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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1973
Page
1
Government climatologist Dr. J. Murray Mitchell argues drouth, not rain, is the real worry for the Plains, noting a cycle of heavy rain followed by drought every two decades. He cites past dust bowl events and says irrigation and soil conservation lessen future disaster, while water can be found if needed.
In a Department of Commerce press release Dr. James T. Peterson, a research meteorologist with NOAA, is described as stationed at the EPA lab in Research Triangle Park North Carolina and affiliated with the Air Resources Research Laboratories. The note follows local fishing reports from O R Stark Jr. at Quitaque noting Salty Jones catching a seven pound black bass at Lake Theo and crappie and spawning bass activity at nearby lakes.
President Nixon's administration signals active consideration of wage price controls and other anti inflation steps. Melvin Laird says he will present recommendations after meetings with Congress and Cabinet. Sources say selective controls are being reviewed but no decisions have been made.
The Pentagon will not build more F111 fighter bombers. Production will stop after current orders, with 543 FIlls total by late next year and 18 more on a one per month schedule before December 1974. The program faced long delays, costs, and opposition from Congress and critics.
Impending fuel shortages threaten the Panhandle wheat harvest as custom combines work in North Texas. Diesel and gasoline allotments strain jobbers from Cottle to Wilbarger counties, with officials forecasting shortages by June and crews scrambling to secure fuel to finish harvesting the bumper crop.
The West Texas State University board of regents named Dr. Lloyd Watkins as the new president, completing a key link in the university’s organizational chain. Globe News reporter Daryl McKee explains the board’s functions and the administration’s structure in Page 6 of today’s Daily News.
President Nixon designates former Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird as chief domestic strategist and makes White House chief of staff Alexander M. Haig’s appointment permanent. Laird said he returned reluctantly but agreed to help resume government business after a departmental standstill.
Skylab astronauts conducted a rehearsal for a hazardous spacewalk to free an aluminum strap fouling a power panel while a battery system faltered further lowering the station’s electricity. Commander Charles Conrad and Dr. Joseph Kerwin practiced using ropes and tools with Paul Weitz aboard to monitor.
Fair nights and partly cloudy days mark a warming trend through Friday with highs near 90 and a low around 60. Winds from the southwest at 10 to 20 mph. Inside News ex-baseball player held in extortion plot. Sloan advised Haldeman of misconduct.
Special prosecutor Archibald Cox asked Judge Sirica to order the Senate Watergate committee to hear possibly incriminating testimony in a closed session or without radio and TV coverage. He backs limited immunity for John W. Dean III and Jeb Stuart Magruder, saying conditions in law are met.
Albuquerque road contractor Paul Wood reported Continental Oil Co. agreed to resume diesel deliveries after Atty. Gen. Norvell warned of a possible suit for damages if Wood defaulted on state highway contracts. Wood said Conoco had threatened no June deliveries and only 8000 gallons per day.
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