US ready to evacuate Americans from Trinidad crisis
US ships stood by to evacuate citizens if needed while OAS secretary general Galo Plaza said any action would require prior Trinidad government consent. Britain prepared to protect citizens with frigates Sirius and Jupiter on standby and the Orsovia ready to evacuate British nationals. Clashes followed the arrest of 14 Black Power leaders as Port of Spain faced looting and casualties amid a state of emergency.
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Trinidad
Ziegler
Galo Plaza
Organization of American States
Washington
United States
Plaza
OAS
Guadalcanal
U.S
Britain
Sirius
Jupiter
Caribbean
Carlos Ira Cabal
Eric Williams
Venezuela
Black Power Movement
Williams
Arthur McShine
Port of Spain
Regiment
Cambodian Crisis Deepens as U S Air Losses Mount
In Phnom Penh the Lon Nol regime seeks military aid as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong push across Cambodia. American losses rise with eight aircraft down and 1 pilot killed, while U S officials hedge on direct intervention. Diplomats report Cambodia appeals to the UN and regional powers press for action.
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South Vietnam
Lon Nol
U.S
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Nixon
United States
Phnom Penh
Laos
Lower Panhandle
Air Force
Lower
Panhandle
Ho Chit Minh Trail
U.S. Senate
Medical Group To Hear Smith At Osteopathic Convention
Delegates of the Texas Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons convene at Red Raider Inn for a six day meeting. Gov Preston Smith will address a noon luncheon Friday as postgraduate lectures run through Sunday. A golf tournament, receptions, and dinners are on the agenda at Hillcrest Country Club and Vann's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
Red Raider Inn
Association
Preston Smith
Vist
Board of Trustees
Hillcrest Country Club
Red Raider Inn Convention Center
Vann
Census forms deadline tightens across Plainview and Lubbock
In Plainview and across the South Plains a strict April 30 deadline looms to complete form canvassing and mail to the Lubbock office. District manager Bill McCasland says central packing should occur by May 8 if the April 30 target is met, despite tornado areas delaying counting and areas closed to nonessential traffic.
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Plainview
Lubbock
South Plains
Bill McCasland
McCasland
U.S
Pair hijack skyjacks charter plane to Cuba from Rock Hill
A black ex convict and his girlfriend hijacked a single engine charter plane at Gastonia airport in North Carolina. They forced pilot Boyce Stradley to fly toward Cuba after grabbing a cab, robbing the driver and locking him in the trunk. The plane diverted to Rock Hill for fuel before continuing toward Daytona Beach as FAA officials watched.
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Rock Hill
S. C
UPY
Cuba
Gastonia
N.C
Boyce Stradley
D. F. King
Stradley
Havana
Daytona Beach
Federal Aviation Administration
Earth Day Activities Across U S Highlight Environmental Push
Across the nation students and communities marked Earth Day with demonstrations and cleanups. Wisconsin and New Jersey officials announced environmental actions while campuses and schools held teach-ins and services.
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Lincoln Memorial
Washington
Department of Interior
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Ora Citron
University of Southern California
New Jersey
William T. Cahill
State Department of Environmental Protection
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Save the Earth
New York
Greenwich
Conn
Park Department
Military Judge OKs Civilian Surveillance by Army
A federal judge refused to halt Army civilian surveillance, ruling the service may track Americans who may cause disturbances. The ACLU suit, labeling First Amendment violations, was dismissed for lack of proof the military’s monitoring exceeded constitutional limits. The ruling follows disclosures of widespread civilian data in intelligence reports tied to Ft. Holabird and a Pyle article describing 1000 undercover agents.
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Washington
George L. Hart Jr
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Ft. Holabird
United States
Hart
Christopher H. Pyle
New York
Army
Harvard
South
Pyle
Ralph Stein
Pentagon
Coretta King
Martin Luther King Jr
Julian Bond
Arlo Guthrie
Benjamin Spock
William Sivang Coffin
William Kanatler
NAACP
American
Friends. Service
Governor seeks federal aid after nine county tornado damage
Gov. Smith meets city and county officials to push for a major disaster declaration. He telegrams President Nixon urging expeditious federal funds under Public Law 875, joined by U.S. lawmakers. Federal agencies and local task forces assess damage as the Texas area awaits official word.
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Plainview
Washington
Preston Smith
Spiro T. Agnew
Panhandle- South Plains
Hale County
C. L. Abernethy
Leslie Ray
Sipchew
D. L
Thomas
Hale
Wednesay
Nixon
David Bryant
Plainview Herald
Smith
U.S
George Mahon
John Tower
Ralph Yarborough
Larry Teaver
Guv Smith
Teaver
Legan
SBA
ARC
Small Business Administration
American Red Cross Salvation Army
Cot
Jesse BR. Ward
Texas Department of Public Safety
Glenn Bailey
Federal Housing Administration
Dawson Kilercase
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Jack Harwell
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Earl Butler
Department of Agriculture
Neill Scott
Soil Conservation Service
John Barnes
Farm Home Administration
Bill Gunter
Texas Agricultural Extension
Lubbock
Gunter
Inflation Keeps Real Earnings Barely Up From February
The consumer price index rose to 133.2 percent of the 1957-59 average, 61 percent above a year ago. Real earnings stayed about unchanged from February, down six-tenths of one percent from a year earlier and 28 percent below the September 1968 peak. About 44,400 workers in airlines and aerospace will see pay increases tied to the index.
Wichita Falls School Superintendent Fired Amid Busing Controversy
The Wichita Falls Independent School District discharged Superintendent Donald Waldrip after a heated meeting with over 2,000 attendees. The board rejected a Department of Health, Education and Welfare desegregation plan and cited ongoing differences of opinion within the district. The HEW warned of possible loss of federal funds if a plan was not submitted, while the board stressed preserving neighborhood schools.
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Wichita Falls
UPD
Wichita Falls Independent
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Donald Waldrip
Waldrip
Skard Smith
Smith
HEW
Dallas
Washington
Powie
Licely
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