Texas Water Plan Faces Setback After Voting Narrowly
North Central counties generally backed the Texas Water Plan but the Lower Rio Grande Valley sided mostly against it except Cameron County. Louisiana opposition and the need to negotiate with other states weakened the water board’s leverage, as campaigns highlighted welfare and tax concerns.
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Rio Grande Valley
Cameron County
Texas Water Plan
Texas Water Development Board
Louisiana
Tax Reform Criticism and Vote Delay Narrowing Benefits
A House Rules Committee hearing on a tax reform bill outlines a $2.4 billion lift in relief raising total cuts to $9.2 billion by 1979 while revenue gains total $6.8 billion. The DSG argues most relief favors higher income groups and many low earners receive none due to deduction rules and the income ceiling. A Thursday vote is anticipated with debate over amendments and a closed rule.
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House Rules Committee
House
Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Democratic Study Group
Congress
Troop Withdrawals and Replacements Press Debate
The Defense Department denies a paper only withdrawal claim while confirming 45 000 Americans leave monthly to Vietnam to be replaced by year end tours. Saigon sources say Communists may let the war fade with limits on new offensives as U S troop pullbacks continue. An officer says stand remains to watch withdrawals.
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Pentagon
United States
Defense Department
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Welfare Reform Debate Affects AFDC Payments Across States
The article discusses how some fathers abandon families to trigger federal aid under AFDC, which caps payments to children when fathers stay in the home. It notes Nixon's proposal for a $50 monthly floor that could raise benefits nationwide.
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Nixon
Coun
Johnson
Commodity Credit Corp
Anderson
Sec. of Agriculture
Clifford Hardin
Longtime Scurry Resident Durwood Watson Widow Dies
Mrs. Durwood Watson 82 longtime Scurry County resident dies at Simmons Memorial Hospital Sweetwater after a lengthy illness. Services at 3 p.m. Thursday at Central Baptist Church Hermleigh with Rev. L R Stuckey. burial Hermsleigh Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home Snyder. Survivors include three daughters two sons four sisters a brother ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Hermleigh
Durwood Watson
Scurry County
Central Baptist Church
L. R. Stuckey
Hermsleigh Cemetery
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Snyder
Norton
Car Thieves Hit Puerto Rico Vending Office Looting
Safe crackers broke into a cigarette vending company office in San Juan Puerto Rico and stole 1000 pounds of coins worth about 20000 dollars. They also found a car in the building and used it to transport the loot.
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San Juan
P.R
Pollen Count and Particle Readings Preview
Fragmented OCR shows pollen and spore data with percentages for various particles. Mentions of pollen types include grasses and hyphal fragments with approximate shares, but readable details are limited and numbers are inconsistent.
PCG Chiefs OK Budget Boost for Public Relations
The Public Cotton Growers group approves a higher budget noting a total near 24 000 for 1969 70 with 20 650 in grants for agricultural research and 55 000 for salaries up from 52 500. Research targets include disease control weed management and fiber quality for High Plains cotton.
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Cline
High Plains
Johnson
Updated Missiles With Multiple Warheads On U S Submarines
Defense official John S Foster Jr testifies before a House subcommittee that the United States has Polaris A-3 missiles deployed with multiple warheads. He notes MIRV and MRV distinctions and suggests a potential mutual ban on MIRVs as part of arms control talks. Foster cites Soviet ABM and defense systems and argues for dispersed warhead delivery to deter a single nuclear burst.
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Washington
United States
Defense Department
John S. Foster Jr
Department
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
Soviet Union
Foster
Russia
Moscow
Tallinn
Ex-Green Beret Officers Charged With Murder in Vietnam
Eight former Green Berets including Col. Robert B. Rheault face premeditated murder and conspiracy charges over the June 20 fatal shooting near Nha Trang. All are held at Long Binh awaiting trial potential.
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Saigon
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Robert B. Rheault
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Army
5Th Special Forces
Airborne
U.S
Nha Trang
5Th Special Forces Group
Rheault
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Legion of Merit
5Th Special
Long Binh
Vietenam
Green Berets
David E. Crew
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Thomas C. Middleton Jr
Jefferson, S.C
Leland J. Brumley
Duncan
Okla
Robert F. Marascon
Bloomfield
N.J
Budger E. Williams
Athens
Edward M. Boyle
New York
Alvin L. Smith Jr
Naples
Fla. Nha Trang
5Th
Dallas Narcotics Crackdown Targets Youth Drug Ring
Dallas police describe an ongoing narcotics crackdown on youths selling drugs at drive ins cafes and other gathering spots. Authorities note parents varied in reaction as warrants led to arrests and a $60000 home raid uncovered marijuana and methamphetamine. Cornwall says the group is an association of similarly aged youths not a ring. Drug trafficking reaches from Mexico to Houston Denton and via mail with enforcement to continue. Convictions carry five years to life in prison.
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Cornwall
Numerous Birth Announcements Comprise Local Notices
A string of birth announcements from area families reports newborns at several hospitals. Names include Telchin, Perez Jr, Molina Gonzales, Tatum, Rodriguez, Scott, Lefforge, Isham Smith, Byrd, and Belin Jay Thomas. Weights range from about 6 to 8 pounds with times given for each delivery.
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Apolonio Perez Jr
West Texas Hospital
Clark Equipment Co
Andre Belin Jay. Thomas
Weber
Laur Cline
MDT Mechanical School
Hiroshima Observes 24th Anniversary of A-Bomb Attack
Hiroshima marked the 24th anniversary of the atomic bombing that razed the city and killed more than 100000. Buddhist Shinto and Christian rites were held across the city with the main memorial by the municipal government a minute of silent prayer at 8 15 a m the time the bomb fell on August 6 1945.
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Hiroshima
Japan
U.S
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