White House silent on troop withdrawal in Vietnam
The Pentagon said withdrawals would continue on a limited basis while the White House refused to confirm or comment on troop levels. Nixon aides and Kissinger planned further talks as U S command in Saigon reported no new orders for cuts beyond the Dec 1 ceiling of 27 000.
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Pentagon
United States
Vietnam
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Saigon
Nixon
Ziegler
Southeast Asia
Henry A. Kissinger
Joint Chiefs of
Kissinger
Paris
Florida
Andrews Air Force Base
Defense Department
U.S
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Guam
Thailand
7Th Fleet
Pecos Residents Brave Cold as Texas Feels Deep Freeze
A morning chill blankets Texas with 20s to upper 20s across Amarillo El Paso Abilene Lubbock and Childress as a storm system brings snow in the Panhandle and fog over the eastern parts. Forecasters predict slightly warmer days but the region remains in a deep freeze with icy travel cautions.
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Pecos
Texas
Associated Press
Childress
San Angelo
State
Panhandle Plains
Lubbock
Abilene
Fort Worth
Waco
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Beaumont
Port Arthur
San Antonio
Rio Grande Valley
Wichita Falls
Texarkana
Amarillo
el Paso
Wink
Bus collision injures 23 pupils near Laughlin AFB
Two school buses collided on Spur 317 between Eagle Pass and Laughlin AFB entrance injuring 23 pupils who were taken to Laughlin AFB Hospital. The rest of the report notes heavy rain and fog affecting multiple regions, with varied temperatures across states.
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College Station
Midland
San Angelo
Wichita Falls
South Atlantic
Charleston
S. C
Savannah
Jacksonville
Fla
Tennessee Valley
Florida Panhandle
Florida
Tampa Bay
Ohio Valley
Iowa
Nixon resumes talks with South Vietnam envoy in White House meeting
President Nixon holds a second White House session with South Vietnam's Nguyen Phu Duc to press Vietnam peace talks, with Kissinger also meeting Duc and a brief session with the Joint Chiefs of Staff to review the Vietnam situation.
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Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
Nguyen Phu Duc
White House
Vietnam
Duc
Henry A. Kissinger
Due
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Gerald L. Warren
Apollo system developers win 1972 AIAA award
Massachusetts engineers David G. Hoag and Richard H. Battin from the Draper Laboratory share the Louis W. Hill Space Transportation Ward for 1972. The pair helped direct development of the on board guidance system for the Apollo spacecraft ahead of the final moon mission launching from Cape Kennedy next week.
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Cambridge, Mass
Massachusetts
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
David G. Hoag
Medway
Richard H. Battin
Lexington
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Cambridge
AIAA
Louis W. Hill Space Transportation
Cape Kennedy
Draper Lai
Unions Praise Brennan as Labor Secretary Choice
Nixon selects New York building trades leader Peter J. Brennan as secretary of labor drawing broad union praise. AFL CIO official Joseph Beirne offers both congratulations and condolences noting Brennan is the first trade union official in the post since the Eisenhower era.
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Washington
Nixon
George McGovern
New York
Peter J. Brennan
Joseph A. Beirne
Aflcio Communications Workers
Brennan
Eisenhower
Gas firms seek priorities as Texas curtails supplies
At a Texas Railroad Commission hearing in Austin, gas producers and interstate pipelines urged priority rules amid declining gas supplies and curtailments. Pennzoil Pipeline cites Lovaca Co as a shortfall. residential and power generation urged first priority, with industry deliveries last. Coastal States curtailment affects Austin city plants, replaced by fuel oil. Ken Rosewall dominates Ku ki to reach Queel and Lawn final.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Commission
Texas
Bill Gassin
Pennzoil Pipeline Co
Lovaca Cathering Co
Pennzoil
LoVaca
Diary of Coastal States Gas Producing Co
La-Vaca
Gassin
Gulf Coast
Southern Union Gas, Co
Coastal States Gas Producing Co
Coastal States
Blood supply adequate for Jim Gunn
Jim Gunn, 20, of Pecos, who lost his feet in a Sunday feed yard accident, remains in intensive care at Medical Center Hospital Odessa. The hospital had asked for 15 to 20 pints of blood but donors provided enough, and doctors will not permit visitors as his condition stabilizes.
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Jim Gunn
Pecos
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Gunn
Legion rapped for long hair in Dayton church stance
Dayton Ohio AP Reverend Lee Lawson a 46 year old Church of God pastor resigned after the American Legion dropped its hair length rules. Lawson argued that Jesus did not have long hair and left after learning the Legion’s national convention voided policies regulating hair styles and beards in youth programs.
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Dayton
Ohio
American Legion
Jesus
Lee Lawson
Church of God
Double Robbery Strikes Indianapolis Clothing Store
Police report a northeastside clothing store holdup staged by two rival groups of five. A guard was disarmed, a shot fired into clothing, and customers fled with garments as one gang was later captured while the other escaped. Detective John Larkins identified the scene and chase.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Larkins
Feed grain outlook solid with strong export demand
Agriculture Department expects firmer grain prices in coming months due to ample supply and higher domestic use and exports. Exports are the key to disappearance and price trends while protein feed remains tight and hay demand stays high. Current feed grain stocks total about 246 million tons.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Jor
Texas Highway Dept Repaves District Road Conditions
Austin AP reports Texas Highway Department updates by district. Amarillo sees scattered ice on highways but should clear by noon. Childress reports all highways ice and snow free. Lubbock notes all highways ice and snow free.
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Highway Department
Amarillo
Childress
Lutbock
Widow 70 Receives Community Support For Replacement Home
Barbara Fuentez, a 70-year-old widow whose trailer burned on September 19, nears occupancy of a donated replacement. Neighbors and friends raised funds to buy a used trailer and furnish it with plumbing, stove, refrigerator, and linoleum. Fuentez currently lives in a storage room adjoining the trailer and cooks at a neighbor’s home as volunteers finish refurbishing the unit.
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Barbara Fuentez
Pecos
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