Protesters Disrupted GOP Convention Overture in Miami Beach
Demonstrators clashed with police outside the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach as crowds rioted, barricades formed, and tear gas filled the streets. About 1,100 protesters were arrested over three days, including notable figures Allen Ginsberg and Jeff Nightbyrd.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
Secret Service
Convestion Hall
Marsha Monestersky
Students For A Democratic Society
Allen Ginsberg
Jeff Nightbyrd
Rocky Pomerance
Vietnam
Leroy Stocks
Whiteville
N.C
Dade County
Flamingo Park
Convention Hall
Doral Hotel
Committee For
China poised to veto Bangladesh U N bid
UN diplomats say Communist China will vote to block Bangladesh membership in the United Nations Security Council. The move follows three weeks of maneuvering amid Sino Soviet influence on the Indian subcontinent as Bangladesh appeals to the General Assembly after the council vote. A council poll showed 11 for membership, with Guinea opposed. China Sudan and Somalia abstained or did not participate. A NASA invention of a light gas gun may help detect meteoroid impacts and aid mine safety by injecting quenching agents into coal dust buildup.
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George Bria
Associated Press
United Nations
N. Y
China
U.N
Bangladesh
Security Council
Indian Subcontinent
General Assembly
Assembly
East Pakistan
Nixon
Pakistan
Council
Guinea
Sudan
Somalia
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Texas governor loses power to block welfare cuts
Atty Gen Crawford Martin ruled a general appropriation transfer provision unconstitutional, removing the governor’s long used ability to shift funds between agencies to avert welfare or college construction cuts. The opinion foresees possible more special sessions as a result and limits executive funding flexibility.
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Austin, Tex
Crawford Martin
Preston Smith
Martin
Charles Travis
Smith
Travis
Texas
Price Daniel
Robert S. Calvert
Welfare Department
Executive Department
Executive Department of Government
Harry Bresler
San Antonio Inland Port Plan Aims To Link River Canal
A 40 county group will push for a San Antonio River barge canal from Floresville to Victoria to connect inland waters with the Gulf. Gov. Smith support and a revived Corps feasibility study are sought, with projections of long timelines and varied tonnage expectations.
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San Antonio, Tex
San Antonio
Gulf
Vicetoria
Chamber of Commerce
Floresville
Victoria
Stanley Campbell
Chamber
Transportation Council
Preston Smith
Army Corps of Engineers
Campbell
Tulsa
Okla
Mississippi River
Corps
A Soldier's Best Friend Is His Foxhole
Soldiers dig in above ground and below, learning from doughboy predecessors in the Meuse trenches of 1918. The piece notes the enduring value of a foxhole as a soldier’s shelter and companion.
Environmentalists challenge offshore oil lease sale
Environmentalists from the Sierra Club and Ecology Center of Louisiana urged the Interior Department at a New Orleans hearing to limit the December auction of 135 offshore tracts to areas served by pipelines and to cancel leases in water 66 feet deep or shallower. They pressed for a neutral, national energy policy study, charging the oil industry with misleading campaigns to protect profits, while Louisiana Shrimp Association President James Ferrelly criticized lax enforcement of pipeline rules.
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New Orleans
America First
Interior Department
Louisiana
Sierra Club
Ecology Center of Louisiana
J. Ross Vincent
Vincent
Ann Pleasanton
The
World bodies name most threatened mammals
The World Wildlife Fund and the International Union for Conservation of Nature identify the whale seal great ape and rhinoceros as the globe s most imperiled mammals in a joint warning highlighting rising extinction risks and urgent conservation needs.
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World Wildlife Fund
International Union For the Conservation of Nature
Beef and pork set record in July prices
Beef and pork costs hit record highs in July while overall supermarket food prices rose 1.8 percent. The Agriculture Department said meat prices lifted the year’s retail-food price rise to about 4.5 percent, driven by farm costs and retailer markups. Beef averaged 1.17 per pound, pork 0.856 per pound, with wholesale margins widening. farmers’ receipts stayed flat from June.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department
Gas discoveries reported in Pecos County wells
Pecos County reports multiple gas and oil test results. Thunderbird Oil Corp No 1 Blowing Sand flow 1 MCF daily and 35 barrels distillate. Tex Pac Oil No 1 Elsinore Cattle Co flow 2 198 MCF daily with nitrogen treatment. Gulf Oil Corp No 1 N W A Harral two miles NW of Rocky Mesa shows 28 barrels oil in 24 hours after acid and fracturing. Wellwork includes deeper tests, casing, and plugbacks near Imperial, Bakersfield, and Girvin areas.
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Pecos County
Thunderbird Oil Corp
Midland
Pecos Valley
H&tc
Imperial
Pecos
Texas Pacific Oil Co., Inc
Elsinore
Unsuc
Gc&sf
Pikes Peak
Gulf Oil Corp
W.A. Harral
Rocky Mesa
Queen
TCRR
Bakersfield
Wellaw Corp
Clear Fork
Brooklaw
Houston State
Girvin
Yates
San Andres
Clearfork
Oil Patch well update near Girvin and Trees Estate plug
The Oil Patch east lines of section 115 block 11 H&GN survey eight miles west of Girvin report plug and abandonment of No 1 Trees Estate Wildcat at total depth 12 502 feet Jack N Blair supervised the well closure at 3200 feet for the first property and 12502 feet for the second.
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H&gn
Girvin
Jack N. Blair
Wildcat
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