POW Trades and Pullout Plan Tied to Paris Talks
The White House called the new Communist proposal for simultaneous U S withdrawal and POW release in Vietnam both positive and unacceptable. Nixon may instruct Ambassador Bruce to pursue the plan in Paris while warning against any move that hands South Vietnam to the Communists.
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Paris
White House
U.S
South Vietnam
Nixon
David Bruce
Ronald L. Ziegler
White’ House
Vietnam
Saigon
Missing Near a Year Abused Girls Reunite With Mother
Two severely malnourished sisters, Trini and Paula, aged 6 and 3, reunited with their mother at a hospital in San Antonio after nearly a year apart. Police said they had been kidnapped last August in Aurora, Illinois, and endured rope scar marks on their wrists. A hospital spokesman described the children as skin and bone yet recovering under care.
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San Antonio
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Paula
Victoria Esquivel
Aurora
Esquivel
Trini
See
AG official warns ceiling on farm payments hurts program
Undersecretary J. Phil Campbell on a Texas swing called a $20 000 per crop limit on payments to cotton grain and wheat producers a catastrophe for cotton and said the Senate may repeal the House rider. He warned the White House will back efforts to defeat the cap while noting the current $55 000 per person per crop remains part of the law.
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Avalanche-Journal
Tahora
J. Phil Campbell
White House
Congress
Campbell
Texas
Lynn County
Lamesa
South Plains
Senate
House
Wayman Smith
Wilson
Lynn County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Committee
United States
Indians routed from abandoned Nike site on Lake Michigan
A report notes militants or forces displaced from a deserted Nike missile site on the shore of Lake Michigan. The item appears in the World or regional section with other national and international briefs.
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Lake Michigan
Light Rain Dampens City Area
Persistent rains caused rivers and creeks to flood areas near Cotulla and Crystal City with warnings along watersheds below. Nueces River rose past flood stage in Cotulla with a crest expected around daybreak. Light thundershowers also touched parts of the Panhandle South Plains with only light rainfall.
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Abernathy
Reese Air Force Base
Lubbock
Crosbyton
National Weather Service
Nueces
NWS
Turkey Creek
Crystal City
Rio Grande
Laredo
Cotulla
Angel Ramirez
Ramirez
Panhandle-South Plains
Laidbock
Prayer Tribute From A Reader
A readers prayer thanks God for mercy and divine love and asks that all acts of kindness flow from the divine. The note closes with an Amen and expresses gratitude.
Grievance Unit Meeting At City Hall Ends With Resignations
A Thursday grievance session at City Hall drew no attendees as the Citizens Grievance Commission met in the council chambers. Chairman Virgil Johnson adjourned after 30 minutes amid disclosures of multiple resignations including H. W. Schultz and Louis Casaus, with Joe Trujillo replacing Casaus.
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Citizens Grievance Commission
Virgil Johnson
Johnson
H. W. Schultz
Schultz
Louis Casaus
Texas Tech
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Casaus
Joe Trujillo
Oscar Jones
City council to decide grant plan delay over airport expansion
Lubbock Urban Renewal Board halts revisions to a 5.2 million federal grant application prioritizing a meeting with the City Council. The Clayton Carter area, added after last year's tornado, is put on hold until land use for the Lubbock Regional Airport runway is resolved, with debate over north or south expansion.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Clayton Carter
Lubbock
Lubbock Regional Airport
Duncan Ellison
Airport Board
Urban Renewal Board
Plainview Highway
North Lubbock
Missing pilot Hubbard reappears after 11 day CAP search ends
Michael Wayne Hubbard, missing for 11 days after his single engine Cessna vanished near Lake Bridgeport, was found in Lubbock under a doctor's care. Civil Air Patrol spent 113000 square miles and a dawn to dusk lake search before his return to Dallas and then Lubbock. A family statement said he flew from Fort Worth to Lubbock June 21, encountered bad weather, ditched in Lake Bridgeport, and escaped from the submerged aircraft. He appeared at his home in good condition.
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Karen Wright
Avalanche-Journal
Civil Air Patrol
Lake Bridgeport
Michael Wayne Hubbard
Lubbock
Hubbard
Oklahoma City
Dallas
32Nd St
Charlie Reynolds
Fort Worth
Meacham Field
Bridgeport
FAA
Lake
Bank Bandit Robs Amarillo Drive‑In Teller For 7900
A nervous middle aged man used a note and a claimed bomb to rob the North State Bank of Amarillo drive‑in teller of about 7900 at 11 35 am Thursday. He then fled in a car from G C Peters Auto Sales and abandoned it near St Anthony Hospital.
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Avalanche Journal
Amarillo
North State Bank of
G. C. Peters Auto
Amarillo Blvd
St. Anthony Hospital
The
Motor Company
Lois Byrne
Stone falls from RCA building injures pedestrians
A 200-pound limestone piece shattered on impact after lightning struck the RCA building at Rockefeller Center. Paul Fallon, 57, and Michael Hillard, 22, sustained leg injuries and bruises as fragments hit the street below.
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New York
RCA
Rockefeller Center
NBC
Paul Fallon
Michael Hillard
Stamford
Pentagon papers reveal McNaughton plan to flood North Vietnam
The 1965 Pentagon documents released by Sen. Gravel show a proposed U S tactic to destroy North Vietnam locks and dams to flood rice fields and trigger famine. The memo suggested such destruction could be discussed at the conference table and could save lives by famine relief, but the plan was never implemented.
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Washington
Pentagon
North Vietnam
United States
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Johnson
John McNaughton
McNaughton
Consultant backs 50,000 sq ft civic center exhibition hall
A consultant to Tulsa civic center architects urged a minimum 50,000 square foot exhibition hall calling it the prime revenue producer. He advised against an ice rink in the space and noted bond funds may limit construction. Councilman Hollingsworth pressed for the hall’s importance.
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Civic Center Architects
Civic Center
Saunders
Lonnie Hollingsworth
Weather outlook for Lubbock area with heat and humidity
Contin ued warm and humid with a slight chance for afternoon and evening thunder showers. High today in the low 90s, low tonight in the middle 60s. Light, variable winds are expected this afternoon.
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Lubbock
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