Unusual August Tornadoes Spur Weather Notes in Lubbock
The Avalanche Journal reports unusual storm activity with multiple funnels and tornado sightings across the South Plains from Aug 13 to Aug 22. Meteorologists cite a Rocky Mountain trough and upper air cooling as causes, while rainfall harms cotton but benefits sorghum and beans.
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Slaton
NWS
Goldsmith
Floydada
Smyer
Kress
Friona
Plainview
Silverton
Tulsa
Kansas City
National
Joe Galway
The
Avalanche Journal
South Plains
Sheehan
Galway
Bob Metzger
Extension Center
Metzger
Ted Sheehan
National Weather Service
Officials Debate Phase II as Nixon Faces Strike Freeze
AFL-CIO leader George Meany and union chiefs denounce Nixon's program for not capping profits or advancing workers' wages. Stans Hodgson and Woodcock call for an excess profits tax while administration plans Phase II with union and business consultations.
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Woodcock
Auto Workers Union
Stans
General Motors
General Motors Corp
CBS
Face the Nation
NBC
Meet the Press
Hodgson
ABC
Meany
Four Die in Hatchet Ranch Plane Crash Near New Mexico Border
A single engine aircraft crashed about 20 miles southeast of Hachita on the Hatchet Ranch. Wreckage lay on the east slope of Big Hatchet Peak with lightning in the area. Locals heard the plane at 9:20 p.m. and believe the pilot attempted a landing before the crash.
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Hachita
Big Hatchet Peak
Mexico Border
M. T. Everhart
McCarty
Dallas Stock Case Hearing Begins In Civil SEC Action
The SEC civil suit in Dallas pits several defendants including Sharp and Baum in a banking and stock scheme. About 45 witnesses will testify via formal depositions and thousands of transcript pages were reviewed by press and court. Judge Hughes expects a four week trial with potential $40 million in civil damages.
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Sharp
Baum
NBL
Smith
SEC
Dallas
Law
U.S. District Court
Sarah T. Hughes
Hughes
Typhoon Five Killed As Storm Hits Japan
A storm at sea injured five and headed toward Japan, while warnings issued for Florida coast as showers and gusts lashed the area. Forecasters tracked changing strength with caution as seas rose and small craft were urged to seek safe harbor.
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Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Hurricane Center
Bahamas
National Hurricane Center
Safe
Arnold Sugg
Tristan Couple Welcome Baby Boy at Lauf Clinic
Mr and Mrs Benito Tristan celebrate the birth of a son weighing 5 pounds 1 ounce at 11 31 am Saturday at Lauf Clinic. Father works for Farrs Cafeterias.
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Guadalupe Cerda
Ave
Lauf Clinic
Holland Gardens
Benito Tristan
Farr
Jesus Lujan
Baylor
Thieu Opponents Gain in Early House Election Returns
Early returns show Thieu opponents making gains as 5.57 million of 7.09 million eligible voters cast ballots for a 78.5 percent turnout. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks targeted polling places nationwide while U.S. strikes hit targets in North Vietnam and Laos. 51 incidents were reported with 218 enemy troops killed and 7 killed in a polling-place grenade attack in Binh Dinh province. Saigon and Da Nang remained quiet amid large-scale security efforts.
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Thieu
U.s.command
North Vietnam
Vietnams
Laos
Vietnam
le Trung Hien
Hien
Saigon
Binh Dinh
North
South Vietnam
U.S
Phu Bai
Noone
Tan Son Nhut
Auction Day Wish List From Rural Folks
A humorous inventory lists items sought by a farm family from a pickup window to a good wife and bank credit. The speaker jokes about cattle, horses, equipment, a gooseneck trailer, barbed wire, pasture land, and neighborly help, while noting friends in Matador Spur and Post.
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Cainnin
Matador
Spur and Post
No Crisis After All The Nixon Currency Accord Seen
Observers say Nixon’s devaluation implies Britain joins wider exchange rate margins. The 3 percent limit aligns with proposed wider bands by Washington at the IMF. Group of 10 meetings may be needed ahead of the IMF session in Washington starting Sept 27 as countries prepare for world level bargaining on the monetary crisis. Japanese yen trades in Tokyo and European experts see the deadlock easing and a push toward a global solution.
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Philip H. Trezise
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Canada
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Stans
Department of Labor
Britain
International Monetary, Fund For
Group of 10
International Monetary Fund
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