Nixon Calls Governors Conference on Nationwide Disruptions
Report on planned protests led by New Mobilization Committee demanding peaceful demonstration across Washington. Organizers said they would vent nonviolently while police prepared for potential clashes near the White House and Lafayette Square.
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Ierais
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington War
White House
Inn Zation Committee
New Mobe
Saldi
David Dellinger
Chicagolia
LaFayette Square
Congress
Top Officials Targeted by Protest Groups Washington Pressure Grows
Protests against U S policy in Cambodia and Kent State spurred actions from senators and top officials. University leaders urged Senate probes while Nixon engaged with eight university presidents and educators to seek calm and dialogue amid campus unrest.
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Nixon
Sec
William P. Rogers
Grinnell College
Colgate University
Sec. of
Robert H. Finch
Stanford University
America
Cambodia
Kent State
Finch
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Hugh Scott
R. H. Henle
Georgetown University
U.S
Southeast Asia
Henle
United States
Artificial Kidney Drive Sought for Marshalltown Woman
Campaign led by civic groups seeks Betty Crocker coupon donations to fund an artificial kidney for Retta Cunningham Legg of Marshalltown Iowa. General Mills will redeem coupons for the machine. About 800000 coupons are needed and 400000 have been gathered.
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General Mills
Betty Crocker
Retta Cunningham Legg
Marshalltown
Iowa
Honey Grove
Harold Bramit
O'Donnell
Otis L White rites planned in Resthaven chapel
Services for Otis L White 78 of 2403 28th St will be at 10 30 a m Saturday in Resthaven Singleton Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with Reader Ray Johnson of the First Church of Christ Scientist officiating. Interment will be in Resthaven Mausoleum. White died about 4 50 a m Thursday in the Veterans Administration Hospital Sulphur Oklahoma after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Bowie and a longtime Lubbock resident retired farmer and World War I veteran. Survivors include sister Jewel Wolaver Elliott of 2403 8th St and brother C O White of McAllen.
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Otis L. White
28Th St
Resthaven- Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home
Ray Johnson
First Church of Christ Scientist
Resthaven’ Mausoleum
White
Veteran's Administration
Sulphur
Okla
Bowie
Lubbock
Jewel Wolaver Elliott
8Th St
C. O. White
McAllen
Lorenzo Textile Mill Begins Two-Shift Operation
Lorenzo textile mill resumes two shift per day work after repairs. New machinery installed. The plant, under manager George Carter, holds a contract with a Virginia firm for 40,000 pounds of yarn weekly by rail. The mill employs 58 people.
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Lorenzo
George Carter
Virginia
Roadside Park Robbery Suspects Sought Near Crosbyton
Crosbyton deputies hunt two suspects linked to a late night roadside park robbery east of town along U S 82. The victim Glenn Brotherton reported a dark colored auto and two blond young men escaped with four credit cards.
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Crosbyton
Here
U.S
Glenn Brotherton
Eclipse Victim Ann Turner Gains Vision After Eclipse
In Tipton Indiana Ann Turner suddenly regained sight four days after a solar eclipse. Dr Samuel Thompson confirmed healing not hysterical, hypnosis, or fakery and noted scars and inflammation from earlier eye damage. Ann asserts thanks to God and a wave of prayers from readers and groups.
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Tipton
Ind
UPI
Ann
Ann Turner
Samuel Thompson
Thompson
Wall Street Ends Higher For Second Straight Day
The Dow Jones average rose 4.68 to 723.07 as trading remained slow. Analysts cited technical factors from an oversold market and Fed margin rule changes as contributors, with all stock groups advancing and declines trailing by about 2 to 1.
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New York
Dow
Federal Reserve Board
Smith to Hold News Conference in Austin
Gov Preston Smith will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. in the Speaker's Committee Room at the Capitol. This will be his first formal Austin briefing since January 23 when he announced his bid for a second term.
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Austin
UPI
Preston Smith
Capitol
Smith
Fire at Lubbock bank blends alarm with minor damage
Firemen doused a blaze at the Lubbock National Bank area near Court Place and Attica Balling Street and Texas Avenue. Light damage confined to marble slabs awaiting emplacement. alarms answered by 10 p.m. No damage reported at Flores residence after disconnect.
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Lubbock National Bank
Court Place
Attica Balling A
Male Street
Texas Avenue
Hove
Eee Flores
Unemployment Rises Despite Modest Policy Shifts
Unemployment remains high with inflation at twenty year peaks. April seasonally adjusted jobless rise totals 3,948,000, up 291,000 from March, though unadjusted figures show a 181,000 drop to 3,562,000. Construction and manufacturing shed jobs amid high interest rates and tight money supply.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
J Advance
Labor Department
Geal
Invasion base near Fishhook region seen as possible objective
Field reports indicate a major base north of the Fishhook area with more than 50 bunkers filled with weapons and equipment. U S forces discovered a classroom sized building for about 150, destroyed, and 150000 rounds of small arms ammo along with thousands of fuses and explosives. Casualties for North Vietnamese efforts in Cambodia were heavy, while U S command said enemy losses were triple. U S forces also seized three trucks from the 1st Air Cavalry Division area.
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Supreme Headquarters
U.S. Command
Cambodia
U.S
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S. Boats Possible in Mekong Flotilla to Phnom Penh
Reports say a flotilla may sail 60 miles up the Mekong to Phnom Penh in a relief operation described as a military river opening. U S officials refuse to confirm joining boats while noting the river stretch from the border to Phnom Penh has been closed to commercial traffic after two Japanese ships were fired on weeks earlier.
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Mekong
Phnom Penh
U.S
Mekong River
Nixon to hold prime time news conference at 9 p.m
President Nixon will meet the press at 9 p.m. CDT tonight in his first full scale broadcast news conference since January 30. Ronald Ziegler said the timing was chosen for a prime time West Coast and nationwide audience.
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Washington
Nixon
Today
Ronald J. Ziegler
Long Range Forecasting Pays Off For Trio At MIT
Three MIT scientists in weather research turned long range forecasting into a commercial service Statistical Weather Information Inc. They describe a method linking atmospheric conditions across locations to predict monthly and seasonal trends. The firm sells forecasts focusing on trends rather than daily weather, with varied accuracy across cities.
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Gay
DeVorkin
San Francisco
New York
Los Angeles
Air Force
National Science Foundation
Environmental Sciences Services Administration
Weather Bureaus
MIT
Statistical Weather Information Inc
Minneapolis
Willett
Portland
Maine
Buffalo
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Mobile
Ala
Tampa
Fla
United States
Canada
Othem Oo
Weather Bureau
Democratic Unit Rule Debate Shapes State Convention
Delegates weigh allowing individual votes at the state convention vs the unit rule. Observers expect liberal precincts in Lubbock to gain sway as Govs Smith Connally and predecessors keep tight party control. Organizers hope about 500 attend. many precincts report low interest and few attendees. some delegates are unaware of the convention.
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Sowder
Preston Smith
Lubbock
John Connally
Precinct 14
Ed Gamble
Gamble
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Richard S. Schweiker
Philadelphia
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Dminn
Antony J. “Joby” Moreu
Halsan
Shafer
Harvard University
Nathan Pusey
Teast Dus Pusey
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Spiro T. Agnew
Pusey
Agnew
Moffett
Educa
Lorenzo Textile Mill
England
Flamingo Park Zoo
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Mart
Logo
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