Nixon proposes four new cabinet departments in revolution in government
The editorial notes President Nixon’s plan to abolish most cabinet departments and replace them with four new ones Natural Resources Human Resources Economic Development and Community Development grouping existing functions. It questions if the move truly reduces federal power and stresses Congress must pass any overhaul.
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Departments of State, Treasury, Defense and Justice
Nixon
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Human Resources
Department of Economic Development
Department of Community Development
Economic Development
Congress
Mixed U S War Echoes and Rodeo Night Notes
Eck Spahir reports on U S spending and black market goods in Saigon while ARVN funding flows through Cambodia. Australian and New Zealand troops are singled out as self sufficient. A rodeo opening draws laughs at long hair critique and The New Establishment performs. World Council of Churches seeks 210000 for U S draft dodgers in Canada.
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Eck Spahir
WTSU
Daily News
Vietnam
U. S
Saigon
Arvn
Cambodia
New Zealand
OOS
World Council of Churches
Canada
Hereford Birthplace AOL Apollo 14 Pilot
Hereford native Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot for Apollo 14, is preparing for the Sunday blast off. Mitchell, born September 17, 1930, in Hereford, grew up there before moving to Roswell and Artesia, New Mexico.
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Hereford
Deaf Smith County
Fra Mauro
Ed Mitchell
Earth
Edgar D. Mitchell
Roswell
N. M
Boy Scouts of
Mitchell
Artesia
Carnegie Institute of Technology
ACA Candidate List Shrinks to 12 Names
Amarillo Citizens Association head Wales Madden Jr says 59 names from January town hall meetings have been nearly halved with most potential candidates declining to run. The ACA plans two events to announce endorsed candidates and conduct open elections for town hall chairmen.
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ACA
Amarillo
Madden
Blue Cross Blamed For Rising Hospital Costs
Washington based testimony at Senate hearings accuses Blue Cross of driving up hospital bills by encouraging costly admissions and excessive hospital reimbursements. Witnesses including John F. O Leary and Cidney C Dade cite policy structures that push subscribers toward hospitalization and inflate costs nationwide.
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Washington
UPI
Blue Cross
Michigan
Justice Department
Senate
John F. O'Leary
Massachusetts
O'Leary
Cidney C. Dade
St. Louis
OAS considers special session over U.S. Ecuador dispute
The Organization of American States votes 22 to 0 with the United States abstaining to convene a special session of foreign ministers on Ecuador’s charge that U S sanctions violated Article 19 of the charter. Ecuadorian seizures of American ships within a 200 mile zone and a 12 month ban on military sales to Ecuador sparked the action.
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Washington
United States
Permanent Council of the Organization of American States
OAS
U.S
Ecuador
Permanent Council
State Department
Mitchell Claims Authority Over Wiretaps Debate
The U S government says it will appeal a Detroit ruling that the attorney general cannot order electronic surveillance of domestic groups in national security cases. The decision involved a wiretap targeting Lawrence R Pun Plamondon tied to a planned CIA office bombing in Ann Arbor.
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Washington
Justice Department
Department
U.S. District Court
Damon J. Keith
Detroit
Keith
Lawrence R
Pun” Plamondon
Central Intelligence Agency
Ann Arbor
Mich
U.S
Warren J. Ferguson
Los Angeles
Plamondon
White Panther Party
Atty
John N. Mitchell
6Th Court of Appeals
Mitchell
Barnes Declines Probe of State Banking Commission
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes says he will not seek a Senate investigation of the State Banking Commission despite Sen. Ike Harris's request. He states no facts shown misfunction and plans to appoint a five member panel only if a need for inquiry is found. He notes FBI SEC and federal grand jury are already investigating the insurance stock and bank loan case.
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Austin
Ben Barnes
Senate
State Banking Commission
Ike Harris
Dallas
Barnes
Texas
Banking Commission
FBI
SEC
Federal Grand Jury
Amarillo Weather Summary for Week of May 25 1971
The sun shone over Amarillo for 25 of 27 days in 1971 with continued fair conditions through Friday. Expect highs in the upper forties and nights near the low thirties. Southeasterly winds up to 18 mph.
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Amarillo
Opposition to ACE Staff Hike Voiced in Texas Hearing
Texas lawmakers heard Amarillo officials oppose a large rise in the Air Control Board budget citing slow study and transfer of duties to health department. The hearing covered the Amarillo smelter variance and emissions controls with a recommendation against continuing the current variance.
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ACE
Austin
Texas Air Control Board
Amarillo
R. G. Mills
House Appropriations Committee
Mills
W. S. ‘Bill’ Heatly
Paducah
ACB
Legislative Budget Board
State Department of Health
American Smelting and Refining Company
Dan Burleson
University of Texas Law School
Heatly
Dean Cobb
Dumas
Burleson
Air Control Board
Graham Lands Sold in IRS Public Sale
Three parcels of W. T. Graham property were sold at public IRS sale for 212888.38 to M. T. Johnson Jr. of Sunset Center Inc and Gaut Investment Co. Johnson paid 138537.38 for the lodge grounds near Plains Boulevard. The Gants bought the Graham Plow Co. factory and offices for 61600 with 12751 for vacant blocks overlooking Amarillo Country Club. Nine bidders opened, seven accepted. contest looms as lawsuit proceeds.
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W. T. Graham Properties
M. T. Johnson Jr
Sunset Center, Inc
Gaut Investment Co
Canyon Drive
Internal Revenue Service
Johnson
Plains Boulevard
Western
Sunset Center
Gants
Graham Plow Co
Crockett
Amarillo Country Club
Rufus Gaut
Kenneth
Darrell Gaut
Herring Plaza
Walter Wolfram
Halbert O. Woodward
Sloppy Bandit Robs North Amarillo Laundromat
A man in his late 20s robbed Clean Way Wash and Dry managers W. G. White and his wife of $30 at about 9 15 p m Wednesday. The 5 foot 9 inch, 140 pound suspect wearing dark work clothes fled on foot west after threatening to shoot. Amarillo police were alerted within two minutes. officers continued to search for the bandit and linked the case to a prior Tuesday robbery at Toot n Totum on Amarillo Boulevard West.
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Amarillo
W. G. “Jack” White
N. Cleveland
Clean Way Wash
N. Filmore
Mrs. White
White
Amarillo Blvd
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U. S. Naval Post Graduate School
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Muskegon
Karlyn L
Elizabeth R
Ernest Wagoner
Tahlequah
Okla
J. T. Mitchell
Wagoner
Ollidean Arnold
Elizabeth and
Karlyn
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Civic Center
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Paul Timmons
Graham
Anna Catherine Day
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