Nixon veto threat looms as House backs education budget
The House passed a 19.7 billion labor, health and education appropriations bill 261 to 110 amid Nixon’s veto threat. Senate action remains, with leaders weighing whether to recess and risk an anticipated veto or return to vote on overriding it.
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House
Nixon
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Senate
Hugh Scott
Tennessee
Gore
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Labor
Agency For International Development
Philadelphia
Scott
Texas weekend shootings tie with traffic deaths at 30
The Associated Press tally shows 14 people shot dead and 14 killed in highway crashes from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight across Texas. Names include Class Lauderdale of Eldorado Oklahoma and Lester Shook of San Antonio. Stain brothers in El Paso. a fatal double truck crash near Seymour. other deaths from a stabbing and a residential fire.
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Associated Press
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Class W. Lauderdale
Eldorado
Okla
Floydado
Lauderdale
Joe Don Harvey
Emory
U.S
Rains County
Lester Shook
San Antonio
Steven Stain
el Paso
Stain
Gary Stain
George Milton Price
Seymour
Edward Barnes
William Ellis Ireland
Midland
James J. Ockovic
Hous
Multiple Texas deaths and a Houston shooting prompt investigations
A Houston bar shooting left a man dead with a 59-year-old suspect detained for questioning. James Clark died in a one car Houston crash injuring three. A Peach Orchard crash near Stonewall killed Phil Weinheimer and injured three teens. An Austin infant Mary Galvan died after a head wound with father Daniel Galvan charged. Edd Williams died in a Texas 71 crash injuring another. An East Texas man perished in a fatal explosion.
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Houston
James Clark
Phil Weinheimer
Stonewall
Texas
Weinheimer
Austin
Mary Galvan
Daniel Galvan
Edd Williams
Fredonia
Texas 71
Llane
Brady
Williams
East Texas
Bush Signals Bid for Senate Seat Next Year
Washington Rep. George Bush says he is strongly inclined to seek the GOP nomination for the U S Senate race in 1968. He plans to announce in Austin, Texas, by January 14 and would challenge Democrat Ralph Yarborough, who is up for re election. Bush, 45, serves as a Houston district congressman and is a founder of oil firms in Midland.
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George Bush
R - Tex
Senate
Bush
Austin
Tex
U.S. Senate
Ralph Yarborough
Houston
Yarborough
Fullerm
Bush- Overby Oil Development Co
Zapata Petroleum Corp
Midland
Zapta Off- Shore Co
House
Milton
Mass
Yale University
Prescott Bush
Connecticut
New Oil Slick On California Coastline
Globs of oil from an undersea seepage slick washed onto about 10 miles of Santa Barbara coastline. First reports listed six birds killed and over 200 oiled as volunteers manned a bird cleaning station. Geologists cited pumps shutdown at offshore platforms as the cause and noted fog prevented a size estimate. Union Oil Co said pumps reactivated on Saturday slowed seepage.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Pacific
Union Oil Co
Car Hits Cow Injures Three Near Childress
Three people were hospitalized with minor injuries after a car struck a cow on the highway three miles west of Childress on U S 287 at 9 20 p.m. Sunday. The cow was killed and the car demolished. Beverly and Darlene Gillispie of Amarillo and Jacqulyn Gillispie of Crowell were treated and released. Darlene Gillispie drove the car as they headed to Amarillo.
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U. S. 287
Beverly
Darlene Gillispie
Amarillo
Jacqulyn Gillispie
Crowell
Apollo 12 Astronauts Parade Through Fort Worth Gala
Fort Worth hosts a ticker tape style welcome for Apollo 12 astronauts Alan Bean Charles Conrad Jr and Richard Gordon Jr. The event includes a parade lunch youth conference and a public banquet with heavy security and thousands of spectators. Bean a longtime Fort Worth native attended Paschal High and UT while his wife Sue and children joined the celebrations.
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Alan L. Bean
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard Gordon Jr
Intrepid
Alan Bean
Gen
Jonathan Wainwright
Bean
Sue
Clay
Amy
Arnold Bean
Convention Center
Texas
all-Navy
Conrad
Navy
Paschal High
Paschal
Dallas
University of Texas
Death Toll Climbs in SVN Airliner Crash
A South Vietnamese airliner skidded off the Nha Trang runway, smashing into a school and slum homes. Initially 30 dead, with 21 on the ground and nine aboard, including many schoolchildren. Twenty injured, including two American soldiers. The craft carried 63 passengers and seven crew. all crew survived.
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Nha Trang
Vietnam
Air Vietnam
Three Divorces Granted in District Court This Morning
District court granted three divorces this morning. Cases included Lura Ava Court versus J C Court with restoration of her former name Pyle, Glenn Neal versus Erma Neal, and Gloria June Sweeney versus Joseph D Sweeney.
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Ava
J. C
Pyle
Glenn Neal
Erma Neal
Gloria June Sweeney
Joseph D. Sweeney
Israelis Reject U S Plan for West Bank Withdrawals
Israeli Cabinet meets to discuss the U S peace proposal for Israel and Jordan and the strain on ties with Washington. Eban and Rabin report sharp talks with U S officials as Israel demands a face to face peace treaty before any withdrawal. Rockets from Jordan threaten Beisan Valley settlements amid Arab rejection of negotiations.
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Rabin
U.S
Eban
Egypt
Soviet Union
Jordan
Beisan
Turn
VC Down US Copter Eight Americans Die
U S helicopter shot down near the demilitarized zone kills eight Americans and wounds two as paratroopers ambush a North Vietnamese force. A second helicopter is shot down near the Cambodian border. three crew wounded. US planes bomb infiltration routes from Laos as traction of enemy troops grows. President Thieu visits US 25th Division and hints at further withdrawals next year.
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U. S
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
101St Airborne Division
U. S. Air Force
Laos
Khe Sanh
U Command
U.S
Vietnam
Quan Loi
An Xuyen
101St Airborne
Hue
Nguyen van Thieu
U. S. 25Th Infantry Division
Nixon
SEC moves to halt trading in seven firms
Government orders and court injunctions sought against five companies and 13 individuals amid a securities crackdown. The action targets a group allegedly selling stock in seven corporations, with filings expected in California. Fidel Castro warned in Cuba that joking about the sugar harvest would be punished, as workers mobilize for a record crop. In Texas a Baptist minister from Sand Springs turned himself in on a rape charge involving a 14 year old at an orphanage where he served as superintendent for 17 months. Billy Estes, once a West Texas financier, is tied to Estes empire history and related legal actions.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
California
Miami
Fidel Castro
Castro
Cuba
Radio
Mineral Wells
Tex
Sand Springs
Okla
Floyd Dillard Sutterfield
Oil Producer Obie Bristow Found Dead in Texas
Obie Bristow a 69 year old oil producer and former University of Oklahoma football player and Big Spring High School coach was found dead at his home in Big Spring Texas. Justice of Peace ruled death by hanging with personal safety factors. Bristow had been ill and despondent, survived by his widow and two sons. He served as Special Services Officer at Childress Air Field in World War II and also served in World War I.
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Big Spring
Tex
Jessie Gordon
Bristow
Justice of Peace
Jess Slaughter
University of Oklahoma
West Texas
Childress Air Field
Epidemic of Hong Kong Virus A2 Strikes New Guinea
The Hong Kong virus A2 flu swept the central highlands of Australian New Guinea killing hundreds of villagers. Pneumonia developed in many cases as the epidemic, the worst in the region's history, receded after widespread illness.
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New Guinea
Port Moresby
Australian New Guinea
Hong Kong
Colder Weather Forecast Across Texas
Skies were clear over Texas today but clouds were set to drift in tonight bringing showers to many areas Tuesday. Expect increased cloudiness and rain from North Central and Northeast Texas to the Gulf Coast and southeast regions. Western Texas stays mostly partly cloudy with little precipitation. A colder spell is forecast for most of the state by Tuesday after mild overnight temperatures ranging from the 30s to 50s in parts of the state.
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Gulf Coast
Galveston Island
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