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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1973
Page
1
A nostalgic column praises Iowa beef packers and an Iowan appointment as West Texas State U president. It notes NASA wind energy research in Cleveland aiming to solve regional shortages by windmills, suggesting wind power could lift water and fuel rural needs in the Southwest.
A Pennsylvanian oil company researcher notes world markets are metric and the United States lags in conversion. Caterpillar, IBM, and others adopt metric for new designs while Congress stalls. The piece blends quips with a call for quicker national alignment to avoid trade costs.
The Soviet Union's TU144 exploded in midair during a Le Bourget display killing all six crew aboard and at least eight other deaths among spectators. Officials opened an investigation amid questions of pilot error and misjudged climb. Debris rained over Goussainville as fire engulfed the scene.
A union backed bill to raise the minimum wage by 60 cents and extend coverage to six million workers faces House action and Senate passage. The Senate seeks a mandatory gasoline allocation to share shortages, limit refiners’ pricing, and curb gas station closures. Senate farm subsidy reform charts new payments based on market gaps, while tax reform attempts loom for debt ceiling action. AFL-CIO chief Meany urges support for the Democratic wage bill and opposes the administration substitute, criticizing a proposed youth subminimum wage.
SPACE CENTER Houston AP Charles Conrad Jr the new world champion astronaut used Skylab cameras to search for hydrocarbons in Chihuahua Mexico and to study growth of Phoenix and Tucson. He set a new total time in space record surpassing James Lovell during Skylab 1 as Weitz and Kerwin monitored ahead of a planned space walk repair decision.
The United Nations Security Council may urge Secretary General Waldheim to use his good offices to broker a settlement in the Arab‑Israeli conflict. Austria drafted a resolution. Cairo discussions and a Wednesday debate signaled possible council action. The United States backs negotiations with no preconditions, opposing Israel withdrawal pledges before talks.
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with little temperature change and a slight chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s and lows around 50, with southerly winds 10 to 23 mph and a 20 percent precipitation chance both today and tonight.
The death toll from a fiery collision in New York Harbor rose to eight as the container ship Sea Witch rammed the Belgian tanker Esso Brussels. The eighth body was found aboard the ruined tanker while eight others remained missing. Fireboats stopped after 36 hours of fighting to assess stability of the partly beached Sea Witch.
Dory Funk Sr., 54, a professional wrestler and former Boys Ranch superintendent and football coach, died early Sunday at St. Anthony's Hospital after a heart attack near Umbarger. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at First Methodist Church Canyon with burial in Dreamland Cemetery. Surviving are his wife Betty, four sons Dory Jr and Terry, daughter Doree, and other relatives.
Florida state representative George Baumgartner and his wife Doris recount their son Pat’s overdose at 15 and the drug treatment journey that followed. The case spurred two bills approving 400000 for licensed centers and allowing readmission after treatment. both passed. He aims to push funding further as Florida houses nearly 100000 patients in 50 centers.
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