Ford defies Kissinger with firm Helsinki speech
President Ford delivered a hard line speech at the Helsinki summit on August 1 despite Henry Kissinger's preference for milder wording. Kissinger initially objected but later agreed the speech matched Brezhnev’s challenge and domestic political needs, with diplomatic aides noting Ford’s push for accountability and quicker SALT progress.
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Washington
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Helsinki
Kissinger
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Health Chief Ron Freeman Resigns to Lead TDHR Region
Ron Freeman, administrator of the Lubbock City County Health Department, resigns effective Sept 1 to become director of environmental and consumer health protection for Public Health Region 1 in Amarillo. Norberto Capetillo also resigns from the health board. replacement to be set by the Lubbock County Commissioners. The Texas Health Resources board and new TDHR structure are outlined, with expanded powers and a 18-member board including physicians and other professionals.
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Mary Alice Diers
Avalanche-Journal
Ron Freeman
Lubbock
Board of Health
Freeman
Amarillo
Norberto Capetillo
Capetillo
State Board of Health
Old Health Board
State Commissioner of Health
State Department of Health
TDHR
Health Resources
The
Health Board
Texas Health Facilities Commission
Texas
Texas Coordinating Commission
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Eorly
Texas Public Health Region
South Plains
Permian Basin
Tax Board Hearings Extended for Town and Country Center
The Tax Board heard from Town and Country operators asserting their assessment rose from $684 830 to $942 250, arguing taxes will be unequal due to facility age tornado damage and a large Texas Tech University trade area. Manager Terry Blankenship supported a $635 000 value based on market factors, while Stringer maintained a $1.5 million center valuation despite lower income figures.
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Lion
Pendergrass
Jim Brewster
Terry Blankenship
Texas Tech University
Stringer
Blankenship
Extortion Demands $1 Million From Everett City
Everett Mayor Bob Anderson disclosed a written extortion demand of $1 million received in mid July. The threat warned that residents would suffer or die if payment was not made, coinciding with a string of arson fires including two at fire stations and a pipe bomb at the federal building on August fifth.
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Everett
Wash
UPD
Bob Anderson
Anderson
Federal
Repairs Eyed Washington Fire Hazard Rule Change
The U S Consumer Product Safety Commission declared household aluminum wiring a substantial fire hazard and said it will seek to compel manufacturers to perform repairs in about 2 million homes.
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Washington
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
President Presents Awards To Apollo Astronauts Today
Apollo astronauts Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Donald Slayton arrived in Washington after two weeks recovery in Hawaii from nitrogen tetroxide exposure during splashdown on July 24. They will meet President Ford at a White House awards lunch and discuss debriefings ahead of the shuttle program.
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Apollo
Washington
Hawaii
Thomas RP. Stafford
Vance D. Brand
Donald KK. Slayton
NASA
Houston
Stafford
Slayton
Alexei Leonov
Valery Kubasov
White House
Ford
Los Angeles
Vance Brand
Thomas Stafford
Donald Slayton
Meat Packers Indicted on 20 Million Fraud Scheme
The indictment charges ABP founder West and associate Lee with a multi state fraud conspiracy spanning 16 states and involving mail fraud, interstate shipment of fraudulently obtained cattle, and bribes to federal meat graders. The probe by U S Atty Daniel Wherry, the FBI, and other agencies covers varied entities and led to Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Eight banks and General Electric Credit Corp. are among undisclosed creditors.
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D.C
Council Bluffs
U.S. Atty
Daniel Wherry
FBI
Packers and Stockyards Administration
Postal Service
Wherry
Iowa
Nebraska
Texas
California
Oklashoma
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Missouri
Kansas
Indiana
West
ABP
Lee
General Electric Credit Corp
West and Lee
David Pavel
Carlson
United States
Departments of Agriculture
Omaha
Veteran Officer Slain Holding Five Hostages in Texas
In San Antonio a veteran police sergeant free on bond after threatening to kill his estranged wife was shot and killed while holding his wife and four others hostage in a Southside tavern. Durrough, 42, killed at 11:65 p.m. ending a nine hour standoff that began when he confronted Wanda Durrough and others with a .68 caliber pistol. Johnny Sanders, positioned inside, shot Durrough to prevent harm to Johnny Thomas, 93. Durrough had been suspended recently over prior marital problems and a high speed chase.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Faye Durrough
Durrough
Wanda
Elray Crenwelge
Johnny Thomas
Crenwelge
Thomas
Johnny Sanders
Sanders
LCHS Diploma Night Honors Sixty Five Graduates
Sixty five Lubbock Christian High School seniors received diplomas Friday night at Moody Auditorium on the Lubbock Christian College campus. Tex Williams of Sunset School of Preaching delivered the address urging graduates to become quality persons and contribute to their world by living biblical principles at work and home.
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Lubbock Christian High School
Moody Auditorium
Lubbock Christian College
Tex Williams
The
Sunset ‘Choo
Chinese Troops Guard Plants During Factory Strikes
Chinese air force and army units were dispatched to Chekiang factories to keep production running and deter strikes. Combined with over 16 000 troops already sent in mid-July, the mobilization followed central orders from Peking. Hangchow is the focal point of the unrest, a city Nixon visited in 1972.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China
Chekiang
Peking
Hangchow
Richard M. Nixon
Term In Jail Proves Brief
Clovis teen Jerrs Martinez, 17, escaped Friday while being escorted to Cannon Air Force Base for out-processing from the National Guard. Martinez, about 135 pounds and 4 feet 3 inches, fled after visiting his residence to collect possessions. He is charged with armed robbery at King’s Inn Motel, the Greyhound Bus Station, and the Seafood Shop Restaurant in Clovis, this year.
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Clovis
Jerrs Martinez
Ery
Cannon Air Force Base
National Guard
Martinez
Montano
Peisoner
King’s Inn
Greyhound
Ah Ln Clovis
Trier
Man Shot by Police After Berserk Assault in Hartford
In Hartford Connecticut a 62 year old man Wasly Malvk of Partford died from chest wound after police say he lunged at officers during a barricaded third floor apartment breach. The incident followed he allegedly smashed his apartment with a double edged axe.
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Hartford. Conn
Wasyl Malvk
Partford
Portuguese Crisis Deepens as Government Resigns
Portugal faces political turmoil as the Socialist party and the Popular Democrats quit the cabinet, accusing Goncalves of steering the nation toward a Communist mold. Mario Ruaire named foreign minister, replacing Mario Soares, amid vacant ministries and a split security leadership.
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Mario Ruaire
Gshing
Madeira
Mario Soares
Socialist Party
Portugal
Popular Democrats
Bievest
Goncalves
Makie
Aye
Attorney General Fights Bell Texas Rate Increase
Texas Attorney General Hill contests Bell Telephone rate hike arguing the 45 million rise is arbitrary and excessive. He emphasizes state officials must guard against sky high utilities and vows to test the people’s lawyer role while denying any promise of lower rates.
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Hill
Bell
Texas
Tog Higdt
Offica
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Texas Board of Health Resources
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