Sensate Seventies predicted to reshape leisure time
A columnist quotes a Leisure Group executive predicting vast shifts toward leisure and low work hours, with a Merrill Lynch survey mapping a $150 billion leisure industry expected to grow to $250 billion in years. The piece contrasts optimism with a caution that work endures for many and notes past feats in steam power and diverse cultural mentions.
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Lunar Landing Prelude to Apollo 11 Moon Walk Film
The article describes the first filmed approach to the lunar surface by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin aboard the Eagle. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration released 16 millimeter footage with color photos of footprints and the flag as Armstrong and Aldrin guided the craft toward the Sea of Tranquillity.
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City Crash Fatal to Woman
Amarillo recorded its 11th traffic fatality of the year when 72 year old Beatrice Funderburg died soon after a one car crash at E 10th and Marrs. Passenger and granddaughter Elizabeth Jane Moore 18, sustained severe head injuries and chest wounds. Moore was released.
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Beatrice Funderburg
S. Nelson
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Auto Crash Injures Driver At Pole Collision
A westbound vehicle ran out of control at about 4 05 p m and struck a utility pole. The driver was taken to the hospital with a head laceration and a broken tooth. Further details were not disclosed on this page.
Spending Tug War Opens Over Texas Budget
A House Senate clash over funding reached a new stage as the Senate Finance Committee backed a $5.8 billion general appropriations bill for floor debate. The measure would siphon $41 million more from general revenue than the House budget proposal.
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Area Solons Uncommitted On Tax Plan
Austin overview shows Amarillo lawmakers noncommittal on Gov. Preston Smith's tax proposals. Rep. Walter Knapp seeks more study before backing the package as Senate and House gavel decisions loom. hearings and floor votes set on 307 million and 360 million measures with sales tax changes under debate.
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Austin
Amarillo House
Preston Smith
Texas panel backs $3 million for Amarillo base property
The Senate Finance Committee urges a $3 million appropriation to acquire land at Amarillo Air Force Base from the General Services Administration. The purchase funds a program by the new Texas State Technical Institute to establish a vocational-technical training school. TSTI now operates James.
Legislature approves funding for two more KCTI campuses
Sen Grady Hazlewood said after the appropriations bill was introduced that 3 million dollars is in the bill for KCTI to establish two additional campuses in Amarillo and Harlingen. He expressed hope the conference committee will keep the same amount and item as the Senate bill. He spoke Monday about the $3 million allocation.
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Waco
Amarillo
Harlingen
Grady Hazlewood
Canyon
Senate
Senate bill swap eyed for Amarillo property funding
Sen Hazlewood said the Senate appropriations bill will likely replace the House bill lacking funding for the Amarillo property. The House would reject the Senate substitute and a conference committee from both chambers would be created to resolve the differences.
Spacemen To Report To Bosses
Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins will host a closed circuit briefing with more than a dozen NASA officials. They answer questions about their moon mission after late night review of moon surface footage and color photos released to the media.
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Nixon Flight to Vietnam With Mrs Nixon In Secrecy
President Nixon flies from Bangkok toward a secret one day trip to the Saigon area to visit a base and address American troops. Mrs Nixon accompanies him and a lunch with President Thieu is planned at Independence Palace as a show of support for Saigon.
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Lawmaker Attacked by Land Commissioner in Texas
Rep. Jake Johnson of San Antonio says he was grabbed by the neck by Land Commissioner Jerry Sadler during an official tour of a court-ordered treasure inventory. Johnson called the incident assault and suggested impeachment talk earlier this month over salvage for a 1554 Spanish galleon. The confrontation occurred at the Texas Land Office with newsmen present as a committee observed.
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San Antonio
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Sadler
Padre Island
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Amarillo Sun Forecast for 1969 High Near 100
Weather note shows Amarillo across 1969 with sun and clouds. Tetleys forecast hot conditions through today with a high near 100 and southerly winds from 10 to 70 mph.
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