Cotton Growers Urge Permanent Strike Legislation
Plains Cotton Growers board urged passage of permanent federal power to halt transportation strikes that disrupt export crops. The group also backed Texas trailer rule fixes, set a new crop estimate committee, and elected a PCG executive slate, citing high Plains export needs and boll weevil control progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Howell
Avalanche
Journal Farm
The
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Johnson House
Ray Joe Riley
Hart
PCG
High Plains
United States
Senate
Bob Packwood
R-Ove
Nixon
West Coast
Ytleup
Texas
Joe D. Unfred
Lubbock Cotton Exchange
Oscar ‘‘Cotton” Fanning
Exchange
Don Anderson
Crosbyton
Lubbock
Fanning
J. B. Booth Jr
Ed Dean
Dean
Caprock
US defense chief rejects ULMS speedup as bargaining chip
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird says speeding up the undersea launched missile system ULMS is not a bargaining chip in SALT talks but needed to counter Soviet nuclear power. He notes potential limits in scope under a SALT agreement and confirms ongoing push if Congress approves. Admiral Moorer cites Soviet antisubmarine advances as justification for proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
U.S
Congress
Nixon
Soviets
Governor King in clash with penal critic
Penal critic Dr. John Salazar accuses Gov. Bruce King of a vindictive attack to divert attention from state penitentiary issues. King counters that Salazar offered no useful service and criticized prison administration for personal reasons tied to a brief 1970 tenure as corrections secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. King
Snowmaking duo quits Red River venture after poor results
Red River New Mexico snowmakers Homer Berry and Charles Abernathy left town unhappy with a month long effort to produce snow. They had been paid 4000 by the chamber of commerce, while chamber president Leon Cowherd said about four inches fell during their stay. Berry used silver iodide dispersed from burning briquets to trigger clouds. He towed a trailer and claimed a 50 percent humidity level was needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River, N.M
UPI
Red River
New Mexico
Homer Berry
Little Rock
Ark
Charles Abernathy
Aspermont
Tex
Chamber
Berry
Sueleer
Picket Wounded At Friona Plant
In Friona Texas a picket named Baleriano Rodriguez was wounded by a .22 caliber bullet while standing with other pickets around a fire near the Missouri beef plant. He is reported in satisfactory condition after the shooting Wednesday night as a car sped away from the area. The strike by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union began ten days ago.
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Friona (Ap
Missouri
Panhandle
Baleriano Rodriguez
Amalgamated Meat Cutters’ Union
County Court Fines and Probations Imposed on Six Plea Deals
Six defendants pled guilty before County Court judges Denzil Bevers and Edwin Boedeker. Sentences included fines ranging from 10 to 150 dollars, five days to jail, and probation of four to nine months. Names include Jerry Lee Cook Armando Ortiz Arguijo Johnny W Studer Royelene D Thomas Junior Johnson Charles Ralph Gossett and Daniel Murray Alpern. A fourth action set bond at 500 dollars for T Richie Barry who pleaded innocent to DWI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denzil Bevers
Jerry Lee Cook
Hickory St
Armando Ortiz Arguijo
Johnny W. Studer
E. Colgate St
Dwi
Royelene D. Thomas
E.kent Sr
Junior Johnson
N. Elm &J
Boedeker
T. Richie Barry
Levelland
School Officials Deny Allegations In New Mexico
Clovis Portales and Fort Sumner school officials denied charges that spanish surname students were being turned away from cafeteria counters. New Mexico Attorney General David Norvell asked the state schools chief to investigate, but Vernon Mills and others said no denial occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis
N.M
UPI
Portales
Fort Sumner
New Mexico
David Norvell
Leonard Delayo
Vernon Mills
Senior Police Chiefs Defended by Manila Official
Manila Police Commission chairman Crispino de Castro defended senior police chiefs amid protests from newly elected mayors. He cited the Police Act of 1966 stating local police cannot be suspended or removed except on sworn complaint filed with the local board of investigators.
Births Reported Across Lubbock Area Hospitals
A series of birth announcements from St. Marys and other local hospitals notes many newborns born to residents of Lubbock and surrounding areas. Fathers hold varied professions from air traffic control to farming, carpentry, public relations, sports writing, and military service. An energy shortage is mentioned in a separate line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe David Grier
St. Mary's Hospital
Federal Aviation Administration
Charles Arnold Baker
Ea Long Ford Co
Colorado &Pringe
Alo
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Cotton Growers
Senate (Labor Committee
Donald A. Johnson
Johnson
Gulf Ports Agricultural Exports Association
U.S. Department of Agriculture
W. L. Edelman
Friona
Lloyd C. Miller
Morton
J. D. Smith
Littlefield
Lloyd Cline
Lamesa
Anfred
Anderson
Hughes
el Segundo
Calif
Peking
Pol. Pol. Ad. No
Freezer
Wendell
Tecker Stone
Slaton
Salt
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer Jr
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Ulms
Roa Cole
Joe Contreray
Auburn
Hunter and Hayes
Howald
Morlehige
Wednessay
Reese Air Force Base Hospital
Reese Afb
Lupe Quintantalla
Methels Hospital
Mra
Victor Alonzo
Anton Lon
Sfethadist Hospital
Michael Rhoderick
Methodist Hospital
Gifford Hill i Western
Winston Baker
West ‘Texas Hospital
Othee
Electrolux Co
Jamea Gintonio
West Texas Hospital
Saiher
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Easlebun Cortez
Qstleopathic Hospital
Cen Eere
Plavia Co-op
Aye Apt. Aetion of & Son
Lubbock Oxsteenable Hospital
U.S. Air Force
Dyesg Afb
Abilene
New York
UPD
Hornblower & Weeks- Hemphill, Noyes
Via
E-Lim
L&h Drug
L&h Drug Stores
Mth & Slide
University
Heath
Stamps & Bl
Faust Stamp Shop
Monterey Center Mall
Simmons
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