Nixon names Schlesinger defense secretary and adds Connally adviser
President Nixon appoints James Schlesinger as defense secretary and brings John Connally onto the White House staff as a special adviser. He ends the counselor program, promotes William Colby to CIA director, and names J Fred Buzhardt Jr. as White House special counsel regarding Watergate. The moves come amid resignations and staffing changes as Nixon seeks to shore up his administration.
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John Connally
White House
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Pentagon
J. Fred Buzhardt Jr
Ronald L. Ziegler
H. R. Haldeman
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Richard Kleindienst
Elliot Richardson
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Schlesinger
Ziegler
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D—Mont
Market slide pressures Wall Street amid oil and gold gains
CAPSULE New York stocks declined as analysts linked the drop to Middle East oil developments and rising gold prices plus a technical pullback. The Dow fell 5.34 to 943.71 at 2 p.m. on slow NYSE trading with more decliners than advancers.
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Mideast
New York Stock Exchange
May Services For S. E. May Held In Fort Worth
S. E. May 83 died at 2 a.m. in Fort Worth. Newberry Funeral will return his body to Childress. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church with Rev. R. H. Knight officiating. burial in Childress Cemetery. Survived by daughters Margaret and Mary Lumpkin of Fort Worth, son Leon May of Olton, 17 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren.
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Fort Worth
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Newberry Funeral Home
First United Methodist Church
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Childress Cemetery
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Maggie Viola Lindop
Waxahachie
Ellis County
May
Margaret Lumpkin
Mary Lumpkin
Leon May
Olton
Nixon pledges thorough Watergate probes amid fund raiser
President Nixon vows to uncover the Watergate scandal and defend his second term program. He defends his administration to a high priced fund raiser where attendance lagged and donors dwindled due to the widening probe. He praises supporters and states Elliott Richardson will lead a cooperative effort to get to the bottom of the matter.
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Washington
Nixon
Elliot Richardson
Farm Price Supports May Vary Under New Senate Plan
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill that ties subsidies to market levels. It fixes established prices at 70 percent of parity for wheat, feed grain, cotton and 80 percent for dairy, with government payments triggered only when market prices fall below the established level.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Cancer Group To Meet Again In September
The Childress County Chapter of the American Cancer Society held its last meeting until September Tuesday. The chapter remains active through summer with services year round. President Howard Cook notes memorials support research and education and may be left with Mrs DeLois Cordell or others listed.
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Childress County
American Cancer Society
Howard Cook
J. L. Hicks
Otho Sims
Cook
DeLois Cordell
DeLois Preston
Lois
Expect Gasoline Shortage Hits Childress Rationing Enforced
Gasoline supply in Childress is expected to tighten as stations are told to cut purchases. Some outlets face immediate cuts, others limited to last year’s amounts or a fraction thereof for June. Stations plan shorter hours to ration fuel, urging trips early in the month to avoid losing fuel.
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Childress
Childress Leaders Attend Governor's Industry Luncheon
In Austin at noon Governor Briscoe will honor Lancer Homes of Childress with one of the state's five expansion awards. Attendees include Mayor Glenn Buckley and local officials plus residents Bill Blackburn Bill Sager Walter Lockhoof Harold Cheek and Kenneth Peitz. City Council members also meet the Texas Aeronautics Board on matching funds to repair the air field runways.
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Austin
Lancer Homes
Dolph Briscoe
Glenn Buckley
Louis Sally
Gene Merrifield
Bill Blackburn
Bill Sager
Walter Lockhoof
Harold Cheek
Kenneth Peitz
Ross Smith
Nick Christensen
Texas Aeronautics Board
Mitchell Stans Indicted In 200k Nixon Fund Conspiracy
A federal grand jury indicted former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans along with Robert Vesco and others on a 16 count conspiracy charge over a secret 200000 dollar donation to the Nixon re election campaign. Vesco had made the donation and later returned it after SEC scrutiny. The indictment notes the SEC civil suit alleging 224 million diverted from mutual funds. Vesco is abroad, with a warrant issued for his arrest.
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Atty
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Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
New Jersey
Harry L. Sears
Robert L. Vesco
International Controls Corp
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Nixon
Sears
U.S. District Court
Sylvester J. Ryan
Mitchell
Stans
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Drinking Age Debate Splits Texas House Over 18 Rights
The Texas House backed a Senate bill on injured workers' benefits then debated 18 year old rights. Rep Billy Williamson opposed raising drinking age to 21 arguing maturity matters, while Rep Joe Allen cited broader legal changes for young adults including contracts and abortion access. The workmen compensation bill passed 113-18 and moves back to the Senate.
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Austin
House Today
Senate
Billy Williamson
D— Tyler
Williamson
Matt Garcia
San Antonio
Joe Allen
Baytown
Dave Allred
Wichita Falls
Allen
You
Houston
House
Straw Hat Day Set for Saturday
Straw Hat Day has been set for Saturday despite rain or snow. Merchants Buckley’s Hall’s Western Wear and Preston’s push straw hat sales with a variety of colors and designs and urge shoppers to switch now.
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Hall’s
Western Wear
Preston’s
Krogh Threatened Opponents in 1969 Nixon Talks
In 1969 Egil Bud Krogh Jr a Nixon aide told Dr Daniel X Freedman he would destroy anyone opposing the President s policies, a remark Freedman says was excessive though not personally life threatening. The incident ties to Nixon s push for a permanent White House narcotics office amid Watergate papers scrutiny.
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Jean Heller
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Egil
Bud” Krogh Jr
Nixon
Krogh
White House
States
Freedman
Senate
Starvation Fears Grow Over Global Grain Supplies
United Nations dispatch reports world grain reserves are dangerously low with potential starvation if the harvest falters. Wheat stocks no longer buffer against crop failures raising alarm among officials and aid agencies.
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United Nations
N.Y
Mary Lou Tippett Rites Held In Childress
Funeral services for Mary Lou Tippett 82 were set for 2 p.m. at Newberry Funeral Chapel. Rev Calvin Nevels would conduct with burial at Tell Cemetery. The Tell Community received the plot from a Tippett relative. Pallbearers named Roy Wygal James Lyles Jack Garrison W C Voyles Clifton Smith Bill Rothwell Clem Timmons Rush Timmons. Honorary pallbearers listed. Page 6. Agriculture group briefs U N body on minimum world food security program. FAO chief Addeke Boerma to reveal plan at Rome meeting. Pak ambassador I A Akbar comments. Page 6.
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Newberry Funeral Chapel
Calvin Nevels
First Baptist Church of
Chillicothe
The
Tell Baptist Church
Tippett
Tell
Roy Wygal
James Lyles
Jack Garrison
W. C. Voyles
Clifton Smith
Bill Rothwell
Clem Timmons
Rush Timmons
Cofe Agrees Depot Use For Day Care Center
Chamber of Commerce directors vote to let the Day Care Center use the east end of the old depot under a lease with the City of Childress. City Council took no action on the request. A nearby nonprofit seeks about 20 acres for a park and housing for mobile homes. Virgil McGee named new director, replacing Wayne Shaw.
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Cofc
City of
Virgil McGee
Wayne Shaw
WWI Veterans Council Set for May District Convention
An important meeting of World War I Veterans will start Saturday with a 12 p.m. luncheon then a business session. All WWI veterans are urged to attend to finalize plans for the district convention here on May 26.
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