Apollo 15 Moon Crew Returns After 12 Day Voyage
Apollo 15 astronauts David R. Scott James B Irwin and Alfred M Worden splash down 330 miles north of Hawaii aboard Endeavour ending a 12 day mission. They recover with rock samples and near two miles of moon surface film while avoiding quarantine on the USS Okinawa.
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North Pacific
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Moon
Endeavour
Hawaii
Earth
Okinawa
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Pacific
Scott
Irwin
Worden
AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Pacific Ocean
Mission Control
Allen
Uss
Nixon rests on island estate near Muskie home
President Nixon spends a weekend in a pink and white mansion on Minot Island Maine, amid mention of Sen. Edmund S. Muskie. In Texas, Del Rio and San Felipe schools on the Mexican border face a court-ordered consolidation after a nine hour hearing by U S District Judge William Wayne Justice.
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Minot Island
Maine
Nixon
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Tyler
Tex
del Rio
San Felipe
U. S
William Wayne Justice
Tower
Bentsen
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Austin
HEW
Jack Roberts
Justice Department
Pentagon Papers Threaten Nixon China Visit
President Nixon warned visitors that publication of the Pentagon papers nearly jeopardized talks with Communist China. The Washington Post cited White House sources noting concern over secrecy but offered no Peking confirmation. The leak influenced Nixon’s actions against newspapers and Kissinger’s planned trip to Peking.
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Washington
Nixon
Pentagon
China
U.S
Washington Post
White House
Peking
U. S
Southeast Asia
Henry Kissinger
Post
Final Vaccine Shipment Arrives at Childress Hospital
The final shipment of VEE vaccine for horses has arrived at Childress Veterinary Hospital. Vaccination will be given Tuesday from 8 to 10 a.m. at the hospital.
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Childress Veterinary Hospital
Bob Jones
Allied Troops Advance in Monsoon Offensive
South Vietnamese and Laotian forces pressed monsoon offensives in eastern Cambodia and Laos to disrupt enemy supply lines. U S. Command reported a mortar attack on a unit south of Da Nang with some injuries but no fatalities. Saigon said 79 enemy troops were killed in two clashes near the Phnom Penh Saigon highway and that 14 South Vietnamese soldiers died with 32 wounded.
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Saigon AP
Cambodia
U. S
South Vietnam
196Th
da Nang
Saigon
Phnom Penh-Saigon
Highway 1
Neak Luong
Soviet Proposes Common Market Plan for Comecon
The Soviet Union unveiled a 20 year master plan to further integrate Comecon economies. Aimed at a collective currency and standardized machinery, the plan was approved at a Bucharest meeting and outlines voluntary, non supranational cooperation among nine member states including Mongolia.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Comecon
Community For Mutual Economic Assistance
Europe
Bulgaria
Hungary
East Germany
Poland
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Mongolia
Tass
Bloodmobile to Visit Childress Thursday
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will come to Fair Park Auditorium in Childress Thursday from 1 p.m. to 5 30 p.m. with new donation rules for ages 18 to 21 needing parental approval not required and seniors over 66 needing physician approval within two weeks. Interested donors should contact Mrs. Smotherman, Childress County Blood Chairman.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Childress
Fair Park Auditorium
Bill Smotherman
Childress County
Smotherman
Smothermon
Dakil to Undergo Open Heart Surgery at Baylor Dallas
Frank Dakil will have open heart surgery Monday morning at Baylor Hospital in Dallas. He is listed in room 4316 as of Saturday.
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Frank Dakil
Baylor Hospital
Dallas
Baylor
Texas Traffic Death Toll Increases As Year Near Ends
The Texas Department of Public Safety reports 1,973 traffic fatalities year to date, up 77 from last year, with 1,629 fatal crashes, 49 more than a year ago, highlighting ongoing road danger across the state.
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Austin
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Carr’s Name Dropped From Dual $200000 Loans
Federal deposition shows former Attorney General Waggoner Carr’s name dropped from a $200,000 loan as two loans were combined into a single $400,000 loan. National Bankers Life Insurance Co bought two $200,000 notes in Carr and Andy Bryam then relisted as Bryam’s loan and later in J. Quincy Adams’ name. The trio along with NBL were named in a stock manipulation suit filed by the SEC in Dallas.
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Dallas
Waggoner Carr
R. F. Westbrook Jr
State Insurance Board
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
NBL
Carr
Andy Bryam
Dallas Bank & Trust
Westbrook
Bryam
J. Quincy Adams
Adams
U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Carr’s
SEC seeks deposition order for Frank W Sharp in Dallas
The Securities and Exchange Commission asks a court to force Houston financier Frank W Sharp to testify in Dallas rather than Houston. The deposition is a precursor to a trial set for August 30 on an injunction suit over stock fraud and manipulation involving 28 defendants.
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Dallas
Houston
Frank W. Sharp
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Sharp
Dallas News
Contract Set For 6 Highway Projects Here
A contract for six highway projects in Childress County was let to Ivan Dement Inc of Amarillo for 1 488 656 79 dollars. Work will start within 30 days and run about 250 days under District Engineer Virgil McGee with Arville Coyle overseeing the project.
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Childress County
Ivan Dement, Inc
Amarillo
Texas Highway Commission
U. S. 287
U. S. 83
Ross Road
Virgil McGee
Arville Coyle
Highway Department
Texas Senators Split On Nixon Desegregation Clash
Texas Senators John Tower and Lloyd Bentsen condemned Nixon's desegregation remarks but split on political impact of his busing denunciation. Tower said it might soften the blow while Bentsen warned it could worsen his credibility and hurt him politically.
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Associated Press
Washington
Texas
Nixon
Austin
John G._ Tower
Lloyd Bentsen
Bentsen
Greenbelt Bowl Events Outline Busy Weekend Lineup
Greenbelt Bowl directors meet at City Hall today as preparations proceed for the 22nd Greenbelt Bowl Football classic at Fair Park Stadium. Events include queen contest at Portico Bank, parade along Commerce and Main, with kickoff at 8 p.m. and festival activities Friday and Saturday.
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Fair Park Stadium
Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Eubank Park Drug
Greenbelt Bowl, Inc
Bill Blackburn
Lois Stiner
Avenues C
Bank
John Forbis
Commerce
Fair Park
Avenue A
Main Street
Dope User Admits Killing Young Girl
Houston police said a body found in Green's Bayou is that of 16 year old Martha Cook missing since last Wednesday. An 18 year old heroin user, Terry Gene Simmons, confessed to drowning her after burglarizing the home and forcing her to leave with him. Positive ID awaited from the medical examiner.
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Houston
Jack Miller
Martha Cook
Miller
U. S. 59
Green’s Bayou
P. W. Strickland
Terry Gene Simmons
Strickland
Meeting to discuss disaster loans for small firms
Representatives from the Small Business office in Lubbock will hold a 2:30 p.m. Tuesday session in the West Texas Utilities Hospitality Room to inform firms about disaster injury loans and other loan options. The Chamber of Commerce organized the meeting urging local businesses in Childress and nearby towns to attend. invitations have been mailed to Matador, Paducah, Hollis, Wellington, Quanah, Crowell, and Memphis.
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Lubbock
West Texas Utilities
Chamber of Commerce
Childress
Matador
Paducah
Hollis
Wellington
Quanah
Crowell
Memphis
Truck Backfire Kills Driver in Belfast Barricade Chaos
In Belfast’s Springfield Road district British troops fatally shot the delivery truck driver after it backfired at an army control point. Witnesses said the shooting occurred at a red light as troops, fearing an attack, opened fire. an investigation was ordered.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Springfield Road
School registration for new high school entrants
All students who have never attended Childress Public Schools and who are entering high school or will be in high school this year are asked to report to the principal's office between 9 a.m. and 11 30 a.m. Monday for registration. The high school is located at 800 Avenue J Nw.
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Holiday House
City Auditorium
Fair Park
Beta Sigma Phi
Childress
Avenue J
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