Brezhnev ends cold war era with Nixon accord
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev declared an end to the cold war in a televised address from San Clemente to Americans, urging broader U S Soviet trade and cooperation. He rode back to Washington aboard the Spirit of '76 then to Camp David before a Paris summit with Pompidou.
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Anatoly F. Dobrynin
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Maryland
Paris
Georges Pompidou
11 Year Old Boy Drowns In Water Filled Ditch
An 11 year old local boy, Billy Joe Dominguez, drowned around noon Sunday in a water filled excavation ditch at Loop 289 and U S Highway 62 82. His body was recovered at 1 10 p m by Lunpock Fire Department using boat and drag lines. Justice of the Peace Charles Smith ruled the death accidental due to drowning.
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Steven Dominguez
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Justice of the Peace
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Iesthanners Said. the Water Was Esti- Lubbock
Waco (Ap
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Robert Reagan
Rolando Marro
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28 Perish In Blaze At Frenchman Street Bar
A devastating fire swept a French Quarter bar Sunday night killing 28 people as patrons leaped from windows and others remained trapped inside. Coroners confirmed the mass death while rescuers retrieved bodies from the burned wreckage.
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Linn Quinton
Houston
Bert Barere
Orleans Parish
Carl Rabin
60 Day Price Freeze Hits Meat and Egg Farmers
The 60 day price freeze blamed by CRAIG AMMERMAN triggers production cuts across the country. East Texas farmers slaughter hundreds of thousands of chickens while industry spokesmen warn of four cent losses per egg and possible $1 per dozen prices and shortages if not reversed. The Cost of Living Council opened an investigation as Senate members warned of drastic food shortages, with producers selling breeding stock and hogs to trim herds as hog and cattle numbers decline in the Corn Belt.
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Mom's Special Request: Bandit Robs Dallas Store
A Dallas bandit entered Pedigo's Grocery and after loading items on the counter returned with a pistol and ordered the clerk to empty the register. He escaped with $400. The robber described his actions as fulfilling a mother's request.
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Stabbed Levelland laborer found in water treatment pond
The body of Jose Cruz Canales about 35 a Levelland farm laborer was found floating face up in the city's water treatment pond at about 7 30 am. He had 14 19 stab wounds to the upper chest and his throat was cut. An autopsy was ordered in Lubbock and inquest held at the scene.
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Jose Cruz Canales
Ted Holder
Hockley
Attornney
Phillip McCulloch
McCulloch
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Justice of the Peace
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Ford
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Canales
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Prayer of guidance to walk closer to God
A reader offers a brief closing prayer asking for divine guidance in confusing times and a closer walk with Jesus, ending in Jesus name.
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Heavenly Father
Jesus
Cowboy College proposed to train new cowhands
A Floyce Mastoreton Ranch foreman proposes a cowboy college to train young cowhands in a year of instruction and hands on work. He says ranchers could hire graduates as summer interns apprentices or part time punchers as good cowboys grow scarce across the industry.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Cowboy College
Seth Woods
Floyce Masterson Ranch
Guthrie
Paducah
Seth
Whittler Preserves Bygone Memories
The article profiles Gerry Burton a Mathews Junior High art teacher turned wood carver. Growing up near Tahoka and Brownfield she turns memories of farm life into western caricatures using pocket knife carving. Her tales of ponies fences and pets shape her wood art and humor.
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Gerry Burton
Avalanche-Journal
Theresa Martin
Matthews Junior High School
Whittler
Tahoka
Brownfield
Friendly puppy bites five children and is later found rabid
In Dallas a once friendly puppy named Luke bit five Baker children before dying two days later. Tests confirmed rabies. The children Tina 9 Larry 7 Terry 13 Teddy 11 and Alvis 15 receive rabies shots at Children’s Medical Center starting June 9 and continuing through month end. Doctors monitor them.
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Dallas
UPI
Luke
H.E. Baker
Alvis Baker
Tina
Larry
Terry
Teddy
Alvis
Playground Fall Kills City Girl
A 9 year old girl died at Methodist Hospital from injuries after a schoolyard slide fall on Sunday afternoon in the 200 block of 42nd Street. Diane Diaz, daughter of Mary Lou Diaz, suffered head injuries and passed away about 9 p.m. Services are pending. Born December 12, 1965 in Brownfield she is survived by her mother three brothers a sister and grandparents.
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Methodist Hospital
Diane Diaz
Mary Lou Diaz
42Nd St
Henderson Funeral
Brownfield
John Martin
Henry
Ernest
Teresa
Andrew Diaz
Cyclist shot and killed after traffic stop in Texas
San Augustine Texas DPS patrolmen shot a 32 year old motorcyclist Angelo Watts after stopping him for a traffic violation. Texas Ranger investigators say Watts fired first. officers returned fire and found a gun near the scene. Watts is identified as the victim.
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Department of Public Safety
Texas Ranger
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