Drought Hits Texas as Dust Rises Across the State
The drought grips Texas from summer into spring causing dry soils and low rainfall. Farmers seek federal disaster relief while crops and pasture suffer. Panhandle and South Texas face heavy losses and cattle herd reductions loom. Wildflowers dwindle with the dry spell.
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Associated Press
Texas
National Weather Service
Marfa
Weather Service
el Paseo
Trans-Pecos
Jack Debs
Travis County
Austin
Daby
Doby
Panhandle
South Texas
Nine Million Dollar Farm Subsidy Recipients Reported
Washington reports nine payers received federal farm subsidies of one million dollars or more in 1970 across cotton, wheat, and feed grains. The Agriculture Department combined programs and did not name individuals, with a forthcoming named list expected.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Chifford M. Hardin
Senate
Brazil Declares 200-Mile Rule For Foreign Fishermen
Brazil ordered foreigners to fish only with licenses within a 200 mile zone, prompting U S and Soviet ire. Washington opposes recognizing the limit while Brazil insists on enforcement, risking wider tensions as U S tuna boats face seizures elsewhere.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Iap
United States
Soviet Union
Brasilia
Emilio Garrastazu Medici
Brazilian
U.S
Peru
Ecuador
Uruguay
Argentina
Braz
Latin America
Washington
America
Venezuelan Oil Workers Strike Shuts Creole Operations
More than 6,000 Creole Petroleum workers walked out on Saturday in Maracatro, Venezuela, halting the subsidiary of Standard Oil of New Jersey. Union leaders say the stoppage targets contract stipulations, with National Guard guarding facilities as pickets march.
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Maracatro
Venezuela
AP i
Creole Petroleum Corp
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Creole
National Guard
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