Tornadoes and High Winds Batter North Texas
Severe storms hit Dallas Fort Worth Paris Richardson and surrounding areas with tornado watches and property damage. Downtown banks suffered broken windows, a nursing home was damaged, and Dallas International Motor Speedway flooded. Multiple communities reported downed poles and planes destroyed at Lakeview Airport near Garza.
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Paris
Texas
Red River
Richardson
Dallas
New Boston
Hooks
Karnack
Marshall
Tno
Dallas International Motor Speedway
Watauga
Tarrant County
Pleasant Grove
Hame
Redwater
Samney
Tex J
Hardy
R. E. McCarthy
Jarkana
Dick McCarty
Sidney Pres
Bill McIntosh
Mesquite
McIntosh
Denton County
Wylie
Texar
Barnes
Justikana
Corinth
Den
Lakeview
Garza Little Elm Reservoir
Statewide daylight time debate stirs Texas lawmakers and public figures
The Texas Legislature has not passed an anti daylight time law though several members push for it. Rep. Hilary Doran failed to get a May ballot vote on daylight time. Theater owners oppose it while media outlets support it. Farmers show mixed views as El Paso and Hudspeth counties observe Mountain Time by special law signed by President Nixon.
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Texas
J. W. Potts
State Extension Service
Texas A&m University
College Station
Potts
Nixon
el Paso
Hudspeth
Primary Senate Race Tempo Shapes Texas Balloting
Voters prepare for a busy primary with Democratic and Republican contests across counties. Key races include governor nominees Paul Eggers and Roger Martin, Bush vs. Morris for GOP, Sadler challenges for land commissioner, and three Texas Supreme Court hopefuls along with Court of Criminal Appeals and railroad commissioner battles. The Yarborough Bentsen battle dominates discussion.
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George Bush
Robert Morris
Yarborough-Bentsen
Paul Eggers
Roger Martin
Monterey High School
Ralph Krebbs
Martha Magness
Yarborough
Gov. Smith
Ben Barnes
Crawford C. Martin
David H. Brown
Grayson County
Sadler
Bob Armstrong
Austin
Fred Williams
Houston
Jerry Sadler
Ben Ramsey
Connie Lawson
Williamson County
James G. Denton
Amarillo
Lubbock
Texas Supreme Court
Hawthorne Phillips
Matt Davis
Bowie County
Truman Roberts
Earl W. Smith
Court of Criminal Appeals
Shooting Probed By City Police
City police investigated a shooting that sent 34 year old Robert Lee Mitchell of 1024 E 28th to Methodist Hospital with a bullet wound in the back. Hospital officials said he was being taken to X ray shortly before midnight.
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Methodist Hospital
Robert Lee Mitchell
Lawmakers Eye Antisatellite Capabilities
Washington reports Air Force testimony noting the United States has a very limited antisatellite capability but could develop a satellite attack program for about 300 million dollars. Air Force Secretary Robert Seamans says the U S is studying antisatellite options and watches the area closely while not recommending interception now.
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Washington
API
Air Force
United States
Robert C. Seamans Jr
Minuteman
Safeguard
Seamans
House Appropriations Committee
Moon
Fire Calls Reported by Lubbock Fire Department
The Lubbock Fire Department logged multiple calls from Friday night into Saturday morning including dumpster fires on Broadway near F and behind the Texas Tech Journalism Building with minimal damage. A trash fire at 2128 Emory caused vacancy damage. a car fire near 26th Street caused minor damage. Tony Keyes scored 56 goals in three varsity soccer years at Michigan State.
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Lubbock
Broadway
Texas Tech
Emory
Pitt
Spa Rom Mower
Peasy St
Tony Keyes
Michigan State
GM Delays 1971 Model Debut Amid UAW Tension
GM announces postponement of its 1971 model unveil originally set near the UAW contract expiry. Detroit News cites strike fears and prudence as reasons while GM weighs a September 30 introduction date as the new target.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Detroit News
The
Ford Motor Co
China joins space club with satellite launch report
The piece notes China as the fifth nation to launch an Earth orbiter using its own booster, linking the event to broader strategic implications. It highlights Ohen Hsueh shen as a key figure, cites estimates of 25 ICBMs by 1975, and mentions potential U.S. political leverage over Safeguard defense plans.
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Ohen Hsuehshen
China
United States
Soviet Union
France
Japan
Britain
Canada
Italy
Australia
Radio Peking
Hong Kong
Peking
Shuang Cheng-tsu
Ala Shan
Lop Nor
Associated Press
Red China
Draft quotas and local boards under Nixon overhaul
Tarr seeks time from the Pentagon to devise a plan to make up May July quotas. He ordered states to cover shortfalls as well as normal May July quotas. The Nixon draft overhaul cuts local boards power, ending occupational deferments and limiting father deferments to extreme hardship. If Congress grants broader authority, local boards will have even less responsibility.
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Tarr
Pentagon
Nixon
Congress
Candidates Rally At Civic Center In Oklahoma City
The Arnett Benson Community Council hosts a meet the candidates session at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Civic Center Music Hall corner North University Ave. Precinct 4 Commissioner hopefuls speak three minutes each then take questions. All precinct residents invited.
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Arnett-Benson Community Council
Civic Center Music Hall
Cornell
North University Ave
Scientist linked to Chinese rocket program studied at Caltech
The report identifies a scientist named Chine as a leading figure behind Chinese missile work. It notes he was a former standout Caltech student and later a professor and researcher at the Guggenheim Jet Propulsion Institute.
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Chine
California Institute of Technology
Guggenheim Jet Propulsion
University Chief Handed Award
Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame, received the 12th Alexander Meiklejohn Award from the AAUP for outstanding contributions to academic freedom. The group cited his defense of professors and students with unorthodox political and religious views.
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Los Angeles
Thodore M. Hesburgh
University of Notre Dame
Alexander Meiklejohn
American Association of University Professors
AAUP
Hesburgh
Bees Spill On Lynchburg Streets After Beehive Spill
In Lynchburg Virginia a truck spill released 15 beehives and 15 queen bees into the night. Bees swarmed streets near Campbell Avenue attracting help from beekeepers and a police patrol car. Most hives were repaired and the truck moved on. minor property damage was reported.
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Lynchburg
Virginia
William P. Lindsay
Conto Campbell
Baker Baker
Vietnam Air Strikes Target Hue Supply Routes
U S air power hit a major Ho Chi Minh trail supply terminus near Hue after helicopter scouts spotted truck traffic. Seventeen Communist dead were counted, while U S forces warn of reduced manpower complicating further campaigns.
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hue
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Laos
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Angrassom
Svay Rieng
Radio Hana
North Vietnam
Conference of Asian Nations
Indonesia
Adam Malik
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del Rio
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Tulsa, Okla
Senate
Joe M. Greenlee
James Swann
Bonham
Space Club
Namara
Massachusetts Institute Oof Technology
U.S. National Defense ’ Scientific Advisory Board
Henry “Hap” Arnold
South Plains
New York
UPID
Parke Bernet
Ley
Vietnam
Rogers
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William P. Rogers
Malik
Thailand
Lelandro Deanda
Nubro Corp
William Tim Roberts
Midland
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