Gas shortages loom as Langdon warns Texans face winter cuts
Texas Railroad Commission chair Jim Langdon warned in Dallas that natural gas shortages will hit Texans hard this winter. He cited propane scarcity, possible distillate shortfalls of up to 500,000 barrels daily from November to March, and potential 50 percent cuts in out-of-state distillate shipments. He urged early offshore port development to handle super-tankers from abroad.
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State ‘Railroad Commission
Texans
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Dallas
Jim Langdon
Texas
Langdon
Ambulance Right of Way in Court Rulings 1973
Harold Haroldson faced a failed yield charge after colliding with an ambulance. Courts weigh privilege cases by true emergency and overall conduct, sometimes upholding privileges but not when haste or apparent need is lacking. The ABA and Texas Bar note the police power basis for emergency vehicle rights.
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Harold
Texas energy shifts amid rate dispute and policy task force
The state faces evolving energy strategy with rising domestic reserves and coal use while Lone Star Gas rejects a Railroad Commission rate rise to 29.55 cents per 1000 cu ft. Credit life insurance rates may fall, but the extent is uncertain. Gov Briscoe forms a multiagency youth care task force to cut duplication and strengthen prevention and rehabilitation efforts. Courts, agencies, and appointments span criminal appeals, tax matters, and infrastructure planning. Rains extend cotton stalk destruction deadlines. several regional updates include traffic, appointments, and awards.
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Railroad Commission
State Insurance Board
Joe Christie
Marcom Shockley
Board Life Insurance Division
Shockley
Christie
Dolph Briscoe Jr
Briscoe
Charles Purnell
Texas Rehabilitation Commission
Texas Youth Council
Court of Criminal Appeals
U. S
Jack Roberts
Texas
Commission
Houston
William Thomas Arnold
Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
Joseph C. Littell
Waco
Isaac E. Willis Jr
Longview
Texas State Board of Podiatry Examiners
Bill Hobby Jr
Carlos G. Watson
Brownsville
Texas Navy
Lewis J. White
Virgil J. McGee
Childress
Winter Garden
Tax reform questions from NAM Reports discussion
Congressman Joe D. Waggonner urges tax policy to balance simplicity equity and social aims. He warns that raising taxes on the rich or on business could hurt competitiveness and private wealth, while a system encouraging saving and productivity aids international markets. Mrs Hudson and Mrs Altimore visit family in Beeville Corpus Christi and Hearne over the week.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Joe D. Waggonner, Jr
D-La
Ways and Means Committee
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Congress
C. L. Hudson
C.M. Altimore
Agricultural price declines and livestock trends noted
Price declines in Texas farm markets are the biggest since 1950, with cattle down about 8.5 per hundred pounds and hog prices $14 below last month. Sheep and poultry also slide while crops show modest gains. September slaughter and on feed figures reveal stock movements. officials urge continued screwworm sampling and wound care for livestock.
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Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Octane Numbers Explained by Petroleum Institute Official
Ray Wright of the American Petroleum Institute explains that octane numbers measure anti-knock quality and combine research and motor methods. He notes regular gasoline might show 94 under research and about 90 under the blended method, and that actual octane needs vary by engine and model.
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Ray Wright
American Petroleum Institute
Budget reform bills aim to restore congressional oversight
Senate discussions focus on a firm spending ceiling, creation of a Budget Committee in each house, and an independent Budget Office to match the executive OMB. The measure would shift budget timing, establish a general reserve fund, and require clear funding traces for any increases. A separate note covers Reynolds Aluminum’s Williamsburg recycling center project with 1974 completion and a national anti litter goal.
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Congress
House of
Executive Branch of
Office of Management and Budget
Qur Congress
Executive Branch
Senate Committee On
House of Congress
Congressional Office of the Budget
United States
Williamsburg
Reynolds Aluminum Company
Virginia
North Carolina
Maryland
District of Columbia
Reynolds
America
Technical Employment Demand On Upswing
The Engineer and Scientist Demand Index shows a sharp rise in July recruitment ads across the United States, reaching 130.8, up 23.6 from June and the highest since February 1969. Deutsch Shea Evans, the New York agency behind the Index, forecasts continued higher demand through 1978.
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United States
Deutsch, Shea & Evans
New York
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