Thailand passes gun bill in Bangkok a bold change
A Bangkok Post clipping notes Thailand's House approves a "Guns for Citizens" bill by 117 to 1, allowing citizens to buy and carry guns without permits. Propelled by crime fears, the bill cites cases of armed robberies and lax law enforcement. The piece also mentions oil driller Roland Ryder in Singapore and local notes from the Texas Panhandle.
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Ford
National Rifle Association
Roland Ryder
Singapore
Gulf
Malay Peninsula
Bangkok Post
Malaysia
Vn U
House
Suthas Ngernmuen
Socialist-Union Party
Suthas
Texas House approves large teacher pay raise despite veto threat
In Austin the Texas House voted 79 to 67 for a major teacher pay raise as part of Speaker Clayton's school finance bill. The amendment sets starting salaries at 9000 dollars, up from 6600, with larger raises for experienced teachers. The measure faces Briscoe's opposition over tax concerns though supporters cite funding from the Budget Board estimates.
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Austin
Tex
Texas House
Dolph Briscoe
R. B. McAlister
D— Lubbock
Bill Clayton
Neil Caldwell
Angleton
Legislative Budget Board
Tom Keel
Caldwell
Texas State Teachers Association
Hamp Atkinson
New Boston
Carl Parker
Port Arthur
Briscoe
San Antonio
TSTA
Don Cartwright
Clayton
Tom Massey
D-San Angelo
Marines Head for Thailand as Security Council Meets
President Ford ordered a second NSC session as Marines head toward Thailand in a show of force over the Mayaguez incident. 150 Marines were dispatched to Utapao and 1,000 more planned from Okinawa, while Cambodian gunboats hold the ship near Koh Tang Island.
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Washington
U.S
Thailand
Ford
National Security Council
White House
Ron Nessen
Koh Tang
Nessen
NSC
Henry A. Kissinger
Missouri
Security Council
Cambodia
Okinawa
Utapao
Congress
Mayaguez
Pentagon
Navy
House Fails To Override Veto on 1-Year Farm Bill
The U S House failed to override President Ford’s veto by 245 to 182, short of the two thirds needed, killing a one year emergency farm bill. Ford cited a $1 83 billion cost for FY 1976 and warned of higher food prices and extended spending. Supporters argued net cost would be about 210 million and backed by major farm groups and AFL CIO.
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Washington
House
Ford
Philip Burton
California
Agriculture
Earl L
Weather Outlook: Warm Days With Mild Nights Ahead
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions through Thursday. Warmer today with highs near 80 and a low in the 50s tonight. Thursday should reach the mid 80s. Northerly winds 10 to 20 mph today.
Senate Ends Filibuster On Consumer Protection Bill
In Washington the Senate voted to end a filibuster after three years and seven failed attempts, advancing a bill to create a consumer protection agency though a presidential veto remains possible. In Ankara an assailant struck Turkish Premier Suleyman Demire with brass knuckles, fracturing his nose in an assassination attempt noted by a government minister.
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Washington
Ankara
Turkey
Suleyman Demire
Ismet Inonu
Strike Triggers Mass Layoffs Across Northern California
About 165 anesthesiologists in northern California refuse to work over rising malpractice insurance costs causing thousands of hospital workers to be laid off due to reduced workload. State official Donald Burns warns that many people are losing their jobs, including orderlies and nurses.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Donald Burns
Bob Wills Dies at 70 in Fort Worth After Stroke Legacy
Western swing pioneer Bob Wills died at 1 05 p m Tuesday in Kent Nursing Home Fort Worth after strokes left him bedridden since 1969 and 1973 He was 70 He founded the Texas Playboys and created a lasting jazz inflected country sound known as western swing He appeared in 26 films earned Hall of Fame honors and received a Wrangler Award for the album For The Last Time with his Texas Playboys His death marks the end of an era in American music with tributes from Rip Ramsey Merle Haggard and others noting his lasting influence.
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Bob Wills
Kent Nursing Home
Fort Worth
Charles Townsend
WTSU
Wills
San Antonis Rose
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Old
Texas Playboys
Merle Haggard
Sumet Studio
Dallas
Tommy Allsup
Playboy
Nashville
San Antonio
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Western Heritage Center
Bob Wills Dies at 70 King of Western Swing Remembered
Bob Wills, a pivotal Western Swing figure, rose from Northwest Texas social scenes to a medicine show and later a 14 member band. He played on Fort Worth and Tulsa stations, opened a Tulsa ballroom, appeared in a 1940 movie, toured the West Coast and South, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1968. Moore Funeral Home of Tulsa will announce funeral services.
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Fort Worth
Tulsa
West
Oklahoma
South
Wills
Country Music Hall of Fame
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Pete
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Robert Melherin
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Robert Mulherin
Palisades
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Kansas City
United States
Gulf of Thailand
Inside News
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Eeees
Women's News
Rip Ramsey
Amarillo
Betty Anderson
Bob Sullivan
Bob
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