Polliwogs Explore El Salvador Painting Trip Plans
A group traveling from Los Angeles, San Antonio, Houston and Miami will spend six days in El Salvador. The trip includes four painting workshops around San Salvador with stays at the Intercontinental Hotel. The piece notes the Colon currency, Spanish language, and regional geography. It also references other planned artist tours and local birthday greetings.
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el Salvador
Los Angeles
San Antonio
Houston
Miami
Republic
Central America
San Salvador
Intercontinental
Salvador
Colon
U.S
Pacific Ocean
Guatemala
Honduras
British Army uncovers 100-foot tunnel at Long Kesh camp
In Ulster news the British army reports a 100-foot tunnel dug by internees at Long Kesh could have allowed up to 60 IRA suspects to escape. The find came as 263 internees remain detained without trial ahead of next month’s political talks. Meanwhile a civilian death and two soldiers killed by a land mine raised three year violence toll to 510.
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IRA
Belfast
Ulster
Army
Combined efforts eyed for Cuero Yoakum landfill plan
Cuero and Yoakum officials discussed county merger to cut landfill costs. City Manager Larry Smith cites Cuero waste disposal at about 60,000 dollars yearly for a 35 to 40 acre site near the old airport now 90 percent full. A Westhoff 4-H Club meeting named committees and set a $25 pledge toward a 500 dollar county 4-H center goal. The proposed Cuero Yoakum site was rejected due to Public Health rules.
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Yoakum and
Cuero
DeWitt County Commissioners Court
DeWitt County
Jack Edgar
Westhoff
American Legion Hall
Janet Baros
Allen Koenig
Eileen Koenig
Raul Reyna
Jo Ann Koenig
Rhonda Koenning
Curtis Koenig
Charles Koenig
Bonnie Mueller
Kay Fuchs
Peggy Koenig
Janell Lincke
Rodney Nolte
Orval Wright
Kay
Kristye Kahlich
Gail Koenig
Yoakum
Larry Smith
Moonlight Trail Ride Set Aug 19 by Rawhide Riders
Rawhide Riders plan their ninth annual moonlight trail ride on Saturday August 19 meeting at the V F W Hall on Yoakum Highway at 7 30 p m depart at 8 p m for a nine mile route to the old airport where a tamale supper awaits riders return by midnight Each rider provides drinks and a truck to haul them and a hay wagon is hoped for on the ride
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Rawhide
V.F.W. Hall
Yoakum Highway
Cheapside
Leon Wishert
Wishert
Provisions Would Advance Liberal Goal For Minorities
Republican leaders draft a compromise on GOP reforms to woo women youth and minorities. Sen. John Tower and Rep. Jack Kemp push two main provisions including a delegate pool favoring larger states with diverse populations and a nonquota mechanism to broaden party participation. White House involvement noted as convention work continues on reforms.
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John G. Tower
Texas
Tower
Jack Kemp
New York
Spiro T. Agnew
Kemp
Nixon
White House
Kissinger to Meet Thieu in Saigon on Vietnam Talks
President Nixon sends Henry Kissinger to Saigon to confer with South Vietnam's Nguyen Van Thieu on war end negotiations. Kissinger will discuss Paris talks with Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy, visit Saigon from Wednesday to Friday, and may detour before returning to Washington.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Kissinger
Paris
Ziegler
Lanx
Switzerland
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Xuan Thuy
Jetliner Explodes Killing 156 in Berlin Disaster
Eyewitnesses said an East German Interflug Ilyushin 62 suffered engine trouble while attempting to return to East Berlin and exploded, killing 156. The incident is noted as the world’s second deadliest air disaster, following last year’s 162 deaths in Japan.
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Joseph B. Fleming
Berlin
UPI
East Berlin
Japan
London docks face early end as union eyes vote to return to work
Britain in brief reports union leaders plan a Wednesday conference with power to order a return to work on national dock operations. PERSICO. Second item notes a gunman kills two meat merchants at a bar after finding rivals had left. LEVANT. Oscar Levant dies in his sleep in Beverly Hills. VIET. US B52s strike near Saigon as South Vietnamese forces claim higher enemy losses. CHESS. World chess championship playoff Spassky Fischer resumes with offstage battles. POLITICS. McGovern calls White House Rockefeller claim on Soviet Jewish immigration deal cynical and cruel.
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Britain
London
Dockers Conference
Cooper to Compete in Texas State Rodeo Finals
Darrell Cooper age 14 will travel from Cuero with his parents to Kingsville Texas for invitation to the Texas Youth Rodeo Association State Finals. The top twenty five per event advance after summer TYRA rodeos to crown champions. The finals run August 16 to 19 1972 with Cooper entering breakaway roping steer riding and other events.
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Darrell Cooper
Cuero
Darrell G. Cooper
Kingsville
Texas Youth Rodeo Association
TYRA
Kingsle
Texas
Cooper
County Expects Revenue Sharingof 1974700 Plan Details
DeWitt County Auditor Lawrence Henneke says H R 14370 would deliver over thirty billion dollars to local governments over five years with DeWitt County receiving about 197470. The bill would distribute federal funds to counties and cities, with main recipients including Harris and Bexar counties. Senator Long supports the principle, while Nixon administration backing is noted. Johnson County would get the smallest share among listed counties.
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House of Representatives
DeWitt County
Lawrence Henneke
Henneke
Russell Long
Louisiana
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Long
Nixon
John Tower
Lloyd Bentsen
IQ Tests Face Legal Challenge as Biased, Racial Groups Claim
Report notes minorities in California and New York challenge IQ testing as culturally biased. San Francisco judges bar using IQ scores for RT placement. state bills seek to limit or ban group tests, while lawsuits expand toward a statewide scope.
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Duston Harvey
San Francisco
UPI
California
Bay Area Association of Black Psychologists
U.S. District Court
Robert Peckham
New York City
California Rural Legal Assistance
Sacramento
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Ronald Reagan
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