Watergate clemency offers discussed in McCord testimony
James W. McCord Jr testified before the Senate Watergate Committee that an administration official offered executive clemency several times to keep silent about the burglary. He identified John Caulfield as the official and said Nixon would be informed of the responses. Caulfield allegedly warned McCord that another Teapot Dome scandal could occur.
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Washington
James W. McCord Jr
Nixon
McCord
John Caulfield
Caulfield
Senate Watergate Committee
Senate Committee
Campbell
BARKY
Stationery forgery alleged in McCarthy campaign suit
A $220,000 espionage suit filed in San Francisco names John Mitchell Maurice Stans Donald Segretti and Herbert Kalmbach as alleged actors in theft and forgery of Eugene McCarthy campaign material for the 1972 California primary. The suit, brought by Jonathan J. Wilcox and Barbara Barron, accuses the Nixon aides of involvement in the scheme.
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San Francisco
UPI
John Mitchell
Maurice Stans
Donald Segretti
Herbert Kalmbach
Committee For
Eugene McCarthy
San Francisco Superior Court
Nixon
McCarthy
California
Jonathan J. Wilcox
California Committee
Barbara Barron
McCarthy Committee
Mitchell
Segretti
Stans
Kalmbach
Florida
John Does
Skylab repair plans advance amid overheating and gas tests
NASA officials outlined tentative steps to repair the Skylab station after overheating raised concerns about cabin gases from foam insulation. A 90 pound repair kit will be carried on a four day patch mission following the rendezvous over the Central Pacific Ocean. The crew's first Skylab view will be telecast live in color to Earth.
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Skylab
Space Station
Earth
Central Pacific Ocean
Mission Control
George B. Hardy
Gasoline Rationing Invoked At Cannon Base
Cannon Air Force Base imposes a 10 gallon per visit gas ration at the exchange station the first such limit in eastern New Mexico Col John Bennett announces the quota after headquarters caps sales Fred Larkin says the base will match last year’s allotment despite higher demand and warns fuel could run out by month end if nonessential use continues Official vehicles remain exempt and several contracts near expiry.
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Cannon Air Force Base
New Mexico
John Bennett
27Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Exchange
Cannon
AIR Force
Fred Larkin
Larkin
Richard Burleigh
93 Degree Reading Ties Mark Here At News Services
A 93 degree high tied the year's record in Lubbock on May 10 with Del Rio reporting the heat in Texas. San Angelo and Mineral Wells also posted high temps while snow covered parts of New York.
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Lubbock
New
York
del Rio
San
Angelo and
Mineral Wells
Weather update for Lubbock area through weekend
Forecasters expect little temperature change through Sunday with partly cloudy afternoons. Highs near 90, tonight lows in the upper 50s, winds northwest at 10 to 20 mph. No precipitation expected, weekend outdoor activities favored, normal humidity levels.
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Lubbock
National Weather Service
Endangered Child Protection Approved by Texas Senate
Texas Senate advanced a child protection bill authorizing protective custody for children in immediate danger and detailing custody, medical care, education, and support. The measure covers children conceived via artificial insemination and grants grandparents visitation in certain cases. The session also approved a proposal to let Department agents use fake license plates and drivers licenses.
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Austin
Texas
Air Control Board
State Health Department
Peyton McKnight
D-Tyler
Bill Hobby
House
McKnight
Sen
A.M. Aikin
D-Paris
Senate
Hobby
Crized
Aikin
Don Adams
Jasper
Department
Public Safety
Irons Named Chairman Of Texas Textbook Committee
Dr Edwin H Irons superintendent of Lubbock Independent School District was named chairman of the 1973 State Textbook Committee Frederica R Guerra of Pharr was chosen vice chairman and Mrs Ruby Drisdale of La Marque named secretary The 15 member panel will recommend textbooks for Texas public schools for 1974 75 to the Texas Board of Education
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Texas
Texas Board of Education
Daily Prayer Reflection Grants Guiding Path Forward
A brief note from the Lubbock Reader sharing a devotional line about seeking guidance each day to advance personal virtue and strengthen faith within the community. The sender emphasizes daily effort toward spiritual growth and service.
Guerrilla Gang Hijacks Venezuelan Airliner with Ransom Demand
An Avensa Convair airliner carrying 37 aboard was hijacked by a group linked to Point Zero in western Venezuela. The hijackers diverted to Curacao in a ransom demand of 1.25 million dollars and threatened travel to Peru or Cuba. authorities said the group led by Federico Bottini remained at large.
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Caracas
UPI
Convair
Venezuela
Caribbean
Curacao
Netherlands Antilles
Cuba
Peru
Point Zero
Luis Gutierrez
Avensa
CDT
Valera
Barquisimeto
Gutierrez
Lima
Price Support Loan Penalty On Barky Cotton Lifted
The USDA lifted a fifty point price support loan penalty on barky cotton for the 1973 crop year after Plains Cotton Growers pressed the change. Officials said the move could raise loan values on Texas High Plains cotton, depending on classification. The action, discussed at the American Cotton Shippers Association meeting, follows debates over grade reductions and earlier penalties.
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Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
Dallas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Lubbock
R. S. Tapp
ACLA
U. S
PCG
USDA
Department
High Plains
Bullet Wound Kills Attorney in Parked Car
A fatally wounded attorney, Harrison M. Grice of 4311 45th St, was found in an open field near a car on 4nd Street and Nash ville Avenue shortly before 1 p.m. Friday and died at Methodist Hospital from a single gunshot head wound. A revolver lay beneath his ankle on the car seat, with a clump of shells and a pistol holster nearby.
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4Nd Street
Nashville Avenue
Harrison M. Grice
45Th St
Methodist Hospital
Ex Deputy Charged In Girls' Deaths
Stuart Florida ex deputy Gerard Schaefer charged with murder in the slayings of Georgia Jessup 16 and Susan Place 17. He was tied to multiple disappearances of women in South Florida with investigations extending to 20 or more missing girls. Skeletal remains of Jessup and Place found on Hutchinson Island. Schaefer previously pled guilty to aggravated assault on two runaway teens.
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Stuart, Fla
Robert Stone
Gerard Schaefer
Georgia Jessup
Susan Place
Florida
Stone
State Attorney's
Schaefer
Martin County
C. F. Trowbridge
Miss Place
Oakland Park
Miss Jessup
Fort Lauderdale
St. Louie County
Hutchinson's Island
Wilton Maneers
Nancy Elfen Trotter
Farmington
Mich
Paula Sue Wells
Garland
Tex
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John W.dean II
Bridgetown
Barbados
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Mackenzie Park
New Deal
Cathy Thompson
Cedar River
Waverly
Iowa
Jim Longmuir
Darrell Wehman
McCarthy Group
Skylab Wing Eyed
Houston
NASA
Space Quarters Station
Wu Imu
Ania
Pecos River
New York
Oneonta
Copperstown
New England
Michigan
Middle Atlantic
Ron Clower
Irons
Plains
Senate Agriculture Committee
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