Lawmakers Rally to Oppose Tax Hike Plan
Legislators organize to challenge a House tax bill that would raise 357 million dollars through a 12 percent sales tax increase and new levies on cigarettes services entertainment and securities. Members vow to raise funds to publicize their campaign and push a public debate on the measure.
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Senate
Ben Atwell
House Tax Committee
House Hill
Armstrong
Sen
Jordan
Texas Afl-Cio
House
President Calls for Fixed Basic Income Welfare Reform
President Nixon urges a sweeping family assistance plan with a fixed basic payment and work tests. The proposal features a $60 monthly earnings exemption, 50 cent benefit cuts per dollar earned beyond that, and a plan to shift job training and welfare administration to states.
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New Jersey
Mississippi
Five Dead in Birmingham Area Shooting Rampage
A 34-year-old man identified as Charles Haygood shot and killed his parents, a minister, and a neighbor before turning the gun on himself. Officers say the shootings followed a family quarrel and occurred five miles west of Birmingham as police surrounded the suburban home. Local deputy indicated three bodies in the front yard and two in the back, with one injured man reported as Mr Yeager.
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Birmingham
Ala
George Seibels
Charles Haygood
Bessemer
Haygood
Edward Haygood
Forrest Boyd
Elvira Robertson
Mr. Yeager
H H. Brooks
U.S. Highway 11
City Dog Clinic Encourages Rabies Vaccination Drive
City-County Health Department sponsors mass vaccination with local veterinarians. Mayor Bill Blackwell notes dogs must be leashed or held and each person may bring one dog at a time. The program aims to enforce licensing and vaccination ordinances and reduce rabies risk.
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Bill Blackwell
Daily pollen count report by city health unit
Pollen counts in four sites range from 959 to 1,751 particles per cubic centimeter. Main allergens listed include Alternaria Hyphal Fragments Trichomes and Pigweed with levels indicating high, average, or low categories.
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City- County Health Unit
50Th
Utica
22Nd
Ave. X
Ave. K
Sunny South Plains to stay dry this weekend
The Weather Bureau predicts no rainfall across the South Plains through Sunday as tropical Gulf air brings continued warmth and sunshine. Humidity will drop from about 70 percent in the morning to around 25 percent by late afternoon with highs near the mid 100s in several Texas cities. Nationwide, scattered Gulf Coast showers and tornado reports mark a volatile weather picture with peak damage in Casa Grande and ongoing search efforts in Cass County as the death toll rises to 13 with 70 injured.
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South Plains
The
Weather Bureau
Scat
Casa Grande
Ariz
Cass County
Minn
Inquest Set on Kennedy Death Case on Chappaquiddick Island
Edgartown officials set an inquest into the July 18 wreck that killed Kennedy and led to a drowning ruling for Miss Kopechne. Exhumation of Kopechne’s body is being sought despite opposition from her parents.
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Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Miss Kopechne
Dinis
Pennsylvania
Berkeley Heights
N. J
Massachusetts
Births Report Two New Sons in Local Hospital
Mr and Mrs Elvis Pinkerton announce the birth of a son at Methodist Hospital weighing 7 pounds 1544 ounces at 5 28 am Friday. Father is a surveyor for Hicks and Ragland Engineers. Mr and Mrs Rick Bond announce a son at Methodist Hospital weighing 7 pounds 9 percent ounces at 8 20 am Friday. Father is a student at Texas Tech.
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James Michael Martin
Spur
University Hospital
The
Soil Conservation Service
Michael Patty
Lord ‘St
Methodist Hospital
a _Pressman
Avalanche Journal
Elvis Pinkerton
35Th St
Hicks and Ragland Engineers
Rick Bond
13Th St
Texas Tech
Lynn Hatfield
43Rd St
August Benson
15Th St
Pathpaint Hospital
Lawrence Beaulieu
16Th St
West Texas Hospital
KLBK
Gerald Wilson
Vernon Ave
U.S. Army
Edwin Bullard
37Th St
Ideal Mobile Homes
Wallace Inge
41St
Lubbock
Burl
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Clark Electric
Charlie
James Campbell
LA Iy Tts &T
A. Br
Lout
Kimbell Warehouse
Kennedy Asked Cousin to Take Blame in Kopechne Case
Columnist Jack Anderson reports Senator Edward M. Kennedy urged his cousin Joseph Gargan to take the rap for the car ride in which Mary Jo Kopechne died. Anderson says Kennedy chose to face consequences himself in the cold light of dawn as he chaired a Senate Judiciary subcommittee.
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Luzerne County
FBI
Kennedy
Joseph F. Gargan
Gargan
Washington
Jack Anderson
Washington Post
Kennedy and
KIN
Edward M. Kennedy
Insert
Joseph Gargan
Mary Jo Kopechne
Anderson
Senate
Nare Directory Barred From Publishing Agent Details
A Los Angeles judge stopped the Los Angeles Free Press from printing names addresses and phone numbers of California narcotics agents. The paper had listed 80 agents across Los Angeles Santa Ana San Diego and San Francisco. Agents fear for safety as phones are changed and relocations occur amid investigations by the narcotics bureau and state attorney general. The restraining order follows a $15 million suit by Harold Feldman.
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LOS Angeles
Los Angeles Free Press
Santa Ana
San Diego
San Francisco
Gary Shoemaker
State Narcotics Bureau
Shoemaker
Narcotics Agency
State Attorney Generals Office
Superior Court
Richard Schauer
Harold Feldman
Fireball Sightings Reported Over City and Countryside
DPS radio operator says two patrolmen saw a bright light west of the city. Lt James A Mason reports a fireball from his home on 5414 49th. Patrolman Lawrence Laker observes a similar sight on U S 87. Dickens County sightings near Pitchfork Ranch probe ongoing. Reese AFB and FAA confirm no aircraft missing. Officer theorizes meteorite or atmospheric conditions as cause.
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Department of Public Safety
James A. Mason
DPS
49Th
Lawrence Laker
U.S. 87
Dickens County
Lubbock
Pitchfork Ranch
Reese Afb
FAA
Bombers Step Up Raids Along Cambodian Border
American B52s increased bombing on suspected enemy staging areas along the Cambodian border. report says 1,250 tons dropped Friday night and early today, mostly 65 to 70 miles north of Saigon in War Zone C. casualties rose, with 164 Americans and 51 South Vietnamese wounded and 147 enemy troops plus 31 Americans killed in 24 hours. authorities caution against labeling it a new enemy initiative.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
North
South Vietnam
Moon rock thrills MSC officials during first close look
NASA scientists at the Manned Spacecraft Center viewed moon rock through a vacuum viewing area and called it fascinating. Studies of moon material continue in quarantine labs while germ free mice injected with moon dust show no disease after two autopsies. Astronauts Armstrong Collins Aldrin plan ticker tape events, UN ceremony, and a Nixon dinner tour.
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Ernest Mueller
Century Plaza
Los Angeles
Neil Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin
Michael Collins
Earth
Mueller
Collins
Manned Spacecraft Center
Robert Gilruth
MSC
Armstrong
Aldrin
Nixon
Man finds shelter in culvert after losing job and home
Ernest, 39, describes sleeping in a warm 614 by 3 foot culvert and living on $2 a week while relying on Salvation Army hostel meals. He quit his good job due to nerves and now survives on odd jobs, recalling pride and a wary optimism about a brief "lucky streak" despite harsh conditions.
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Ernest
Salvation Army
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