Space satellite to detect drugs from orbit
An earth observation satellite planned for May or June will test remote sensing to identify marijuana and opium poppy fields from 100 miles up. The Treasury Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs funds about 2 million dollars for a one year study mapping plant signatures with Dr. Robert Miller and the Agriculture Department participating.
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Associated Press
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Wavc
Earth Resources
U.S. Treasury Department
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Robert Miller
Agriculture Department
Canyon Lakes plan clears big hurdle in funding approval
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved a 2,208,177 grant this year to cover the federal portion of Canyon Lakes land acquisition and relocation costs. The total grant of 3,409,366 will be funded in later years by BOA funds and the Interior Secretary contingency, paving the way for six lakes and recreation areas near Nversity Avenue and Yellowhouse Canyon. Mayor James Granberry and supporters praised the decision as removing the last major obstacle to moving forward with the Canyon Lakes project.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Canyon Lakes
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
Commission
Pierce Johnson
A. S
Texas
Federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Nversity Avenue
Yellowhouse Canyon
BOA
Parks and Wildlife Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Elsted
Johnson
James Granberry
Huse
Granberry
Joe Kirk Fulton
Preston Smith
Jim ‘Bertram
Mayor requests feasibility study on city relations office
Lubbock area mayor directs staff to study the feasibility of creating a city department of community relations. The plan aims to improve public outreach and coordinated communication with residents and local groups.
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New City
Train Fee Lands Teacher In Jail
A teacher was jailed after a dispute over a train fare. The woman said she could only pay $1.65 to the conductor, leading to her detention.
Gun Duels Explosions Unchecked In Northern Ireland Crisis
Belfast reports indicate gun battles and explosions persist in major cities as Britain orders 15 000 troops to Northern Ireland. Prime Minister Lynch vows action against insurgents while Dublin promises compensation for Britain's embassy attack. An advance 550 man battalion flew from England with more ships to follow as troops prepare for a border protest in Newry.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Britain
Northern
Dublin
London
Alec Douglas Home
Lynch
2Nd Battalion
Light Infantry
England
Newry
Prayer prayer for unity and care from Rev. Monte Nabors
The Rev. Monte Nabors of Denver City offers a closing prayer urging viewers to help others. The message calls for personal responsibility to heal a divided world and to begin at home with understanding children and listening to the young.
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Monte Nabors
Denver City
Water Line Bursts Sags City Street
City employees battled freezing weather Thursday night to fix a ruptured water line on Avenue between 19th and 20th Streets. Officer James Howard spotted the leak about 6 p.m. and blocked traffic as the roadway sagged and water surfaced. Barricades kept the block closed until repairs by foreman R B Lain and crew restored service.
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Page &, Ser
Avenue
James Howard
Avenue S
20Th Street
R. B. Lain
Howard
City Board Eyes 8.6 Percent Electric Rate Increase
The Lubbock Utilities Board votes to seek a federal price commission exception to allow an 8.6 per cent electric rate rise. City officials discuss interpreting guidelines to recoup rising costs and whether a pre January 1971 adjustment is allowed. If interpretations favor the city, no exception may be needed and Southwestern Public Service Co. could justify the full hike.
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Federal Price Commission
Lubbock Utilities Board
Hae Ieti
Lubbock Power and Light
Southwestern Public Service Company
Many Downed Pilots 'Dead' Says State Aide in Hearing
A State Department official told a House subcommittee that many Americans missing in Indochina are dead. He noted pilots may not have survived after jets go down and rescue planes find high probability of death. The remark drew anger from Mrs. Donald Shay, mother of Air Force Captain Donald Shay Jr., who said the statement worsened family grief.
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Washington
State Department
Indochina
House
William J Sullivan
East Agena Pacific
United En
Sullivan
Donald Shay
Linthicum
Shay
Air Force
Donald Shay Jr
Southeast Asia
Pentagon
Neuratkin
Liberty Bell to be moved to new tower in 1974
The Liberty Bell, weighing 2080 pounds and housed in Independence Hall since the Revolutionary War, will be relocated to a $5 million cathedral like bell tower two blocks away. The tower will include two theaters fireproof construction and bullet proof glass doors.
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Philadelphia
UPN
Independence National Historical Park
Independence Hall
Hobart G. Cawood
Cawood
England
Pennsylvania
Fort Worth Bank Hit For $4000
A man entered Seminary State Bank in Fort Worth before 11 a.m. through a rear door and forced the teller at gunpoint to hand over cash. He fled through the same door and jumped into a late model car, witnesses said.
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Fort Worth
Seminary State Bank
Leller
Winston
Ling
Skies Clear Warmup Set For Area No Rain Due
A rapid warming trend across the Panhandle South Plains begins Thursday and continues through Saturday. Low temps Thursday ranged from minus two degrees in Perryton to 5 in Dalhart and 7 in Amarillo, Dallas logged 5 degrees, with afternoon readings in the 30s to 40s. Lubbock reached 48 with upper 50s forecast. Saturday should reach the low 60s. No precipitation expected across the South Plains through Tuesday.
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Avalanche Journal News
Panhandle - South Plains
Dalhart
Amarillo
Dallas
Lubbock
South Plains
Viet Cong offer mass exchange plan in revised peace terms
Paris talks amid Viet Cong proposal to set a fixed date for U.S. troop withdraw from Vietnam and release all prisoners by that date. The plan now singles out Thieu for dismissal as price for direct talks, drawing protests from Washington and Saigon. U.S. officials caution the language may confuse issues as Nixon eyes potential talks.
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Paris
Nixon
U.S
Vietnmam
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Washington
White House
Ronald J. Ziegler
William J. Porter
Ziegler
Radio
Congress
Thieu
Viet Cong
United States
Nguyen van Thien
Vietnam
Peking
Stephen Ledegar
Viet Nam Says 30,000 Troops Poised For Offense
North Vietnam plans a mid February Tet offensive with 15,000 troops in Kontum Province and 5,000 men ready to attack in the central highlands. John Paul Vann, the U S adviser in Pleiku, says many enemy soldiers have resigned themselves to death and one in five bodies is found with a North born tattoo.
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Associated Frees
Saigon
North Vietnam
Central Highlands
U.S
John Paul Vann
Vietnam
United States
Vann
Pleiku
Kontum
South Vietnam
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