Nixon Declares Day Of Prayer For POWs And Missing
President Nixon invited the House chaplain to lead a private White House service on a national day of prayer for U S prisoners of war and servicemen missing in action in Southeast Asia. He condemned the Communists for refusing to identify prisoners and pledged to ease families' anxiety of these detainees. Dr Edward Latch led the service.
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House
White House
U.S
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Texas Senate Runoffs Loom After Democratic Primary
The Texas Senate balance hangs in doubt after Saturdays Democratic primary for the 1971 legislature. Runoffs are set in three liberal seats with incumbents not seeking re election and Republicans slated to face fall winners. Democratic winners include Oscar Mauzy and Joe Bernal with others advancing to runoff battles. Republican contenders await November.
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Texas Senate
Senate
Don Kennard
Fort Worth
Joe Shannon Jr
Kennard
Doyle Wilix
Oscar Mauzy
Dakdas
John Wright
Mauyry
Ray Zauber
Dallas
Bernal
Harrington
Glenn Rothmann
San Antonio
Lamoine Holland
W. E
Red” Berry
Alamo City
Don Hand
James Nowlin
Whole New Ball Game Indicated
Lloyd Bentsen's primary win over Ralph Yarborough signals a new political landscape. The outcome splits Democratic factions as Bentsen calls for closing ranks amid uncertain runoff prospects and potential cross party shifts ahead of the November general election.
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Avalanche-Journal News
Lloyd Bentsen
Ralph
Yarnborough
Bentsen
Briton Sets Sail Solo Voyage for New York Return
Jim Bailey a 39 year old Leicestershire businessman left Penzance on Sunday aboard his catamaran Determination in a bid to sail solo to the United States and back He previously failed last June when the craft was damaged in a severe storm 1 400 miles offshore Bailey plans about 40 days to reach New York and return to Penzance by July with the skull and crossbones flag of the Penzance Sailing Club at his masthead
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England
Jim Bailey
Leicestershire
United States
Bailey
Amend Lila W. Rosar of Lubbock
A short notice requests amending the record for Lila W. Rosar in Lubbock. The appeal seeks correction of personal details in a local registry. The notice appears in a prayerful closing paragraph of a community column.
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Lila W. Rosar
Lubbock
MGM Studio Auction Sells Props and Costumes at Culver City
United Press International reports MGM auctioned decades of film props and costumes on the Culver City lot. About 3,000 bidders attended in Sound Stage 27 as International Fasteners Research Corp. purchased the physical property for $15 million. Stars Debbie Reynolds Rock Hudson Nanette Fabray Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy were among attendees.
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Metro Goldwyre Mayer
Hammer
MGM
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Memphis
Tenn
Ben Hur
Harteee
Louis B. Mayer
Culver City
International Fasteners Research Corp
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Rock Hudson
Nanette Fabray
Shirley Jones
Jack Cassidy
Adolph Green
Betty Camden
Miss Reynolds
Search Fades for Plane Victims in Caribbean Ditching
Rescue efforts in heavy rain and low visibility continue for 63 aboard a jetliner that ditched 24 hours earlier 33 miles east of St. Croix. Coast Guard reports 41 survivors and one dead with 21 others missing as planes from Guadalcanal and America scour the area.
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America
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Neptune City, N.J
Ethel
Laird Sees Draft Extended Beyond 1971
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird predicted Congress will extend the draft at least two years past July 1 1971. He cited Vietnamization progress military reductions and incentives for volunteers as factors shaping the decision. He warned the draft may remain due to uncertainties about volunteer willingness especially for ground combat and medical roles.
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Sec. of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
Laird
Locoweed Dangers In Cowboys Pastures And Trails
Historical article warns cowmen about loco weed or locoweed a dangerous pea family plant across the Great Plains Caprock and western rangelands causing loco disease in horses cattle and sheep. It details white purple and blue locoweed effects and how selenium compounds poison stock.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal Star
Caprock
Great Plains
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Mexico
Texas
United States
Locoweed
Stolen Columbia Eagle Nears Return to U. S. Harbor
The Columbia Eagle ammunition ship hijacked to Cambodia last March 14 is due for quarantine at Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. Captain Ronald A. Swann reported the mutineers Alvin Glatkowski and Clyde McKay Jr pulled guns and seized the ship, later seeking asylum in Cambodia before the Eagle was allowed to depart and head to drydock at Todd Shipyards Alameda.
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Columbia Eagle
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Cambodia
Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
Columbia Eogle
Ronald A. Swann
Marine Telephone
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Eagle
Sihanoukville
Mmy
Mekhay
Glatkowski
Todd Shipyards
Alameda
The
Military Sea Transportation Service
Columbia Steamship Co
Columbia Nyermatic Systems Inc
Portland
Lore
Japanese Peak Climbers Fall After Summit Attempt
A three member Japanese expedition summited Tukucha in western Nepal but fell during descent. Hirosuke Kikuchi, 23, died after plunging 656 feet into a crevasse while Eihoo Otani, 22, and Takao Yanemoto, 22, were severely injured. The Nepalese Foreign Ministry released the report.
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Nepal
Tukucha
Hirosuke Kikuchi
Kikuchi
Eihoo ‘Otani
Takao Yanemoto
Air Raids and Invasion Dominate Vietnam Debate
The United States escalates air strikes into North Vietnam with over 190 planes in the largest raid in 18 months. Agnew denies policy shift while Democratic leaders condemn the Cambodian and Vietnamese actions as a end to disengagement. White House officials and Defense sources confirm authorization for larger retaliatory operations and troop moves into Cambodia.
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Vietnam
Weather map bulletin for Lubbock area forecast
Fair weather persists through Friday with a high near 80 and a low in the upper 40s. Southerly wind around 10 to 20 mph today.
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