Young Texas city manager handles job with oldtimer poise
Jim Blagg, 25, is Littlefield’s new city manager after serving as administrative assistant in Amarillo. His internship across all city departments and hands on sewer work shaped a practical planner with the confidence of a veteran. He began duties April 15, succeeding Patt Bradley and is quickly learning the city layout and forming local ties.
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Space Station Set For Liftoff Today
Skylab 1 prepares for a 28 day space life as Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz fly to Cape Kennedy for final launch preparations The Saturn 5 rocket looms to propel the 85 ton station into a 270 mile high orbit with an on board computer controlling pressurization solar wings deployment and stabilization See SKYLAB Page 8
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Prayer Note Encourages Caring for Others
A reader signs a brief prayer asking God to help people focus less on personal troubles and more on showing interest in others, ending with Amen.
Accident Fatal For Area Man Four Others Hurt
Daniel Tracy French, 51, of Littlefield died at Lubbock Methodist Hospital hours after a one car crash. Four others were injured when his vehicle struck a concrete support beam at Loop 289 and West 4th Street.
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Weather map page notes cool cloudy with mild rain chance
Weather map page 13 A reports cloudy cool conditions for Lubbock and vicinity with a 30 percent precipitation chance today. Highs in the upper 60s today and mid 70s Tuesday, tonight low near 50, light southerly winds. Also includes sunrise and sunset times and humidity figures.
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Viet Cong Bombing and New Mexico Flood Warnings
Viet Cong renews bombings as U S forces face renewed attacks while New Mexico mobilizes National Guard to sandbag Rio de Fernando at Taos after bridges wash out. Evacuation alerts issued below Santa Cruz Lake as rivers rise from spring runoff amid scattered Texas rain and nationwide high pressure.
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Bruce Opens Mission In China Today
Tokyo AP reports David K. E. Bruce, age 75, to head the first U S liaison mission to the Chinese Communists since 1947. He travels from Hong Kong to Shumehun to Canton then Peking, acting as representative and ambassador in form. The move coincides with weather and political shifts noted nationwide.
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Martha Mitchell Denies Hospital Breaks Down Rumor
Martha Mitchell denies reports of a nervous breakdown and says she is at home. Time magazine had claimed she entered a hospital. she adds she spent a week with friends and intends to live a private life. Her husband, John Mitchell, faces conspiracy and perjury charges.
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Nixon denied asking for Watergate report says Dean
Former White House counsel John W. Dean III said on Sunday that President Nixon never asked him for any investigative report on the Watergate case despite Nixon’s statements to the public. The report adds another perspective on the ongoing case.
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Prison Battle Leaves 46 Injured at Sumter Institution
At Sumter Correctional Institution in Bushnell Florida authorities report a fight between about 400 inmates left 46 injured with seven hospitalized for stab wounds or jaw fractures. Guards with weapons quelled the battle Saturday night and three inspectors plus the state attorney’s office opened an investigation into the incident.
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Mail Call Echoes of Matador Postal Days
Eleanor Traweek's Motley County history retells Matador mail arrival by hack and bugle. Charlie Hampton’s horn signaled hooves and dust as hacks sped to Main Street, with stops at Northfield Waybourn Place and Turtle Hole. The mail hack, once vital for riders and deliveries, faded but left county traceable echoes.
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Viet Cong says U S air strikes wound 34 in Saigon area
Saigon reports that Viet Cong charged American warplanes struck anew in South Vietnam wounding 34 people including women and children. The VC sent a protest to the ICCS, calling for an immediate investigation, while the U S Embassy denied the charges saying no bombing in South Vietnam occurred.
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East West Begin Troop Cut Talks At Vienna
Vienna hosts talks on reducing armed forces in mid Europe after a US Soviet concession excludes Hungary from the forum. The move aims to pair with Helsinki explorations for a pan European security system. Western allies press for troop reductions amid US congressional pressure on Europe costs.
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Omic Dictionary Diplomat
A snippet notes a humorous definition about a diplomat who has more trouble handling a wife than supreme state affairs. The line references an editorial comic context and a classification as an old newspaper joke item.
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