Abrams signals U S forces to join South Vietnam offensive
General Creighton Abrams said American ground troops would join a broadening campaign near the A Shau Valley close to Laos. He noted plans to allow South Vietnamese units to cross into Laos to strike along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, despite Nixon's ban on ground troops there.
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Saigon
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Creighton Wo Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Wan Thronch
A Shau
Abrams
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Nixon
Laos
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Severe Springs Turbulence Hits South Plains With Tornado Warnings
A round of spring turbulence headed for the South Plains prompted tornado warnings southeast of Lubbock. Funnels near Lubbock prompted alerts as storms spread across the region. Widespread wind and hail battered downstate areas with watches issued for Utah Montana Missouri and beyond.
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Lubbock
Larbna
Buffalo Lakes
Slaton
A Change In The Wind Yet We Found In Madison Ga
An Associated Press foreign desk note reflects on American perceptions during a U S tour. Reporters Peter Amett and Herst Pause, winners of the Pulitzer for Vietnam coverage, describe homes, motel quirks, and wary travel as they return from Indochina. They contrast glitzy service with rough realities in a country tour spanning mountains ghettos and small towns.
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Ceranml Canyon
Associated Press
Peter Amett
Herst Pause
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Horst
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Miles
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Ford sees seventies as time of national challenge
U S Rep Gerald Ford spoke at a Bob Price Appreciation Dinner in Plainview praising the decade as a period of major tests including Communist aggression in Indochina and the economy while urging continued U S effort for meaningful peace in Southeast Asia. He emphasized allowing South Vietnam to determine its future and noted attendance by 210 people at the $25 plate event. Ford traveled with Rep Bob Price and Mrs Price, arriving by private plane after a news conference at Plainview airport. See FORD Page 10.
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Indochina
House
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Male County
Republican Committee
Ford
U.S
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Alcove
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Lombardo's Brother Carmen Dies at 67
Carmen Lombardo, songwriter and longtime lead vocalist and tenor saxophonist with Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians, died Saturday in Miami at age 67 after a battle with cancer. He helped shape the band's sound since 1919 with hits like Boo Hoo Little Coquette Powder Your Face With Sunshine and Sweethearts On Parade.
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Guy Lombardo
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Royal Canadians
Boo Hoo
Prayer for Home Blessing in Jesus Name
A reader asks for divine blessing on their home seeking love peace and happiness from above. The request closes with a prayerful Amen and devotion to God through Jesus Christ.
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Heavenly Father
Jesus
Snyder Hobby Illuminates History of Lamps at Home
Mrs Wayne Boren collects lighting devices from 1607 to 1890 tracing the evolution of home illumination. Her Jamestown era lamps, colonial chandeliers and later electric conversions fill her Snyder residence, with brass, glass and handpainted details.
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Wayne Boren
Snyder
Gerry Burton
Avalanche-Journal
Jamestown
Liquor by the Drink Faces Key House Vote
In Austin, Speaker Mutscher battles to marshal a two thirds majority to send the Senate passed liquor by the drink bill to final action on Monday. Lt. Gov. Barnes links House votes to Senate adoption. optimism remains despite Friday’s 83 to 44 preliminary tally.
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Associated Press
Austin
Gus Mutscher
House
Ben Barnes
Senate
Mutscher
Mutschher
Arab federation formed by Egypt Syria and Libya
Cairo reports that Egypt Syria and Libya leaders announced a Federation of Arab Republics to unite nearly half of the Arab world. The group pledges no negotiations with Israel and aims to free occupied Arab lands with a single flag anthem and capital.
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UPT
Egypt
Syria
Libya
Israel
New Page opens in U S China relations puzzle
AP special correspondent William L. Ryan analyzes a newly opened page in U S China relations. The feature notes vast stretches of the book remain unexplored and outlines the ongoing effort to unravel the Chinese puzzle.
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U.s.-China
Wiliam L. Ryan
Ryan
Sec. C
Lubbock
Sec
Big Spring Coed Wins Miss Luib block title at pageant
Denise Estes, an 18 year old Texas Tech freshman from Big Spring, was crowned Miss Luib block 1971 in a revived Jayere sponsored pageant at Moody Auditorium. Thirteen contestants competed as Estes earned the top honor and a scholarship for piano studies at Tech.
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Denise Estes
Texas Tech
Luibbock
Moody iAuditorium
Lubbock Christian College
Miss Estes
Sic
Tech
Brahms
Inmate Snatches Keys During Jail Break Attempt
A life-term inmate armed with a makeshift knife briefly escaped in a jailbreak attempt at the county jail. Wesley Emerson hid in a cheater cell, knocked deputy Slack’s keys, fled with two trusties pursuing, then was captured by Deputies Holder and Woodard within minutes outside the jail. The knife was recovered outside. This was the first jailbreak here since January 1969.
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Ted Holder
Far Woodard
Wesley Emerson
Emerson
Davie Slack
Slack
Semerson
Lubbock
Woodard
Holder
Weather forecast and readings for the region
Early morning cloudiness gives way to partly cloudy skies continuing through Monday. Winds rise, temperatures warm, and a slight thunderstorm chance appears tonight into Monday. Highs in the mid to upper sixties, lows around the low fifties, rain chances about 40 percent tonight. Sunrise 6 12 am, sunset 7 20 pm. Humidity near 99 percent at midnight.
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