Pre-Dawn Crash Kills One 20 Injured In Bus-Truck Collision
A Greyhound bus and a loaded truck trailer collided on Interstate 20 near Pyote at 4 45 am killing a 60 year old California woman and injuring 20 other people. The bus driver and several passengers sustained injuries while the truck driver survived. Authorities described the crash as the bus rear ending the truck after the driver dozed at the wheel.
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Reg Hardy
Pecos
California
Greyhound
Pyote
Tommie Bouldin
Altadena
Calif
Texas
Joe Mitchell
Nora T. Bates
Fort Worth
Burton Whitlock
Abilene
Ruby J. Yost
Tuscan
Ariz
Interstate 20
Goolsby
Former AG says Hanoi agrees to December withdrawal date
Former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford says American prisoners of war could be home within a month if a Dec 31 withdrawal deadline is set for Indo China. He cites private discussions with Americans and non Americans and says Hanoi would refrain from attacks during withdrawal.
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Washington
Defense
Clark Clifford
United States
Indochina
U.S
Clifford
Robert L. Leggett
Paris
Leggett
D-Calif
Nixon
State Department
Hanoi
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Okinawa Set for 1972 Return in Japan U S Accord
Secretary Rogers and Foreign Minister Aichi reached agreement on June 17 ceremonies to sign the Okinawa return to Japan in 1972. Details include removing nuclear weapons, converting Naha airport to civilian use, Japan paying lease costs, and transferring the Voice of America station to a private firm.
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Paris
William P. Rogers
Kiichi Aichi
Okinawa
Japan
Rogers
Robert McCloskey
U.S
McCloskey
Naha
United States
Voice of America
Nixon
Eisaku Sato
Ryukyu Islands
Washington
Tokyo
Aichi
United Nations
Senate Lowers Draft Ceiling in Two-Year Plan
The Senate voted to cut the draft ceiling from 300000 to 270000 for the next two years with another vote planned to push further. Senator John C Stennis of Mississippi proposed the annual ceiling at 150000, with reductions to 130000 from July 1 and 140000 from July 1 1972.
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Washington
Senate
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services Committee
Appellate Court Decision Blocks Ector County Land Purchase
The 3rd Court of Civil Appeals ruled that Ector County Commissioners used county funds illegally to buy a 280 acre tract for the University of Texas of the Permian Basin while upholding a summary judgment for a 308 acre donated tract to be used as part of the campus. The decision enjoins state funds on the 280 acre site and affirms the 308 acre gift. UTPB president Bill Amstead commented on the ruling and its impact on campus planning.
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University
Commissioners Court
Bill Amstead
UTPB
Amstead
Ector County
Michael Barney
Ace Pickens
Idessa
Tom McKnight
Ewell McKnight
University of Texas of
Permian Basin
Pickens
Regents
Smith Sees No Hard Fight With Barnes in 1972
Gov. Preston Smith said he does not expect a tough race against Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes if they clash in the 1972 Texas gubernatorial primary. He kept plans open and declined to name 1972 political moves while noting he signed a liquor tax bill, a 10 percent gross receipts tax on mixed drinks retroactive to June 1, with increases on bulk whisky and beer effective July 1.
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Austin
Preston Smith
Ben Barnes
Smith
Washington
Barnes
John Tower
R-Tex
Lloyd Bentsen
Dtex
Texas
Senate Boosts Military Pay Bill to 2.7 Billion
The Senate passed a 2.7 billion dollar military pay package by 51 to 27, adopting Sen. Allott's amendment for a 1.7 billion increase while raising recruit and officer salaries. The action reverses Nixon administration plans and involves debates over defense budgeting and Gates Commission scale.
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Washington
Nixon
Senateas
Senate
Gordon Allott
Rcolp
House
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services Committee
Allott
Colorado
Gates Commission
Stennis
Energy Crisis Spurs Talk Of Short Supply Nationwide
In Odessa American an energy expert insists there is broad national consensus that oil markets face a shortage and an energy crisis. Also notes Tricia Nixon’s private upbringing and upcoming Saturday wedding as reported on pages 8 and 10B.
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Texas Independent Oil Operators
United States
Tricia
Tricia Nixon
Secret Service
Federal Realty Listed Value Questioned by Committee
The House Government Operations Committee released a 347 page study noting U S property value rose by 35 87 billion in two years and that much federal realty is recorded at a fraction of its true worth including the White House grounds cited as an example.
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Washington
White House
Rent
Congressional Report
House Government Operations Committee
U.S
Japanese Rise to American Heights in 25 Years
Dr Shinkichi Nagamine of the National Institute of Nutrition told a Tokyo meeting that the average Japanese will be as tall as the average American in 25 years due to a diet shift toward more meat milk eggs and high protein foods.
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Tokyo
Shinkichi Nagamine
National Institute of Nutrition
Food and Nutrition Society
Antiwar Priest Daniel Berrigan Hospitalized in Danbury
The Rev. Daniel Berrigan an antiwar priest was moved from a federal prison to Danbury Hospital after suffering a spell during routine dental treatment prison officials said. Warden John J Norton noted the incident occurred about noon while he was under care at the federal correctional institute. The hospital reported no condition details for Berrigan who was imprisoned with his brother the Rev. Philip Berrigan for destroying draft records in Catonsville Maryland.
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Danbury, Conn
Daniel Berrigan
Danbury Hospital
John J. Norton
Federal Correctional Institute
Berrigan
Philip Berrigan
Catonsville
The Quipster They said long hair would come back
They warned of a hair revival but failed to mention it would hit men as well, sparking debate about fashion norms and gendered grooming trends.
Father Arrested After Baby Thrown From Bronx Window
In New York Bronx police say 6 month old Jeffrey Delgado was tossed from a second floor window by his father Fred Delgado 39. The godfather Tracy? Macchio 58 caught the child. The infant was unharmed but hospitalised for observation. The other two children were unharmed. Delgado was arrested on charges including attempted murder assault endangering the welfare of a minor and resisting arrest.
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New York
Jeffrey Delgado
Sam Macchio
Bronx
Fred Delgado
Joan
Jeffrey
Delgado
Severe storms sweep Texas Panhandle and Permian Basin
Thunderstorms move into the Permian Basin with a 20 percent rain chance. Highs near 98 degrees and lows around 68 as a heat wave continues in Odessa Midland. Tornado funnels and damaging hail reported across Hart Cass County to Plainview areas, with mobile homes overturned at Claytonville and grain elevators damaged near Kress.
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Permian
Odessa- Midland
Panhandle
Amarillo
Panhandle Plains
Cotulla
Hart
Castro County
Tulsa
Willis Watkins
Dimmitt
Olton
Springlake
Floydada
Weather Forecast From National Weather Service
National Weather Service forecast for Terminal shows fair to partly cloudy conditions with continued warmth through Thursday. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. High today around 98 degrees. Overnight low temperatures uncertain due to garbled text.
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National Weather Service
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Mark QO. Hatfield
R-Ore
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Thomas P. O'Neill
Massachusetts
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Dee
Charles Whalen
Rohio
Odessa American
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Abby
Federal Realty
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Claytonville
Plainview
Kress
Gib Lawler
L. G. Clay
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