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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1973
Page
2
Data from the National Weather Service in Amarillo reports no precipitation over the 24 hour period ending 6 PM Thursday. The year to date total is 0.84 inches, with a normal of 8.88 inches. A historical note compares 1914 US soybean acreage to 1972 figures of over 47 million acres.
The Mary E. Bivins Memorial Library will screen The Legend of the Pied Piper and Johnny Appleseed on Saturday. Show time is 2:30 p.m. on the third floor with no admission charge. Nan Gamble leads the children's services.
Government audits show about 1.18 million dollars for improvements at the Key Biscayne Florida complex and 703 thousand dollars for the San Clemente California estate, with White House officials stating all spending was for security or security related items not requested by Nixon. The expenditures cover landscaping and a central heating system among other updates at presidential properties.
A brief item notes figures showing monthly sums such as 21.60 and 28.80 amid ongoing financial confusion. No clear names or places appear in the readable text.
The House committee backed a $3.3 billion annual welfare expansion financed by economies including closing foreign bases. The plan would federalize adult welfare programs, raise guaranteed income, and assure no income loss in 1974 through state supplementation if needed. The bill moves to the Senate next week.
The court abandons the 1966 rule of utterly without redeeming social value and adopts a serious value standard for obscenity. It upholds state interests in regulating commercialized obscenity, noting possible links to sex crimes while allowing states freedom to remove controls. Justices Brennan Douglas dissent on limits to censorship. The decisions also affirm Congress authority to regulate transportation and importation of obscene material.
Skylab astronauts report relief after fixing a trash air lock, a fix seen as crucial to avoid monumental garbage buildup for two 56 day missions. Earlier they installed a sunshade parasol and freed a solar wing to almost double power, aiding ongoing space research aboard the earth orbiting lab.
Washington report compares American and Soviet forces. U.S. 41 Polaris submarines include 16 with Poseidon missiles of 14 independently targetable warheads. Russia fields 45 subs but lacks independent reentry vehicles. U.S. Minuteman II missiles upgraded to Minuteman III boost accuracy beyond prior weapons. SALT caps limit totals at 1500 Russians and 1000 Americans.
Funeral services are held today for Dr Leonides G Cigarroa 51 a noted surgeon and political figure who died Tuesday in Dallas after a stroke June 14 His body lay in state at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Laredo on Wednesday.
Joe Van Bakel of 3810 Carlton Amarillo leads a 25 member group to the VEW convention at Rice Hotel Houston joining about 2,500 veterans for sessions through Sunday Parker W. K. Huber of Corpus Christi becomes incoming state VFW president and Mrs. Cecil Rhoades of Amarillo is incoming auxiliary vice commander. The group will also push Amarillo’s bid for the 1975 concalve.
Infant Dawn Michelle Mahon daughter of Mr and Mrs Geary Mahan of 2915 South Woodland will be laid to rest at Llano in a graveside service at dusk. The service will honor the memory of the infant in a private ceremony conducted by local funeral officials.
Henry M Beverley 74 of 1805 South Julian Boulevard died. Services set for 10 a m Friday at Polk Street United Methodist Church with body in state until one hour before service and casket closed.
Knowledgeable observers expect a second pact by late 1974. President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev met at 11 30 a m at the leader's lodge and talked until 12 37 p m. They planned to resume talks after a helicopter ride to Washington.
Public hearings conducted by the Texas Water Quality Board examined four wastewater permit applications at Amarillo City Hall on Wednesday morning. Sudan Livestock and Feeding Co seeks rainfall runoff coverage for a 30,000 head feed lot east of Sudan. Moody Farms requests runoff coverage and a truck wash facility for a 17,000 head feedlot near Pampa. Stratford cattle trucking facility seeks industrial discharge on U S 287 south of Stratford. Memphis proposes using municipal effluent to irrigate the Memphis Country Club golf course. Key-Coy Feeders withdrew prior to the hearing.
Ford Motor Co took a patent license on a Dresserator fuel air mixing device from Dresser Industries of Dallas. The unit would replace the air section of a conventional carburetor. Ford said production feasibility has not yet been established.
Lanhart Industries Inc. agreed to acquire mineral rights to 150000 acres in Southern Montana and will explore the region for oil and gas.
Portland zoo officials confirm a 3 day old 225 pound elephant is male not female. The 13th member of the herd brings totals to five males and eight females. At weigh in the calf stands 35 inches tall with a 20 inch tail and a 9 inch trunk.
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