Soviet engineers return home after plant project stay
The SDN Column notes all Soviet engineers involved with the American Magnesium Plant project have left the U.S. They brought mail order catalogs back and lament that many items are not regularly available in Russian stores. They recalled Christmas customs with nostalgia and found the stay successful culturally and technologically. The piece also cites a Brazil coffee freeze reducing world supply and outlines hopes for 1973 including industrial development, traffic improvements, and revised rainfall distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Wheeler
Russia
Winter Storm Hits Far West Texas
A death-dealing storm blanketed far West Texas with heavy snow and ice from El Paso toward the north and east. Rain mixed with snow and sleet glazed adjacent areas as bitter north winds lashed the region and travel became more perilous. Forecasters expected more than 6 inches west of a Snyder to mouth of the.
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Texas
Associated Press
West Texas
el Paso
Snyder
Pecos River
Interstate 10
van Horn
David R. Garrett
Austin
Fl Paso
Dalhart
Amarillo
Lubbock
Panhandle Plains
San Angelo
Hobbs
N.M
Midland
Permian Basin
Aspermont
Vernon
Sweetwater
Ozona
East Texas
Brownsville
Beaumont-Port Arthur
McAllen
Houston
College Station
Lufkin
San Antonio
Marfa
West
American Planes Resume Attacks Below 20th Parallel
American warplanes resumed bombing below the 20th parallel in North Vietnam after a 36 hour New Year halt. The North remained under a separate 20th parallel cease fire while bombing and supply routes in Laos and Cambodia were targeted.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Panhandle
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Nixon
Paris
20Th Parallel
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
South Vietnam
South
North
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Cambodia
Today in History January Two 1973 Highlights
Today in history notes key events on January 2 across years including Manila capture in 1942 Granada fall in 1492 Georgia ratifying the Constitution in 1788 the first White House woman employee in 1890 Port Arthur surrender 1905 the 1970 Glasgow soccer disaster the Saigon war helicopter losses in the 1960s the Johnson Social Security act in 1965 and Pat Nixon Liberia visit in 1972.
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Associated Press
Manila
Granada
Georgia
U.S
White House
Alice B. Sanger
Indianapolis
China
John Hay
Port Arthur
Glasgow
Scotland
South Vietnam
United States
Saigon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pat Nixon
Liberia
Africa
Weather snapshot across Texas with cold start and snow
Weather bulletin covers Snyder region and panhandle to lower coast with cold temperatures and mixed precipitation. Snow advisory issued for south and north travel advisory for north tonight with potential accumulations over 4 inches in the south and 1 to 3 inches north. End by Wednesday morning with gradually easing conditions.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
North Central
South Central
Zalman Rites At Hermleigh
Funeral rites were held at 10 a.m. today at St. John's Catholic Church Hermleigh for Frank Zalman 87 a Scurry County resident since 1908 who died Sunday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital He was born in Moulton Texas married Feb 10 1920 in Hermleigh to Mary Roemisch Fr James Coleman officiated burial was in Hermleigh Cemetery Surviving are the wife and 39 nieces and nephews.
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St. John's Catholic Church
Hermleigh
Frank Zalman
Zalman
Scurry County
Cogdell Memorail Hospital
Moulton
Tex
Mary Roemisch
James Coleman
Her
Pentagon Acknowledges Limited Bomb Damage Near Hanoi
The Pentagon said a North Vietnamese hospital and an airport used by civilians near Hanoi suffered some limited accidental damage during heavy U S bombing raids. The statement was made by AP Military Writer Fred S Hoffman reported from Washington.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Pentagon
Hanoi
U.S
Jerry W. Friedheim
Technical Experts Meet to Resume Vietnam Cease-Fire Talks
U S and North Vietnamese technical experts met in Paris for the first time since December 23 to plan a Vietnamese cease-fire. The sessions mark a step toward resuming full-scale secret negotiations led by Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho after a three week pause amid bombing protests. Pentagon spokesman Friedheim said limited accidental damage occurred at Gia Lam airport and Bac Mai hospital, but the extent and cause remain uncertain. He stressed U S policy targets only military objectives, though accidents can involve other facilities.
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Paris
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Hanoi Politburo
Pentagon
Friedheim
North Vietnam
Gia Lam
Bac Mai
Hanoi
United States
Democrats renominate Carl Albert as House speaker
The Democratic caucus renominates Rep. Carl Albert of Oklahoma for House speaker, rejecting Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan by a 220 to 20 vote. Albert will be elected when the 93rd Congress convenes, with Rep. Thomas P. ONeill named majority leader after Hale Boggs’ death. The caucus also weighs Vietnam War policy and party whip selection, delaying further rules changes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Rep
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
John Conyers Jr
Michigan
Albert
Conyers
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Massachusetts
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Alaska
O'Neill
U.S
Indochina
Nixon
North Vietnam
Texas Toll Tops Holiday Traffic Deaths in 1966 Record
Texas DPS counts 60 deaths from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight in New Year period, with 48 fatal crashes. Col. Wilson E. Speir cites slick highways from rain and snow and blame on speed and drunk driving. Gov. Preston Smith calls it distressing for Texas families.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Department of Public Safety
Wilson E. Speir
Speir
Preston Smith
Texas
Service For John Williams
Funeral set for 4 p m today at Bell Seale Chapel for 83 year old John Williams who died Sunday in Root Valley Fair Lodge Colorado City. Minister Sam Kitching to officiate with burial in Snyder Cemetery. Survived by two daughters and two sons, plus siblings and grandchildren.
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Bell-Seale Funeral Home
John Williams
Root Valley Fair Lodge
Colorado City
Sam Kitching
East Side
E.F. Carpenter
Wade Davis
Snyder
Earl Williams
Lubbock
Jack Williams
Los Angeles
Calif
Israeli Syrian air duel marks first clash since November
Israeli pilots shot down one Syrian MIG21 in a dogfight over the border area near Lebanon. A Lebanese source said two Syrian MIGs were downed over the Lebanese mountains northeast of Beirut. An English schoolmaster witnessed one plane go down as 25 to 27 Israeli aircraft were sighted on Lebanese radar. The ceasefire line remained tense after attacks and counterstrikes across the Golan Heights and Damascus.
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Tel Aviv
Beirut
Ronald Roberts
Ajaloun
Faraya
Syria
Israel
Plane Crashes In Blizzard Kills Five at Edmonton Airport
A Boeing 707 cargo plane owned by Pacific Western Airlines crashed and burned while landing in a blizzard at Edmonton International Airport. Police said all five aboard were killed. the craft was arriving from Toronto with 75 head of cattle. An earlier report cited six aboard.
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Edmonton
Alta
Edmonton International
Pacific Western Airlines
Toronto
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