Colorado lawmakers push through key education and land use talks
Colorado legislators returned to finish the 1973 session amid major tasks. A conference committee worked on a compromise land use bill while Rep. Arnold sought funds to boost handicapped children’s aid. A state aid and property tax relief proposal was expected. Gov Love traveled to Washington. Vanderhoof handled duties in his absence.
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Armstrong blasts price freeze in House speech
Representative William Armstrong of Colorado lambasted new price controls as harmful to business. He cited Red Seal Potato Chip Co. in Aurora, a 200 employee firm, struggling because farmers receive higher potato payments while chips face no cover under the Nixon freeze, arguing controls create an impossible economic trap.
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William Armstrong
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Driver escapes burning gasoline tanker in Colorado crash
CONIFER Colo AP a tanker truck carrying 9 000 gallons of gasoline exploded after jackknifing near 285 south of Conifer. Driver Richard L Burton of Gunnison escaped by breaking the windshield, suffering minor injuries. Firefighters from Elk Creek Indian Hills Inter Canyon and Evergreen fought 30 foot flames but let the fuel burn out. The crash followed burton swerving to avoid a pickup changing lanes on a steep downhill. A Thornton youth, 19, cited for hit and run. no other collision reported.
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Eldora Declared Abandoned by Colorado Supreme Court
Colorado Supreme Court ruled Eldora is officially abandoned and not a town six miles west of Nederland after landowners sought an election on the question. State records show no residents for 20 years, with about 100 in the vicinity per sheriff reports.
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Utah vows to block Army nerve gas move to Utah
Utah officials led by Attorney General Vernon Romney pledge to stop any transfer of Army nerve gas from Colorado to Tooele Army Depot. Senator Moss and Rep Armstong press Army to relocate storage near Denver airport amid safety concerns after past sheep deaths blamed on nerve gas release.
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