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The strain before it gets to the point of a major earthquake developing. And he did point out though that just arrive. What do you see to doctor? Well, we don't see very much. Let me check. Ok. Very good word that the effects of the blast have

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been felt. Now on the seismograph here at Rice University in Houston, Dr Bremer is checking back and trying to analyze what results we do have there, which is, and that's about it so far. How do you have any idea how large the blast was from what

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you've seen so far? No, because the instruments were down for quite a while. It's a little less than I thought it would be. I see. Not as bad as you thought it would be. No, not yet. But if there's the biggest wave, I still do. I

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see. Well, I'll let you get back to the machine room. Thank you. Doctor Clark said that he felt the chances are very slim that a major earthquake would happen. But Dr Clark, we're just messing around with the unknown when you do this sort of thing. Last

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year, the Russians supposedly detonated blasts which were larger than the N shika blast. However, Dr Clark pointed out that these were not in major earthquake zones such as the one today in an island Alaska. We're waiting now for Dr Bremmer to come back with more information

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on the blast off. The seismograph. The workmen today sealed the 6000 ft shaft under which the nuclear device was suspended in a 50 ft wide chamber, surrounded by instruments and these instruments were due to be destroyed due to the heat and the pressure of the blast.

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But they were to transmit scientific information to the control center. It's different from an earthquake. Yeah. Uh the there's a very sharp arrival. Uh the, the, the, the first thing that you see is much bigger than anything that follows and that's very different than uh than

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when it expects from an earthquake, right? And this is nice. So it just shows that, oh, at least so well, big bombs are quite different from earthquakes because they release all their energy immediately. You know, I see. So, you know, in other words, when the first

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blast goes off, that's the worst of it, right? I saw an earthquake, a grad release but of course, uh well, I mean, the, the waves will arrive so I don't know what another 10 minutes but maybe 15, 20 it's hard to know. So, so you say

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that you, you won't know for another 15 or 20 or because of it looks very different. From an earthquake already. What do you have any idea how this would compare as far as with an earthquake, as far as any damage caused or relating to any of

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the predictions that were made before the blast? No, no, I don't know. It, it looks to me smaller than what I expected, but I can't hear, has been down for quite a while and so it's a little hard to say. I see. Very good. Well, uh

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thank you very much. I'll be there. Um I'll be here for another 10, 15 minutes. Ok. Maybe we will get in touch with you uh, before the afternoon is over and see if you have any more information for us. Ok. Thank you very much. Uh There

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you have it, the report from the seismograph on the earthquake. And doctor pointed out that uh Dr De Bremmer pointed out that it was much different than an earthquake graph looks like and he says he won't know the actual effects of the earthquake for another 10,

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15 minutes. Ok. That's the, that's the report of the earthquake for now. This is Scott Hacker with the news. It's nine o'clock at the radio Kru Houston. Good evening. I'm Scott Hochberg with Paul Lavia. Latest election results just in from election central with about half the

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precincts reporting 150 precincts. Now, Mayor Louis Welsh is ahead of Fred Hoff is 100,958 Hos, 58,175 quite a substantial margin at this point with half the precincts in Councilman race number two, Frank Mann, 95,979 votes over Jerry mcgee. 46,081. City controller Lionel Castillo is leading Roy

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Oaks 1,048,652 for Oaks at Castillo headquarters. They have predicted a victory for Castillo School board position number two. As we reported earlier, they predicted a victory for Mrs Carl Kamrath at camera headquarters. Kamrath now has taken the lead with 72,997 votes. Irene Lewis, 60,635 votes that

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all with 150 out of 311 precincts reporting Bob first is at Louis Welsh headquarters and ah Bob, what do you have down there for us? Seems to be quite crowded more than the space allows and all walks of life seem to be prowling around in here.

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We have elderly people, Children, blacks, whites seems to be a good cross section of the people in the city of Houston. The results are given in here rather differently from what election central gets that is into Welsh headquarters come individual poll watchers with the report on

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their little precinct scattered around the city. And this may or may not be a polling place which the result of which has been received at election headquarters itself so that the totals here at Welsh headquarters may not indicate what election central has. There are no totals

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put up on the board as yet as far a tally here. I think they're trying to get that information from Election Central, but the atmosphere is quite jubilant reports come in for precincts of which the mayor has a very low percent. And everyone will say, well,

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thank goodness we have even that percent and then there will be one that turns the tables and if the percentage is quite high for the mayor, then there's great jubilee foot stamping that sort of thing. Anyway, we will continue to report during the evening. Now, down

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the street, down the street a few miles to where Johnny B is at, Fred Hoff. Hein's headquarters. Go ahead. Blacks freaks and white middle class America stand together here, shoulder to shoulder and 15 deep gazing upward at the tally sheet and crying out with excitement. Every

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time a new box comes in with head hoffs came in a few minutes ago and spoke to his supporters. I called and asked how many precincts they were using to make a projection. Someone's only 16, our own projection based on 30 and showed ourselves a letter.

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So the next few minutes, we'll stay with you late into the evening to find out how we come out. But I will say before we stay and look at the returns one by one as they come in that we're not going to lose because ultimately the

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people in this community are going to win 111 precincts have come in here at the Ho Heins headquarters so far and their tallies here show 56,417 for Hoffs, 73,115 for we. These are unofficial reports brought in by Hoffs people and are considering that it's very close

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for so early in the evening compared to the amount that he was behind. Last time, we'll have further reports for you later. This is Johnny, the news. Thank you, Johnny. We'll have more results as the evening goes on right now. Here's Paul Lavia with some other

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news. It will take a small majority for one thing for Hain's to pull through now with being behind by 42,000 votes with 150 some odd 1000 in. This is Kamrath is ahead by the expected 10% and Casillo leads so much of the projected Hoff Fein's vote

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should be in by now and he's got over 40,000 votes to make up with at most 100 to 110,000 votes left to be counted. All the election results come piling in down here. There's a senate meeting upstairs in the RMC. Number one item on the agenda

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tonight is the matter of the university ju judiciary system in question is a matter of deciding the order in which college representatives may sit on the judiciary body. Two student members will be allowed under the new system and the representation will flow from college to college.

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But the problem is whether this will be done alphabetically or whether the women's colleges will have representatives in each stop of the cycle. Some members of the senate have labeled such a system. Male chauvinism chip Lansdale is upstairs covering the meeting. So tape recorders, secret microphones

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or wire tapper, we'll have more from you later on this evening. The major figure in Rice sports history, Jess Neely tonight was inducted into the National football Hall of Fame in New York. Neely coached at his alma mater, Vanderbilt and Clemson before he came to Rice

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in 1942. Neely stayed with the Institute for 25 years, retiring in 1967 to return to Vanderbilt as athletic director. In his stay at Rice Neely was responsible for the construction of Rice stadium in Autry court. The current playing places of Rice athletic teams and his jocks

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cornered Southwest conference football championships three times was joined by Dr Eddie Anderson of Notre Dame and eight players including Ray Matthews of TCU and Clyde Scott of Arkansas associated press headlines. White House officials say President Nixon personally told India's Prime Minister last month that the US

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backed efforts toward a peaceful settlement of East Pakistan's future, showed promise the UN General Assembly is continuing debate tonight on a ceasefire proposal and plans to remain in session until a decision is reached. A Pentagon spokesman indicates Defense Secretary Laird may recommend a speed up in

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conversion of the most US missiles to advanced multi warhead weapons. Chief Justice Warren Berger says education is perhaps the greatest failure of the American penal system. In a speech in Williamsburg, Virginia and the Atomic Energy Commission announced it will undergo a major overhauling including the establishment

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of a new division of international security affairs. But till then, we ought to let you know that the third annual Peace Fair will be held on Saturday, December 11th at 24 oh five, San Jao. That's one block past mcgowan from noon till midnight. There'll be films,

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music, rummage, patchwork items, boutique, even young to eat in games to play, it will be lots of fun. They don't even have fortune tellers there, give peace for Christmas, come to the fair. The fair is sponsored by the Houston committee to end the war in Vietnam.

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Also don't forget that K T R U AM. The radio at 5 80 on the rise campus is now on the air 24 hours a day with continuous automated album programming with whole sides of Carol King cad Stevens and King Cruise and Blues and even the

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body. There are some 50 different albums all together that's on K T R UK T R U AM five AM. And now now coming up to our news man who was frankly waving at me because he's got three people on the line and they all want

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to talk to you. So now come in, Scott. Right. It's 10 o'clock at the radio, K T R U uh o'clock on the radio K T R U Houston. And we're going to go live for a telephone report. I hope the DJ turns on the tape

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recorder so we can do that. And we're ready to go for a live telephone report. We're going to take you to Johnny Bok down at Hos headquarters for a statement from Fred Hoff. Uh Go ahead, Johnny, the returns are not

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all yet in, I want to say to you before I tell you what. We now know that regardless of what happens tonight, we have put together here in Houston, Texas this night. The nucleus of something that will ultimately change the face of Houston Texas is no

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small thing that you have done. And the organization that we put together for the past four months is something that is going to live and be viable in this community for many years to come. I myself pledge my personal activity and participation in the organization that

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we have put together and brought to a culmination tonight, Fred Ho speaking to supporters at Haw headquarters. We have word that Jerry mcgee running for councilman at large position. Two has conceded in his race against Frank Mann with a report. Here's Krus Kevin Mayer. Jerry mcgee,

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the candidate for city councilman at large has conceded he's called several radio stations and made a statement saying that he will be back in 1973. He said he, he ran a good roles, of course and well, he was very thankful for all the people who supported

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him so well. But that he just didn't have enough support, the support that that was needed in a citywide election to overwhelm the voter as he said. However, he's confident that that a change will come. Hopefully by 1973 Kevin Mayer, the news with some other results

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and other news. Here's Paul Lavia. Latest results on the election front show with 230 precincts in. This is official, we reported 2 35 earlier. This is a figure given to us at election central now with 230 precincts in Louis Welch, 137,058 votes, Fred Hoff finds 109,939

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votes. Councilman at large position two Frank Mann 134,153 to Jerry mcgee's 77,582 city controller Leonel Castillo still holds a lead decisively 125 922 to Roy Oaks 103 186 for the school board race. 100 and 90 out of 218 precincts in. We still have those same figures.

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103,687 for Mrs Karl Kamrath and for Mrs Irene Lewis, 71,933. The way it looks now it's Castillo Cam. Ah Of course, man has one M has conceded. And Welch, we said a little bit earlier this evening that the returns on the mayor's race and the early

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goings were as decisive as they were in the November 20th election that we would take all the marbles rather easily. The comparison shows that with around 75,000 votes counted in the November 20 th election, we led Haines by just less than 2 to 1. This time,

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the difference was just more than 2 to 1. Like about 46,000 to 21,000 Haines began to make a steady climb. After that 75,000 figure began to become larger in that November 20th election. But this time with 160,000 votes in the Welsh lead was increased to 42,000

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votes. At that point, Hoein still claimed he was running neck and neck, but the statement seemed empty rhetoric because the result at 160,000 votes showed that there was a larger doctrinaire conservative turnout than on the November 20th election. A breakdown of voting in the River Oaks,

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Tanglewood area, which must be considered a conservative bastion shows 5449 eligible voters of these 30,654 actually voted. We're going to have some new results here in just a second. That's 67% are we ready for the new results. Ok. We'll continue this in just a minute. Ok,

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Jenny Atkins. Are you with us, Jenny? This is Johnny Johnny. I'm looking for Jenny. She on another line. Ok. Hang on, Jenny, Jenny Atkins at election central that Louis Welch has 138,000 votes to Fred Hoff is 118,000. Louis Louis is there for the race for Councilman

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Frank E Mann is running with 136,000 to Jerry mcgee's 83,000 votes for the city controller Lionel Castillo is has 132,000 votes to Roy Oaks 105,000. And that is for returns for 237 precincts in the school board race with returns from 200 precincts. Mrs Kamrath is leading

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with 110 votes to Mrs Lewis 73,000 votes. That's 110,000 votes. Pardon me, Jenny election central. So the results as we had have given them are becoming even more substantial. Going back to this. Look at the River Oaks, Tanglewood area which is there are 15 general areas

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in which the votes are tallied in town. And ah this is one of them, like I said, 50 hun 5400 and 49 eligible voters, 67% of them voted 3600 and 54 2900 and 27 went ah for Welsh and Haines only picked up 19.6% in this area.

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So the conservative vote was strong, stronger than it was in the November 20th election. On the other hand, the black turnout seems to have been substantially less than on November 20th in the most predominantly Negro area of Southeast Houston. This is one of the 15 areas

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a tally showed 5200 and 54 eligible voters with 20,720 voting. That's only 51% with 352 or 12.9% going for Welch and 2300 and 57 going for Haine. So it's about the same as last time except the, the turnout was a little bit smaller because as we

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said, there was not a black on the ballot. The rice area went about as we expected about as it did last time. It's called the Herman Park area. 21 34 are qualified 2134 voters qualified to vote of those 220 or 57% voted a little bit less

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than say in the areas north of the freeway. Well, Scott, 18.5% 226 votes offline has picked up 998 votes or 81.4% of the total. The outlook for controller Challenger Leonel Casillo looks like he's in the third candidate in the November 20th election. H Lloyd Jennings garnered

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26,000 votes that time and he threw his support to Oaks, but that support seemed to do a little good. The Castillo margin in this one is greater than the one he had in November. We'll have a little bit of news in the associated press and some

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other stuff later on. Right now, the newsroom is in a shambles but it looks like the job is done. It looks like Welch is in, looks like Castillo is in camera is in and man is in, this is Paul Lavia the news and we're just about

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ready to bring in Mike houses and Scott Huber with a news special report. And what do you got for us there? It's 10 30 at K T R U Houston and we have Jim Latimer standing by at Castillo headquarters. Jim has spoken with, has spoken with

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officials at the police department as you know, mayor, we said if he got in, he was going to rehire police chief short or at least keep him in office. Jim talked with some spokesman at the police department and asked them what their reactions were, Jim, are

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you with us? Yes, the Houston Police Department is happy that Welch has been re elected mayor when they indicated they all voted for him. In fact, the department previously had sent a letter to Mr Welch indicating their support and that they hoped he would be re

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elected. The sergeant at the desk indicated to me that the police are only doing their job and cannot issue a public statement. But he indicated also that they're secretly very happy. The mayor won. The incumbent police chief Herman B Short is either not at home or

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else is not answering the phone. Anyway, he wasn't available for comment, Jim Latimer the news. Thank you, Jim. We have a report from Welsh headquarters. Bob first is down as Welsh headquarters. What do you have for us down there? Bob Bob, are you there in the

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newsroom? Bob seems to be here in the newsroom. We don't know why he's not on tape. So why don't you tell us what happened out in Welsh headquarters, Bob first? The celebration for victory is still going on there. All of the locust is changing down to

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the old college in the mayor had to step out without making any public appearances because of the fact that he got a little under the weather toward the end of the ceremony there, the heat, the cigarette smoke, lights, cameras, reporters all combined to sort of give

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him a little bit of a relapse. I think an ambulance showed up out in front. I don't think he needed it. But anyway, the fans for Welch Jubilant, they are all moving down to the old College Inn and I have no telling what will go on

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from there. But mayor Welch is now elected to 1/5 term as mayor and sees that the people of Houston do indeed have a bit of sense about their voting. I think the greater amount of voters this time than on November 20 th is probably the factor

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for his re election as most of the people working down the Welsh headquarters agree. Bob first the news. Ok. Earlier this evening, we spoke to Mrs Carol Camera and Mr Camera is the candidate who won the position of school board position number two or three. Rather,

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I'm sorry, we asked her opponent Mrs Lewis after her defeat, whether she plans to continue her involvement in the school district. Oh, by all means, I'm not getting up working in the schools. I'm not giving up. You know, when you, when you fail to visit with

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young people, you tend to stagnate and you tend to resist change. I don't feel that I want to get that old. Ok. Uh We have uh Jenny Atkins down at City Hall and I believe we're on the air with her and she has some more results

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for us, Jenny. Go ahead. Ok. We have 56 still out and that makes 240 in so far. Mayor Louis Welch has 139,000, 156 votes to Fred Haines is 122,023 for Councilman Mann has 137,309. And Jerry mcgee has 85,813 for the race for controller Leonel Castillo has

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136,474 votes to Roy Oaks 105,153 in the race for school board. We have reports for only 216 precincts. And so far we have from Mrs Camera 116,737 votes. And Mrs Lewis 76,781 Jenny at Central for news. Thank you very much Jenny. We have some other news

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that has been going on in this world today. You wouldn't believe it if you listen to our election coverage, but we do have some other news and Mike House has some of the details. Go ahead, Mike.