A Corner Turned More Than A Decade Passes For U S
An aging magazine reflection notes a shift in the 1960s United States as 1970 marks a threshold. It recalls the era’s doubts, upheavals, and contrasts between progress and erosion of moral certainties, detailing events from Da Nang to My Lai and social changes.
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United States
America
Piper Laurie
da Nang
Oswald
Eldridge Cleaver
Resurrection City
Francis Gary Powers
Mobe
Gulf of Tonkin
Watts
Credibility Gap
ARM
SDS
ESD
U. S
Former Tech architecture chief remem bers ex-students and a Panama link
A disjointed news page fragment mentions a former architecture chief at Tech recalling former students, plus a Panama connection. Police caution about possible armed robbery complaints against suspects. Other items include college student opinions, a Dallas travel bill for service children, and various world and market notes.
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Lubbock
Area
Tech Rememiere
Panama
Bee
Senate blocks 1.8 billion foreign aid over Taiwan jet clash
The Senate voted 39 to 29 to table a foreign aid bill after House demands for 54.5 million to buy jet fighters for Nationalist China sparked a dispute. The chamber sent the measure to conference with instructions not to revive the Taiwan provision, signaling a January showdown after a Christmas recess. President Nixon warned Congress to clear appropriations by December 26.
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Washington
Senate
House
China
Congress
Tasue
Foreign
Formosa
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taiwan
Gale W. McGee
D-Wis
Nixon
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Mahon Defends Budget Cuts Amid Inflation Claims
House Appropriations Chair George H. Mahon says Congress cut about 6.6 billion from Nixon budget this year. He cites defense and foreign aid reductions offset by 1.1 billion in school aid and 586 million for water pollution control, with total cuts near 2 billion.
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Washington
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House
White House
Congress
Nixon
da Mahon
Reader letter from Lubbock asks father for guidance
A brief reader letter from Lubbock requests parental guidance for a youth facing choices. The writer asks for support and advice, framing the appeal as a personal church or community concern.
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Lubbock
Goodfellows Begin Packing as Volunteers Take Charge
Charity drive shifts from collecting funds to large scale packing. Volunteers start the intensive operation to sort and package thousands of bags of fruit nuts candy and soy for distribution by Christmas charity groups.
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Titel Fe Balecco
Christmas Lighting Contest Winners Named in Lubbock
Judges announce top winners in the 23rd annual Home Christmas Lighting Contest blending themes from a Christmas song Biblical birth accounts and Apollo 11. Most elaborate award goes to Dean Ponton and Don Yelvington of 2006 List St for Twelve Days of Christmas decorations after early research and extensive display work.
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Opal Dixon
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Dean Ponton
Don Yelvington
Man Held Hijack Try Ends With Police Called
A man armed with a pistol and knife attempted to force a mechanic at Homestead General Aviation Airport to fly him to Cuba. The would-be hijacker, Delbert Allen Acrot, 23, Miami, fled the office as the plan collapsed after the mechanic’s calm reply and laughter. Police were summoned and he was later identified as the suspect.
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Homestead
Fla.api
Cuba
Frank Ryba
Monroe
Conn
Ryba
Dade County
Seaman
Delbert Allen Acrot
Miami
Homestead General Aviation
Christmas tree contest highlights 14 year old trim artist
A junior high student Tim Redus powered a festive display by dressing a doorway and tree with jeweled Three Wise Men and royal blue robes at Dr Lorenzen’s home. Astronauts trim graced a window at Dr Porres home with We Came in Peace for All Mankind. A third entry featured a peaceful exterior scene on 4th Street.
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Norma
Porres
17Th St
Joe Don. Buckner
Angels
Tim Redus
Dean Reus
43Rd St
S4th
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E. Lorenzen
34Th Street
Aboe
Norma E. Porres
4Th Street
Fever Labeled Here as Annual Change Noted
A terse note describes fever labeling at a local site with yearly changes observed. The item mentions a manager and routine AE happenings, implying an expected annual cycle and ongoing monitoring.
Nixon Year Sees Setbacks and Gains in Foreign Policy
President Nixon faces two major foreign setbacks in his first year while showing progress in Vietnam troop withdrawals and in reshaping U.S. policy. The latest cuts in trade with China and visits to Romania are cited as signs of seeking friendly relations with all nations despite Russian unease. Officials say U.S.–Soviet relations remain healthy as peace talks lag in Paris and efforts toward Middle East peace fail.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Soviet Union
U.S
China
Ensziven
Cor Liralniot
Romania
Paris
Middle East
A Shaw Valley area draws U S air strikes in Vietnam
U S forces respond to rising enemy activity in the A Shaw Valley near Hue and Da Nang. Reports indicate increased truck traffic along the Ho Chi Minh Trail with as many as 2 000 trucks weekly, linking to pressures before the Tet era and broader Vietnam operations.
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A A Sha
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Washington
White House
United States
Ronald Ziegler
Nixon
Abrams
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Ziegler
Mekong Delta
U.S
Song Beary
Quang Ngai City
A Shaw Valley
Imperial
Hue
da Nang
Laos
A Shatr
Giant surf reports surge at Honolulu coast
Local surf reports describe unusually large waves battering Honolulu beaches on Saturday. No injuries were reported as the surf began to subside later in the day.
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Honolulu
Domed cities due fatal air pollution seen nationwide
Scientists warn that by 1990 in the Northern Hemisphere a cloud of pollution could force breathing masks or death. By 1980 ten thousand deaths in one U S metropolitan area are predicted, with life outdoors requiring a helmet in 10 to 15 years, according to Atmospheric Sciences Research Center experts.
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Atmospheric Sciences Research ‘Center
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Poveirs
United States
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