End of Alaska oil pipeline delay brings new energy shift
The Senate ended stalled studies and lawsuits over the Alaska pipeline approving the project. Three years lost, with construction possible soon. 1980 full capacity hoped. In the interim the US will import oil to cover the shortfall as environmental delays eased. Senator Lloyd Bentsen notes high energy import costs, while proponents say oil will be refined in Texas within a few years.
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Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Guid
New Bicycle Laws Move Riders to Right Side of Road
Memphis Tex reader cites Texas Drivers Handbook changes. New rules require bicycles to ride as near to the right as practicable and pass standing or same direction traffic with care. Limits on carrying capacity and two abreast riding apply except on designated paths. bicycles must have effective brakes to skid the wheel on dry pavement. A plea to keep young learners out of the street is noted.
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Zeno Lemons
Memphis
Tex
Wbs
Weather and a city map teased in Amarillo humor
A humorous sheet notes a “computer in the sky” guiding weather for Texas wheat and cattle. It mentions Ana alee Fritch being left off the Amarillo Roads promotion page, Mildred Gay of Amarillo, and the city’s size per the 1971 Almanac. WES IZZARD.
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Alee Fritch
Amarillo
Mildred Gay
Fritch
Lake Meredith City
Nixon Bucks Orders To Trim Work Load
President Nixon will continue essential duties from Bethesda Naval Medical Center but doctors aim to cut his schedule to under a quarter of normal activity. He remains with viral pneumonia, fever 101 to 102 degrees, under care of four doctors with inhalation therapy to aid mucus drainage. A week to 10 days more in hospital is anticipated.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
The
Ued
King Area
Walter Tkach
Tkach
Sol Katz
Georgetown University
Kissinger Rumored as Possible Rogers Replacement
CBS and AP report Nixon privately discussed naming Henry Kissinger to replace Secretary Willian P. Rogers. Kissinger denied the discussion, and deputy press secretary Warren declined to comment on the broadcast.
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Washington
CBS Television
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Willian P. Rogers
White House
Dan Rather
Kissinger
Gerald L. Warren
Zapper microwaves shown to purge fields of pests at A&M demo
The Zapper device weighs 92,000 pounds and moves up to four miles per hour in fields. Oceanography International Corp and Texas A&M demonstrated its ability to kill weeds fungi and soil insects with microwaves to a depth of two feet. Canteloupes and onions grown in treated soil reportedly yielded 35 to 60 percent higher than chemically treated plots.
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College Station
Tex Upi
Texas A&m University
Oceanography International Corp
OTC
John Hughey
Oklahoma City
OIC
Hughey
Probation Given to Moyer After Theft Conviction
Mrs. Hudson Moyer expressed relief as the 147th District Court jurors sentenced her husband, former Amarillo state representative, to a 10 year probated term after finding him guilty of stealing 5040 dollars in postage stamps. He indicated no appeal and jurors discussed the punishment with prosecutors and defense counsel before adjourning.
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Austin
Hudson Moyer
Amarillo
Moyer
Senate votes to reject delay on Alaska oil pipeline
The Senate, 61 to 29, refused to delay construction or require a study of a Canadian route. Mondale's amendment would delay a year for an NAS study comparing routes and enable talks with Canada. Jackson argues the move delays oil, amid an energy crisis.
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Senate
Canada
The
Wilderness Society
Prudhoe Bay
Alaska
Valdez
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
National Academy of Sciences
North Slope
Congress
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
United States
Lion Victims Receiving Shots
A mother and grandfather of 18 month old Jason Cowden began rabies vaccinations after a mountain lion forced into a motorized camper in Rapid City. The child remained in intensive care at St. John’s Hospital with bites to the head neck and shoulder while his grandmother killed the lion with a butcher knife.
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Rapid City
UPI
Walter Cowden
Minneapolis
Minn
Peter Underdahl
Anoka
Jason Cowden
St. John’s Hospital
Area Producers Happy Spud Onion Market Thrives Under Freeze
In Hereford area reports suggest potatoes and onions escape the freeze mostly unscathed as near record prices persist. Potatoes sell around 10 a sack and onions just above 3 1 4 a sack with 14 000 to 15 000 acres in production. Weather looks mild with possible thunderstorms, temperatures near 80 high and 60 low.
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Hereford
Packer
Gowery
Griffin
Brand
Reinauer & Sons Produce
San Antonio
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