Nixon and Brezhnev pledge anti nuclear restraint pact
President Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed a new declaration pledging joint efforts to avert war and nuclear disaster. They agreed to work together if a third country endangers international peace and security, with the pact signed in the White House East Room as talks continued in California. Kissinger described the pact as preventing hostilities and noted it does not arbitrate with China.
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Washington
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
China
United States
Soviet Union
White House
California
San Clemente
Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
Pornography ruling reshapes outlets after Supreme Court decision
After the Spree Court ruling, adult movie houses and bookstores in several cities closed or planned changes. Signs read closures for inventory and liquidation sales appeared at venues like the Adult Movie Arcade in Louisville, Don's Playland, and stores facing new policing leeway. Across the industry, operators debated shifting to less explicit material as police began raids, including an Orlando theater arrest for the film Deep Throat.
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Associated Press
U.S
Louisville
Don’s Playland
Supreme Court
Don Marsh
Bac
Paul Jones
Chicago
Joseph Boardman
the Angeles Free Press
Orlando
Fia
Permian Basin Sees Record Low Temperatures This Week
The National Weather Service reported a three day stretch of new record low readings in the Permian Basin with Friday’s low at 60 degrees, breaking the 61 degree mark set in 1933. Weekend forecasts call for highs in the low 90s with scattered rain possible and winds of 10 to 20 mph on Saturday.
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Southexas
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California
Arizona
Phoenix
Great Lakes Region
Pacific Northwest
Gulf Coast
Atlantic Coast States
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Palm Springs
Calif
Texas
San Antonio
Brownsville
Central
East
West Texas
Prime Rate Hits Three Year High
New York reports the prime lending rate rising to 7 percent across major banks marking seven increases this year. Banks cite higher money market costs while economists note potential limits on business borrowing despite stable consumer loan rates.
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New York
Economiciaw
Federal Reserve
Bank of Armetica
California
First National Bank of Chicago
Chicago Bank
Tate
The Quipster quote on resource use and taxation
The quote asserts that the first of America’s natural resources to be exhausted will be its taxpayer. It casts taxation as a diminishing national asset and implies fiscal strain will curb public programs and growth. This wry remark reflects concerns about government debt and resource management.
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America
Bank Robbery Seizes Kentucky Towns Only Policeman
In Brodhead Kentucky two armed men abducted Town Marshal Lloyd Albright and robbed Citizens Bank of Brodhead of about seventy two thousand dollars. The marshal and one gunman were shot during a chase. the gunman later captured in fair condition. FBI reported most money recovered.
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Brodhead, Ky
FBI
Lloyd Albright
Citizens Bank of
Albright
Don Fraine
Fraine
Crab Orchard
Junction City
State Takes Over Artesia Hall Youth Home Control
Liberty TX AP Judge Cain orders temporary takeover of Artesia Hall by the state mental health department after a murder indictment of director Dr. Joseph Farrar and new charges against his son. Gov Briscoe and Lt Gov Hobby inspect the school north of Cleveland and call for a full DPS and AG investigation.
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Liberty, Tex
Clarence D. Cain
Artesia Hall
David Wade
Department of
Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Dolph Briscoe
Bill Hobby
Wilson Speir
Department of Public Safety
Cleveland
Tex
Cain
Joseph Farrar
Liberty County Grand Jury
Farrar
Dale
Donna Annette Hobelboll
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston
Briscoe and
Hobby
Attorney General's Office
Briscoe
Jane
John Whitmire
D-Houston
Atty
John Hill
Hill
State Welfare Department
Watergate bugging case seeks 30 day sentencing extension
The federal Bureau of Prisons asks for a 30 day extension to prepare a pre sentencing report on five Watergate defendants. Judge Sirica had ordered a 90 day study and provisional max sentences were set for Barker Martinez Sturgis Gonzalez Hunt Jr. The judge is expected to rule next week.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Prisons
U.S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Bernard L. Barker
Eugenio 2. Martinez
Frank A. Sturgis
Virgilio R. Gonzalez
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Bureau of Prisons
Bureau
Archibald Cox
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
Herbert L. Porter
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Democratic National Committee
Watergate Grand Jury
Dollar Slumps to Record Low in West Germany on Friday
The U S dollar sank to a record low in West Germany and weakened across Western Europe as markets paused against weekend uncertainties. The Italian lira rose on news of new credits, while gold finished the week little changed in London and Zurich. Frankfurt closed at 2 55 marks per dollar, with the rate near 39 cents to buy.
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U.S
West Germany
Europe
France
Germany
London
Zurich
Frankfurt
New York
Dollar Woes Send European Currencies Slipping
Before 1969 adjustments, one mark cost 25 U.S. cents. Dealers blame Watergate and U.S. inflation for a weaker dollar, now down about 12 percent versus the mark and 10 percent versus the Swiss franc. The dollar’s fall follows a February devaluation and free float, with broader impact on European money markets as the Italian lira drops about 20 percent amid high inflation and a large trade deficit.
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U.S
Europe
West Germany
Italy
Skylab astronauts return after 28 days in orbit
Skylab 2 crew Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz land in the Pacific about 530 miles southwest of San Diego aboard the USS Ticonderoga after 28 days in space the longest mission to date They walk with unsteady steps as doctors begin extensive medical tests and assess cardiovascular deconditioning The crew brings back biological samples film and tape with NASA officials praising the achievement and noting the mission left little completed science but valuable data for solar earth and human research.
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Uss Ticonderoga
Earth
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Pacific Ocean
San Diego
Calif
Space Agency
Conrad
Kerwin
Weitz
Ce Oere Ae
Orbiting Laboratory
Nixon
James Fletcher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wertz
Apollo
Ticonderoga
Sapl
Norman K Green
Elias
Comrad
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Johnson Spare Center
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Kerwins
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