Nixon's Historic Visit to China Eyes Peace and Power Shifts
The 1972 move toward U S PRC engagement could reshape Asia policy, with Nixon to meet Premier Chou En Lai in Peking after July talks, signaling possible UN recognition and end to major war aid to Hanoi, while Republicans worry over audacity and Democrats weigh future peace terms.
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People's Republic of China
Peking
Chou En-lai
Henry Kissenger
North Vietnam
Chou-En-lai
China
Chang Kai- Shek
Formosa
Nixon era balance shifts in Asia with China and U S diplomacy
A fragmented forecast of 1969 to 1970 politics outlines U S strategy with China and the USSR. It notes potential trade openings with China and Vietnam as a buffer, while Paris talks near settlement and Nixon-Chou En-lai diplomacy reshapes Cold War alignments.
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Hanoi
Washington
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China
Russia
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Asia
Chou En-lai
Rockdale ISD delays valuation increase for budget revision
The Rockdale Independent School District postponed a planned valuation increase for one year citing drought and industrial conditions. The 1971-72 budget will be revised to delete items as announced by the school board. Marvin Hill named Milano High principal. he previously led Salado for four years. A Georgetown Round Rock Austin goodwill group toured Westinghouse in Media Pennsylvania to discuss workers relocating to Central Texas for the Round Rock plant. Brazos River Authority plans a 3 million sewage plant east of Belton on Leon River with federal grant cover about 55 percent.
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Salado
Milano High School
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Georgetown
Round Rock
Austin
Media, Penn
Westinghouse Corp
Central Texas
Round Rock Westinghouse
The
Brazos River Authority
Belton
Temple
Leon River
BRA
Metropolitan exchange debuts in McLennan County
Southwestern Bell rolls out a county wide no toll metropolitan exchange serving McLennan County with Crawford excluded. The new telephone directory lists 86 000 phones and notes each community can be identified by its exchange prefix.
Caldwell commissioners plan Lake Somerville boat ramp near Birch Creek
Caldwell Burleson County leaders approve a new boat ramp at Lake Somerville adjacent to the Birch Creek subdivision where 254 lots are developed. Fish Realty Corp of Houston owns the subdivision slated to reach 950 to 1000 lots. Franklin Industrial Foundation seeks a charter after Asa Nickelson is elected president to gather area data and seek industrial prospects. In Lexington, 57 year old Ross A Bownds died after an accidental electrocution while servicing a water well pump at his home with no one else present.
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Birch Creek
Fish Realty Corporation of Houston
Franklin Industrial Foundation
Asa Nickelson
Nickelson
Ross A. Bownds
Lexington
Bownds
Milam OKs Out Reach Clinic Budget
Milam County commissioners approve a $19,730 budget for an outreach mental health clinic to be operated by Austin State Hospital. State pays all but $1,800. county funding mostly covered by clinic fees. Budget includes $7,560 nurse salary, $4,320 clerical salary, $3,250 consultant MD, $4,000 medicine, $600 travel.
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Austin State Hospital
Milam County
Austin Hospital
Drive Set For Two Little League Fields
Little League officials plan a week long drive starting July 27 to raise 13 000 for two new Little League fields at Cameron Airpark. So far 1944 has been donated. Fields will be regulation size with fences restrooms and concession stands.
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Cameron Airpark
Bill Hornung
The
Association
Hornung
Drought Aid Continues in Texas with FHA Loans
From June 14 to 27 the Farmers Home Administration disbursed 4.6 million dollars in loans to 387 drought affected Texas farmers and ranchers, raising Texas loan recipients to 5,507 and total FHA loan funds in the state to 56.5 million. Loans cover Emergency Operating and Ownership categories supporting livestock, equipment, land, and farm improvements amid the drought.
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Texas
Dallas
Federal Interagency Grewth Committee
FHA
Drouth
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Tax hike adds up to 10 for court costs in Texas
The 62nd Legislature approved SB 841 adding a 2.50 tax for Justice of Peace cases 5 for county court and 10 for district court to fund criminal justice upgrades. Funds go to a Criminal Justice Planning Fund with quarterly deposits and federal matching. Milam County will raise county court charges from 2 to 47 dollars.
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Texas
O. B. Harden
Milam County
Jury Wheel Replaces County Selection Panel in Milam County
Milam County juries will be drawn from a new Jury Wheel starting August 1 in compliance with a May law from the 62nd Legislature. The wheel, like a Bingo device, uses county residents listed on tax rolls and requires two locks held by the sheriff and district clerk.
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Milam
Grady Allen
Milam Veterinarians Work 20 Hour Shifts To Vaccinate VEE Hit Area
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis outbreak in south Texas prompts statewide horse quarantine and rodeo postponements. Milam County veterinarians endure 16 to 20 hour days vaccinating horses as 800 000 vaccine doses are prepared. by Friday supply runs short and many of Milam’s 1500 horses await inoculation while health officials assess human risk and hospitals treat about 40 people with flu like VEE symptoms.
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Texas
Texas Animal Health Commission
Austin
Milam County
C. G. Swift
South Texas
John Ryan
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