Barney Riggs the Pecos Gunman and His Six Killings
A portrait of Barney Riggs, famed Pecos gunman. He killed six men including a prison break leader and two Miller gang members. After pardons and feuds, a 1902 dispute with his son in law Buck Chadbourne led to riggs death. An El Paso Times obituary defended his actions as keeping Pecos streets safe.
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Pecos
Reeves County
Barney Riggs
Riggs
Arizona
Barney
Angel
Bud Frazer
Jim Miller
Miller
John Denston
Bill Earhart
Frazer
Earhart
Denston
Carlsbad
Orient Hotel
Buck Chadbourne
Pecos County
Chadbourne
el Paso Times
J.B. Gibson
Gibson
Reeves
John Daeston
Uniform meat labeling gains favor in seven-state survey
Editorial notes seven state results on a national voluntary labeling program for beef pork and lamb. The National Live Stock and Meat Board coordinated uniform cuts after extensive talks with USDA Office for Consumer Affairs and Better Business Bureaus. Executives say consumer response is extremely favorable and state and locals adopt codes. The piece argues the program restores shopper retailer ties amid shortages and inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Live Stock and Meat Board
US. Department of Agriculture
White House
Office For Consumer Affairs
Council of Better Business Bureaus
Hair implants touted as coming trend in replacements
A new method implants synthetic hair into a scalp webbing via a dermatologist using a plastic foundation. The procedure costs 1000 to 1500 dollars, lasts virtually a lifetime with yearly checkups about 35 dollars. Seymour Sperling of Hair Replacement Center promotes implants as the socially acceptable, scientifically tested solution for baldness.
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Wisconsin
Seymour Sperling
New Yorks
Comet Kohoutek stirs Texas talk and fears
A Texas observer recalls how Kohoutek sparked warnings about doom while noting past eclipses and historic upheavals. The piece cites scientific details from Alton Blakeslee and recounts public mail to Congress about the comet. It records Kohoutek’s estimated size, tail length, and visibility timelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohoutek
Associated Press
Alton Blakeslee
Blakeslee
Earth
Halley
Siberia
Nick
Rodney Dangerfield rises from jack roy to TV star
HAL BOYLE reports Rodney Dangerfield’s career arc from early underfunded clubs and a break in 12 years to mainstream fame. He started as Jack Roy at 15 writing jokes, later quit standup to run a business, then resumed at 40. He now headlines clubs, appears on TV, and runs Dangerfield's in Manhattan.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Rodney Dangerfield
Rodney
Jack Roy
Babylon
N.Y
Phil Roy
W.C. Felds
Charles Laughton
Polish Falcon
Brooklyn
Newark
Catskills
Johnny Carson
Dean Martin
Manhattan
Dangerfield
Las Vegas
Letters to the Editor Guidelines and Rules
The notice invites letters for print and lists requirements including signer name and address to be retained on request, a maximum length of 500 words, general interest content, and a ban on poor taste submissions. This short policy outlines submission criteria for readers.
Press browbeaten by Nixon in 1972
Journalist Jim Bishop argues the American press did not attack Nixon but bowed to him in 1972. He notes 143 days from Watergate to election day, with most papers endorsing Nixon and treating Watergate as a minor issue. He calls the press derelection and claims Nixon helped shape coverage. A second book argues news often mirrors official reporting.
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Richard Nixon
Jim Bishop
Nixon
Democratic National Committee
Watergate
White House
Washington Post
Washington
Associated Press
United Press International
Bishop
Lexington Books
Leon V. Sigal
20Th Century Fund
U.S
New York Times
Europe
Appalachia
Miami
Sigal
Divisiveness in America Draws Candid Reflection From Woman Politician
Bruce Bioss reports a veteran female Democrat worries about rising militant separateness in the nation. She notes Americans fuel division more than any single figure, urges balance between rights and shared national purpose, and warns that identity politics risks undermining progress and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Europe
Democratic Party
Toker Place
Today in History January 2 1974 Highlights
Events on the date include 1492 Granada captured by Spaniards from Moors, 1788 Georgia ratifies the U.S. Constitution, 1900 Open Door policy announced in China, 1905 Port Arthur fall to Japan, 1959 Castro provisional president named, 1960 Kennedy announces presidential bid, 10 years earlier wheat sale to the Soviet Union agreed, 5 years earlier a Crete to Cairo hijack, 1 year earlier Hanoi hospital damaged in bombing.
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Granda
Georgia
U.S
China
John Hay
Port Arthur
Fidel Castro
Havana
Nam
Manuel Urrutia
Cuba
John Kennedy
Massachusetts
Soviet Union
Crete
Athens
Cairo
Egypt
U.S. Defense Department
Hanoi
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Barney Kemp Riggs
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Buckner News Alliance
O’ferrall Pauly
Texas Press Association
Texas
Robert E. Ford
Karl Marx
John
America
Prophets of Doom
Westphalia
Germany
Boyle
Bruce Bioss At
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