New Ballad Emerges From Boll Weevil Eradication Effort
Rep. Sisk reports potential benefits from a USDA boll weevil eradication program at Mississippi State University. Researchers say losses from the pest reach 200 million dollars yearly with 75 million in suppression costs. The Sterile Insect Technique reduced weevils to undetectable levels on 28 000 acres in Mississippi Louisiana and Alabama after two years of field trials. Environmental impact appears minor compared with aerial pesticide use.
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B. F. Sisk
D-Calif
Mississippi State University
U. S. Agriculture Department
J. Ritchie Smith
The
Cotton Council
Smith
Usda Lab
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Sisk
Briscoe Signs Rights and Childrens Education Bills in Texas
Gov. Dolph Briscoe signed laws granting 18 to 21 year olds full legal rights and providing free kindergartens for all 5 year olds, after considering vetoes and the regular session outcomes. He noted 29 vetoes overall and emphasized youth responsibility and education gains.
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Austin
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Texas
Three Killed In Shootout In Berkeley Calif
A gunman fatally wounded after allegedly killing a 4 year old girl in her bed and shooting a policeman. He had wounded two others and held four hostage before police shot him to death in a fusillade. Ernest M. Silas, 34, died in hospital.
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Berkeley
Calif
Ernest M. Silas
Steve Levine
James Rutledge
Silas
Levine
Magic Wolff
Special Day Highlight for Proud Dads at Brass Ring
Fathers and handicapped children prepare for a dedic ation show at the Brass Ring equestrian center in Ontario California. William Hansen praises his daughter Bambi as she rides with a plaster cast on one leg, illustrating the center’s mission to teach disabled children to ride and perform.
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Bambi
William Hansen
Hansen
Brass Ring
Los Angeles
National Foundation For Happy Horsemanship For
Prayer for the sick strengthens body and mind today
A reader offers a daily prayer asking divine strength for those who are ill in body mind or spirit and seeks the peace and power of God's presence to bring health and comfort.
Brezhnev Arrives For U S Summit
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev arrives in the United States for talks with President Nixon amid strict security. The visit includes planned discussions on arms control, trade, and disarmament and features a high level of secrecy and limited public access. Brezhnev is greeted quietly at Andrews Air Force Base after a long flight from Moscow.
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Washington
UPI
Sovi
White House
Key Biscanneet
Leonid I. Brezhnev
United States
Nixon
Stoward
William P
Emetskome
Brezhnev
Eveivat
Andrews Air Force
Moscow
Florida
Fuel Shortage Previewed By Vaughn Hendrie
A temporary fuel shortage at City Hall illustrated a looming problem as Joe Harkey of Shell said he could not deliver gasoline due to a supply cutback. Horkey Oil Co. will fulfill the city contract through Sept 30 but may reduce allocations to retailers. City officials seek new fuel sources and question post contract supply and price.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
City Hall
Joe Harkey
Shell
City Mer. N. B. McCullough
Horkey Oil Co
McCullough
Horkey
Harkey
Jack Richardson
Coaches All America game featured in avalanche journal section
The Saturday Coaches All-America game is covered in a colorful Avalanche Journal special section with 12 pages of color art by Don Johnson. The game starts at 7 30 p m in Jones Stadium and will be telecast nationwide by ABC TV with John McKay of USC coaching the West and Shug Jordan of Auburn coaching the East.
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Avalanche Journal
A-J
Don Johnson
Jones Stadium
Abc-Tv
John McKay
USC
Shug Jordan
Auburn
Senators Question Dean As Watergate Probe Opens
John W. Dean, ousted White House Counsel, was questioned for about 54 hours by Senate investigators amid reports of numerous talks with Nixon on a Watergate cover up. Dean, the first witness as hearings resume, declined to answer reporters or reveal documentary evidence, while immunity was read by Sen. Baker.
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A-t News Services
Washington
Senate
White House
John W. Dean
Nixon
Rufus Edmisten
Dean
Senate Watergate Committee
Sam Cash
Rufus L. Edmisten
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Committee
SPAG Chief Resigns as Regional Planner Announces Move
Outgoing SPAG chief Alden Deyo resigns from the 19 000 a year post, saying his departure is a personal retirement move. Deyo, who helped found Texas first council of governments in Dallas in 1966, will enter private business in New Mexico, leaving SPAG amid debates on regional councils becoming a new level of government.
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Avalanche-Journal
Alden Deyo
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Ma Oe
Execut
South Plains
Association of Governments
DEVO
Texas’ First Council of Governments
Dallas
SPAG
Lubbock
New Mexico
West Texas
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