From A to Izzard: Obsolete Wheels and Futuristic Trains
The piece surveys a 10,000 mile an hour magnetic train concept and a Houston airport tunnel train that carries passengers without crew. It notes the Department of Transportation TACRV tests, compares to a Senate-Capitol tunnel ride, and critiques McGovern's proposed universal $1000 welfare program while recalling Townsend's 1930s plan.
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United States
Dulles
Washington
Department of Transportation
Senate
Capitol
Houston
McGovern
Townsend
Flood Dumas Couple Survives South Dakota Deluge
Clarence Stepp and his wife, Sunset Elementary teacher, rode out Rapid Creek flooding in South Dakota after 10 inch rains wrecked their vacation in Canada. They lost personal property including cameras and clothing, while a 2 year old girl was found dead nearby. They received tetanus and diphtheria shots and hope to return to Texas to pursue insurance on their car. Local residents aided them during the escape.
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Dumas
Clarence Stepp
Stepps
Rapid Creek
South Dakota
Sunset
Phillips Petroleum Co
Canada
Presidential Monument
Richard Kneip
Texas
Ellsworth Afb
Rapid City
Senate OKs 3.03 Billion Transit Budget With Hijack Safeguards
The Senate approved a 3.03 billion transportation bill adding funds to strengthen passenger screening and curb hijackings. It includes 15 million for Darien Gap Highway construction linking Panama and Colombia and a plan to raise highway and airway tax revenues by 5.4 billion for roads and airports. The measure heads back to the House for approval of Senate changes.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Americas
House
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
Darien Gap
United States
Panama
Colombia
Central America
Pilots plan 24 hour grounding in world wide protest
Fifty thousand pilots across 64 nations planned a 24 hour walkout to protest skyjacking. Courts blocked the action and United Air Lines rejected participation, while Trans World Airlines sought a ban and the ATA pressed for a nationwide order. The strike could affect domestic and international flights, with UN measures urged and UN officials meeting with federation leaders.
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New York
Trans World Airlines
Washington
Air Transport Association
Federal District Court
United Air Lines
TWA
U.S. District Court
Edward Weinfeld
Manhattan
George Hart
ATA
Ola Forsberg
International Federation of Airline Pilots
Forsberg
United Nations
Federation
U.N. Security Council
United States U.N
John J. O'Donnell
U.S. Air Line Pilots Association
Japan
United States
Charles Blyth
United Transport Workers Federation
International Association of Machinists
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Elderly Man Dies After Amarillo Crash
Charley R. Wheeler 82 of 216 N Polk died at Northwest Texas Hospital from injuries suffered Wednesday when struck by a car while walking home from the grocery. Wheeler, a WWI veteran and former carpenter, had lived in Amarillo four years and was a bachelor with two sisters surviving. Funeral arrangements by Schooler Gordon.
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Charley R. Wheeler
N. Polk
Northwest
Texas Hospital
Wheeler
Lith
N. Pierce
Evelyn Tilory
Hilltop
Schooler- Gordon Funeral
Waco
Amarillo
American Legion
Nellie Hudspeth
Temple
Minnie Ford
Forest Grove
Ore
Price Commission considers action as beef prices rise
The Price Commission weighs possible measures to curb rising food costs, especially meat, with a potential price freeze or caps on retailer pass through. Officials say any move would be a last resort, while industry groups warn of a sharp upcoming price hike as wholesale beef costs soar beyond 60 dollars per hundredweight.
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Washington
Price Commission
High Commission
Timothy McEnroe
National Association of Food Chains
Louis Neeb
Commission
Neeb
Edgar Fiedler
Treasury Department
Fiedler
John B. Connally
Treasury
Wallace Surgery Sunday for Alabama Governor Wallace
An operation to remove a bullet from Gov George C Wallace's spinal canal is set for Sunday at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring Maryland Doctors say he remains paralyzed from the hips down since the shooting in Laurel Maryland Wallace hopes to attend the Democratic National Convention starting July 10 and return to Alabama before then He was shot while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination and has been hospitalized since May 15
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Silver Spring
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Miami
Billy Joe Camp
Holy Cross Hospital
Laurel
Soviet Journalist Sees End of Vietnam War Hope
Moscow correspondent Victor Louis quotes Soviet observers who say Podgorny's Hanoi visit aims to halt hostilities on all fronts and pave the way for new negotiations. They warn China’s stance and pro Peking Hanoi leaders remain unclear while Nixon’s Moscow talks influence Hanoi.
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London
Nikolai V. Podgerny
Hanoi
Victor Louis
Moscow
London Evening News
South Vietnam
Louis
Kremlin
Nikita’ S. Khrushchev
Czechoslovakia
Nixon
Podgorny
Bell Seeks Hike in Rates for Amarillo Phone Service
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. seeks city approval to raise basic rates in Amarillo. District manager D. D. Dillard filed Friday for the first rate hike since 1956, aiming to boost gross revenue by 19.6 percent to offset higher costs. He said return on investment would rise from 2.73 percent to 5.09 percent if approved, and that the present rates are too low for current operations.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Amarillo
D. D. Dillard
City Commission
Southwestern Bell
Dillard
Commission
Cmpany
BELL
Security Council to Meet on Hijacking Statement
Yugoslav Ambassador Lazár Mojsov, council president for June, called the 15 members to gather Monday for informal consultations on a U S proposed statement condemning hijacking. The meeting aims to agree on text and adoption procedure with both permanent and non permanent members participating.
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United Nations, N. Y
U.N. Security Council
Council
Lazar Mojsoy
U.S
United States
Mojsov
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