Weather Mystery Patterns In Killer Storms Explored
A two week wave of deadly storms struck the East Coast West Coast and Midwest plus a devastating Hong Kong event. Experts remain unable to confirm a global weather pattern, with officials citing accidents of nature and noting uncertainties despite advances in meteorology. Rapid City and Agnes disasters caused hundreds of deaths and billions in damage, highlighting the limits of prediction and emergency response.
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Charles P. Wallace
Nited Press International
East Coast
West Coast
Middle America
Hong Kong
Robert Simpson
National Hurricane Center
Miami
UPI
Simpson
Rapid City
S.D
President
Agnes
Florida
U.S
Floria
Maryland
Pennsylvania
George A. Lincoln
Office of Emergency Preparedness
LITTLEFIELD Pioneers plan 23rd reunion at 2 p.m
The LITTLEFIELD Pioneers schedule a 23rd reunion at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Lamb County Community Center. The event appears on Page 3, Sec. B of the edition.
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Littlefield
Lamb County
Oklahoma
Mahon Opens Midland Weather Service Center Today
Congressman George Mahon chairman of the House Appropriations Committee visits Midland to participate in the opening of a $150000 National Weather Service center at Midland Air Terminal. The facility includes a 250 mile radar linked to the NWS system and he attended the George Mahon Polo Tournament and a Texas League game with El Paso Sun Dodgers facing San Antonio Brewers.
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Midland
George Mahon
D-Tex
National Weather Service
Mahon
Tthe House “Appropriations Committee
National, Weather Service
Department of Commerce
Midland Air Terminal
NWS
Midland Polo Club
el Paso Sun-Dodgers
San Antonio Brewers
Theevening
Reforms Fight Looms At GOP Convention
Bitter party reform clash pits liberal Republicans against smaller powerful states over delegate plans. Robert Dole proposed a compromise to boost bonus delegates for northern and midwestern states, but liberals rejected it and conservatives threatened a floor fight. Center pressure grows for negotiated rules, with debate moving to Tuesday after a Sunday Rules Committee session. Iowa Governor Robert Ray joined moderates calling for fairer delegate distribution and better minority and women benefits.
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Miame Beach
la Bloc
Son
Robert Dole
National Party
Delegal
National’ Committee
Dole
Ides
Robert Ray
Iowa
Prayer Letter Urges Shielding Youth From Violence in Media
A reader pleads to Heavenly Father to guide society away from exposing young people to violence in shows and literature, arguing it harms essential human dignity principles. The note expresses concern over media content affecting youth and calls for protective measures.
Reds Capture Valley See 40 Die In Vietnam Conflict
Twenty-seven items describe heavy fighting in Vietnam with a bus disaster in the Highlands killing many civilians and a separate air war update. Reports note North Vietnam's victory in the Que Son Valley expanding a 50 mile stretch of Highway 1 near Da Nang, while Saigon’s southern region sees three major routes reopened to traffic. An Lubbock man, Darrel Pollard, 58, died in a Wilson area single vehicle crash on FM 2192. The piece ties the toll to rising traffic deaths in Lubbock County.
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Avalanche Journal News Services
South Vietnamese Militar
U.S. Command
North
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Lof Dong Hoi
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Wilson
Darrel Hugh Pollard
Lubbock
Pollard
Odom
Minchie Oliver
Port Lavaca
Que Son
da Nang
Saigon
Mekong Delta
Central Highlands
Robbery suspect fled toward police breezeway incident
A man threatened W. S. Bledsoe at 2823 27th Street, stole his wallet with $21, then fled toward a breezeway between buildings near the Lubbock police station on Avenue J. He claimed he was new in town and did not know police headquarters.
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W. S. Bledsoe
27Th Street
Lubbock
Avenue J
Rogers Sees Hope for Peace with North Vietnam
Secretary of State William P. Rogers told the Philadelphia Inquirer that a negotiated settlement with North Vietnam could come before or shortly after the presidential election. He said he was convinced a peace agreement was near, signaling early results from Kissinger’s secret talks and Saigon visit. Rogers cited North Vietnamese military economic and psychological difficulties as four major reasons behind the shift.
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William P. Rogers
United States
North Vietnam
Rogers
Philadelphia Inquirer
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Saigon
GOP convention eve draws protests and Nixon aura
In Miami Beach on the eve of the GOP convention Vice President Spiro Agnew kept options open for a 1976 White House bid while surveys show strong delegate support. About 350 youthful demonstrators clashed with 150 police near the Fontainebleau Hotel as delegates gathered. Some Republicans reported clothing damage and car vandalism amid the disruption.
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Miami
Vice
Spiro T. Agnew
Associated Press
Miami Beach
Nixon
Spiro
Fontainebleau
Agnew
Miami Herald
Washington Post
White House
George S. McGovern
Clark MacGregor
Committee For
McGovern
MacGregor
Adolf Hitler
GOP
Signs Along the Road Recall Billy’s Shaving Paste Ads
The feature recalls 1926 to 1963 roadside signs with white on red jingles for a popular brushless shaving cream. Signs stood about 20 yards apart delivering punned ads like Prickly pears are picked for pickles no peach picks a face that prickles. The last sign bore the Burma Shave trade name.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
West Texas
Ami Sounds
Yesteryear
America
Burma
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