Pact Accord Near in Saigon After Talks with Thieu
Saigon moves toward a peace accord as Haig returns from talks with Cambodia Laos and Thailand. Thieu studies revised treaty texts and signals readiness to share updated views. Lam warns Laos and Cambodia may lag in full indochina settlement while negotiations focus on Vietnam first.
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Saigon
Bangkok
Thieu
Cambodia
Laos
Haig
Indochina
Lam
Vietnam
Kissinger
North Vietnam
Pathet Lao
Khmer Rouge
Hanoi
Beatie
Broken Field Driving Patchwork Grips Lubbock Streets
City crews labor 24 hours a day repairing ice and snow damage after a major thaw. Workers replace eight inches of street with asphalt stabilized base and hot mix on 50th Street from University to Slide Road. Ten days remain on the major project as traffic congestion eases with each repaired block.
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Gerry Burton
Avalanche-Journal Star
Lubbock
Elgin Avenue
R. L
50Th Street
Wood
Sweather
University Avenue
Slide Road
Less Cotton More Grain Seen In Seventies Preview
The article notes a tentative decision on spurring feed grain or soybean production by relaxing sand-dling requirements in 1974. It cites a planting intentions survey made before wheat acres were released and warns some acres may shift to grains and soybeans. It lists projected national acres for oats and barley and explains the survey’s role in shaping farm program enrollment and the upcoming March spring planting intentions release.
Cotton Estimates Jail Integration Sought in Odessa
Odessa officials hear a private correctional consultant urge race integration for Ector County Jail. Frank Chastain proposes hiring a program coordinator to oversee exercise and rehabilitation for long term prisoners, drawing on his U.S. Bureau of Prisons background. The study committee chaired by Charles Baker reviews options and aims to advance a plan at the Ector County Jail.
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Odessa
Frank Chastain
Ector
Chastain
Kao
Arkansas
U.S. Bureau of Lagon Prisons
TEXAR
Hetor County
Aftona Kaners Court
Atinaie
Carne
Charles Baker
Buttons campaign raises Lubbock civic pride and support
A statewide publicity drive in Lubbock features button pins worn by residents including Becky Howard, Sgt. Leon Hanlon, Kathy Colson, Carol Kitzmiller, Brenda Boyd, and Tierschel Worack. The effort, funded by The Avalanche-Journal, runs through January 3 and will be compiled into a booklet for the Chamber of Commerce and other groups to aid future business recruitment.
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Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Carol Kitzmiller
24Th St
Fort Worth
Brenda Boyd
Teak
Central Fire Station
Tierschel Worack
Texas Tech
Skylab Launch Delayed After Testing Setbacks
Skylab launch pushed back at Cape Kennedy with delays in testing for the first manned orbiting laboratory. Three crews awaiting launch include Conrad Kerwin Weitz and Johnson officials say May or August targets may shift again as full vehicle tests continue. The $2 billion project aims for a multi month stay to study space living and solar observations.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
America
Skylab
Space Station
Space Manufacturing
Space Agency
Alan L. Bean
Owen
K. Garrick
Jack R. Ty
Lousma
Skyab
Gerald Plover
Carr
Edward G. Gibson
William R. Pogue
Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz
Charles “‘Pele"’ Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
William C. Schneider
Schneider
Kennedy Space Center
Hostage siege unfolds as Brooklyn gunmen clash with police
In northwest Brooklyn a group of gunmen held hostages inside John and Al’s Sporting Goods. Six officers were pinned down as a two hour shootout ended with a tank encircling the store. Officer Stephen Gilroy was killed and two others wounded. A hostage, a young woman, escaped as the siege dragged on amid blackout conditions.
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New York
Brooklyn
John
Sporting Goods
Inaugural Weekend Festivities Across Washington
A lavish inauguration night featured Tschaikovsky and Bernstein works with Ormandy and Cliburn, amidst patriotic themes and a $10 to $500 price range for invitation only events. A youth concert and Revolutionary War songs complemented the program while a candlelit terrace dinner highlighted a multiethnic gala.
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Tschaikovsky
Bernstein
Haydn
Ormandy
Cliburn
Wagner Chorale
Aft American Music
Ohe Oenter
Capitol
Long Island
California
Presidents Oath Tradition since Washington
Washington's oath begins I do solemnly swear to faithfully execute the office and preserve defend the Constitution. Washington added So help me God. Pierce in 1853 is the only president to affirm rather than swear.
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Washington
UPI
The
United States
George Washington
Franklin Pierce
Hot Spot Found In Cotton Seed Fire At Plains Mill
Officials at the Plains Cooperative Oil Mill say a stubborn fire in a 10 000 ton mass of cotton seed has a detected hot spot at the bottom. The blaze may have burned for a week before discovery Sunday morning. Firemen maintain watch, with cottonseed losses estimated up to 50000 dollars and structure damage possibly between 1500 and 2000 dollars. Wayne Martin, production manager, believes about 85 percent of seed can be recovered.
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Plains Co-operative Oil Mill
Suni
Wayne Martin
Area Garners Honors At State Meet
Stan ley White of Stephenville retires as state YF president and Sanders of O'Donnell Area is highlighted for his farming ventures. Sanders heads irrigation and grazing plans to expand his cow herd and calf operation. He holds multiple local and state offices across farm groups and boards, with a record as outstanding area officer in 1971. He and his wife Pat and their three children live on a Lynn County farm.
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Stanley White
Stephenville
Wim
Sanders
See School Board
O'Donnell On Club
Inn County Manpower Board and Cemetery Board
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Plains Cooperative OH Mil
Growers Seed Association
Cotton Inc
Lynn County Farm Bureau
Lynn County Soil and Water Conservation District
O'Donnell
Area 2
State Association
Pat
Lynn County
Former Resident Mantooth Dies of Gunshot Wound
Dr. Walter B Mantooth II a McKinney native and Texas medical veteran died from a gunshot wound in Lubbock He was a UT Austin and UT Medical School Galveston graduate and served in the Texas National Guard He chaired the Medical and Professional Building and held multiple medical society memberships Survivors include Barbara his wife two sons three daughters and three sisters with memorials requested to the Walter B Mantooth Jr Scholarship Fund at Texas Tech Medical School
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Resthaven
Rix Funeral Home
McKinney
Muntooth
Texas National Guard
University of Texas
Austin
University of Texas Medical School
Galveston
Mantooth
Dads Association
Texas Tech
Texas Tech University
Theta Kappa Psi Medical Fraternity
Lubbock County Medical Society
The
Texas State Medical Society
Southwestern Dermatological Society
Texas Dermatological Society
American Medi
Cal Society
American Academy of Dermatology
Lubbock
Carolyn Mask Montgomery
Ala
Ann Mantooth
Deborah Jones
Eddith Davies
el Paso
Harold Horstman
Wolfforth
Johnny Bean
Fort Worth
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Washon
U.S
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Avenue L
15Th Street
Robert Dreyer
Stephen Gilroy
Robert Johnson
Pillar
Roger Williams
Vicki Carr
Ray Stevens
Mike Culb Jr
Los Angeles
Don Costa Cr
Esis
Jimmy Osborn
Solo Burke
Laurie Lee Schaefer
Corcoran Gallery of Art
W. B. Mantooth JR
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