Nixon Visit Heightens Vietnam Attacks Amid Flood of Strikes
Saigon reports a spike in Viet Cong activity on the eve of President Nixon’s China trip. In the last 24 hours three Americans and 18 South Vietnamese were killed, with 12 Americans and 13 Vietnamese wounded and three U.S. helicopters down. Allied spokesmen say this is not the start of a formal offensive. Rebels shelled Phu Lai base, wounding five Americans and damaging a helicopter.
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Area Lubbock marks record heat second straight day
Long list of news briefs covers basketball clash at SMU in the SWC, busing moves to the Senate floor, Arctic Ocean studies, and a union contract vote. It also reports on Hughes in Nicaragua, Palestine guerrillas uniting, and early coal deliveries to British homes.
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Daily Prayer Blessings Brighten Readers' Day
A reader offers a morning to night prayer thanking God for blessings and asking in Jesus name for guidance and gratitude.
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Texas Rangers Celebrate 150 Years of Lawman Legacy
A reminiscence notes the Texas Rangers as a unique lawman cadre not wearing uniforms, roaming Texas to arrest suspects. The article compares their standing to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and marks their long history, urging readers to see more on Page 10.
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Longtime Hughes Aide Speaks on Fear of Exposure
Noah Dietrich, Howard Hughes's longtime top aide, tells Life magazine he believes Hughes has stayed in hiding for over a decade. He says Hughes fears that public appearance would raise questions about his mental competence, as Life reports.
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Inverness Rebuilds Hope After Deadly Mississippi Tornado
Inverness Mississippi vows to rebuild after the 1971 tornado left 107 dead and 2,052 homeless. City plans new city hall library bank and post office while 73 new homes and 18 new businesses rise amid federal aid and disaster declarations.
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Broadway Closure on Ave Q Near 4th Street
Lubbock motorists face a week of traffic delays as Broadway at Avenue Q closes this morning. Officials say Broadway will remain shut until about Tuesday night and other streets between the roadway and 4th Street will close in stages throughout the week.
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Robbery on East Lubbock Road At Gunpoint For About $500
Lubbock man Andrew Davila reported he was robbed at shotgun point around noon Sunday on East 19th Street near Farm Road 1729. Three men in a car fled after Davila handed over about $500 including weekly earnings and bingo winnings. Deputies sought an escape vehicle with visible damage to the right front fender and paint marks from Davila’s car.
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Dear George Birthday Shift Creates Long Weekend
Susie Perkins explains a 1960s law moved George Washington Birthday observance to Monday or Friday for a three day weekend. Some federal state and city workers gain an extra day off while schools and most businesses stay open. Lubbock employees also observe the date for the first time amid Washington Birthday sales.
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Historic Talks Set To Begin
President Nixon arrived in Peking for the first meeting with Premier Chou En-lai ending 21 years of isolation. A restrained ceremony featured no Mao presence and a satellite televised welcome as Nixon and Pat left for a guest house to prepare for talks.
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Death signs 30 to top news career Walter Winchell obituary
Walter Winchell , famed radio news commentator and gossip columnist for 30 years, dies at 74 in UCLA Medical Center. He built a syndication reaching nearly 1000 papers, moved to Los Angeles in 1962, retired in 1969 after his son's death, then briefly worked for the Daily Mirror before final retirement.
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Weather map page notes fair mild through Tuesday
Lubbock and vicinity enjoy fair and mild conditions with occasional high cloudiness through Tuesday. Tonight lows reach upper 30s with winds from the southwest at 10 to 20 mph continuing this afternoon with highs in the upper 70s.
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