Migrant family endures stark poverty in Laredo yard
In Laredo Tex a migrant family the Lopez family endures extreme poverty living in a bare shack with a dirt floor and cardboard roof. Jose Maria Lopez age 53 supports seven children and four grandchildren with seasonal farm work earning about 2000 dollars yearly. The family survives on around 40 dollars weekly with rent 20 dollars and utilities 15 dollars leaving 5 dollars daily for food. Welfare is limited by Texas law and the family remains idle with no future despite efforts to find work.
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Tom Tide
Tom Tiede
Laredo
Tex
NEA
Jose Maria Lopez
Genevava
Jose Lopez
Lopez
Roval Welfare
Manuel Raymond
Texas
Raymond
Jose Maria Lopes
Almanac historical notes and weather stars for Sept 2 1970
On this date in history storms, wars, and deaths are noted. The 1935 Florida Keys hurricane killed hundreds, Japan signed the surrender aboard Missouri in 1945, and Iran earthquake death toll reached twelve thousand in 1968. Douglas MacArthur on war and will closes the entry.
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United Press International
Mars
Saturn
U.S
Florida Keys
Yas
Japan
Joxyp Bay
Iran
Douglas MacArthur
Stennis guides Pentagon bill to passage amid controversy
Sen. John Stennis emerges from weeks of debate with a 19.2 billion defense package approved 84 to 5. He weathered 129 hours of controversy and secured a $2.3 billion ship contract for Litton in Pascagoula, beating Bath Iron Works after a tug with Sen. Margaret Chase Smith.
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Washington
UFI
John Stennis
D-Miss
Pentagon
Senate
Stennis
Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Bath Tron Works
Bath
Mrs. Smith
Litton
Balh
Postal workers get pay hike this week
Washington United Press International reports that 740000 postal workers will receive an 8 percent pay raise under the reform law this week, plus a retroactive lump sum averaging $208 from April. The average postal salary increases from 7800 to 6424 dollars, a boost of 4624 dollars annually.
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Washington
UPI
Army TV bans long hair and miniskirts from screen
A spokesman for the Army owned television station said on Monday night that long haired men and miniskirted women will be banned from the screen to avoid setting bad examples for youthful viewers.
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Bangkok
UPI
Bald af Columbus Subscriptions Prompt Reader Notice
Subscription rates and terms described in garbled column text. Mentions weekday delivery with Sundays omitted. Indicates price adjustments and reader enrollment notes amid unclear names and figures.
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Bald Af
Columbus
Aperk
Satie
Wartieke
Astrological Forecast Aries to Pisces Summary
Aries warns of publicity and partnership issues amid Mercury retrograde like changes. Taurus and Gemini expect shifts, with travel and opinion changes. Cancer advises family harmony, Leo hints at male business announcements, Virgo notes money concerns and need for clarity. Libra urges releasing old ideas, Scorpio stresses independence, Sagittarius defends authenticity. Capricorn encourages risk taking, Aquarius urges directness, Pisces promises mystery solved and a birthday note of travel and faith.
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Aries
Taurus
Tocate
Gemini
Canlushan
Ava
Aldore
Sagittarius
Rouarius
Gariner
Judge bars power commission in Nebraska merger fight
Lancaster County District Judge Bartlet E K Boyles blocks the State Railway Commission from delaying the merger of Consumers Public Power District and Platte Valley Power and Irrigation District into the Nebraska Public Power District. The ruling frees NPPD to push the 11 district merger, with bonds and financing to follow, while the commission may appeal within 10 to 30 days.
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Boyles
NPRD
Richard Wilson
Lincoln
NPD
Commission
State Supreme Coast
Jack Finigan
Lx. Commission
Egal
NPPD
D. W. Ri
Coones
Lincoln men set for Sept preliminary hearings
Two Lincoln men Thomas Freeney and Troy H. Keaton face charges of shooting with intent to kill in Lancaster County Court. Preliminary hearings are scheduled for Sept. 6. Bond set at 2500 each. Incident involved off duty Officer Martin Roach near a fraternity house under construction. Police say two shots were fired from a passing car. Freeney and Keaton were later arrested.
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Lincoln
UPI
Lancaster County Court
Thomas Freeney
Troy HK
Keaton
Bond
Nif
Martin Roach
Roach
Freeney
Democratic ticket marks first pair of incumbent senators in residency race
The 1960 Democratic slate makes history as the residency contest features two sitting senators seeking office. The move signals a high profile bid with implications for national politics and party strategy.
Soviet naval expansion reaches all seas warns Jane's book
UPI analysis notes Khrushchev setback after 1952 Cuban crisis spurred a vast Soviet naval build up. Jane's Fighting Ships 1970 71 estimates 75 nuclear submarines and 320 conventional subs, with a growing hunter killer force. Soviet fleets grow in Mediterranean and Pacific, including missiles on subs.
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Forel
Phil-Newsom
UPI
F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Vasily Kuznetsov
Fast
Jane’s Fighting Ships
U.S
United States
Vienna
Geneva
Middle East
Mediterranean
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