Sibley’s Bold 1861 Westward Invasion Struggles On
A New Orleans naval and military correspondent chronicles Henry H. Sibley’s attempt to march 3000 troops from San Antonio toward New Mexico and California. The expedition faces extreme supply shortages, disease, and harsh terrain as winter nears, with forts abandoned and Texan support waning while Union forces loom upriver.
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el Paso
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Little
Dona Ana
Louisiana
Mesilla
Union
Collision Of Ships Mar 1976 Tall Ships Bicentennial Race
The Tall Ships Bicentennial Race from Bermuda to Newport started with multiple collisions among 18 tall ships and 80 smaller vessels. The Juan Sebastian De El Cano and Libertad suffered damage. Gazela Primeiro and Mircea were involved in another crash with no serious injuries reported. The event proceeds toward Newport and New York City with cadet crews.
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Bermuda
Newport
R.J
Harbor Radio
Hamilton
Juan Sebastian de el Cano
Libertad
Argentina
Juan Sebastian
Gazela Primeiro
Philadelphia Maritime Museum
New York City
Coast Guard Rescue and Information Center
Eagle
Coast Guard
H.M.S. Eskimo
San Sebastian de el Cano
Sir Winston Churchill
United States
Trio Awarded $750 Clark Scholarships by TIIL
Cassandra Kitten David K Watson and Kendon Scott Wheeler received $750 Clark Foundation scholarships from the Texas Interscholastic League. Kitten, a 1976 Lubbock Cooper graduate, UIL one act participant regional all star. plans West Texas State University. Watson, Spur graduate, UIL science winner regional and state, NHS FFA band member. to study mathematics at Texas Tech. Wheeler, Southland graduate salutatorian and class president. UIL journalism winner. plans Texas Tech to study agriculture.
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Cassandra Kitten
David K. Watson
Kendon Scott Wheeler
Clark Foundation
Texas Interscholastic League
Miss Kitten
Lubbock Cooper High
Watson
Spur High School
Austin W. Watson
Texas Tech
Wheeler
Southland High School
UIL
V.C. Wheeler
South Boston Busing Issue Shapes School Life
In Boston's South Boston the second year of court ordered desegregation, stirred by busing, reveals strong white resistance and limited calm elsewhere. Officials report 21,000 pupils bused citywide this year, with declines in city enrollment and whites now a minority. violence and teacher injuries rise as tensions persist.
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Boston
South Boston
South Boston High School
Southie
Boston Harbor
Charles Leftwich
Leftwich
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
U.S. District Court
Charlestown
Mary Ellen Smith
Joan Buckley
Teachers’ Union
Kissinger Europe trip aims at unified Western trade approach
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger began a week-long European tour to seek a joint Western strategy for trade with the Soviet Bloc. He planned talks in Germany with South African Prime Minister Vorster on Rhodesia, and a Paris OECD speech urging unity with Third World nations. He noted the OECD’s industrial recovery and warned a united approach could boost Washington’s influence. He also planned to discuss the Puerto Rico summit and Lebanon’s civil war with Valery Giscard dEstaing.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Europe
Germany
John Vorster
Rhodesia
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
OECD
Kissinger
Soviet Union
Orly
Washington
Japan
America
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Puerto Rico
Lebanon
King County Bicentennial dedication honors local residents
Ace Reid credited Guthrie resident for helping start his cartoonist son Ace Jr. at a county dedication for a community building and pool. US Rep. Hightower spoke on Americanism as 700 attendees heard awards for longevity, distance traveled, and a quilt gift from Finney Club. Coins await awardees and a commemorative celebration salutes King County heritage.
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A-J
Guthrie
King County
Ace Reid
Electra
Reid
Ace Jr
Ed Bateman
Jack Hightower
Babe Graves
Charles Hensley
Eagle Pass
Cecil Roeder McHenry
Kentucky
Finney Home Demonstration Club
Trunan Havins
Lee Roy Dilliard
Simmons Beautyrest Bedding Back Care I Sale
Classified ad for Simmons Beautyrest bedding at a sale. Includes twin size and discounted price details with store contact line. Reads as a local furniture sale listing with limited legible text.
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Ave
Simmons Beautyrest Bedding Back Care I
Otwin
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California Pacific
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First Bull Run
Virginia
Calvary
Inge
Uvalde
Clark
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Devil's
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Pecos
Stockton
Davis
Bliss
Devil's Canyon
Rio
Colorado
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Kansas
New Orleans
Tide Valverde
Fairfield
Wilam Bauerd
Mane
Avalanche-Journal
Ed Syers
Texas “Ranger
Cedric Collis
Tovarisch
Kruzenshtern
Mrs
Joe L. Kitten
Union Road
West Texas State University
National Honor Society
Future Farmers of America
National Science Foundation
Laura Luoni
Edison Middle School
Brighton
Carla
France
Arange
Round Table
Hafez Assad
Syria
Assad
Vorster
Africa
Jane King
James King of
Dumont
P.C.A
Golden Harvest
Las Veges
Coe
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