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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1973
Page
2
Inflation dominates the argument as the U S House passes a 35 percent raise in the minimum wage from 1 60 to 2 20. Critics warn automation and higher prices may cost jobs and strain relief efforts, urging measured steps and productivity growth.
Clarence M. Kelley of Kansas City is Nixon’s pick for FBI director designate after 21 years as an FBI agent and top city police chief. He will succeed Gray after Senate confirmation as Hoover era ends. Kelley cites crime reduction, morale, tech innovation and press as check on power.
In Peking the social climate appears more relaxed with Western cultural exchanges resuming. A diplomat joined Chinese gardeners in a bridge game, officials speak more openly with foreigners, and Western classics return to concert halls without charges. Dialogue on previously taboo topics also grows, while a worker can plant 1600 trees daily with new techniques.
U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers toured Mexico Nicaragua Venezuela Peru Colombia Brazil and met Chilean President Allende in Buenos Aires. Talks focused on tensions with nationalist governments while Cuba faced exclusion as Fidel Castro stayed distant from Washington.
Algeria aims to plant a belt of trees stretching about 940 miles from Morocco to Tunisia to halt desert sand intrusion. The green wall will be 3 to 12 miles thick and cover 5 to 7.5 million acres, with work due to begin next autumn along the Atlas and Aures mountains and south of the Mediterranean coast.
Lone Star Gas Company officials say since April 16, 1973, when stock was $38, there have been no corporate developments or expectations justifying the recent market value drop. The gas supply is good and earnings for the year ending March 31, 1973, were $2.63 per share, over 80 percent higher than 1968. They note no affiliation with Coastal States Gas Producing Company beyond contracts.
Letters thank Mr Luecke for reporting on the Country Fair and Bazaar sponsored by St Edward Hospital Auxiliary on June 1. The event, held despite rain, was a huge success and well covered.
The National Academy of Sciences has elected three University of Texas professors Harold Bold Rowland Pettit and Lester Reed. Bold is known for algae research Pettit for cyclobutadiene synthesis and Reed for lipoic acid studies.
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