Breakthrough Seen In Boll Weevil Eradication Effort
AP reports a sterilization program in Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana has reduced boll weevils to undetectable levels after two years and 28 000 acres of testing. The plan uses chemically sterilized male weevils released by air to halt reproduction and cut pesticide use and cotton costs.
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National Cotton Council
Congress
Rep
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Calif
Mississippi State University
U. S. Agriculture Department
Boll Weevil Research Laboratory
J. Ritchie Smith
The
Cotton Council
Usda Lab
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Sisk
USDA
Cotton Incorporated
Senate
House
House Agriculture Committee
James Brazzell
Brazzell
Will Bobby P Play Again
Friends of Bobby Fischer the world chess champion wonder if he will play again since Reykjavik victory. He turned down offers including a 1.4 million rematch and has lived in seclusion in Pasadena and Denver with church ties in flux.
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Harold C. Schonberg
New York Times News Service
New York
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Reykjavik
Iceland
Fischer
International Hilton
Las Vegas
Spassky
Pasadena
Calif
Worldwide Church of God
Denver
Church
Fisher
Herbert W. Armstrong
Skylab Crew Sets New Space Record
Skylab 1 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz set a new world record for the longest space flight at 2 22 a m CDT surpassing the 23 days 18 hours 22 minutes Soyuz 11 time from 1971 They achieved the feat 275 miles above Nigeria with four days remaining in their mission and messages of respect to Soviet cosmonauts after a brief radio gap.
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Canary Island
Weitz
Henry
Honeysuckle
Australia
Conrad
Tom Stafford
Deke
Slayton
Stafford
Nigeria
Africa
Kerwin
Pacific Ocean
San
Skylab crews and Space Walks Highlight Apollo Era News
Skylab 2 expected to stay 56 days at the station with medical and earth resources experiments. Conrad to space walk to retrieve film from eight telescopes and install new film for Skylab 2 while NASA closes down Skylab 1 operations. President Nixon called mission control as Conrad marks his 20th wedding anniversary with roses from the space center.
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Conrad
Senate Committee Questions Dean in Secret Watergate Session
John W. Dean III appears before the Senate Watergate committee in a secret session as it prepares up to three days of televised hearings. The panel weighs national security, attorney client privilege, and possible disclosures about Nixon's knowledge of the coverup. Dean is expected to tell a comprehensive story with potential testimony about Oval Office orders and high level briefings.
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Washington
John W. Dean III
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Dean
Nixon
Senate Committee
Howard H. Baker Jr
Rtenn
ABC
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Magruder
Gordon Strachan
H.R. Haldeman
Haldeman
Senate
Associated Press
Strachan
New York Times
Time Magazine
Egil Krogh
Daniel Elilsberg
Oval Office
Baker
Grant For Appalachian Aid Supports Decatur Water Extension
A $100,000 Appalachian grant was approved for the Chapel Hill Road water extension in southwest Decatur. The funds add to a prior HUD grant of $185,200. City officials requested the Appalachian support to serve residents using wells now prone to failure or contamination. The project includes a 500,000 gallon reservoir, a booster pumping station, and nearly five miles of water lines.
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Washington
Chapel Hill Rd
Decatur
Bob Jones
Appalachian Regional Commission
Jones
Association of Colleges and Schools
Sellers
Association
Morgan County
George Nancarrow
Nancarrow
Rescue efforts under way for sunken destroyer sub incident
McVeigh said the Tringa was maneuvering to lower the bell chamber to the trapped minisub as hope rescue attempts continued amid cables and debris. David Stover said his father was unconscious in the rear of the sub with Link, with relatives hopeful for timely treatment.
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Fowden Maxwell
Mississippi
Maxwell
Cotton Council
Cotton Belt
Mexico
Sisk
House Agriculture Committee
David Bowen
D-Miss
McVeigh
Tringa
David Stover
Albert
Link
Stover
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