US raids strike North Vietnam as air war escalates
U S warplanes bombed airfields northwest of Hanoi destroying or damaging nine MIG interceptors as part of a large Friday strike. Hanoi claimed a U S F 111 A was shot down. U S officials deny losses until rescue results are known. The offensive produced vast casualties and massive refugee flows in the South while North Vietnam faced crippling strikes.
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United States
U.S
Saigon
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Yen Bai
Indochina
U.S. Command
Warrenton
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
An Loc
Kontum
Agnew and McGovern Hit Campaign Trail Across States
Sen. George McGovern toured Baltimore while accusing Nixon of sacrificing city needs to fund the Vietnam War. Vice President Spiro Agnew campaigned in Louisiana criticizing conservative Democrats for leaving their traditional political home. McGovern resumed campaigning after four days in Washington.
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George McGovern
Baltimore
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Louisiana
McGovern
Washington
Maryland
Sargent Shriver
Vietnam
Texas
Agnew
New Iberia
Clark MacGregor
California
Republican State Central
Anaheim
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Hartford
Conn
United States
Republican National Committee
Madison, Wis
Opposition Grows to Anti Travel Bill Aimed at Hanoi
Washington liberals rally against a House bill to bar Americans from unauthorized travel to North Vietnam. The measure would punish violations with ten years in prison or a ten thousand dollar fine and targets travel by newsmen and antiwar activists.
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Washington
UPI
North Vietnam
Liberal
Democratic Study Group
House
Internal Security Committee
Hanoi
United States
Valerie Kushner
Ramsey Clark
McGovern
Kushner
Danville
George S. McGovern
Senate
Richard H. Ichord
D-Mo
Evelyn Grubb
League of Families of Prisoners and
Missing In Action
Southeast Asia
Ichord
Judges Call for Unified Texas Judicial System Reforms
Senior jurists urged a streamlined two-tier appellate and two-tier trial structure under Supreme Court supervision to reduce delays. They proposed absorbing lower courts into a state-wide system while warning against court driven legislation and calling for clearer legislative writing of rules. District judges supported the plan after a Houston conference, with some reservations noted.
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Cient
Guittard
Tom Reavley
Reaviey
Truman E. Roberts
L. DeWitt Hale
Hale
House Judiciary Committee
Russell Wheeler
Texas Tech Government Department
Calvert
Supreme Court
Justice Courts
Ama
Rillo
Don Dean
Lubbock
Robert C. Wright
Houston
Police Cyclist Hurt In Mishap On Loop 289 Exit
A 28-year-old Lubbock Police motorcycle patrolman was injured Saturday afternoon when his bike struck a 2 by 4 board, then the curb, ending in a cotton field at the Loop 289 exit on Clovis Highway. Kenneth Lee McCandless of 4315 61st St is reported in fair condition at Methodist Hospital with injuries of undetermined nature.
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Lubbock
Debrig
Loop 289
Clovis Highway
Methodist Hospital
Kenneth Lee McCandless
61St St
France’s De Guiringaud Becomes Security Council President
Ambassador Louis De Guiringaud of France begins a one month term as president of the United Nations Security Council, succeeding Huang Hua of China. The presidency rotates among member nations alphabetically.
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United Nations, N.Y
Louis de Guiringaud
France
U.N. Security Council
Huang Hua F
China
Council
Nixon signs SALT agreement to start arms talks
President Nixon signed a congressional resolution approving the U. S. Soviet arms pact, proclaiming it the start of a process to reduce war danger. The five year freeze covers ICBMs and submarine missiles. negotiations to renew limits in phase two begin in November in Geneva.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
U.S
White House
Soviet Union
Gerard C. Smith
William P. Rogers
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Senate
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
United States
Corns
Senate Debates Welfare Reforms and Medicare Drug Coverage
Senate debates welfare reform plans amid more than 5 billion in proposed benefits. Hartke seeks disability aid for kidney patients while Bennett warns against expanding the bill. Long pushes a test proposal covering all plans and secures votes on Medicare drug coverage for elderly and a 10 percent bonus for poor families, with income limits guiding eligibility.
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Wallace F. Bennett
Rutah
Senate
Harry Byrd
Long
Nixon
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Finance Committee
Pottsboro Man Fiddling Champ at Panhandle Fair
At the Panhandle South Plains Fair the 5th annual Fiddlers Contest crowned Open Division winners. Dick Barrett of Pottsboro won top honors for 59 years and younger, with Jesse Mears of Alvarado and J. C. Hounshell of Abilene in second and third. Open 60 years and older crowned Sleepy Johnson of Fort Worth first, Bill King of Shamrock second, and Henry Lester of Idalou third. James Chancellor of Dallas judged entries. Tom Waters of Amarillo hosted. Prize money awarded: first 100, second 75, third 50.
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James Chancellor
Dallas
Tom Waters
Amarillo
Dick Barrett
F Pottsboro
Jesse Mears
Alvarado
J. C. Hounshell
Abilene
C. G
Sleepy” Johnson
Fort Worth
Bill King
Shamrock
Henry Lester
Idalou
Director named for White River Youth Camp
Richard Laird of 4906 10th St was named director of White River Youth Camp for three one week sessions from July 14 through August 3 1973. He was chosen at a recent board meeting and will serve as director without remuneration. Laird teaches political science at Lubbock Christian College.
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Richard Laird
10Th St
White River
Laird
Lubbock Christian College
Laird Says U S Military Setup Acceptable Despite Lavelle Case
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird defended the existing command system after Gen. Lavelle's retirement for unauthorized air raids. Adm. Moorer supported no major changes, noting few combat incidents and that policy limited strikes. The briefing occurred amid a defense managers meeting in Warrenton Virginia.
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Warrenton
UPS
Melvin R. Laird
Lavelle
Laird
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
John D. Lavelle
North Vietnam
Moorer
Ivery
Hanoi
Air Force
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Navy
Locke
U.S
North Vietna
Virginia
Unemployment Drops in Lubbock Area Amid Mixed Signals
A September Texas Employment Commission report shows Lubbock area employment at 74,825 in mid-August, down 1,285 from July, with manufacturing hurt by a labor dispute and a sanitation walkout not counted. Unemployment fell to 3.0 percent, while statewide readings look brighter and construction shows slight gains for the year end.
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Lubbock
Texas Employment Commission
TEC
Texas
Repo
Christia
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Samrong Yong
Phnom Penh
Newport News
Florida International University
Miami
Don McLeod
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Clarence A. Guittard
Dallas Court of Civil Appeals
Joe Greenhill
State Supreme Court
Robert W.calvert
Court of Criminal Appeals
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Hartke
Pottsboro
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