Littlefield City Manager Already Old Pro At 25
Blage and his wife Glenda Kay adjust to the new role as Littlefield city manager at age 25. He grew up in Crosbyton 90 miles away and was a basketball standout and district champion captain before taking the job.
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Littlefield
Jim Bragg
Texas
Littlefield City
Ber
Blage
Glenda Kay
West Texas
Crosbyton
Blagg
West Texas State
WTSU
Amarillo
Blake
WTS v
Rotary
Lions Clubs
Bragg
Chamber of Commerce
Bruce Opens Mission In China Today
Bruce takes a key China post after retirement returns to service as American representative to the People's Republic. He combines diplomacy with past roles as soldier farmer businessman and legislator, greeting a new era in Sino American relations and facing the cultural summit in Beijing.
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Bruce
China
Bonn
Paris
London
Vietnam
Mixao
China Post
Hs Mpe
Chou
Oto
Oleh
Lig
United States
People’s Republic
Vint
Ping Pong
LTD
Sixon
Commu- Trasis
Yenan
Red One
Airamen
Chiang Kai-shek
Republic of China
Chiang
George C. Marshall
Harry S. Truman
Glohn Stuart Leighton
Chane Tissenary Odacalur
Fist Us
Punyan
Taipei
Peking
Nixon
Taiwan
Nixon impeachment talk intensifies after Watergate probes
Rep. Anderson and others describe a plan to create a bipartisan commission to reform election laws while lawmakers debate possible impeachment. Baker says the issue hinges on facts and notes no one is immune from investigation. Conmy disputes a Sun Times claim about FBI guard duties as overstated.
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FBI
Los Angeles Times
John B. Anderson
Bisham
John J. Caulfield
House
Ellows
Treasury Department
McCord
Republican Conference Publican
Eret
Nixon
Conmy
Rlichman
Dean
Congress
Watergate
Bipartisan Commission
William Brock
R-Tenn
James W
Small
Thomas Foley
Baker
NBC
Meet the Press
Brock
Anderson
Senate Committee
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Jack Conmy
Ruckelshaus
Chicago Sun-Times
White House
The
Sun-Times
Haldeman
John BD
Ehrlichman
Sen
Howard Baker
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
Washington
Gold Prices Surge Amid Watergate Backdrop In London
Gold buyers push prices higher as confidence in the U S economy wavers amid Watergate fallout. London closes at 96.95 an ounce, Zurich at 96.75, with the dollar weakening against the pound and other European currencies.
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London
Nixson
Europe
Mort
Iebanon
Zurich
U.S
Flood watch sparks alerts across New Mexico and Texas
Scattered showers and a tornado earlier caused minor damage in New Mexico. Plainview Midland and Muleshoe reported light rain as cold fronts and cloud cover move through the Panhandle toward Pecos River. Temperatures range from 70s to 80s, with cooler readings in rain zones and variable Texas skies.
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Plainview
Midland
Muleshoe
Panhandle
Pecos River
Austin
Abi“Tene
Texas
Lubbock
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Central
Appalachians
Gulf Coast States
Plains
Atlantic
Florida
Rockies
Pacific Coastal Ranges
Mother's Day Calls Rise in Lubbock Office
John Whitcomb of Southwestern Bell reports higher Mother's Day calls from the Lubbock office compared with 1972, totaling 103,267 DDS calls and 6,411 operator-handled calls. The 1972 figures were 86,628 and 5,757. Whitcomb notes nationwide routing with most calls in the afternoon and a peak at night, with 92 operators handling Lubbock calls and 34 others in the holiday period.
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John Whitcomb
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Lubbock
Whitcomb
Mitchells deny Time magazine Watergate claims
Mrs. Mitchell rejected Time magazine reports of a nervous breakdown as nonsense. She was described as calm at her Fifth Avenue apartment while statements from her husband and Time followed a televised family dispute over the Watergate break-in and political fallout.
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The
Times
Mitchell
Time Magazine
Democratic Party
Helen Thomas
White House
United Press International
Marty
Nixon
United States
Martha
UPI
Time
Skylab Launch Set for Tuesday by Three Astronauts
Skylab astronauts Conrad Weitz and Kerwin prepare for a Tuesday launch. The craft will deploy a solar telescope, solar arrays, a meteoroid shield, and cabin pressurization as it aims to study the sun and stars and test long term human life in space. If weightlessness deconditions crew, the mission may end early.
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Outer Space
Conrad
Weitz
Kerwin
Earth
Semipro Pitcher Killed by Lightning in Arizona Game
Lake Havasu City Arizona witnessed a fatal lightning strike during the season opening semipro baseball game. Pitcher John Wade was killed as he wound up. several players were injured and hospitalized. Eyewitnesses described the bolt scattering players across the field at the high school diamond. The Lake Havasu City team faced Blythe California in the incident.
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Lake Havasu City
Ariz
UPD
John Wade
Bob Bilderback
Wade
Arizona
Lake Havasu
California
Blythe
U S Refutes Charges Of Bomb Raid In South Vietnam
The United States rejects accusations of renewed bombing raids along the Vietnam Cambodia border. The ICCS seeks immediate investigation with Canada Indonesia Poland and Hungary attending a Monday meeting. Saigon reports claim 78 cease fire violations by Communists and shelling near Hue amid low overall fighting.
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Fien
United States
ICCS
Indonesia
Poland
Hungary
U.S
South Vietnam
Xom Mat
Loc Ninh
Cambodia
Vietnam
South
Binh Dinh
Riat
East West Begin Troop Cut Talks
Talks in NATO Warsaw Pact arena explore reducing Europe troop levels amid Cold War tension. Nations present include United States Britain West Germany Canada Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg with observers Italy Greece Turkey Norway Denmark while Soviet bloc nations attend as full members. Western forces face NATO 350000 vs Soviet 700000 with unequal tank assets and broader strategic hurdles shaping potential cuts and a Europe wide security framework.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
Europe
United States
Britain
West Germany
Canada
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
NATO
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Norway
Denmark
Russia
Poland
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Germanys
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New Mexico
Ake
Dogon
Richard Schweiker
Bill Milius
Englishtown
Schweiker
Skylab
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