Bread and beef protests echo 1960s campaigns in Texas
In a Texas newspaper note, nostalgia for the Great Bread Rebellion of 1966 and the Great Beef Boycott of 1973 is recalled. The piece highlights Housewives' Voice for Lower Prices, flour and yeast drives, and staged gatherings, while noting price-rise causes and evolving consumer anger. The report also covers commuter airline growth in Texas and a Moscow zoo anecdote about peaceful coexistence.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Housewives’ Voice
Nixon Energy Plan Seeks 5 Percent Consumption Cut
President Nixon is set to ask Americans to cut personal energy use by five percent over the next year as part of an energy message. The plan would fund a $10 billion five year research program, start with a $100 million 1974 upfront, and reorganize agencies into a new Department of Energy and a Nuclear Energy Commission replacing the Atomic Energy Commission. Colorado Governor John A. Love would head a White House energy coordinating office.
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Washington
Nixon
Energy Research and Development Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
Colorado
John A. Love
Energy Coordinating
White House
Nuclear Energy Commission
Energy Plan Aims Major Agency Merger and Cuts
The proposal would fuse energy research and natural resources into a new Department of Energy and Natural Resources absorbing ERDA and existing Interior functions. It includes a 7 percent federal energy-use cut, voluntary speed reductions, and shifts in funding toward mass transit. Love would monitor the energy situation and report by March 15.
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Department of Energy and Natural Resources
Interior Department
Ric Administration
NOAA
Department of Commerce
Independent Water Resources Council
Corps of Engineers
Love
Congress
Montoya Denies Any Wrongdoing
New Mexico Attorney General David Norvell said his office is examining whether Senator Joseph Montoya violated state law by how he reported 1970 campaign contributions The Wall Street Journal suggested dummy committees in DC were used to route funds and avoid NM reporting Landauer linked Montoya to labor bosses and Watergate inquiries
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Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico
David Norvell
Joseph Montoya
The
Wall Street Journal
District of Columbia
Jerry Landauer
Montoya
Anderson Carter
Lovington
Landauer
Watergate Investigating Committee
Harvest Itchy Race Against Time in Vega Field
In Vega the Watley family fights scorching sun and looming drought as 200 acres of dryland wheat ripen under a hard summer. Glen Watley and his sons operate two combines amid scarce labor, rising fuel costs, and field fire risks, hoping for a successful harvest while uncertainties linger.
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Watley & Son
Great Plains
Vega
Glen Watley
Watley & Older Sons
Rick Graves
Dodgers
Kid Brother
Act
Andy Watley
Roy Watley
Bobby Thurston
Watley
Vega High
Dalhart
Brian
Roy
Bobby
Andy
Texas
Congress and Nixon at odds over Cambodia bombing funds
Congressional action presses for an immediate cutoff of U S bombing in Cambodia despite Nixon veto threats. House and Senate move to attach antibombing amendments to funding bills, with a possible compromise on Aug 15 bombing halt under debate.
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Washington
Congress
U.S
Cambodia
Nixon
House
Senate
House Rules Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Indochina
Laos
William P. Rogers
Mike Mansfield
Southeast Asia
Woman wins record slot jackpot at Harold's Club
A San Francisco woman, remaining anonymous, struck a $33,151 jackpot on a $1 slot at Harold's Club in Reno. She lined up four barrel symbols and plans to remodel her home and help her husband retire early. The prior record was $27,895 at the same club.
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Reno, Nev
UPI
San Francisco
Harolds Club
Harold's Club
Health Center Funding Sparks Amarillo Hospital Debate
Amarillo doctors and lay citizens grilled a proposed 29 million Health Services Center to replace Northwest Texas Hospital. Critics questioned the 80 thousand dollar per bed cost while supporters want a replacement. a Sept. 18 election will decide funding after tax-rate hikes from 33 to 67 cents.
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Globe-News
Amarillo
Northwest Texas Hospital
Panhandle
Northwest
Texas
PRHC
Amarillo Hospital
Ted Nicklaus
High Plains Baptist Hospital
Passport Rumor Denied Movyer Trial Date In Austin
The delayed trial of former State Rep. Hudson Moyer of Amarillo for theft of 5040 in postage stamps is set for July 9 in 147th District Court in Austin. Prosecutors and defense attorneys discuss passport rumors and the possibility of bond changes while federal agencies deny issuing a passport to Moyer.
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Hudson Moyer
Amarillo
147Th District Court
Austin
Moyer
Gainsborough
Travis County
Robert O. Smith
Smith
Washington
Roy Minton
Mowyer
Minton
Passport Agency
New Orleans
United States
Stormer
Walter Knapp
Knapp
Mover
House Post
Fred Scott
Weather outlook with isolated storms through Saturday
Partly cloudy conditions with a slight chance of mainly afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms through Saturday. Temperatures hold near highs in the mid 90s and lows around the mid 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Precipitation probability 20 percent today and tonight.
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del Rio
Davis Airlines
Bryant College Station
Texas A&m
MAC Helicopters
Houston Metro Airlines
Houston
Rio Airways
Killeen
Fort Sam Houston
Southwest Airlines
Dallas
Frank Huxtable
Better Business Bureau
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Moscow
Olsen Park
Pete
Wes Izzard
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Atomic Energy Research
New Energy Research and Development Administration
Highway Trust Fund
DENR
ERDA
Department of Transportation
U.S. Forest Service
Agriculure Department
National Oceanic and Atmosphe
Watley & Sons
Glen
By Wayne Board
Movyer
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Ervin
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