Andean Subculture Labeled Meanest People On Earth
In a Washington dispatch Robert J. Trotter describes a subculture called Qalla or Gala noted for aggression and hostility. Pomona College anthropologist Ralph Bolton records disputes highlighting fights and insults, with violent behavior common and intoxication fueling swaggering monologues asserting ferocity.
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Robert J. Trotter
Washington
ESN
Golles A
Lage
Incawatana
Bolton
Kissinger Mao Talks Described As Frank and Wide Ranging
AP reports Henry Kissinger and Mao Tse-tung held nearly two hours of discussions in Chungnanhai in a relaxed atmosphere. Premier Chou En-lai and Wang Hai Jung observed on the Chinese side, with Winston Lord and Ziegler present. Kissinger had met Chou En-lai earlier that day and had logged extensive talks since arriving in Peking. See Taiwan.
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Key Biscayne
Fra
Henry A. Kissinger
Mao Tse-tung
Florida White House
Kissinger
Mainland China
Nixon
Mao
Peking
White House
Kissinger-Mao
Chungnanhai
Chou Enlai
Wang Hai Jung
Ronald L. Ziegler
Winston Lord
National Security Council
Lord
China
Ziegler
Chou En-lai
Chi Peng Fei
Hanoi
Taiwan
Billionaire's POW Spy Net Bared in Dallas Times Herald
Dallas Times Herald reporter Lar Grove details a private spy network linked to billionaire Ross Perot during the late Vietnam War era. The network allegedly paid agents for POW images and camp footage to assess prisoners’ injuries, with $100 per photo and $300 for unseen pictures. The piece cites direct quotes attributed to Perot and notes the operation was tied to United We Stand.
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Dallas
Grove
Perot
Times Herald
Lamb Sale Pays Medical Bills Aid Snyder Boy
At a Scurry County Junior Livestock show, a lamb sold 38 times raising about 7000 dollars for the Tommy Cotton Baby Fund to cover medical bills of a Snyder boy aged year. Roger Mize of Dallas and Lamb owner Jim Price initiated bids. auctioneer Robert Bundick of Weatherford oversaw repeat sales. The fund supports Patac Ronchie who has a brain tumor and is receiving treatment in a Lubbock hospital.
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Mize
Tommy Cotton
Pa Tac Ronchie
Bret
Lubbock
Weather in Lubbock and Vicinity Clear Skies
Clear skies with no precipitation. High today in the upper 40s with a low near 20. High Monday expected in the mid 50s. Winds southerly today at 10 to 20 mph.
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Lubbock
Swine herd from city Latin boon in Brazil outreach
Nine piglets travel from Lubbock to Juaguquara Bahia Brazil to support a Latin American Baptist Academy. Rev Jerry Smythe and his wife lead the project at Second Baptist Church. Pigs were bought from Lubbock Swine Breeders Corp and shipped in 1969. If profitable this year, the herd could exceed 600 hogs with one third sold as breeding stock.
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Smythe
Baptist Academy In
Brazil
Tony Anthony
Baby Osborn
Avalanche-Journal
Latin American Baptist Academy
Second Baptist Church
Jerry Smythe
Oldest Baptist Academy
Latin America
Juaguquara
Bahia
Brasil
Lubbock Church
Lubbock Swine Breeders Corp
Water Importation Plan Spotlighted At Texas Meeting
Lt Gov Bill Hobby gave the keynote at a water issues meeting with about 200 attendees where officials discussed a two state study on importing Mississippi River water. Duncan Ellison said a public hearing could occur in Amarillo in late March to review a final figure. Three Lubbock men became officers during the session.
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Amarillo
Texas
Penditores
Mississippi
Bill Clayton
New Mexico
Springiake
Icz
Bobby
Ference Water
Jeree
Norman Flai
Bureau of Than Air
Austin
Jae. Weverawuraay
Flaigg
Mississippi River Commission
Duncan Ellison
Lubbock
Water Inc
Bill Hobby
Houston Post
Hobby
Lone Star
Money Key To LP and Ls Study Plans
Vaughn Hendrie reports on a Wednesday luncheon work session where a study committee and the Electric Utilities Board discussed financing LP and Ls $15.2 million generator and transmission project. The proposal would let LP and L retain 25 percent of revenue for expansion, about $1.58 million, more than the current surplus funding directed to city services.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Evalanche Tournam
al Ion
Lubbock
Electric Utilities Board
Tpa&l
Lp&l
New Court Ruling Shocks Texas School Heads
A federal court in Washington ordered rapid desegregation of Texas school districts amid enforcement of civil rights mandates. Judge John H. Pratt set six day deadlines for districts including San Antonio Seguin and Brownwood to show progress, while naming districts found in presumptive violation such as Big Spring Victoria and Goose Creek. Local reactions varied with Galveston officials unaware of any action.
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Dallas
Texas
Washington D.C
Nixon
Pratt
Department of Health
Court Suit, Education and Welfare
HEW
John H. Pratt
Jin
Southern
San Antonio
Seguin
Tay J
Sweetwater
Palltain
Ce Mar
Snyder
Plainview
King
Wilmert Hutchins
Brownsfield
McKinney
Galveston Brownwood
Levelland
Marshall School
Lee
Page
Egyptian adviser Hafez Ismail to visit Washington for talks
Hafez Ismail Egypts presidential adviser for national security will travel to Washington next Friday for high level discussions on the Middle East. His trip signals Cairo Washington engagement on regional issues.
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Cairo
Egypt
Hafez Ismail
Washington
Middle East
Warmup Predicted Across Area Today
Weather advisory updates describe snow sleet and freezing precipitation moving through Texas. Four to five inches fell in Dawson Borden and Scurry counties with five inches at Sweetwater by midnight. Temperatures may plunge to the mid 20s raising slick spots on roads as travel advisories ease across the South Plains.
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South Plains
Dawson
Borden
Scurry Counties
Sweetwater
National Weather Service
San Angelo
NWS
New Mexico
Lowngton Arc
Prayer text by Lois Paterson of Lubbock
Daily devotional prayer asking for God to feel sorrow when love is forgotten and to remain bowed in humility in Jesus name from Lois Paterson of Lubbock.
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Jesus
Lois Paterson
Lubbock
Housing Agency Faces Budget Shortfall in Lubbock
Lars Pierce, director of the Lubbock Housing Authority which runs 366 units at Hub Homes and Southeast complex, warns a $36,000 deficit could force closure if city waives garbage and sewer charges and payment in lieu of taxes. Losses since 1970 from a Congress-passed law deepen the problem.
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Eugene Smith
Avalanche-Journal
Bill Pierce
Pierce
Lubbock
Perce
Congress
Sen
Edward Lee
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