Mitchell Accused of Perjury Act
Washington AP Former Attorney General John Mitchell is accused of possible perjury over his knowledge of ITT pledging 400000 dollars to aid the 1972 Republican National Convention before the ITT antitrust settlement. Samuel Cash cites a March 3 1972 memo by Charles Colson to H R Haldeman.
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Washington
Atty
John N. Mitchell
International Telegraph
Telephone Corp
Samuel Cash
Senate Watergate Committee
Charles W. Colson
H.R. Haldeman
White House
Mitchell
ITT
Cash
John J. Wilson
Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Daniel Ky Inouye
Inou
Wilson
New Airport Crash Trucks Sprout Flaws
At Lubbock Regional Airport officials found two new crash trucks defective after final inspection. Problems include a pump that fails to deliver required volume and a front-mounted water tank liable to rupture. The Walter Motor Company vehicles, plus extra equipment, cost 169600 dollars.
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Lubbock
Marvin Coffee
Walter Motor Company
New York
City okays pay hike for city employes and trims health budget
City council approves recommendations raising pay for all city employees starting January with larger gains for lower paid staff and sets police and fire raises. A committee will study City-County Health Department operations amid criticism of a $600 000 plus budget and delays in the $1 1 million traffic signal project amid calls for better synchronization. The Senate Armed Services panel also votes to cut 885.4 million from the Nixon administration’s missile sub program.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Bryce Campbell
Lonnie Hollingsworth
Mer
N. B. McCullough
Campbell
Bill McDaniel
Jack Baker
McCullough
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Nixon Administration
Storms bring hail and heavy rain across Texas Panhandle
Marble size hail peppered Lutbock as thunderstorms rolled southward through the Panhandle and South Plains, spawning funnel clouds. Heavy rain lashed the southeast Texas coast with flash flood warnings for San Antonio area counties that were later canceled.
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Lane Arthur Avalanche-Journal
Lutbock
Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
San Antonio
Etter
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
Lubbock
National Weather Service
Wreck Kills Snyder Man at State Highways 137 and 176
Snyder man dies at the scene in a two car crash at the intersection of State Highways 137 and 176 fourteen miles north of here. His wife Wilma Snyder suffers head injuries and is in serious condition at Medical Memorial Hospital in Big Spring. Two Hobbs New Mexico residents in the other car are hospitalized in serious and critical condition. Funeral services pending at Nealley Picke Funeral Home in Big Spring.
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Stanton
Snyder
Here
Harrold
Ray Helms
Ave
Sin Snyder
Medical Memorial Hospital
Big Spring
Wilma
Hobbs
N.M
Big Spring Hospital
Nealley-Pickle Funeral Home
Big, Spring
Judge Orders Closet Sealed in Gainesville Eight Case
U S District Judge Winston Arnow ordered the defense access to a federal closet opened after FBI agents were found with bugging devices in the federal building. The move came as six defendants face a conspiracy trial linked to the Watergate era. Defense attorneys seek a full hearing on the agents activities and possible trial recess.
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Gainsville
Fla
Gainesville
U.S
Winston
FBI
E. Arnow
Jack Carndath
Seniinade
Defensejate
Federal
Morton Stavis
Watergate Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Congress
Armon
William J. Patterson
Austin
Tex
Carl Ekblad
Robert Romans
Jacksonville
Arnow
Levi Strauss to Open 400-Worker Denim Plant in Plainview
Levi Strauss & Company announces a Plainview sewing plant for boys denim wear employing about 400 with a 1.6 million dollar annual payroll. Area manager Bob McCurdy will supervise until a manager is named, with construction ceremonies and a ground breaking held at Plainview Country Club. The plant, located at Quincy Avenue and U S 287, could grow to 800 workers within 18 months and triple in five years, tied to Amarillo distribution. The announcement drew city officials and local business leaders to the luncheon and ceremony.
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Levi Strauss & Co
Frank Brann
South Plains
Plainview
Levi Strauss
Bob McCurdy
Hale County
Henry Heck
Plainview Country Club
Plainview Chamber of Commerce Board of City Development
Industrial Foundation and
Industrial
North Plain
View
Quincy Avenue
U.S. 287
Amarillo
Ambulance Firm Talks Rural Service Shutoff in County
Ambulance firm owner David Ehler will suspend rural service September 1 if the county and hospital district cannot fund a subsidy similar to the city contract. Commissioners and hospital board will discuss short and long term emergency services at a Friday meeting amid plans for a county teaching hospital to support Texas Tech University School of Medicine. Ehler currently receives 2400 dollars monthly to guarantee two front line ambulances in city service and seeks a 1000 dollar monthly subsidy to guarantee one front line unit.
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Ehler
Lubbock
Arch Lamb
Lommissioners Court and Hospital Board
B. E. Rushing Jr
Commissioners and Hospital Board
Texas Tech University School of Medicine
Final T37 training flight marks Laredo base closure
The last T37 training flight at Laredo Air Force Base ended at 12 15 p m Tuesday. The base will close September 30 after 12 years of training the aircraft at the facility.
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Laredo Base
Laredo
Laredo Air Force Base
Today's Prayer Dear God Forgive Us When We Stray
A Reader writes a devotional plea asking forgiveness for turning from the Lord's way and dwelling in vanity. The brief reflection emphasizes humility and spiritual reflection.
After 51 Years, He's Used To Hiccups
Charles Osborne of Anthon Iowa has suffered hiccups since 1922. Doctors say a small esophageal pocket forms when food settles there and age and nerves make surgery unlikely. He has tried nearly 100 remedies from water and pranks to prayer and alcohol, with hiccups easing at bedtime.
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Breckenridge, Minn
Charles Osborne
Anthon
Iowa
Osborn
Millionaire lottery winner plans retirement out West
Paul McNabb, a Maryland lottery winner, announces retirement at 30. He plans to move east to settle in the West and travel by way of Rome Paris Tokyo and the world on his new freedom.
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Reisterstown
Paul McNabb
Maryland
Rome
Paris
Tokyo
World
Massive Air Attack Presses Phnom Penh Front
U S warplanes raid southeast of Phnom Penh in a concentrated strike against North Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge forces near the Bassac River. B52s and F4 Phantoms target the area as government reports describe heavy losses and a lull in enemy activity. A Cambodian militia company is said to be overrun at Robas Angkanh with about 100 government troops missing.
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Phnom. Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Phnom Penh
Bassac River
U.S. Supreme Court
Am Rong
Prek Thaot River
Packing Plant Cuts Back On Operations
The 400 employee Missouri Beef Packers plant in Plainview will cut production by about 40 percent and suspend 115 workers until relief expected September 12 when beef price ceilings may lift. The Friona plant, employing about 350, will also suspend production until then.
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Plainview
Missouri Beef’ Packers Co., Inc
Jim Boddicker
Avalanche-Journal
Foriona
Boddicker
Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Plains
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Missouri Beef Packers
Weather Map Pages Show Slight Temperature Change
Partly cloudy conditions persist in Lubbock and vicinity with only minor temperature shifts. Forecast calls for a high in the low 80s and a low around the middle of the observed range. Citywide data include maximums near 92 a year ago and humidity figures around midnight.
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Lubbock
Bewaa
Paso
Alquerque
Hobbs
Amarilla
Houston
Dallas
Okla
Denver
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Wes Phillips
Donald Sanders
Jeff
Fred. Thompson
Capitol Hill
South Lubbock
Wreck
Worth
Wren
Hall W. Nall
Plainview Industrial Foundation
States Rural Service
W. Eugene Smith
Aalanche-Journal
Staff
County and Hospital District
Aid Ambulance Co
David Ehler
Osborne
Minnesota
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