PACT SIGNED NIXON BREZHNEV LIMITS ARMS TREATY
The United States and the Soviet Union signed a treaty to limit defensive missiles and an executive agreement restricting offensive missiles. Nixon and Brezhnev committed to disarmament steps, with the Soviets holding a slight edge in long range offensive missiles.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Nixon
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Hiroshima
Kremlin
Brezhnev
Senate
Construction Halted On Antimissile Base
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird ordered a halt to construction of the Safeguard antimissile base in Montana and suspended future ABM work at other sites. The Grand Forks North Dakota site will proceed as planned, while Malmstrom Montana is stopped.
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Robert A. Dobkin
Washington (Ap
Melvin R Laird
Army
Montana
Laird
Nixon
Moscow
First Safeguard
Grand Forks Air Force Base
N.D
Malmstrom Air Force Base
U.S
Washington
Texans Prepare to Vote on Democratic Candidates
Nearly 1.5 million Texans are expected to vote next Saturday to finish the May 6 primary for Democratic candidates in the November general elections. Bellfast and Belfast also report protests as NI violence resurges amid a parade. Senate expected to approve the SALT agreement with hearings planned after the Democratic National Convention.
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Dallas
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Washington
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon Visits Leningrad Mass Graves During Summit Stop
President Nixon walked past mass graves in Leningrad and signed a guest book note to Tanya and the heroines of Leningrad. He and Soviet leader Podgorny placed a wreath at The Tomb of The Unknown Soldier amid rain.
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Leningrad
Nixon
Kremlin
Nikolai Podgorny
Piskaryev Memorial
Tanya
Pavlosk
Podgorny
Anatoly Dobrynin
United States
Vasily Kuznetsov
U. S
William P. Rogers
Dobrynin
Moscow
Kiev
Ukraine
Iran
Poland
Boston Doctor Honored For Gallstone Dissolving Breakthrough
Dr. Donald M. Small of Boston University School of Medicine received the AGA Distinguished Achievement Award at the 75th convention in Dallas for research into abnormal bile chemistry that could dissolve gallstones without surgery. Mayo Clinic researchers noted the work remains experimental though promising.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Boston
American Gastroenterological Association
Donald M. Small
Department of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Alan F. Hoffman
Mayo Clinic
Janey Cummings Dies in Houston at 22
Janey Cummings aged 22 of Austin died about noon Saturday in M D Anderson Hospital Houston after a lengthy illness. Funeral arrangements were pending but services were to be held in Austin. She was a gifted musician blind from girlhood and had played in the White House for Mrs Nixon and her daughters. She taught music at the University of Texas Austin before her final hospital stay.
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Janey Cummings
Austin
H. L. Couch
Childress
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
Miss Cummings
White House
Richard Nixon
Trishia
Julie
University of Texas At Austin
Death Toll Climbs In Holiday Rush
The Memorial Day weekend death toll rose to 138 as sunny weather drew motorists onto highways. Illinois reports five deaths including a mother and her two children, while Florida saw three teens killed in a Sarasota two car crash. The National Safety Council forecasts 530 to 630 highway deaths before the holiday ends.
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Associated Press
Illinois
California
Arkansas
Sarasota
Fla
National Safety Council
County Receives Moderate Showers Across Region
No measurable rainfall countywide Friday night though Thurday night brought a half inch at Fred West farm in Union Flat. Reports include F. E. Biddy High Point .20 Aubrey Testerman Tell .6 Fred Ballard Cee Wee trace A B Clements Kirkland .3 B P Henderson Community Center .1 L V Keel Lakes .6 Allan Thomas Northfield .1 and the FFA Station gauge .33.
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Fred West
Union Flat
F. E. Biddy
High Point
Aubrey Testerman
Tell
Fred Ballard
Cee Wee
Trace
A. B. Clements
Kirkland
B. P. Henderson
Community Center
L. V. Keel
the Lakes
Allan Thomas
Northfield
FFA
Contested Kontum Battle Rages At Dusk As Vietnam War Presses On
South Vietnamese forces routed North Vietnamese troops from Kontum's southern half while heavy fighting continued at dusk in the eastern sector and northern rim. U S jets and helicopters fought an electronic war smashing tank assaults on Kontum and near Hue, and North Vietnam was reported to have suffered losses including tanks. A 1 500 foot Long Giai railroad bridge near Hanoi was destroyed by laser guided bombs, hindering movement of war materiel into the South. Casualties were reported on both sides as a North Vietnamese regiment pressed northern defenses in Kontum.
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Saigon
Kontum
U. S
Hue
North Vietnam
Hanoi
China
U.S
Giai
Price Announces 37 Million Now In Farm Loans
Secretary Earl L. Butz informs Congressman Bob Price that the administration released 37 million in farm operating loan funds, lifting the farm operating loan program to a record 350 million for 1972. The farm ownership and Emergency Loan programs also reach record allocations, with funds available through 1 750 county USDA offices to assist family farmers unable to obtain conventional credit.
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Bob Price
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
USDA
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Wheat shipments rise as farmers harvest season nears
Approximately 10 000 bushels of wheat, about three car loads, were shipped from Bill Hubbard of Agri Services on Friday. Hubbard notes between 20 and 25 farmers have produced wheat this season.
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Bill Hubbard
Agri- Services
Hubbard
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Endorses Dolph Briscoe for Governor
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal endorsed Dolph Briscoe for the Democratic nomination for Texas governor. The paper praised his honesty, integrity, and Texan roots and said his experience fits him to manage the state. Briscoe leads the Plains area in the May primary. runoff against Gov. Preston Smith’s renomination opponent Frances Farenthold of Corpus Christi is set for June 3.
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Lubbock, Tex
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Dolph Briscoe
West Texas Plains
Briscoe
Memorial Day Closures Mark Observances Across County
Most county and federal offices and downtown businesses close Monday for Memorial Day while the Index stays open. A courthouse lawn ceremony begins 15 minutes after the 11 am siren with a Flanders Field crosses display, colors, choir, invocation, and address by Lt. Col. Ret. Weldon W. Teague.
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Ethel Griffin
Cox-Farr Post
American Legion
Rey Bud King
Weldon W. Teague
Legion
A. L. Pitcher
Texas Senate Candidates Clash as Runoff Nears
The duel between Ralph Yarborough and Barefoot Sanders dominated Texas politics while gubernatorial hopefuls Frances Farenthold and Dolph Briscoe argued over drug law reforms. Briscoe denied joint appearances with Farenthold as the June 3 runoff approached and both sides traded charges over ethics and voting history.
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Associated Press
U. S. Senate
Ralph Yarborough
Barefoot Sanders
Frances Farenthold
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Farenthold
Sen
Yarbrough
White House
Sanders
Yarborough
Daniel Pounces On Reps. Price Finck In San Antonio
Rep. Price Daniel Jr. accuses Rayford Price and Bill Finck of backing the Gus Mutscher era as Finck, new House Appropriations chair, schedules a San Antonio meeting for next week amid his runoff. Daniel calls the session a publicity stunt and defends it as costless.
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San Antonio
Tex
Price Daniel Jr
Rayford Price
Bill Finck
Gus Mutscher
Daniel
Liberty
Finck
House Appropriations Committee
Austin
Legislative Budget Board
University of Texas Medical School
Appropriations Committee
Wallace Gaining In Strength
Doctors report Alabama Governor George C. Wallace is steadily regaining strength after gunshot wounds. A Friday bulletin notes he sat briefly in a straight back chair for the first time since May 15, as surgeons plan to assess paralysis and eventual surgery.
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Silver Spring
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Laurel
Library to Close Monday for Memorial Day Observance
Childress County City Library will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. The library resumes service at 1 p.m. Tuesday, according to librarian Mrs. Marvin Teague.
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Childress County
Marvin Teague
Neighborhood Youth Corp signers told to report to City Hall
City Manager Louis Sally announces that applicants who signed to join the summer Neighborhood Youth Corp Program must attend a 10 a m meeting at City Hall on Tuesday May 30 to confirm participation.
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Louis Sally
Klipping to Be Here June 5 For Social Security Help
Wayne M. Klipping Vernon Social Security Office manager will be at the Courthouse at 10 a.m. on June 5 to take social security applications.
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Price
Lubbock Paper
Texas
Sharpstown
Price, Finck
Becky Stader
Rotary Club
Rhonda Cameron
American Association of University Women
Julia Browning
Alpha Delta Omega Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Lydia Shelton
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Youth Corp
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