Nixon speech sparks calls to move Watergate probe
Lawmakers react as Nixon asks Elliot Richardson to oversee the case with power to appoint a special prosecutor. Senators and representatives urge outside pursuit and confirm a non executive prosecutor to pursue Watergate fully.
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Texas A&M to study metals impact on phytoplankton
Galveston Texas A M University will conduct studies on how metals affect phytoplankton, microscopic plants essential to marine life, using a 338 437 Environmental Protection Agency grant.
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Texas A&m University
Environmental Protection Agency
Nixon sends 2.9 billion foreign aid plan to Congress
President Nixon proposes a 2.9 billion foreign aid package for 1974, funding reconstruction in Indochina but excluding North Vietnam. The aid targets South Vietnam Laos and Cambodia, with about 1.7 billion allocated for spending authorities and remaining for military support.
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Bell Helicopter to build tilt rotor VTOL for NASA Army program
Fort Worth AP reports Bell Helicopter Co selected to build and test tilt rotor research aircraft for a four year NASA Army flight program estimated at 28 million dollars. Final design fabrication and testing contract negotiations to follow. Program aims to prove concept and assess military and civil transport uses. Selection follows completion of design phase earlier this year.
New County Clerk Sworn In Amid Transition
Catherine Ashley former deputy county clerk and legal secretary was sworn as county clerk by County Judge Darrell Glover this morning. She succeeds Estelle Clinton who retired April 30 after 24 years in the post. Ashley had worked under Clinton from 1959 to 1962 and was a secretary for attorney John F Tomlin before being appointed by Reeves County Commissioners to fill Clinton’s unexpired term.
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Two Men Injured In Overturned Car Near Toyah
Two men were injured when a car overturned on IS 20 five miles west of Toyah. The vehicle crossed the median and westbound lane before stopping. They were taken to Reeves County Memorial Hospital with undetermined injuries. names were not available at press time as they awaited X rays.
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Soldiers Chorus to Perform with Army Field Band at Pecos High
The Soldiers Chorus of the United States Army Field Band tours from Washington D C will join the band for a concert at 8 p m Wednesday in the Pecos High School auditorium Tickets are scarce and must be picked up in person at the Pecos Enterprise office 324 S Cedar St Remaining seats open to general public 16 minutes before show time The chorus formed in 1946 has appeared at World Fairs EXPO 67 and the Hollywood Bowl and sang at JFK Prayer Breakfast
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War talks falter as U S threatens renewed Vietnam action
Paris AP report says North Vietnam and the United States returned from cease fire talks with Washington threatening resumption of military action if violations persist. Hanoi demanded three U S steps including mine clearance, resumed aid talks, and an end to reconnaissance flights before further talks with Kissinger and Tho.
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Kenneth Scott 57 Toyah mayor dies of heart attack
Scott Kenneth 57 of Toyah dies Monday morning after heart attack. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. at Toyah Methodist Church with Rev. Tom Strother officiating. Burial in Toyah cemetery. He served Toyah as mayor and worked in education and business. Survived by mother Mrs E Scott brother Joe Scott and sister Mrs Clyde Morris of Memphis. Pallbearers listed.
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Memphis
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Reeves Memorial Hospital Adds Nurse Billie Burns to Staff
Reeves Memorial Hospital increases full time and part time coverage to five nurses per shift with the addition of Billie Burns RN. Burns, a Northwest Texas School of Nursing graduate, has eight years of nursing experience and previously headed the newborn nursery at High Plains Hospital in Amarillo. She plans to learn Spanish to assist maternity patients and is married to Pecos Chamber of Commerce Manager Terry Burns. They have two children Teresa and Bryan.
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Northwest Texas School of Nursing
Amarillo
High Plains Hospital
Pecos
Texas records 92 degree heat amid storm across state
The day brought a high of 92 in Pecos and a 54 low elsewhere with widespread clouds. A tornado struck White Deer near Pampa injuring three as hail and heavy rain damaged roofs and windows. watches remained in effect as West and North Central Texas faced ongoing storms.
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Wichita Falls
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