Trailers blamed for spread of Venezuelan equine encephalitis
Texas A M entomologist Dr Jim Olson pins most VEE spread on horse trailers traveling at speed and on migrating birds. He notes mosquitoes are the principal carrier but says ticks gnats and biting flies may play a role. He urges quarantine compliance and in place vaccination at farms with vets visiting stables.
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Tex
Texas A&m Medical
Jim Olson
Texas Agricultural Experiment Statin
Olson
U.S
Kissinger Peking Trip Sealed From Public View
Washington reported Henry Kissinger hid a 1971 China trip as he traveled to Peking secretly. The journey ran July 9 to 11 with talks alongside Premier Chou En Lai, while Nixon announced the event only hours before.
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Henry Kissinger
Peking
Nixon
U.S
Pakistan
China
Chou Enelal
Kissinger
Agha Yahya Khan
Nathingali Hill
Rawalipindi
Rawalpin
Yahya
Paris
United States
Chou En-lai
East Pakistan
Cat Satin Reunited With Iowa Family After 11 Month Saga
Satin the cat wandered 80 miles from Illinois toward Pennsylvania after escaping a motel cage. Sylvia Tiala, 12, missed him as the family moved from Towanda to Forest Lake Minnesota. A neighbor later reported Satin's return, and a familiar car brought him home to Sylvia. The cat appeared lean but joyful as he leapt back indoors establishing his bond with Sylvia.
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Forest Lake
Minn
Satin
Lauri Tiala
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Tiala
Towanda
Sylvia Tiala
Sylvia
Minnesota
Texas VEE outbreak prompts state and federal embargo actions
The spread of VEE triggers state and federal embargos as nine states consider similar moves. Texas faces vaccination delays and a vaccine release dispute while Cameron and Hidalgo counties report dead horses and river contamination. Air Force spraying targets mosquito populations across Cameron and Hidalgo counties as officials discuss vaccine access and cross border disposal.
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Virginia
U.S. Agriculture Department
Brownsville
Austin
John Welty
Harlingen
Cameron-Willacy County Medical Society
Washington
Welby
Kgbttv
Mexico
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Cameron County
Hidalgo County
Dallas Junior College eyed Bartending class in Texas
Dexter Betts, director of program development for Dallas County Junior College, says a bartending course may be offered to meet rising demand after liquor by the drink was legalized. Enrollment would be limited due to safety concerns about students using alcohol during studies.
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Dallas
Texas
Dallas County
Dexter Betts
Betts
Pecos Trustees Hear Toyah Annex Hearing Audience Complains
In Toyah residents' presence Pecos mulls five men calling themselves Christians as judges at a school meeting. About 25 people heard the open session after state rulings found a previous annex decision was made in a closed meeting in violation of law.
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Toyah
Weather Brief North Central Texas and Nearby Regions
North Central Texas expects hot weather with a fair sky, highs 98 to 107 and overnight lows 77 to 83. Northeast Texas shares the heat with highs 98 to 105 and lows near 72 to 78. Northwest Texas stays clear to partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the Panhandle, highs 94 to 104 and lows 62 to 76. Coast sees southeast winds 8 to 18 knots with gusts in showers. South Central Texas stays clear and hot, highs 90 to 100 and lows 71 to 81. Southeast Texas remains partly cloudy and warm with a slight chance of daytime showers or thundershowers, highs 87 to 101 and lows around 71.
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Texas
Panhandle
Grandfather pilot aims for around the world flight record
Sam W. Marshall Jr., a 66 year old Dallas aviator, plans a round the world flight in a Cessna Skyhawk with extra fuel and gear. He starts July 22 from New York area, stops across Jamaica Trinidad Africa India Japan Alaska and ends in New York, seeking a new world record.
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Tex
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Brazil
Ascension Island
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Stanleyville
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Thailand
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Taiwan
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Tokyo
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Japan
Shemya
Umnak Island
Kodiak and
Sitka
Alaska
Seattle
Omaha
End
New York
Isolated vandalism mars phone strike progress
Isolated vandalism marked the AFL-CIO CWA strike with scattered arson and cable cuts causing localized outages. Despite violence in Elgin and New Rochelle, most telephone service remained near normal as talks continued and emergency crews repaired damages across Illinois New Jersey Nebraska and California and Tennessee.
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Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone System
CWA
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Ill
Elgin Central
Mundelein
Aurora
Libertyville
Vineland
N.J
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Neb
Los Angeles
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N.Y
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Nashville
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Minneapolis
Art Koski
St. Paul
Jury resumes deliberations in Haile assault to murder case
Houston AP The jury resumes deliberations today in the assault to murder trial of Roy Bartee Haile. Haile, 25, is charged with shooting at a policeman after a July 25 1970 Dowling Street shootout between police and black militants. Carl Hampton was killed during the night of violence.
Michael Salem's Dress Shop Draws Models and Actresses
New York businessman Michael Salem 29 year old bachelor runs a dress shop with many customers who are models actresses secretaries and waitresses. He says dating any of them would be bad for business and he avoids such ties.
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Michael Salem
Salem
Nixon to visit Peking fuels East West tensions
Nixon announced plans to travel to Peking signaling a major step toward reducing tensions with China while inviting cautious responses from Moscow and Nationalist China. He spoke of friendship with all nations and denied targeting any country, amid Viet Nam chants and questions about his dinner plans.
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Peking
Nixon
United States
Moscow
China
Soviet Union
People’s Republic of China
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