Officers Elected Here At Cotton Meet And Awards Given
Gayle Craft elected PCGA president succeeding Bel Quattlebaum with nil Weaver named vice president and Dixon White of Lubbock securing another term as secretary treasurer. The Grassland Co-Op in Lean County led 49 pins with safety awards for no lost-time accidents. Cotton Inc promotions and federal funds under the 1970 Agricultural Act discussed. Sayre cited aims to cut production costs and expand cotton research, with optimism for 1972 price support loan development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lean County
Tong
Yangge
Sayre
Cotton Inc. Yosetvilie
Cotton, Inc
Vrowers
Worlo
Wike Sayre
Cattan, Inc
Onbe
Devel
National Cottonty Committee
Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ars
Office of Emergency Preparednesss
Price
Center Gin Co
Ropesville
Raymond Gage Gin
Sudan
Paymaster Gin
Spade
Plainters Gin Co
Seminole
Ralls Gin Co
Ralls
McClung
Slaton
Paymaster
Muleshoe
Hi-Plains Fin Co
Lockney
Lively and Zagley Gin Co
No. 7
Kress
Smyer
Union
PCGA
Stonewall County
Tarleton State College
Stephenville
Stamford Cotton Oil Co
Craft
Plains
Tex
Jean
Ron
Ronda
Warning Siren Added At Sudan
Sudan adds a new warning siren as part of a broader emergency readiness plan. The town installs Ellison’s unit to reach four sirens, replacing older assets and linking to regional weather and disaster warning networks.
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Sudan
Ville
Fielaig
Hershal Belew
Earth
Ellison
Maturice
Goodwin
Balls
A. L
Higgins
Plainview
McCasland
Wolfforth
Gene
Morrison
Dimmitt
Guy
Muleshoe
Bill
Shallowater
Quattlebaum
Khrushchev Death and Cuban Missile Crisis Recalled
A retrospective on Nikita Khrushchev aging into 77 years and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The piece notes his leadership flaws, ouster in 1964, and lasting impact on Soviet policy, foreign relations, and the Berlin Wall era. It also mentions Khrushchev’s meetings with US leaders, the Kitchen Debate, and Hungary 1956.
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West Germany
Kennedy
Khrush
Herlin Wall
Soviet Union
Cuba
Khrushchev
America
United States
Dacha
Kremlin
Saverea
United Nations
General Assembly
Ife
Berlin Wall
Hungary
Khhrushchev
Josef V. Stalin
Stalin
Communist Party
Ite
Troika
Alexei N. Vhosygin
Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nikolai Podgorny
Central Committee
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Moscow
Tom Severe Sonse
John F. Kennedy
Bauer
Miami
Nicaragua
Mao Tse-lday
Lung
Avery
Peking
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Disneyland
Francis Gary Powers
Paris
East
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Meals on Wheels Volunteers Aid Aged Here
Story notes Meals on Wheels volunteers aiding the elderly locally. It mentions residents spending most social security checks on medicine and a comments space on an envelope for food preparation.
Miss America winner sparks protests at pageant
Elizabeth Schaefer or Miss Schaefer was chosen amid picketing outside Convention Hall by women’s liberationists and Vietnam veterans. The article notes her background in opera, public relations, and her mother Eleanor Schaefer. It also covers runners up and protestors’ criticisms.
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Eleanor Schaefer
Schaefer
Idaho
Naren Herd
Massachusetts
Deborah Ann O’brien
Pennsylvania
Maureen Victoria Wimmer
Maine
Allyn E. Warner
Edna Grossman
New York
Fire Alarms Douse Rivermen Blaze Damages Homes
Fire units fought a blaze that damaged four houses on a Saturday night. The alarm, triggered near Jath and WK streets, caused smoke damage and minor car damage. Firefighters responded quickly, bringing the fire under control with minutes to spare, and no serious injuries were reported.
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Pat Baturday
Wats i. Mar
Ryye Freighling
Abso Watx
Nora Feminder
Jath
MackKenne
Triest
Grbl Bates Stear
Pen
Cath St. Weed
Fern’s Wake Threatens Rio Grande Valley Flood Risks
Heavy rains from Fern hit South Texas with major flood threats in the Rio Grande Valley. U.S. highways 77 and 281 were shut near Robstown, Refugio, and Alice, isolating many areas while roads and farm paths became impassable. Officials warned Edith could follow Beulah’s track, raising fears of severe flooding and loss of life.
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Rio Grande Valley
Fern
Edith
Beulah
Brownsville
Texas
Nixon Plans For Post Freeze Actions Outlined
Connally outlined a phased post-freeze program with a September 50 deadline for council recommendations after labor, business, agriculture and Hess input. Nixon will decide within a month of the freeze expiry on November 13 and does not expect to cap interest rates or dividends. The plan avoids an excess profits tax and would seek congressional approval only for most phases. no timetable for import surcharge removal and no U.S. proposal at the London G Ten meeting.
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Labor
Business
Agriculture
Con- Hess
Connally
Nixon
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Congress
United States
London
Group of Ten
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Paul A. Volcker
Treasury
Maize Days festivities set in Friona weeklong celebration
Friona prepares for the 15th annual Maize Days with a six day program featuring a queen contest Thursday, a parade Friday at 10 am, and a free barbecue Saturday noon. Carnival runs Monday through Saturday in City Park, with activities at the high school auditorium, Bank community room, Baptists Teen Center, and Law Enforcement Center. A pet show, antique car display, and arts exhibit also planned, plus a drawing for a riding lawn mower during the Lions Club fair Saturday morning.
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Friona
Friona State Bank
Pam
A.m
Baptis Teen Center
6Th Street
Bucl
Progressive Study Club
Law Enforcement Center
YF YH MEET TWO TOP TITLES AT AREA I CONVENTION
Dimmitt’s Richard Hunter named Star Young Farmer and Idalou’s Teresa Criswell titled Little Sister at the 11th annual Area I Young Farmers and Young Homemakers convention in Muleshoe. About 35 chapters attended a luncheon style show awards banquet and guest speech. Frenship earned several Young Farmers awards including outstanding chapter while Hale Center won outstanding Young Homemaker. new officers were elected for both groups.
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Muleshoe
Richard Hunter
Dimmitt
Teresa Criswell
Idalou
Area I Young Farmers and Young Homemakers
Hunter
Young Farmer
Miss Criswell
Young Homemaker Club
Frenship
Young Farmers Club
Spur
Silverton
Danny Bruton
Hale Center
Pete Laney
Ronald Hill
Roosevelt
Wayne Stephens
Jim Culpepper
Hereford
Kenneth Powell
Charles
Garland Boozer
Erenship
Jimmy Myers
Khrushchev Death Not Reported In Soviet Union
United Press International reports Khrushchev died but the Soviet Union kept his death unacknowledged. Only foreign broadcasts carried the news early, with Tass silent 12 hours after initial reports. East European outlets varied in confirming the event while Moscow officials delayed official announcements.
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United Presse International
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Tass
Moscow
Khruschev
Warsaw
Yugoslavia
Deg
United Pre International
Micow
Tanjug
Reuters
MTT
Bucharest
Weste
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Nakita OS
Yalta
Japan
VOM
Vinogradov
Rada
Ivan Owavings
Fevestia
Mloser Adshubei
Sergeyevich
Sergei
Nina
NCC
Tony Price
Dallas
Texas Cotton Ginners Association
Attitude Alfarad
Ginger
South Atlantic
Bermuda
Jjedhe
Robert Simpson
National Hurricane Center
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Meals ON Wheels
Lubbock
Leningrad
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Corpus Christi
Gulf Coast
South
Acc
Fir Department
Noon Lions Cly
Riding Club
Capetown
South Afric
Black Africa
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