Nixon to brief Congress on four nation trip
President Nixon flies home from Poland to report to Congress and the nation on summit talks in Austria, the Soviet Union, Iran, and Poland. He will address a joint session at 9:30 p.m. EDT, outlining arms limitation accords with the Soviet Union and the plan to seek Senate ratification.
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Nixon
Congress
Poland
Warsaw
Soviet Union
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Austria
Iran
Ronald L
Leonid 1
Gierek
Council of Ministers
Henry A. Kissinger
Piotr Jaroszewicz
Sawrenki Park
Senate
Pampa Eyes HUD PRPC OK for City Plan
City Manager Mack Wofford plans a 9 am meeting in Amarillo with Ernest Clark of PRPC and HUD Review Board to seek approval of Pampas three year comprehensive plan. The city previously funded a 35 000 study by Marvin Springer & Associates in 1969 70 and aims to align with regional planning.
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Pampa
Mack Wofford
Amarillo
Panhandle
Wofford
PRPC
HUD
Ernest Clark
Third and Polk Sts
South Vietnamese Renew Attacks On Reds Near Hue
South Vietnamese paratroopers and marines led a new sweep with tanks about 25 miles northwest of Hue aiming to trap a North Vietnamese regiment. Air and naval actions included two MIG21s downed by Phantoms within 30 miles of the Chinese border and a naval strike along the coast.
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Reds
Hue
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Thailand
Phantoms
Newport News
Waddell
Navy
Ono
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
County Solons Hold Meeting on Payments
Gray County commissioners met in a routine first-of-the-month session to pay bills and handle standard matters. They rescinded a May motion on private sale of an elevating grader after no bids were received and decided to re advertise for bids. Judge Don Cain was authorized to renew a lease with the USDA and Soil Conservation Service for courthouse annex space. The board, now acting as a board of equalization, will meet July 25 to 26 with petroleum and other industrial interests. Commissioner Joe Clarke led the session in Judge Cain’s absence. Next regular meeting is set for June 16 at 9 am.
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Gray County
Don Cain
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
Board of Equalization
Joe Clarke
Cain
Wa.m
Lebanese Forces Ordered to Respond to Israeli Raids
Tel Aviv reports armed guards at the international airport after a Palestinian led massacre killed 26 people, many Christian pilgrims from Puerto Rico. Lebanon warned the UN Security Council of possible Israeli retaliation. Tokyo later blamed Japanese nationals among attackers.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
U.N. Security Council
Puerto Rico
Ornia Luha
Beirut
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Japan
Three IRA Leaders Arrested in Dublin
Irish Republic authorities arrested three leaders of the Provisional IRA on offenses against the state law and held them for 48 hours. Joe Cahill and Rory O Brady were detained. Sean Macstephain avoided capture. Sinn Fein spokesman Sean Macstephain remained at large as a cease-fire by the official IRA held.
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Dublin
Irish Republic
Irish Republican Army
Provisional
Joe Cahill
Northern Ireland
Rory O'Brady
Sinn Fein
O'Brady
Sean
Sean Macstephain
Provisionals
Irish Republi
McGovern Defense Plan Attacked by Pentagon Officials
The Pentagon says Senator George McGovern's proposed defense cuts would cripple U S security, asserting his fiscal 1975 request of 54.8 billion is far below postwar averages and that pricing errors inflate costs. Comptroller Moot disputes the plan, citing 64.9 billion in real costs and overestimates in Vietnam and fuel budgets. Proxmire invites McGovern Humphrey and Wallace to testify June 16 on welfare and tax reforms as well.
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Washington
Pentagon
George McGovern
Defense Department
Congress
California
McGovern
South Dakota Democrat
NATO
Robert C. Moot
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Moot
William Proxmire
Dwis
Joint Economic Committee
Proxmire
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Rivalry Sharpens Ahead of Texas Runoff in Governor Race
In Dallas Dolph Briscoe accuses Frances Farenthold of aiding illegal wetback labor allegations from seven South Texas workers and cites a DOJ review denying similar charges. Farenthold counters that Briscoe is backed by Austin lobbyists while West Texas water needs require a statewide plan. Grover-Fay GOP clash centers on party-switching and voting district strength. Hobby gains San Antonio Express endorsement for lieutenant governor against Connally who questions media influence and private gains.
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Associated Press
Dolph Briscoe
Dallas
Frances Farenthold
South Texas
Briscoe
Adlai Stevenson Jr. Dill
Justice Department
la Raza Unida Party
West Texas
Lubbock
Farenthold
Tam
Austin
Albert Fay
Houston
Henry Grover
Grover
Fay
Bill Hobby
San Antonio Express
Wayne Connally
Hobby
Connally
The
Houston Post
School Board To Meet At 4 In Carver Center
Members of the Pampa school board will meet in executive session at 4 p.m. today to discuss personnel matters. The meeting was called by Board President Bob Carmichael and will convene at Carver Center. The report mentions bills tied to a Texas stock scandal and a Houston candidate criticizing a leasing arrangement involving a state senator and National Bankers Life amid a bank bill controversy. Saigon casualty totals from the first two months of a major offensive surpass 60,000, with 754 South Vietnamese and 5,218 enemy troops killed in the latest seven-day period and 2,781 South Vietnamese wounded. The official totals reach 62,129 killed or wounded on each side combined, while South Vietnamese sources say higher real losses. The weekly U.S. casualty report will be released later Thursday.
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Pampa
Bob Carmichael
James Malone
Carver Center
Texas
Houston
John Osorio
National Bankers Life
Sharpstown
Hubby
Hobby
Saigon
Saigon Command
U.S
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Kontum
Pat Smith
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