Drought Worsens Across Texas As Soil Moisture Fails
Texan reports show soil moisture in most regions remains short to very short with only Southeast Texas having adequate levels. Ranges and pastures deteriorate while stock water hauling increases. heavy feeding continues as irrigation and hay supplies tighten. cold snaps hinder any moisture recovery.
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College Station
Tex
Texas
John E.hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
W. W. Grisham Jr
Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
Billy Gunter
Lubbock
Gunter
James Simmons
Vernon
Ted Martin
Denton
R. S. Loftis
Overton
Ray Siegmund
Fort Stockton
Allen Turner
San Angelo
Allen
John Burleson
Stephenville
Burleson
Lehmberg
Gulf Coast District
Uel Stockard
Doyle Moore
Gonzales
South
J. D. Selman Jr
Weslaco
Selman
Miami writer Jack Weeks dies at 63
Jack Weeks, 63, novelist and copy editor at The Miami News, died Sunday likely of a heart attack. He wrote six novels and previously edited Newsweek.
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Miami, Fla
Jack Weeks
The
Miami News
Weeks
Newsweek Magazine
Probe Targets Corruption in U S Military Service Clubs
A Senate subcommittee widens an inquiry into corruption around nonappropriated funds at U S military clubs abroad. Investigators cite possible kickbacks from civilian vendors for beer and liquor purchases and note 6 billion dollars in funds generated last year.
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U.S
Defense Department
Guam
Senate
Abraham Ribicoff
Dconn
Novelist Ford describes confrontation over son amid harassment
Ford told police he feared harm to his son when he saw a car at his home after publishing The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones. He said he fired warning shots and then a second shot when the vehicle moved away, claiming no aim. Miss Andrews testified they heard a shot that struck Doaks in the head.
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Ford
Lord Byron Jones
Doaks
Miss Andrews
Heavy U.S. Air Push Into Laos Faces Weather Hurdles
American helicopters logged 5,600 missions into Laos in eight days, including gunships, resupply, medical evacuation, and troop lifts. Bad weather limited air support while South Vietnamese units expanded more than half a dozen firebases. Casualties reached 71 killed and 238 wounded.
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Laos
U.S
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
Alaska natives face land rights in Senate bill clash
Governor warns oil rushing could melt ground buckle pipelines cause floods, while natives oppose a Jackson bill offering $500 million for land and up to $560 million in royalties plus title to 10 million acres. Hearings include Kennedy Harris proposals aiming to expand natives land holdings and payments.
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Interior Committee
Henry M. Jackson
D Wash
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Mike Gravel
Senate
House
Bond star Sean Connery and Diane Cilento separate again
In London Sean Connery and wife Diane Cilento have parted after eight years. Cilento left their Putney home to live in Wimbledon as Connery told reporters there is no reason given for the breakup.
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London
Sean Connery
James Bond
Diane Cilento
Newsmen
Miss Cilento
Putney
Wimbledon
Cowdery
Highest ranking officer court-martialed in Vietnam faces review delay
Kehrli, 46, former commander of a Vietnamese squadron, was convicted at Tan Son Nhut for marijuana use by subordinates. He faced up to 35 years in prison and dismissal with loss of pay, and asked the board to weigh his record as his five-day trial concluded.
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Vietnam
Kehrli
Tan Son Nhut
Portland
Ore
Willmar
Minn
Saigon
Army
Peter C. Jackson
Chicago
Jackson
Air Force
Col. Kehrli
Mixed News From Abroad Touches Nixon and Theater
In Portland Mrs. Richard M. Nixon received a gift recipe book from Martin Luther King School first graders, while Laurence Olivier is set to star as Nathan Detroit in a British National Theatre production of Guys and Dolls opening Nov. 24 at the Old Vic. Meier Kahane faces a court date after arrest for harassment of a Soviet official near the U.N. building, and U.S. figures Bunker and McCain undertake visits and talks in Saigon and Jakarta as leaders tour and plan security and military engagements.
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Portland
Ore
Richard M. Nixon
Martin Luther King School
Edward
London
Laurence Oliver
Nathan Detroit
Guys and Dolls
British National Theater
Old Vic
National Theater
New York
Meier Kahane
Jewish Defense League
U.N
League
Soviet Union
Kahane
Vladimir Fedorov
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Billy Rose
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Wallace Ford Johnson
University of Pennsylvania
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American Cancer Society
Gurney
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Ellsworth Bunker
Paris
Nepal
Washington
Nixon
Jakarta
Indonesia
John
McCain
Pacfic
Kuala Lumpur
West Java
Maraden Pangabean
Armida
Ol’ George
Abe
Andy
First National Bank of Pecos
First National Bank of
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FDIC
Oran D. Whitten Oil CO
Atlantic Richfield Company Dist
Sinclair Products
Phillip A. Pearce
ARCO
Feeds Enterprise
Reeves County
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
Cedar Street
Ford Love
Joyce Miller
Dan Dominguez
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