Texas Congressmen Vote On Various Amendments
Texas lawmakers debated tax and Vietnam peace resolutions as amendments were offered. key votes saw amendments on depletion rates and personal tax exemptions defeated or adopted with party splits. Bonafide names include Yarborough Tower Eckhardt de la Garza and others, voting records noted.
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Texas
Washington
Yarborough
Tower
Vietnam
Burleson
Bush
Casey
Collins
Dowdy
Fisher
Karen
Mahon
Pickle
Poage
Price
Purcell
Teague
White
Wright
Young
Gonzalez
de la Garza
Eckhardt
Brooks
Roberts
Cabell
Patman
Millions face no boost from 15 percent Social Security rise
Washington AP reports more than a million low income Social Security pensioners may not gain from a 15 percent payment increase. Welfare rules offset any raise by reduced state supplements, leaving many totals unchanged. Officials note welfare and Social Security interact complicating gains, with reform planned for next year.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Von Braun says Soviets tried to beat us to the moon
Dr. Wernher von Braun, director at Marshall Space Flight Center, told the Laconia Chamber of Commerce that he is convinced the Russians tried to beat the United States to the moon and lost. He did not detail reasons, but said Russia is ahead in some manned or biting laboratories and that landing a man on Mars is attainable in the 1980s.
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Laconia
N.H
Wernher von Braun
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Laconia Chamber of Commerce
von Braun
Russia
United States
Manned Orbiting Laboratories
Mars
SEC Resumes Trading For Dubious Stocks Amid Caution
The SEC let Commercial Finance Corp and Pacific Fidelity Corp resume trading, warning both have no assets or offices and that information about assets is unreliable. The move follows past suspensions to curb manipulation while noting a shift toward shorter suspensions to halt market abuse without immediate court action.
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Washington
Nance Corp
New Jersey
Pacific Fidelity Corp
Nevada
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Pacific Fidelity
Pacific
T Company
SHC
Federal Oil Company
Salt Lake City
Commission
Growth in Lamb Carcass Weight Since 1940
An average lamb carcass weighed 41 pounds in 1940 and now reaches about 55 pounds due to enhanced breeding and feeding techniques.
Pulitzer Prize For Commentary Announced By Columbia
Columbia University will establish a new Pulitzer prize for criticism or commentary in American newspapers. Andrew W. Cordier said the award, carrying a certificate and 1000 dollars, will start next year as the 10th journalism prize. Submissions for all journalism categories are due February 1, 1970.
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New York
Columbia University
Andrew W. Cordier
Cordier
the University
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P. J. Rouse
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J.C. Harrison Sr
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