.33 inches of rain from 7 a.m. to noon in the heaviest hour since May as a line of thunderstorms crossed North Texas. The total for Monday and Tuesday reached 1.67 inches with more rain forecast as a cool front moves into Texas and showers remain likely through the week.
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Bonham
North Texas
Texas
Red River
Wichita Falls
Texarkana
San Antonio Bus Strike Ends With Agreement
San Antonio bus drivers and mechanics end a two week strike by approving a 25 month contract and an 85 cent per hour wage increase. Union leaders say the vote was strong and unanimous, with a new 13h20m to 12h shift limit added minutes earlier to ensure drivers can finish an eight hour shift within twelve hours.
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San Antonio
UPI
Clarence Long
Dist
James C. Onton
Onion
Long
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