Money To Burn and Sparks Law Ideas Roil Public Notice
A satirical roundup highlights odd federal spending from Pentagon frisbee studies to a queen in Mississippi not planting cotton and a poem priced at seven letters to total 714.28. Elmer Sparks praises two bold proposals to alter birth dates and language, joking Congress would fund them.
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South Carolina
Bill McDonald
Congressional Record
Floyd Spence
Citizen
Pentagon
England
Mississippi
Elmer Sparks
Elmer
Senators Got 350000 From Oil Industry Contributions
Common Cause reports eight Senate Finance Committee members received over 350000 in oil industry linked donations since September 1973. Major gifts went to Long, Bentsen, Gravel, and Dole. smaller sums to Ribicoff Packwood Nelson and Talmadge amid debate on repealing the oil depletion allowance.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Common Cause
Onety
Russell B. Long
D-La
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Sens
Abraham A
Ribicoff
D-Conn
Bob Packwood
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Citizens
Finance Committee
Bentsen
Senate
Fred Wertheimer
House
Congress
Ac Long
Gravel
Dallas
Bentsen Seeks Small Producers Oil Tax Break Exemption
Washington AP The Senate debate over repealing the oil depletion allowance moves toward a small producer exemption. Senator Bentsen backs keeping the aid for those pumping under 3000 barrels daily, while Senator Long pushes hearings and separate bills before action. The House already repealed the depletion allowance in its tax cut, affecting oil and most natural gas.
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Washington
Senate
Bentsen
House
Long
Congress
Pampa to elect new police chief sparks resignation drive
Petitions demanding the resignation of the mayor and four city commissioners were set to circulate after the city commission chose Richard Mills of Lake Worth as the new police chief. The open meeting drew 65 to 70 residents who were not allowed to voice objections before adjournment. Twenty-two applications were received, including seven from Pampa officers, for the post vacated by Chief James B. Conner's death on January 1.
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Pampa
City Commission
Richard Mills
Lake Worth
R. D. Wilkerson
Amarillo Port of Entry Office Set for May 15 Opening
Amarillo Air Terminal to host U S Port of Entry offices starting May 15. James R Thompson of Houston and Airport Manager Bill Wilson coordinated to lease space near the main waiting area. Vernon D Acree notified Rep Jack Hightower's office of a mid May opening.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Air Terminal
U. S. Bureau of Customs
Bill Wilson
James R. Thompson
Houston
Bureau of Customs
Wilson
Thompson
Vernon D. Acree
U. S
U.S
Jack Hightower
House Approves 3.5 Billion Foreign Aid Bill
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 3.5 billion dollar foreign aid measure for the fiscal year ending June 30 with 2.5 billion less than the administration request and no military aid for Cambodia. Full House vote set for Thursday. In Argentina, leftist Montonero guerrillas attacked an American auto plant with grenades during William Rogers visit, threatening further action against American interests.
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Washington
U.S
Cambodia
House
Buenos Aires
Argentina
William Rogers
Henry) Kissinger
Peoples
Montonero
Demos Plan Policy Vote On War Aid to Cambodia
Democrats schedule a Wednesday policy vote on halting or approving further U S military aid to Cambodia and South Vietnam The issue hinges on whether aid can help Cambodia survive to the rainy season and influence refugee flows Senate leaders called for relief and compromise as Ford asked Congress to approve 222 million in aid The resolution follows pressure from Republican Hugh Scott and Democratic Mike Mansfield with Congress weighing humanitarian obligations and legal commitments.
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Demos
Cambodia
Washington
House
Democrats
White House
Ron Nessen
Congress
Nelsen
U.S
Lon Nol
Senate
Republican
Hugh Scott
America
House Democrats
South Vietnam
Ford
Scott
Ford Administration
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
Mike Mansfield
United States
Weather outlook shows warmer today then cooler tonight
Partly cloudy with a rise toward near 60 degrees today and a low in the upper 20s tonight. Clouds increase Wednesday with highs in the 50s and a 20 percent chance of showers. Winds southwest to west at 14 to 24 mph.
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D-S.c
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Lloyd M. Bentsen
Hollings
Kennedy
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