Continental Air Seeks Midland Lubbock Oklahoma City Tulsa Route
Continental Airlines asks the Civil Aeronautics Board to approve a Midland Lubbock Oklahoma City Tulsa service with Wichita Falls and Lawton stops leased to Rio Airways. A field hearing is set for November 16 in Wichita Falls, with Lubbock backing the plan as a gateway to northern and eastern points and potential daily round trips starting if demand warrants.
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Washington D.C
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Philadelphia
Memphis
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Tom O'Donnell
Dallas-Fort Worth
O'Donnell
One Acre Marijuana Field Found Near Roaring Springs
DPS narcotics agents seized a one acre marijuana patch one mile south of Roaring Springs after a year of suspicion. Three suspects Harold Brentley Camille Rankin and Darlene Jones were charged with felony possession and released on bonds. The field contained about 700 pounds of plants valued around 60000 dollars and was described as high quality with evidence of ongoing cultivation and processing.
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Department of Public Safety
Tom Sullivan
Roaring Springs
U.S. 70
DPS
West Texas
Joe Don Buckner
Avalanche-Journal
Harold Brentley
Camille Rankin
Darlene Jones
Denver
Colo
Motley County
Justice of the Peace
Roy Smith
Sullivan
Texas
Clyde Clifton
Servie
Settlement Reached On New Auto Pact
The United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co reached a tentative three year contract late Tuesday. The accord aims to lay groundwork for a four day work week and follows a nationwide strike by about 170,000 Ford workers in 22 states. details will be disclosed after ratification by members.
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Ford Motor Co
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Ford
Ford struck as UAW reaches tentative wage deal
Talks yield a package with 13 extra paid days off over three years and about 3 percent yearly wage hikes plus fringe benefits. Production pause at Ford plants could extend into next week after ratification. The tentative settlement awaits ratification by the UAW international board and Ford officials before resuming operations. Represents 530 000 workers across GM Chrysler and American Motors in potential follow on talks.
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Woodcock
Ken Bannon
Uaw-Ford
Sidney F. McKenna
McKenna
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
Ford
Reactions Mixed On Remark By Butz
South Plains residents gave varied responses to Earl Butz’s infamous joke. About 200 readers at The Avalanche-Journal weighed in, from laughter to condemnation, with some noting the private nature of the remark while others stressed it showed poor judgment from a public official.
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Pat Patrick
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Earl Butz
Avalanche- Journal
Buzz
John Dean
Monterey High
Coronado High
Coronado
Crosby County
Yoakum County
Ford challenges GAO on Mayaguez conclusions during debate
President Ford disputed a General Accounting Office finding that hasty action and faulty intelligence cost 41 American lives in the Mayaguez incident. Press secretary Ron Nelsen said Ford carried out the actions and believes they were right, despite pilots’ reports about the Mayaquez crew. Ford spoke amid preparations for a debate with Carter and visited by Dr. S. I. Hayakawa.
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Ford
General Accounting Office
Mayaguez
Ron Nelsen
Jimmy Carter
GAO
U.S
Koh Tang Island
Gulf of Thailand
Carter
Prayer for Wisdom to Live Acceptable to You
A reader offers a brief prayer asking for wisdom to keep life in order and to ensure actions are acceptable before God. The message centers on accountability for sins against others and seeks divine guidance.
Tight Security Sets for Second Presidential Debate in San Francisco
San Francisco police mount the most intensive security in city history for the second televised debate between Ford and Carter. Officers patrol intersections, rope barricades guard the Palace of Fine Arts, and Secret Service and Army personnel provide continuous protection around Ford’s Sutro mansion and Carter’s hotel. Demonstrations are planned by abortion and federal pay groups, while officers work overtime to manage the heightened tension and scrutiny.
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Charles Gain
Presit Ford
Jimmy Carter
Pacific Heights
Ford
Sheraton Palace
Carter
John A. Sutro
Secret Service
Army
William Lukash
Palace of Fine Arts
Marina
Hiss Blames Nixon for McCarthyism Era
Alger Hiss told about 400 at Texas Tech that Nixon and HUAC fueled McCarthyism more than McCarthy. He linked the era to Watergate and said Nixon caused greater danger through federal investigations and wiretaps. Hiss cites his perjury conviction and notes his speaking tour funds go to the Emergency Civil Liberties Union.
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Candy Sagon
Avalanche-Journal
Richard Nixon
Joe McCarthy
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
University Center
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Wisconsin
Nixon
House UN American Activities Committee
HUAC
Sen. McCarthy
Wheeling
W. Va
McCarthy
California
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Emergency Civil Liberties Union
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