Extortionist claims bomb on Western Airlines flight
Western Airlines paid 25000 dollars to a man who claimed a bomb was aboard Flight 722 from Anchorage to Seattle. The extortionist failed to reveal the bomb’s location, prompting a search of the Boeing 720 circling Seattle with 125 people aboard before landing safely.
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Fighting Near Demilitarized Zone Sparks Fresh Clash
South Vietnamese forces fought two engagements with North Vietnamese troops about two miles below the demilitarized zone as the war outlook shifts northward. Reports cite 4 killed and 16 wounded for Saigon, with 58 enemy killed in the largest clash backed by an armored column.
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Nixon Signs Post Office Reform Bill
President Nixon signed into law a bill replacing the Post Office Department with an independent postal service. The move aims for better mail service and improved pay and conditions for 750000 workers, with a new streamlined eagle symbol and an 11 member board of governors. The agency can sell bonds, negotiate wages, hire postmasters, and set rates to modernize operations.
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West Texas Commerce Group Sets Plainview Meeting
City Council sets 38 item agenda for routine session at City Hall today. State and nation reports include guard chief and Jackson campus deaths. Russia and West Germany sign nonaggression pact hailed as new era. Viet Cong and North Vietnam seek renewed peace talks. Radio TV logs and market reports appear in later sections. Comics and editorial items listed throughout the issue.
Silent Prayer Fragment Found in Reader’s Note
A reflective devotional fragment expresses gratitude for divine guidance and peace. The note thanks God for daily leadership and mentions a calm, silent place of peace, ending with a brief Amen and attribution to a reader.
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Cool Brace
Gulf Coast cleanup faces coordination and resource issues
Lubbock survivor says Gulf Coast relief works better than Corpus Christi. A disaster worker notes mass confusion, scarce stockpiles, and limited volunteers in Corpus Christi compared with Lubbock after the May 11 hurricane.
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Army awaits ruling on gas disposal at sea
The Army loaded two trainloads of nerve gas onto the Liberty ship Le Baron Russell Briggs at Sunny Point before dawn Wednesday amid a stay request from Florida Governor Kirk and the Environmental Defense Fund. A federal judge set a 9 a.m. hearing to decide if dumping will be barred.
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Satellite Eyes Tornado Alley For Early Warning Grid
Photos from Applications Technology Satellite 3 watch clouds over Tornado Alley to improve forecasts and save lives. NSSFC director Allen Penn says moving cloud trends may verify ground data and yield advance warnings. ATS-3, launched by NASA in 1967, now supports meteorology from a high stationary orbit.
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Israel Says Bullets Fly Over Suez Cease-Fire Breach
Israeli military spokesman in Tel Aviv states shots were fired at an Israeli patrol in the central Suez Canal sector but no injuries occurred as fire was returned. Egyptian information minister Heikal says an Egyptian soldier was not hurt and calls it a minor exception to the truce.
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Premier's Wife Dies In Mishap Near Spanish Border
BIARRITZ France AP Marie Antoinette Chaban Delmas wife of the French premier was killed in an auto accident Wednesday near the Spanish border. Police said the chauffeur overtook another car and swerved into a ditch hitting two. Chaban Delmas riding at seat suffered untold injuries and died hours later at St. Jean de Luz hospital. The driver escaped unhurt.
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Senate approves Safeguard ABM expansion amid pushback
The Senate voted 52 to 47 to let President Nixon expand the Safeguard antiballistic missile system and rejected a move to make ABM research only. The body postponed a proposal to curb administration development and set a course to build two more sites at Warren AFB Wyoming and Whiteman AFB Missouri while maintaining two previously approved Montana and North Dakota sites.
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Disease fears prompt San Antonio diphtheria clinics
San Antonio health officials plan emergency clinics in schools and churches to curb a diphtheria outbreak that has sickened 47 people this year with two deaths. Dr. Martha Lyn Green urges vaccination as drives continue in low income housing and Bexar County areas while urging school mandatory immunization.
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Lines Drawn Here City Area Towns Fight Gas Rate Hike
Representatives from 18 South Plains cities met in Lubbock to oppose Pioneer Natural Gas Co raised rates. The group planned to lobby 23 unrepresented cities and study Pioneer records before deciding whether to block or approve the upgrade.
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Weather map page forecast for Lubbock area today
Lubbock and vicinity expect mid to upper 90s with highs in the middle 90s today and near 99 Friday. Tonight’s temperatures in the 60s with light variable winds and no precipitation forecast through Friday.
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