Nixon announces $400 million program to aid farmers
President Nixon returns to Washington with a $400 million plan to raise farmer incomes and exports. Loans total $349.4 million, with aims to push farm exports toward $10 billion annually and reach a projected $74 billion income this year.
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Associated Press
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Washington
Iowa
Foreign Agricultural Service
Congress
Farmers Home Administration
This Day In History May 3 1971 Highlights
A compact history page lists events on May 3 across years. Highlights include Washington DC incorporation in 1802, Columbus’s Jamaica discovery misdated, Abraham Linden’s 1865 rail journey ending in Springfield, Cecil Rhodes presidency in 1892, early US air service in 1919, 1944 quinine production at Harvard, Birmingham civil rights protests in 1963, Bourguiba’s 10 year Washington visit, Wallace family political win, and Cambodia bombing reports from a year ago.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Christopher Columbus
Jamaica
Abraham Linden
Springfield
Ill
Washington
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Colony
South Africa
U. S
Robert Hewitt
New York
Atlantic City
N. J
Harvard University
Birmingham
Ala
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Cambodia
Weather roundup for Texas regions and Snyder temperatures
Snyder readings show 7 am Sunday 63 and 58 today with Saturday 82 high. Regional forecasts through Tuesday predict fair to partly cloudy skies, warmer highs from 80s to mid 90s and nights in the 40s to 70s, with winds brownville to port O Connor 8 to 18 knots tonight and Tuesday.
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Snyder
Texas
Southwest
South
Pecos
Brownville
Port O'Connor
SHS Students Win Multiple Honors In Weekend Competition
Snyder High School, Lamar Junior High, and Travis Junior High earned top honors with the SHS One-Act Play Maria Stuart winning first place at the state contest in Austin. Kathie Martin and Mike Dennis won best actress and best actor awards respectively. The Clark Foundation donated framed copies of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Independence.
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Maria Stuart
Snyder High School
State University
Austin
SHS
Mike Dennis
Randy Carmichale
Pam Hartsfield
Jerry Worsham
Kathie
Lamar Junior High
Travis Junior High
Snyder High
Frederick Schiller
Samuel French
Kathie Martin
Randy Carmichael
Allana Patterson
Mark Brock
Bill Tate
Delores Lewallen
Weldon Sears
Danny Martin
Greg Carter
Robert McCommon
Karen Sears
Donna Messimer
Jenny Mullins
Clark Foundation
J. D. Smith
Enid
Oklahoma
John Petkovsek
Abilene Christian College
Snyder Ffa
Texas A&m University
Jack Jones
Rick Berry
Jim Price
Jack
Nixon backs POW proposal for neutral nation internment
President Nixon urged Hanoi and Washington to negotiate a POW transfer to Sweden for internment as Sweden offered ships and facilities. White House secretary Ronald Ziegler said the move follows Stockholm's report and Defense Secretary Melvin Laird's earlier suggestion.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Sweden
Stockholm
United States
Hanoi
Sweedish
Melvin R. Laird
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Viet
Ziegler
Service Set Today For Mrs Johnston
Funeral service scheduled for 2 p m at First Christian Church for Mrs Myrtle Johnston 76 who died Saturday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital A native of San Angelo she lived in Scurry County 74 years She married John H Johnston in Snyder March 10 1921 He died last year Surviving six daughters four sons two sisters two brothers seventeen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Burial in Hillside Memorial Gardens under Bell Seale Funeral Home directions Grandsons to be pallbearers
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First Christian Church
Myrtle Johnston
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
San Angelo
Johnston
Scurry County
Snyder
John H. Johnston
Robert D. McArthur
John Portis
Dale Johnston
Tommy Johnston
Royce Johnston
Conago
Calif
Inez Brown
Ella Suits
Petersburg
Harold Wilson Addresses Texas Legislature
Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson receives a standing ovation in Austin as he compares Texas politicians to Yorkshire peers. He laments being prised by smarter rivals, draws laughs with Lyndon Johnson present, and commends Texas growth and advances in higher education.
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Austin
Texas
Harold Wilson
Yorkshire
Seven escape Ward County jail sparks nationwide manhunt
Seven prisoners escaped Ward County jail Sunday night triggering a massive hunt. Four fled to Midland where they robbed a home tying up a physician and his wife and family. Suspects identified include Johnny Jones, James Simpson, Raymond Harris, and Timothy Youngblood. The six escapees left in a deputy’s car after handcuffing him.
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Monahans
Tex
Ward County
Midland
Johnny Jones
Robert Hart
Georgia
Abilene
James Simpson
Calvin Thomas
Florida
Atlanta, Ga
Raymond Harris
Timothy Youngblood
W. W. McCullough
Bobbie Kay Winters
Coleman
Donnie Howard Elder
Raymond Leslie Hayes
Court Upholds Death Penalty in Nation and Texas
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 3 ruling, upheld capital punishment by leaving jury discretion intact and rejecting challenges to death penalty procedures. The decision affects Texas inmates at Huntsville and notes no executions in years, with potential early actions in several states.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
John M. Harlan
Harlan
Texas
Georgia
Huntsville
Tex
Ellis
High Court
W. D. Kutach
Kutach
Clyde Whitesides
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
Dennis C. McGautha
Los Angeles
James E. Crampton
Toledo
Ohio
McGautha
Crampton
Troops Keep Traffic Flowing in Washington Demonstration
Anti war demonstrators clashed with police and blocked streets in Washington D C as more than 5 000 protesters were arrested. Marines and Army paratroopers moved in to open major bridges and keep government functioning while tear gas filled the city.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Walter Washington
Georgetown
Washington Monument
Jerry Wilson
Potomac River
Pentagon
Rogers Arrives in Lebanon on Middle East Peace Mission
Secretary of State William P. Rogers arrived in Beirut amid heavy security as army troops ringed the airport. Thousands of Lebanese leftists and Palestinian guerrillas protested outside the area, while Jordan’s King Hussein hosted Rogers for two-and-a-half hours and received Nixon's letters endorsing the mission.
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Beirut
Lebanon
William P. Rogers
Middle East
Jordan
Rogers
Amman
U.S
Hussein
Nixon
Cancer OS June 2
The fragment lists a sequence of codes and dates, referencing cancer related dates or identifiers. No clear event or names are readable to specify a concrete item or outcome.
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