Skylab captures U S corn fields and floods from space
Skylab astronauts on the first full science day photograph Nebraska corn fields and Mississippi flood effects from 270 miles up. Weitz and Conrad filmed growth and health of crops while Kerwin photographed earth, sun, and weather, as power limits and a cooling system repairs allowed a busy data-gathering session.
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Paul Recer
Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Skylab
Nebraska
Kenetucky
Paul J. Weitz
United States
Holt County
Neb
Weitz
Charles Conrad Jr
Joeseph P. Kerwin
Earth
Conrad
Kerwin
Washington
Brazil
Georgia
Kentucky
Conrad and
Alabama
Cascade Mountains
Southeast
Bomb targets Belfast bar as violence rages in Northern Ireland
In Belfast city center terrorists detonated a bomb at a crowded bar injuring at least five people, with one man losing a hand and both legs. Earlier blasts and shootings in Londonderry and Lurgan prompted authorities to clear areas. British and Irish ministers met in London to discuss border security and peace efforts as more incidents followed.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Britain
Irish Republic
London
Northern
Ireeland
William Whitelaw
Garret Fitgegerald
Cremeau Road
Lurgan
Nixon Faces Inflation Slowdown Proposals From Advisers
President Nixon received new recommendations from his top economic advisers on curbing inflation, with options from Secretary of the Treasury George Shultz after a Washington meeting. Officials suggested possible wage and price controls, while analysts anticipate tougher anti-inflation measures and new programs. Nixon’s Florida weekend also shifted toward foreign policy as Kissinger’s Paris reports on Vietnam ceasefire talks arrived without agreement.
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Frances Lewine
Associated Press
Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Secretary of the Treasury
George Shultz
Washington
Pyertary
Gerald L. Warren
Petur J. Brennan
New York
U.S
Warren
Matehers
Florida
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
North Vietnam
le Duc
Vietnam
Kissinger Returns Home From Paris Without New Accord
Henry Kissinger flew into Washington from Paris without a Vietnam ceasefire accord. He planned talks with Nixon by telephone before the president finishes a Florida trip. Kissinger said he would resume talks with Hanoi on Tuesday while Brezhnev visits the United States.
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Washington
Henery A. Kissinger
Ashington
Paris
Vietnam
Kissinger
Andrews Air Force Base
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Nixon
Florida
Orly
Hanoi
le Duc Trio
U.S
Leonid Brezhnev
Thoon
Education Board Backs Governor on School Finance Study
The Texas State Board of Education directed staff to support Gov. Dolph Briscoe in a top to bottom TEA study of school finance and the entire educational system. Members debated funding guarantees, constitutional revision, and the board’s role, urging preservation of free textbooks and the permanent school fund while stressing the governor’s limited powers in budget decisions.
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Edgar
Texas
Herbert
Lanted
Ben Howell
el Paso
Howell
Constitutional Revision Commission
State Department
Percy Eyes 1976 Presidential Run Based on Exploratory Committee
Senator Charles Percy, a key Republican critic of Watergate, forms an Exploratory Committee to research a possible 1976 presidential bid. The 53 year old Illinois Republican, once Bell Howell president, faces Nixon opposition but aims for a strong nationwide bid if decided. Party conservatives and current polls could affect his chances.
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Carl B. Learsdorf
Washington (Ap
Charles Percy
Nixon
Waters Gate
Percy
GOP
Chicago
Senate
Thomas J. Houser
Sen
Bell & Howell
Illinois
Paul
Douglas
Roiman Puscinski
Brandt fishes in Galilee Sea during Israel visit
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt fished on the Sea of Galilee during a conciliatory stop in Israel. He caught a single seven inch carp near Kibbutz Ginnosar as Israeli hosts and local fishermen described a period of easing tensions and warm welcome for Brandt amid Nazism refugee acceptance.
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Kibbutz
Ginnosar
Israel
Will Brandt
West Germany
Sea of Galilee
Brandt
Bane Veller
Hannan Velleigh
Weyand Poised to Replace Haig as Army Vice Chief
Gen. Frederick C. Weyand, who finished U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam, is expected to become the Army's new vice chief of staff. He would replace Gen. Alexander Haig, who retired to serve as White House chief of staff. Nixon will decide whether to send the nomination to the Senate. Weyand, 56, led in Vietnam and now commands Army forces in the Pacific Pacific, and would work with Army Chief of Staff Creighton Abrams.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Frederick C. Weyand
U.S
Vietnam
Army
Weyand
Alexander M. Haig
Nixon
White House
Pentagon
Senate
Aeyean
Hawaii
Pacific
Creighton W. Abrams
Abrams
Haig
Southeast Asia
H. R. Haldeman
Cons
Fighting Flares In South Vietnam
Fighting in South Vietnam escalated to its highest level in over three months as both sides blamed each other for land grabs ahead of possible peace talks. Kissinger prepared to return to Washington. Thieu resisted any plan to permanently partition the country. Ceasefire violations surged to 185 in 30 hours. two South Vietnamese helicopters were shot down near Cu Chi.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Neuyen van Thieu
Canada
International Peaces Keeping Commission
U.S
Mekong Delta
Cu Chi
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Provisional Revolutionary
Acc
Saisson
An Loc
Boy 14 Admits Killing Houston Grocer
A 14 year old boy admitted shooting and killing Frank Shiappa a grocer, using a pistol stolen from his home. The youth is in juvenile custody. Joel Guerra Jasso, 17, is charged with murder after turning himself in and denying involvement.
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Boy
Grocer
Houston
Frank Shiappa
Earelier
Shiappa
Joel Guerra Jasso
Jasso
Publication Corrections Notice from Del Rio Publisher
A Del Rio News Herald notice states the publisher is responsible for copy omissions and typographical errors, with corrections made after Betty reported issues. Advertising is mentioned as occurring on this basis.
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del Rio
Betty
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