Americans held as Jordan hostages in Amman guerrilla crisis
A U S Embassy staffer Robert Pelletreau and other foreigners are among hostages taken by guerrillas in Amman while a U S citizen family watches. Newsmen escape to Beirut as negotiations continue with demands to free detained guerrillas and dismiss antiguerrilla officials amid rising violence. A separate note reports 1969 U S hurricane damages totaling 1.421 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Pelletreau
U.S
Amman
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Beirut
Lebanon
Jordan
Morris Draper
the Front
Arafat
Amman Radio Gaid
Hussein
Nixon Shuffles Cabinet Amid Move Toward Real Management
The Nixon administration rearranges top posts with Shultz replacing Hodgson as Labor secretary and Hodgson stepping aside. Shultz signals wage restraint opposition to price controls, while Allen is ousted as education commissioner and Finch shifts to White House advisory staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo
Nixon
Shultz
Hodgson
National Press Club
James E. Allen
Finch
White House
HEW
Department
Civiliats Division
Dissenting HEW Aide James Allen Fired from Post
Dissenting Finch dismisses HEW aide James Allen as secretary. A White House spokesman says Allen will issue a statement at 9 a.m. and hold a news conference Thursday. Previously the White House denied plans for Allen to resign and Allen said he intends to stay and contribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HEW
White House
Anthony J. Moffett Jr
Division of
Students
ScHiot L. Richardson
States Department
Allen
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Ziegler
Washington
New York State
Elna
Davis
Aikins College
Four Injured in Quaker Avenue Collision
A four car crash at Quaker Avenue and Brownfield Highway about 4 30 p m injures four Lubbock residents All treated and released at local hospitals were Mary Franco 25 of 1036 32nd St Mary Gonzales 3 of 1120 30th St Raul Franco 6 of 1306 32nd St and Donald Tippit 16 of 3813 37th St
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Avenue
Brownfield Highway
Lubbock
Suit filed over Kent State student death by father
Arthur Krause, father of 19 year old Allison Krause of Pittsburgh, filed a $6 million wrongful death suit in U S District Court in Cleveland against Gov James A Rhodes Ohio Adjutant Gen Sylvester T Del Corso and Brig Gen Robert H Canturbury claiming the National Guard actions were intentional and malicious and that armed troops with loaded weapons were sent into a civilian crowd after a rally devolved into disordered. The action seeks $1 million compensatory and $5 million punitive damages for wrongful death and violation of constitutional rights. The guards were dispatched after a student rally led to the burning of an ROTC building and subsequent gunfire against rioting students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Qohio
Kent State University
Ohio
National Guard
Arthur Krause
Allison Krause
Pittsburgh
U.S. District Court
James A. Rhodes
Ohio Adj
Sylvester T. del Corso
Robert H. Canterbury
Ohio Guard
Jumping Party Farm Yields Big Grass Crop
Sheriff John Lightfoot and deputies shut down a large East Texas marijuana operation. A raid on a Nacogdoches farm produced 491 marijuana stalks, 114 LSD tablets, needles, syringes, and seeds. Seven arrests were made, owner Eugene Summers Jr jailed on 30000 bond. two students from Stephen F. Austin College involved.
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United Arena International
Nacogdoches
John Lightfoot
Texas
Eugene Summers
Stephen F. Austin College
Lightfoot
Communists Launch Major Laos Offensive Near Sam Thong
Allied sources report a second large Communist thrust in Laos within a week. A government garrison fled eastward to a new outpost while another position near the former US base at Sam Thong was overrun, with 50 to 60 Laotian troops killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saravane
Laos
Sam Thong
Wind resistant construction discussed after Camille and Lubbock storms
Lubbock engineers and FHA officials meet Friday to review wind damage and a proposed construction method using hooked rods in concrete foundations, pressure treated wood, galvanised bolts, metal Ue downs, and strap anchors to reduce future storm losses. The discussion compares Camille’s Gulf Coast destruction with the Lubbock tornado’s narrow eight mile path and notes wind speeds of 200 mph or more.
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Lubbock
Federal Housing Administration
Wis
Southern Forest Products Association
The
Lumber Association
Camille
Gulf Coast States
Nixon outlines welfare reform and national health insurance plan
President Nixon proposed major shifts in welfare and health coverage. He would replace Medicaid with a federally administered family health insurance plan tied to income, while preserving core family assistance benefits and consolidating stamp and aid programs. Officials cited a sliding scale premium, no charge for low incomes, and benefits aimed at ending work disincentives.
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Dormed Benid
Cemeregs
Agriculture Department
Department of Welfare
Nixon
Jesse Lee Baker Services Pend
Jesse Lee Baker 68 longtime Happy resident died about 7 15 am Wednesday in Swisher Memorial Hospital Tulsa after lengthy illness Services pending at Leverett and Steele Funeral Home Paris Survivors include his wife Norene a son Jerry of Guymon five daughters Joan Schiller San Angelo Rosetta Gregory Jal NM Lavonia Guthrie Lathrop Weiss Nev Sharon Strohmeyer Hap bey and Mollie Erkenbrack Anadarko Okla brothers the Rev W W Baker Perry Jack Morton and Leslie McAlister Okla and 15 grandchildren
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Happy
Jesse Lee Baker
Swisher Memorial Hospital
Tulsa
Leverett and Steele Funerals Home
Paris
Norene
Jerry
Guymon
Okla
Joan Schiller
San Angelo
Rosetta Gregory
Jal
N. M
Lavonia Guthrie
Lathrop Weiss
Nev
Sharon Strohmeyer
Hapbey
Mollie Erkenbrack
Anadarko
W. W. Baker
Perry
Jack
Morton
Leslie
McAlister
Vincent Service Slated In Pampa
Funeral services for Scott Wiley Vincent, 72, will be held Friday at Muenkel Funeral Home in Palm at 7:30 p.m. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery, Pampa. Vincent had lived in Lubbock since 1963 and died about 12:45 a.m. at Tabbock's West Texas Hospital. Survivors include sister Mrs. Boone of Lubbock and brother Tom Vincent of Dallas.
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Scott Wiley Vincent
42Nd St
Muenkel
Palm
Fairview Cemetery
Pampa
Vincent
Lubbock
Tabbock
West Texas Hospital
Coot. Boone
Latvbeck
Tom
Dallas
City Plans Recovery Programs After Hurricane Damage
Granberry notes progress in Neighborhood Development and Code Enforcement efforts led by Granberry and Hulexi. City pursues acquisition of damaged property, plans for rehab projects, and coordinates with federal authorities and Biloxi consultants to prepare applications and manage recovery efforts.
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Bnoxt
Heriveca
Bram
Bensforcement
Lapabiock
Department of Easing and Urcoen Development
Granberry
Tso
Rohan
Fae Hawk
Lahbork
Biloxi
Traffic Signal Upgrade Planned for Lubbock Avenue Q
The Texas Highway Department will widen and improve Avenue Q between 4th and 23rd streets this summer to ease traffic flow. Conduit work will start at 19th Street intersection, with downtown work to follow. complete automation is expected after about eight months, with some immediate improvements already underway and a planned inner-city expressway loop to integrate the signals.
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Texas Highway Department
4Th Street
23Rd Street
19Th Street
Avenue Q
Lubbock
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
SUPER
St. Joseph's
Natrona
National Safety Council
Jesse Lewis
Washington Post
William Tuchy
Los Angeles Times
Dennis Neeld
Associated Press
Gerry Loughran
United Press
International
Wilson — Hall
NBC
David Long
Arcadia
Calif
Schrum
Athens
Douglas Siden
San Francisco
James Taylor
Patricia Radford
Washington, D.C
Peter Struken
Yasir Arafat
al Fatah
United States
Maj
Robert P. Perry
Sam Cant
Justice Department
Gary J. Greenbert
Leon. E. Panetta
Office of Education
Stanley F. Yolles
National Institute of Mental Health
Allen Long
Cambodia
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge, Tenn
James Allen
Kent State
Indochina
White House Rose Garden
James
Labor
Ceed
Charles P
Office of Budget
Pend
MAYOR
Sherrell
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