Record Heat Sweeps West Texas Area
A heat wave rolled into the region with readings hitting 100 degrees in Cotulla Del Rio and 102 in San Angelo. Lubbock area power concerns arising from a substation fire near 40th Street and University Avenue caused outages and alarms but no major shutdowns. Weather extended to Alabama and surrounding states with tornadoes severe storms damaging homes and injuring several in Fort Payne Huntsville and Powell Crossroads.
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San Angelo
Alice and
Wink
Galveston
Lubbock
Lubbock Power and Light
Southwestern Public Service Inc
Southwestern Public Service
40Th Street
University Avenue
South Plains
Mall East
Avenue Q
Lind Davis
Southwestern Public Service Division
Texas Tech University
Municipal Coliseum
Alabama
Arkansas
Indiana
Fort Payne
Ala
Bug Hearings May Disclose New Scandal
McCord cited forthcoming demonstrations in Washington and alleged funding links to Vietnam Veteran Against the War and Pentagon bombing reports. He sued denial by the Ford campaign group Committee for the Re election of the President. Weicker warned that leaking sensitive material risks public danger and could reveal government spying.
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McCord
Washington
McGovern Campaign Committee
Pentagon
Weicker
Senate
Weber
Justice Department
Helms Testified CIA Involvement In Haldeman Cover Up
Former CIA director Richard M. Hess told the grand jury that H.R. Haldeman sought CIA help to conceal the incident and claimed the request came from higher up. The meeting with Helms occurred June 23 1972, six days after the Watergate break in, amid reports the president was the only one higher.
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Richard M. Hess
Central Intelligence Agency
Waave Grand Jury
H.R Haldeman
CIA
Helms
Washington Star-News
Haldeman
White House
Nixon
Helms Haldeman
Seman
The
News
Questioning Bandit Robs Rail President
A gunman robbed the president of the Union Pacific Railroad of 400 dollars in Omaha Nebraska AP reports the man then asked if he could work for the company. Kenefick stated he would not grant the request and the incident involved two long bench seats on the double deck buses. No one was harmed.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Railroad
Pas
John C. Kenefick
Kenefick
Shippers Attack 50-Point Barky Penalty Change
Shippers denounce the USDA move to remove the 50-point penalty on barky and grassy cotton, urging a return to a 100-point discount. They argue the change harms U S textile workers and challenge links to byssinosis while defending bracts as not sole determinants of barky classification.
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Senate Agri
Shippers Culture Committee
Target
Senate Committee
USDA
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
U. S
Brachts
PCG
Avalanche
Com
Vessel Sinks Off Rhode Island Killing Twelve
A 50 foot charter boat the Comet sank four miles south of Point Judith during a fishing trip killing at least 12 people. Sixteen survivors were rescued as Coast Guard and Navy rescue boats and helicopters searched the area after the 8 am mishap.
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Narragansett, RI
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Point Judith
Portland
Maine
North Kingstown
Block Island
Jezebel
Navy
South County Hospital
Wakefield
Mass
Work Proves Healthy Seattle
A Veterans Administration study suggests steady work may extend life. It asserts that a person who works up to age 100 could live to 120 or 140, implying work acts as a health factor despite drinking.
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Seattle
Veterans Administration
Hijackers Land In Havana After 24 Hour Caribbean Flight
Venezuelan airliner hijackers forced Cuban asylum bid prompting a 24 hour odyssey with stops in Curacao Panama and Merida Mexico. Passengers and crew remained safe as authorities in Havana debated the demand to release 79 political prisoners while the hijackers threatened to blow up the plane if denied.
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Associated Press
Havana
Cuba
Curacao
Panama
Mexico
Prensa Latina
Venezuela
Convair
Mexico City
Merida
Newamen
Miguel Nazar
Mexican Interior Ministry
Nazar
Aura Costa de Mendez
Akien
Independence board debate tests city control of LP and L
The council debates creating an independent LP&L board to separate the utility from politics while preserving city tax and budget oversight. Officials warn charter changes may be needed to grant hiring authority, with mixed views on the impact of independence on finances and public opinion.
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Lp&l
Lonnie Hollingsworth
Warnick
Morris Turner
Turner
McCullough
Lubbock Power and Light
Bill Blackwell
Blackwell
Bill Wood
Lubbock
Fred Senter
City Jail Food Costs Under Scrutiny Inmates Diet Debate
The council weighs jail meals and diet quality as city prisoners rely on a small operation. County costs, prison labor efficiency, and potential county food contracts are examined, with officials noting differences in menus and per day reimbursements.
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Strawn
C.H
Choc" Blanchard
Blanchard
Keaton
Skylab faces toxic gas threat as astronauts train
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Mission Control fights a new Skylab danger the buildup of poisonous gases from overheated urethane insulation Health officials warn formaldehyde carbon monoxide and TDI could be lethal at low concentrations Astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weitz rehearse sun shade installation and test breathing masks before a planned launch and spacewalk to purge the station.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Mission Control
Space Station
TDI
Royce Hawkins
Life Sciences
Johnson Space Center
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
A.m. Cdt
Skylab
Hawkins
Charles Lewis
Conrad
Kerwin
Weitz
Posson
Wei
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Tot Floats Through When It Really Counts
A two year old boy in a YMCA Water Babies class fell through rotten cistern boards and floated in several feet of water until firefighters arrived. He weighed about 27 pounds and held onto a pair of slacks until rescued, with no water in his lungs.
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Barry, II
YMCA
Richard Robin Gregory
Richard Gregory
Barry
Gregory
Richard
Hannibal
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