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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1972
Page
3
In Geneva the U.S. and Soviet delegations held their third SALT session, with about 15 participants on each side, lasting 1 hour 46 minutes. It was the longest meeting yet in the new phase aimed at capping offensive nuclear weapons.
Ama rillo Slim, world champion poker player, reportedly won a $31,000 bet for a five day 29 mile run down Idaho’s Middle Fork of the Salmon River with guide T. A. Preston Jr. Some locals mocked the feat saying an inner tube could suffice.
Clif ford B. Jones, longtime Texas Tech figure and former university president, died at 87. A self-made ranch and business leader, he guided Texas Tech from 1938 to 1944 and signed many diplomas. He chaired the school board and helped shape West Texas education and athletics.
Senator Lloyd Bentsen called on the USDA to reverse a 634,600 acre reduction in Texas cotton allotments for 1973. In a letter to ASCS administrator Ken Frick he argued the cut harms Texas agriculture, which adds nearly $500 million to the state economy annually, and criticized the decision amid contrary advisory committee input.
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