Welfare state push moves through Congress in 91st session
The 91st Congress nears expiry with a broad welfare drive and a potential hit to the budget as the 92nd Congress prepares to continue the trend. The Nixon guaranteed income bill faced Senate logjams, while food stamp spending surged from 200 million to 1.75 billion dollars. The House and Senate backed a three year 9.5 billion public employment bill that was vetoed.
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Senate
White House
Clark Fisher
San Angelo
Washington, D. C
Congress
Amarillo Boosters Seek Local Songs for New Movement
Private note to choir directors and civic leaders describes reviving Amarillo tunes. It cites S. G. Burdine’s 1928 Take Me Back to Amarillo and Don Gillis Amarillo Suite as candidates, notes former Chansonettes director Carlie Umphres’ songs, and mentions LaVesta Hyman’s I’m on the Road to Texas awaiting review for booster campaign support.
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S. G. Burdine
Amarillo
Civic Center Arena
Cay
LaVesta Hyman
Orion
Texas
Oklahoma Calves Headed to Korea and Japan by Air Freighter
Oklahoma plans to ship 312 feeder calves to Korea and Japan via Flying Tiger air freighter. Senator Henry Bellman explores live cattle air shipment. Weather page notes Juneau Alaska 24 hour extremes 40 and 38 with 1.20 inches rain.
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Oklahoma
Korea
Japan
Henry Bellman
Cere
Juneau
Alaska
FHA VA rate cut to 7 percent may not aid buyers
The FHA and VA reduced mortgage insurance ceilings to 7 percent, the second cut since December. Romney says the move should revive demand and boost 1971 housing production, though local lenders in Amarillo expect mixed effects as buyers weigh further rate declines.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Romney
Preston Martin
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Martin
Amarillo
Ted Schuler
Security Federal Savings
Nixon Warns Steel Industry Over Price Hike
President Nixon threats to drop import restraints if others follow Bethlehem Steel with price hikes. A government study on the 12.5 percent Bethlehem increase takes effect March 1 as Lukens Steel announces a $17 per ton rise on carbon steel plates.
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San Clemente, Calif
White House
Nixon
Bethlehem
Ronald Siegler
Lukens Steel Co
Coatesville
Six charged in Kissinger kidnapping plot and arson
The government indicted Philip Berrigan and five others on plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger and blow up heating systems in federal buildings. The group named as conspirators includes a sister, two priests, a former priest, and a nun.
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Philip Berrigan
Henry A. Kissinger
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover Eartier
United States
Vietnam
Berrigan
Daniel
Tors
Kiss
Ger
Nixon
Catonsville, Md
Hoover
Congress
Kissinger
East Coast
Berrigans
Elizabeth McAlister
Marymount College
Tarrytown
N. Y
Joseph Reese Wenderoth
Baltimore
Neil Raymond McLaughlin
Anthony Scoblick
Eqbal Ahmad
Chicago
Sherman Posts Impressive As Legislature Organizes
State Sen. Max Sherman of Amarillo received key Senate committee assignments including Finance and State Affairs and was named vice chairman of the oil and gas committee. Lt. Gov. Barnes announced the panel lineup at the opening of the 62nd Legislature.
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Austin
Max Sherman
Amarillo
Senate
Oil and Gas Committee
Ben Barnes
Barnes
Sherman
Environmental Affairs
Jack Hightower
Vernon
FCC Approves Hike Of Telephone Rates
The FCC on a 6-0 vote approved interim long distance rate increases for AT&T totaling $250 million a year after tax potential profits if applied for within a week. Final amounts hinge on expedited hearings, with disputed revenue estimates of about $385 million versus $545 million annually after tax.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
At&t
Amarillo Weather Outlook In 1971 Lifts With Cloudy Start
Sun shines on Amarillo for 10 of 12 days with a forecast of cloudy morning skies, becoming partly cloudy this afternoon and Thursday. Warmer temperatures expected with highs near 40 today and near 50 on Thursday, lows in the 20s. Winds from the southwest 12 to 22 mph.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Citizens Association town hall meetings draw varied attendance
At nine Amarillo town hall meetings the ACA drew 38 to 200 attendees with sessions lasting two to three hours. The four mayoral and commission candidates attended, while Mayor Stroud appeared at multiple schools.
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Mike Kohler
Stephen F. Austin
Town Hall
Amarillo
L. Ray Wahue
Edward W. Fletcher
Houston Deford
Allen W. Hicks
J. Ernest Stroud
Horace Mann
Austin
Carver
Travis
ACA
Wales Madden Jr
Mayor Stroud Orders City Election For April Sixth
City Commission led by Mayor J Ernest Stroud voted 3-0 to set an April 6 municipal election and appoint presiding and alternate judges for 17 precincts. City Atty Bruce Aycock argued the commission is the judge of the election per Amarillo charter, while Stroud cited Texas election code provisions.
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J. Ernest Stroud
Bruce Aycock
Katherine Burwell
Stroud
Aycock
Amarillo
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Conn
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