Arson Suspected in Multiple Home Fires Claims 19 Lives
At least 19 people died in three major home fires Sunday with fifteen children among the dead. In Pontiac Michigan seven perished in a fire believed arson after a doorway was forced and gasoline poured inside. Police cite a two quart container recovered at the scene. Victims include Freddie Colsey and four children, with Linda Colsey surviving by jumping from a second floor window. In Alaska six children and three Brewer children died in a mobile home blaze. Authorities identify Patricia Galvan and her children among the dead. a Galvan relative saw the flames and attempted to help before the blaze.
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Pontiac
Mich
Herbert Cooley
Charles Mets
Freddie May Colsey
Melica
Rosalie
Cindy
Dorothy
Linda Colsey
Albert Henderson
John Brown
Fairbanks
Alaska
Patricia Ann Galvan
Chris
Wessley
Cherlyn
Dale Duane Brewer Sr
Dorothy Elizabeth
Peeey Louise
Dale Jr
Galvan
Brewer
Labor-White House clash over Nixon reception at AFL CIO
AFL CIO spokesman says White House politicized Nixon reception at labor federation convention in Miami Beach. He claims the administration tried to falsely portray an insulting welcome, noting no hostile reaction while White House aide Charlie Colson is cited.
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United Press Internationals
Miami Beach
Fla
AFL Cio
White House
Nixon
Labor Federation
Briday
Charlie Colson
Aft-Cio
The
United
Kennedy
Johnson
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Labor
Miami
Service
Mars Photos Show Dust Storm Dying On Mars
Mariner 9 returns 210 pictures per pass from Mars showing fading dust storm detail. JPL reports clearer surfaces but full clearing will take weeks and notes a Moscow contact sending congratulations. The report mentions direct JPL Moscow communications and a related labor discussion over presidential reception approaches.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPC
Mars
Mariner 9
Jet Frapularity Laboratory
JPL
Mariner
Moscow
South Vietnamese Forces In New Cambodian Thrust
Two Senate critics of military spending challenge the Pentagon waste claim after Jane's Weapons Systems reports that the Soviet Union leads in advanced weapons. Senators Proxmire and Church debate U S defense funding while citing Russian progress in naval armaments radar and missiles as Vietnam war and budget pressures loom.
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Proxmire
Frank Church
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NATO
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Moscow
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Waste
Sen. Church
Ray Madden
D.ind
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CIA
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Vietnamese and Cambodian Fronts Brace for New Offensive
South Vietnamese forces led by armor pushed from Highway 7 into eastern Cambodia as part of a new operation. Advisers reported heavy helicopter activity and units moving into Tay Ninh and near Kompong Cham as the assault potentially relieves pressure on Saigon and Phnom Penh. Cambodian and North Vietnamese elements reportedly support bases, with ongoing air and artillery actions along the border.
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Highway 7
Cambodia
Ceouid Antivek
Hidassia
Eld
CSS
Tay Ninh
Nixon Credited As Weak Dangerous Man by Meany
Los Angeles labor leader George Meany called President Nixon a weak dangerous man in remarks to AFL CIO delegates in Miami Beach saying Nixon shook during a wage price policy speech and voiced concern over Nixon’s planned China and Russia summits and rapproachment.
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Prayer for Unity and Understanding in Beloved Community
A reader offers a devotional plea inviting God to help people understand one another love one another and act as one family tied by their shared faith. The prayer emphasizes mutual care and unity under divine guidance.
Tower speaks at Levelland hospital ribbon cutting
U S Senator John Tower addressed about 400 Levelland residents during the ribbon cutting of the new Memorial Hospital and the adjacent Levelland Clinic built by the Hospital Corporation of America. He praised the firm’s record and touted free enterprise as a means to serve the public.
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Hoedley County
U.S
John Tower
New One Memorial Hospital
News Levelland
Tower
Hospital Corporation of America
Cook Memorial Hospital
Browd
Power
West Texas
Tinlon
Moreland
Hockley
Joe Harrison
John Hill
Fiery Wagon Death recalled in old Chronicle tale
A hazy reminiscence recalls a wagon crash where ropes snapped and a wagon toppled on a steep slope. Horses frightened, water spilt, and the wagon plunged, with observers noting the deadly fall and a final crack of the wagon’s frame.
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Tanner Laine
Asahinche
Pearnal State
Mount Bearco
Dedication of new Physical Education Center tops Lubbock gathering
About 2000 attendees filled the Wastand Baptist College campus for the dedication ceremony of the new Physical Education Center in Lubbock Area SOME. The event highlighted community and school participation in a landmark campus facility opening.
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Wastand Bantist College
Estacado
Dunbar
34th Street Bandit Robs City Station
A bandit robbed a city station around 4:30 am on a Sunday using a blue steel revolver. Attendant Jerry Metten Cook handed over cash after the robber demanded all money and ordered him to a storeroom to count it. The suspect fled with an undetermined amount in hand.
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A.m. Standay
GieGas
Bath Street
Nashville
Oottendant
Jerry Metten- Cook
Tela
Robben
Cook
Viorcogarvette
Ugisa
Birck
Haun
Dam
Ives- Nicatars
Cabout & Feet
JFK Slaying Anniversary Observed With Wreath Laying
On the eighth anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, ceremonies mark the event with wreath laying at the Kennedy Memorial. Mayor Wes Wise, joined by a Roman Catholic bishop, a rabbi and a Baptist minister, will place the wreath near the Texas School Book Depository site.
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John S. Kennedy
Wes Wise
Kennedy
Texas School Book Depository
Warren Commission
Lee Clarvey Oswald
West Texas Clovis Packing Plant Workers Plan One Day Walkout
Union leaders say Hereford Clovis and San Angelo workers will boycott for a day to protest wage freezes and pay freezes. Narvaiz says meetings planned to coordinate actions across Hereford San Amelia and Clovis as talks stall over postulated retroactive raises and contract language.
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Dusteiet Baal
rveuZz
Tlereford
San Angela
Ava Wilson Plas
AL Hovis
Swill and Co. Meat Packing
Fred ‘Tipton
Clovis
Hereford
San Amelia
Narvaiz
Uto Union
Weather map page reports mild warmth and wind
Partly cloudy and warmer today with a high in the middle thirties and a low near the upper twenties. Southeast winds up to 20 mph are forecast as the map shows conditions across the region.
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Moady
Hos
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