NATO Troop Cutback and SST Vote Loom in Congress
Senate debate centers on halving U S forces in Europe and a costly Boeing SST project with potential 500 million to 1 billion overrun. Nixon and aides push against Mansfield's plan while Truman endorses the administration line. House likely rejects any NATO pullback amid Soviet calls for talks on mutual force reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boeing Co
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Europe
UPI
Nixon
Mansfield
House
Harry S.truman
NATO
U.S
Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Florida White House
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Sec. of
William P. Rogers
United States
Jacob D. Beam
Rogers
Beam
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Tass
White House
Redistricting Debate Tangles Harris County Role
Texas lawmakers face a crunch as redistricting fights hinge on Harris County. House members including Rep. Delwin Jones and Rep. Mutscher trade views on slicing the county for congressional seats while committee work on legislative districts stalls. The session also ponders voter registration reforms and reduced filing fees after federal rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris County
House
Mutscher
Senate
Book chronicles life of Moises Holden and his Yaqui ties
The article notes Moises Holden born 1896 died 1969 as subject of a new life chronicle. Holden, author of six books about the Yaqui, believes a candle burns in heaven for each person until it goes out. A large turnout at a party included former students and colleagues who shared memories of his teaching at Tech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ene
Holden
Moises
Porter B. Maxwell
Los Lunas
N.M
Tech
Royal Ferguson
J. B. Hargus
Kelly
Kelley
University of Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Mariana
Waterton
Major Minnesota wildfire rages across 15000 acres
In northeastern Minnesota the Lake Superior National Forest fire grew to 15000 acres with no injuries reported among campers and fishermen. Firefighters from Michigan Illinois Wisconsin and Missouri aided local crews as winds 15 to 30 mph fanned the blaze and hindered efforts. Officials hoped to gain control by Sunday afternoon as back firing and natural burnout strategies were used and the cause remained undetermined due to lack of rain.
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Ely
Minn
UPI
Lake Superior National Forest
Minnesota
Forestry Department
Michigan
Llinois
Wisconsin
Missouri
Armenian Cardinal Agagianian Dies in Rome at 75
Armenian born Cardinal Gregory Peter Agagianian died in Rome after a long illness at age 75. He was a leading candidate for the papacy and served as a cardinal in the Sacred College of Bishops. Pope Paul VI planned a Monday mass for the repose of his soul. He was born Lazarus Agagianian on September 18, 1895, in Akhaltzicke, Armenia.
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Rome
API
Gregory Peter Agagianian
Agagianian
Sacred College
Order of Bishops
Paul VI
Cardinal
Lazarus Agagianian
Akhaltzicke
Armenia
Josef Stalin
90 year old Long Beach woman swims daily for 43 years
Mary Brandenburg, 90, has swum nearly every dawn for 43 years at Long Beach beaches. She estimates about 15 600 dips and remains a member of the Los Angeles Polar Bear Club. She holds a Red Cross 50 mile certificate and continues to swim despite aging and lighter workouts.
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Mary Grandenberg
Long Beach
Calif
Mary Brandenberg
Mrs. Brandenberg
Mexico
Los Angeles
Polar Bear Club
Red Cross
Hale County History chronicles student water bucket test
A Hale County History volume recounts a schoolyard prank where a boy carried 12 buckets of water, then faced a second demand for 12 more trips after the superintendent watched from a window. The tale appears in Volume I, Number 1, published quarterly by the Hale County Historical Society.
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Hale County
Hale County Historical Society
Young would-be firefighter dies in Berkeley blaze
In Berkeley California a 21 year old man Steve Schmitz and a 4 year old girl Margo Wilhelm died rescuing others from a two story Berkeley Hills home fire started by a tipped candle. Eight occupants escaped and one woman Mary Ritter 36 remained hospitalized. Schmitz's girlfriend Bever ly Berg 19 was sedated. Damage estimated at 42500.
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Berkeley
Calif
Steve Schmitz
Margo Wilhelm
William Steele
Seven Arrested Here In Hale Center Case
Lubbock police arrested seven people, six men and a woman, after an early morning altercation and shooting in Hale Center. The suspects were detained in two stops on East Erskine and East Colgate, three pistols seized. Victims Spurgeon Young and Bill Baker were treated and released from Hale Center hospital after Baker was injured by shattered glass.
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Lubbock
Hale Center
East Erskine Street
East Colgate Street
Spurgeon Young
Bill Baker
Silverton
Baker
Young
Lennon and Yoko Show Cannes Fringe Films
John Lennon presents Apotheosis a 20 minute film shown to a packed Cannes audience. Yoko Ono screens Ely a 23 minute study of a naked girl with a fly, made as a bet to test audience attention.
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Cannes
France
UPI
John Lennon
Lennon
Earth
Heaven
Yoko
Heat records fall as Lubbock hits 98 and Wink surpasses 100
The South Plains swelters with Lubbock reaching 98 and Wink recording 101 as hot highs forecast to continue in the mid 90s. Gusty winds up to 33 mph return, with scattered thundershowers across the Panhandle and adjacent New Mexico and Oklahoma areas.
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Mercury
South Plains
Lubbock
Wink
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Clovis
Clayton
N. M
Boise City
Okla
Amarillo
Texas Panhandle
Liberal
Kan
Knowels
Fritch
Grover
Groom
Liquor by the drink heads Texas dry to wet ballot tests
Private clubs are expected to lead applications for mixed beverage permits as Texas voters in 46 counties decide liquor by the drink. Officials warn that shortcuts on notification and signatures will delay processing. About 1,374 clubs in wet precincts may go public or close, with open saloons a goal after years of dry laws.
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Darnall
Christie
Texas
Midland
Istate
Drys
Aransas
Austin
Bee
Bexar
CalJhoun
Cameron
Colorado
Comal
Dallas
DeWitt
Duval
Fl Paso
Fayette
Fort Bend
Galveston
Gillespie
Goliad
Guadalupe
Harris
Hidalgo
Hudspeth
Jefferson
Jim Wells
Kendall
Kenedy
Kerr
Kinney
LaSalle
Lavaca
Loving
Maverick
Medina
Nueces
Presidio
San Patricio
Starr
Sutton Tarrant
Travis
Val Verde
Victoria
Washington
Webb
Wharton
Wilson
Zapata
Blaze Damages Home For the Aged in Birmingham
Fire at the Fair Haven Methodist Home for the Aged in Birmingham disperses scores of residents from a first floor lounge. Several people treated for smoke inhalation. fewer than five seriously injured. Executive director John W. Williams says most of the 179 residents returned to their rooms after firefighters extinguished the blaze.
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Birmingham
Ala
Fair Haven
John W. Williams
Williams
Center of U S Population Shifts West to Mascoutah
UPI reports officials dedicated the 1970 U S population center on a farm near Mascoutah Illinois marking a westward shift from the 1960 center near Centralia and noting America's high home ownership incomes and consumer growth as census data define the balance point. The ceremony included Gov Richard Ogilvie Rep Mel Price and others with a concrete marker and a public unveiling at Shreve Park.
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Sec. of Commerce
Maurice Stans
United States
Mascoutah
Stans
Lawrence B. Friederich
Marilyn
Mascoutah, Ul
UPI
See. of Commerce
Maurice ‘Stans
America
Witneis
Richard B. Ogilvie
Melvin ‘Price
George H. Brown
Bureau ‘of Census
Sens
Charles H. Percy
RIL
Adlai F. Stevenson III
Lawrence B.friederich
Hes
Centralia
Chestertown
Baltimore
Leach
Friederich
Shreve Park
Jutes Mascou tah German Town in Rich Farmland
Mascou tah, named for an Indian tribe, is a German town set in rich farmland with a low unemployment rate.
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Mascoutah
Crash of Glider Injures Pair at Georgetown Airport
A glider crashed during its final approach at Georgetown airport injuring two people in serious condition. Lt. Col. Bob Lamont of Copperas Cove and civilian William J. White of Killeen, a base flight controller, were taken to a base hospital.
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Georgetown
UPI
Ft. Hood
Bob Lamont
Copperasl Cove
William J. White
Killeen
White
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Steele
Margo
Steve
Hale Case
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