U S to Withdraw Troops From Thailand by 28 Percent
The United States and Thailand announced a plan to cut U S forces from 27 000 to 19 500 over two months marking a step toward ending the last U S military foothold in Southeast Asia The statement did not specify how many of the 350 remaining U S military planes would stay Thai Foreign Minister Chatichai Choonhavan said Thailand will keep 130 South Vietnamese Air Force planes flown there by refugees
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Cambodia
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Government audit flags lax enforcement of contractor equalities
Congressional investigators criticized federal contract rules against job discrimination. The General Accounting Office reported a pattern of almost nonexistence of enforcement actions against contractors over blacks and women, signaling weak oversight and compliance gaps.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Senate weighs hiring more aides amid spending debate
Aides considered for Senate offices would cost 16 to 41 million dollars plus space needs. Each senator now has 392,298 to 751,980 dollars yearly to hire clerks. proposal seeks a new category of Senate employees with half the body sponsoring it. In Bonn, Schmidt coalition gains in two state elections boost 1976 re‑election hopes by preserving control in North Rhine Westphalia and creating a 25-25 deadlock in Saarland, altering the upper house balance.
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Senate
Bonn
West Germany
Helmut Schmidt
Schmidt
Social Democrats
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Free Democrats
North Rhine Westphalia
Christian Democrats
Saarland
Ford visit urged by Texas lawmakers for Dallas area
President Gerald R. Ford could speak at a joint Dallas and Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce dinner if he accepts. Sen. John Tower and other Texas lawmakers urged the visit, signaling support for Ford’s summer stop in the Dallas Fort Worth region.
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Gerald R. Ford
Dallas-Fort Worth
John Tower
R-Tex
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Ford
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May Viva Texas Travel Plans and Festivals
A roundup of Texas events from May 2 to May 31 across towns Jefferson Galveston Marshall Victoria Bandera and Lufkin. Featured are Pilgrimage tours and Diamond Bessie trial reenactments Oleander Festival Stagecoach Days Armadillo confab Fun-Tier Celebration Southern Hushpuppy Olympics and a TTC film directory promotion with contact details for each locale.
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Turbulent weather subsides across Texas after severe storms
Storms swept Central and East Texas with hail up to baseball size near Brady and golf ball hail near Pampa. Flash flood watches were issued as radar showed heavy rain up to five inches per hour in North Central Texas. As conditions eased, fog reduced visibility to a mile or less in Midland and Odessa.
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Texas Panhandle
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Robert Lee
Coke County
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McCulloch County
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Brownwood
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Pleasanton
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Odessa
Fix-It Shop Owner Chooses Fishing Over Hustle
Charles Horn and his wife left Houston to open a rustic Fix-It Shop on U.S. 59 at Mount Enterprise Texas. He repairs lawn mowers and power saws, but the key pursuit is daily fishing. Horn built his own three bedroom home for 3800 dollars in 1962 63 and laughs at offers to move or teach a technical class.
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Wayzata High Band Tops Festival of Bands at Worlds of Fun
The Wayzata High School band of Wayzata Minnesota was named outstanding band at the second annual Festival of Bands at Worlds of Fun. Twenty seven bands from seven states competed over two days with Wayzata also earning Class 4A top honors. Other class winners included Cleburne Texas Van Buren Arkansas Canton South Dakota Harrison Arkansas junior high top honor. States represented were Texas Minnesota Illinois Arkansas Oklahoma Iowa Kansas and South Dakota.
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Wayzata
Minn
Minnesota
Cleburne High School
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Farm prices rise for first time in six months
The Agriculture Department reports farm prices increased 4 percent in the month ended April 15, though still 7 percent below mid April last year. Meat prices led gains with cattle, hogs, cotton, soybeans and calves up, while eggs and milk fell. Beef cattle averaged 31.80 per 100 pounds, hogs 26.80, cotton 32.2 cents per pound, soybeans 5.61 a bushel. Farm expenses rose 2 percent that month and 11 percent from a year ago.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Meat Animal
Ann Landers Dear Ann Landers column excerpt
Letters to Ann Landers cover marital color eating acne virgin myths and in law questions. Readers discuss hangups in food colorings horoscopes and sexual health with advice from Ann Landers and a plug for her teen sex booklet.
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Ann Landers
Ann
Long Island
Dear Ann Landers
Mossbacks Hidden in Swamps During Civil War Draft
Mossbacks were men who hid in swamps to evade conscription into the Southern Army during the Civil War era.
Texas Floor Co. Ad Warns of Low Mood
A brief classified notice from Texas Floor Co. highlights a low mood sale at 426 West Main, inviting customers to visit for bargain flooring options and reductions.
Alaska refuge eyed for gas pipeline route
In northeastern Alaska a wildlife refuge hosts nesting birds and migrating caribou as a natural gas firm seeks a pipeline path that environmentalists say would disrupt wildlife. The company argues the route would cut costs for consumers and the FPC opens hearings on this plan and a liquid gas alternative shipping 1,900 miles by sea.
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Washington
Alaska
Federal Power Commission
Kissinger to testify before Rockefeller panel today
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger joins three other current or former officials in testifying as the Rockefeller commission nears its CIA domestic activities conclusion. James R. Schlesinger John A. McCone and Walt W. Rostow are also slated to appear today.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Rockefeller Commission
CIA
Kissinger
James R. Schlesinger
John A. McCone
National Security
Walt W. Rostow
Stocks become fully competitive on Wall Street after SEC move
New York AP reports the SEC order ending fixed commissions sparks broad price competition. Major firms promise varied discounts for large traders while small investors face mixed effects as some houses cut 5 to 25 percent if orders are placed before opening or meet conditions.
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Reynolds Securities, Inc
Blyth Eastman Dillon & Co
Harris Upham & Co
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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc
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Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis Inc
Bache & Co
Shearson Hayden Stone, Inc
SEC
Merrill Lynch
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