Senate limits Nixon in Cambodia war powers
The Senate, by 58 to 37, approved the Cooper Church amendment pinching presidential control over troops advisers and air power in Cambodia, sending the measure to conference with a military sales bill. Nixon faced a broadside as he urged peace talks while a nationwide address aired at 8 p.m. CDT.
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Associated Priesep
Washington
Senate
U.S
Cambodia
Senate House
Cooper Church
Nixon
Hanoi
Agnew Defends Tough Talk as News Becomes Red Meat
Vice President Spiro Agnew defended using sharp language in public remarks as a tactic to gain attention. He said controversial lines are meant to pull attention to broader points and to show that other important ideas may emerge beyond the main quote. He cited his label of antiwar readers as an example of media misquotation.
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Associated Press
London
Spiro T. Agnew
United States
Agnew
19-Year-Olds Draft Order Draw Set For Today
The Associated Press reports a lottery to assign draft numbers for men born in 1951. About 2 million 19 year olds face a suspenseful draw as red and green capsules determine eligibility for future service. Numbers reflect when called next year, with deferments exemptions and possible enlistment affecting outcomes.
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Washington
National Seq
Pentagon
Aviation safety programs tap three Lubbock area ports
Lubbock area aviation safety programs are planned at three local airports. The item appears in Section B on page 1 and highlights community efforts to improve flight safety across the region.
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Lubbock
Lubbock Sees $4.74 Million HUD Grant For Rebuild Relocation
U S funds totaling 4 740 000 have been approved to run a Neighborhood Development Program in Lubbock for its first year. The grant will acquire damaged property clear non conforming uses and aid relocation for storm victims in Guadalupe neighborhood and other north and northeast areas. If Congress acts within 60 days the program can begin purchases and resale to rebuild homes and businesses in the disaster zone.
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Kenneth May
Journal
Lubbock
James H. Granberry
Mahon
U.S
George H. Mahon
Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Guadalupes
NDP
Daily Prayer Calls for Joy Through Selfless Service
A reader pleads for divine spirit to help impart happiness to others and ease personal burdens by forgetting self through acts of kindness and joy.
Trio Nabbed After Bank Hold-Up Near Prisons in Lansing
Three men attempted to rob the Lansing State Bank near state and federal penitentiaries but fled after a gun battle and tear gas. A bandit was wounded and captured. a bag of money lay on the sidewalk as police pursued suspects. Police credited a rapid exchange of fire and the use of tear gas for ending the hold-up.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Kan
Lansing State Bank
Kansas Penitentiary
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Don May
Art Graf
Graf
Dan Hawes
Robert Dougherty
Dougherty
Gas Rate Hike Moves Forward In Texas Cities
Texas Railroad Commission approved part of Pioneer Natural Gas Co increase for 61 West Texas cities including Lubbock Midland Odessa Big Spring Levelland Tulsa and Dimmitt. City councils must approve before the raise takes effect. Lubbock would review the burner tip increase after filing.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
West Texas
Lubbock
Midland
Odessa
Big Spring
Levelland
Tulsa
Dimmitt
Fred C. Senter Jr
Pioneer
Senter
Railroad Commission
Bee Commission
Stormy Texas drops rain as heat wave grips nation
Rainshowers spawned by a dying tropical disturbance soaked Texas on Tuesday prompting flood warnings in the Big Bend and over an inch of rain in a Panhandle town. Elsewhere the nation baked under a humid heat wave with 90s in the east and 2 inches of snow in West Yellowstone on the last day of June.
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Avalanche-Journal
Texas
Big Bend
Panhandle
Yellowstone
Mont
Yampona
South Plains
Andrews
Sherman Cooper
Spotty Rains
Senate
Apollo 14 launch delayed to January 31 next year
NASA chief Dr. Thomas Paine said Apollo 14 will depart no earlier than January 31 next year after possible design changes costing up to 15 million dollars. The plan adds a third oxygen tank to the service module to curb high pressure oxygen risks following the Apollo 13 blast.
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Associated
Washington
Space Agency
Earth
Thomas O. Paine
NASA
Senate Space Committee
North American Rockwell
U S Aid Flows to Cambodian War Effort
Massive shipments of American rifles mortars and ammunition pour into Cambodia by air and road to replace the U S task force returning to South Vietnam. Cambodian and South Vietnamese forces repelled a Communist attack on Lonbet near Phnom Penh as Nixon announces about 5 million dollars in recent military aid.
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Saigon
APS
Cambodia
U.S
South Vietnam
Lonbet
Phnom Penh
Angkor Temple
Tonle Sap
Ake
South Vienm
Phnom Penh International
U.S. Air Force
Highway 1
Nixon
Two Presbyterian Missionaries Die In Texas Car Crash
Two Presbyterian missionaries on furlough from Japan were killed when their car hit a bridge abutment about three miles east of Clarendon. The Rev. Guy S. Mitchell, 70, and his wife, both from Sherman, died at the scene.
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Clarendon
UPI
Japan
Guy S. Mitchell
Sherman
Paralytic Midland Teen Dies After Mescaline Ingested
Robert Duane Harris a 16 year old paralytic who reportedly received mescaline died in Midland Memorial Hospital. Authorities say a joint probe by the district attorney county attorney and police is under way into the incident. Harris was paralyzed from a hunting accident. A rummage sale for the Robbie Harris Fund occurred as he fought for life. The drug was reportedly given by a young woman accomplice.
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Associated Press
Midland
Robert Duane Harris
Midland Memorial Hospital
Asst. Dist. Atty
Joel Conat
Midland County Atty
Willie B. DuBose
Midland Police Department
Harris
Robbie Harris
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Rockwell
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