Barnes Faces Tough Gubernatorial Campaign Ahead
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes must brace for a hard race as he contends with big opponents like former Sen. Ralph Yarborough. Reporters noted his anger at being linked to stock-bank scandals, signaling a contest with intensified scrutiny and vigorous campaigning.
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Guv
Ben Barnes
Austin
Texas
Capitol
Barnes
Lithal
Exas
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
Rural Safety Spotlight for Texas Farms and Machinery
Joe L. Smetana of the Texas Safety Association urges Farm and Ranch Safety Week July 25 30 focusing on rural accident prevention. He cites 100 agricultural deaths last year in water fire and machinery incidents with tractors shredders and jack failures among the leading causes.
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Texas
Joe L. Smetana
Texas Safety Association
Smetana
Campaign expenditure cap eyed for 1972 race
Government chatter centers on limiting 1972 presidential campaign spending to 13.9 million dollars per candidate. The note suggests this could quiet doubts about governance limits and the pace of progress in politics.
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Thomases
West Berlin and Cold War Iron Curtain Reflections
The column surveys Berlin's division as a window into Soviet satellites and notes the KGB’s reach under Brezhnev via Andropov, with 200,000 border guards and 100,000 agents. It recalls watch fobs' cultural nostalgia in Tulsa and personal anecdotes from a former office boy about Sinclair’s advertising fob and the perils of small talk with powerful figures.
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Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Andropov
Moscow
Dzerzhinsky Square
Brezhnev
Iron Curtain
Atelliter
Ussr
U.S
Poland
Sinclair
Harry Sinclair
Mister S
Washington criticizes DC summer school pay plan
Andrew Tully notes a DC program paying 1.60 per hour to attend summer school, funded by a 544000 federal grant. He argues the scheme mainly aims to keep youths off streets, with high truancy and crime concerns, while promoting a controversial view of urban education and integration.
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Washington
Styx
District of Columbia
Boston
Walla Walla
Hell City
Gilbert Hahn Jr
Hahn
Mahn
Mod
Malaysia's Reward Scale for Guerrilla Information
The report details a Malaysian bounty system offering rewards from 50 cents to about 6700 dollars for tips on Communist guerrillas. It notes the top reward as emblematic of the effort. A quoted philosopher remarks that stupid people are happy, while the writer questions that view amid widespread status debates.
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Malaysia
Nixon aims to normalize with Red China amid Vietnam peace talks
The article discusses U S hopes to discuss peace with Communist China during Nixon’s China visit. It notes China’s potential demands like UN Security Council seat and raises concerns about Asian reactions and Soviet responses. It concludes with a cautious view of China’s possible willingness to engage and reduce global nuclear arms.
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United States
Red China
Southeast Asia
Nixon
Mainland China
Vietnam
China
North Vietnam
Peking
Indo- China
United Nations
Security Council
Formosa
Wester
South Pacific
Moscow
America
Soviet Union
UN Security Ncil
Asia
Night school dating and quirky Q A blur of city life
The column notes 67 of 100 night school students are unattached and 65 are under 35, calling night schools fertile for matrimonial prospects. It mixes a jokey Q A about breakfast preferences and Florida catfish with police records on aliases and name changes in crime cases.
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Delaware
Bunco
Johnson
Anderson
Wilson
Grady
Brown
Blake
Smith
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