GOP Optimistic on 1970 Texas Campaigns as Eggers Faces Smith
Texas GOP leaders urge Paul Eggers to run against Gov. Preston Smith in a joint 1970 campaign with Sen. Ralph Yarborough and potential George Bush bid. Eggers weighs federal duties and would decide by mid January after consulting President Nixon. Party officials plan to finance both senatorial and gubernatorial efforts.
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Associated Press
Austin
William Steger
Paul Eggers
Preston Smith
George Bush
Ralph Yarborough
Steger
Yarborough
Capitol Press Corps
Nixon _ Eggers
Wichita Falls
Nixon
Eggers
Treasury Department
Smith
Washington
Pahic
Dallas
Texas
Cam ‘Paign
Peter O’donnell
GOP
Tobin Armstrong
Kingsville
Mal Icolm
Milburn
Marvin Collins
Rep
Bush
Reds' Truce Prelude To New Drive
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong began a 72 hour New Year truce as allied observers say it allows regrouping for attacks in 197. U S Air Force raids dropped over 1 000 tons on a jungle base complex near the Cambodian border believed to hold staging areas for planned assaults on Bu Dop and nearby targets. Despite the truce, U S and South Vietnamese forces will enforce a 24 hour halt on New Year Eve. Intelligence notes forecast renewed aggression before Tet on Feb 7. Communist violations of last year’s truce reached 170 incidents. this year’s Christmas truce saw 145. Only light fighting reported early today. A combined U S South Vietnamese patrol reported a kill. See AMERICANS Page 6
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Bats
Saieet
U.S. Command
Ami
U.S
Bu Dop
North Vietnam
Oear
International Control Commission
Plains Reg Snow-Clogged Accumulations Threaten Plains Roads
A winter storm dumped up to seven inches of snow across the Panhandle South Plains, with drifts up to five feet hindering highways and causing traffic deaths. Lubbock saw about three inches, Farwell seven, Amarillo similar, and Clovis reported a foot. The Weather Bureau warned of hazardous travel as temps plunged into the teens, with snow continuing overnight. See DEATHS MOUNT Page 6.
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W. G. McMillan Sr
19Th St
Lubbock
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Pan‘handie
West Texas
U.S. Weather Bureau
West Texas Air Terminal
Iouthern Rockies
Ohio River Valley
Farwell
Amarillo
Friona
New Mexico
Clovis
Department of Public Safety
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Confessed King Killer Chooses Death Threats Over Solitary
James Karl Ray testified at a federal hearing in Nashville that he would risk death at the hands of fellow inmates rather than remain in the 6-by-9-foot cell in Tennessee State Penitentiary. He argues maximum security confinement harms his health and violates his rights under the eighth amendment.
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James Karl Ray
Jude
Toe
Tennessee
Ray
Martin Luther King
Dist
Sider
William E. Miller
King
Miller
Lake Russell
FAVORITES advance in opening round of Caprock Holiday Basketball Tournament
Caprock Holiday Basketball Tournament opens with Favorites advancing in the first round. The report notes teams competing in the early games and outlines the path toward the championship as the event unfolds across Page 1 Sec B.
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Caprock
Sec. C
Prayer Compares Hearts to Thy Thoughts in Service
A devotional message asks readers to align thoughts with God's will and dedicate life to service through a prayerful blessing in Jesus name. The tone is reverent and exhortative, urging reflection and commitment.
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Jesus
Snowmobiles Aid Snowbound Northeast Victims
Snowmobiles operated by police, firemen, and volunteers run emergency missions across the Albany and Cortland County area to reach stranded motorists, ferry doctors and patients to hospitals, and deliver food, fuel, and drugs. In Cortland County a team aided 487 people including 125 children to emergency shelter. One family was rescued from a blocked mountain road.
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St. Bernhard
Albany
N.Y
Rensselaer County Sheriff's Department
Cortland County
N. Y
Annory
Florence Lefebvre
Bhusband
Agnew Arrives in Manila Amid Explosive Demonstration
Vice President Spiro Agnew's Asian tour began in Manila with a hostile reception as protesters outside the U S Embassy threw small explosive devices. Police dispersed a crowd of about 100 youths injuring eight from glass splinters. a Molotov claim was described as a small bottle with gunpowder.
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Manila
Spiro T. Agnew
U.s.-Philippines
Poice
U.S
Agnew
Henry Brycoade
Philippines Herald
Youth Dies At Festival In 60 Foot Tower Fall
Hollywood Florida AP reports a youth died after falling 60 feet from a light tower at the Adams Hollywood Rock Festival. Allen Wayne Ollis from Sumter reportedly died en route to Hollywood Memorial Hospital after a fractured skull. About 5 000 fans attended the final session as promoters cut ticket prices hoping to boost attendance.
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Hollywood
Fla
Allen Wayne Ollis
Norman
Johnson
South Florids
Carlen Among Top Choices for Tech Coaching Job
West Virginia coach Jim Carlen is cited as among about 10 of roughly 49 interviewed candidates considered for Texas Tech head coach. Tech AD J T King says no agreement reached and Carlen has visited the campus while Mountaineers face South Carolina in the Peach Bowl.
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Jim Carlen
West Virginia
Texas Tech
Tech
J.T. King
Carlen
Avalanche-Journal
King
Atanta
South ‘Carolina
Bluefield Daily Telegram
Tech Quest
Snow Covers South Plains in Patchwork Blanket
Snow draped the South Plains turning fields into a postcard quilt and delaying travel. Abandoned vehicles clogged roads as stock huddled and grazing halted, while utility crews rushed to repair damaged lines amid treacherous icy conditions.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Weather map page forecast for today and tonight
Forecast says becoming less cloudy and not so cold this afternoon. Fair and cold tonight with highs near 30. Lows in the mid teens. Light variable winds.
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