Nixon proposes basic income plan to aid poor families
President Nixon urged swift congressional action on a 4 billion dollar basic income program for impoverished families. He described a system where a typical welfare family would receive an annual base payment and be allowed to retain part of earnings to encourage work, while Congress would restructure the antipoverty office into a research and development arm for social programs.
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Associated Press
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Congress
Office of Economic Opportunity
Senate to work with Barnes on substitute tax bill
Senate leaders form a subcommittee with Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes to craft a compromise substitute for the House tax bill in a bid to finance a two year state budget. The panel reports today and the full committee will shape the tax measure with input from both chambers.
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Associated Press
Austin
Ben Barnes
Barnes
Gus Mutscher
Senate House
W. T. Moore
Bryan
Senate State Affairs Committee
J. P. Ward
Meridian
Tom Creighton
Mineral Wells
Bates
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Charles Wilson
Lufkin
Nnone
Senate
Rep
Ben Atwell
Dallas
Atwell
Texas
House
H. S.brown
Widow of William Talman Leads National Anti Smoking Drive
Peggy Talman widow of Perry Mason actor William Talman fronts a nationwide anti smoking crusade with her six children after Timmy and the television message from Talman urged quitting. Talman recorded a one minute spot before his death from lung cancer last August sent to over 500 stations.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
William Talman
Peggy
Timmy
Peggy Talman
Talman
Prayer Perpetuates Strength Amid Faithful Labor
A devotional fragment seeks divine aid for endurance and courage to continue serving in God’s work. The prayer asks for grace to bear weariness, steadiness for trembling knees, and a steadfast heart, in Jesus name.
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Heavenly Father
Jesus
Littlefield
Chlorine Gas Snares Park Lifeguard at Mackenzie Pool
Lifeguard Fred Voight 17 of 5422 31st fought to shut off a leaking chlorine cylinder at Mackenzie State Park pool. The gas overpowered him after he alerted others and wore an oxygen mask to assist in the shutdown efforts. He passed out around 8:45 p.m. after an hour in the shed, with nearby park staff and family evacuated.
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Don Williams
Avalanche-Journal
Mackenzie State Park
Fred Voight
Voight
Apollo 11 Astronauts To Hold Houston News Conference
Space center Houston hosts a 10 a.m. CDT news conference by Neil Armstrong Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin to discuss the moon landing. The event will be televised with 20 minutes of space film followed by a 90 minute briefing and a luncheon at the Rice Hotel honoring space program workers.
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Avalanche-Journal News
7 Space Center
Houston
Neil A. Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr
Rice Hotel
Thomas O. Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pirates plunder Spanish fleet wrecks off Padre Island
Texas land commissioner Jerry Sadler said three wreck sites from a 1553 Spanish fleet off Padre Island have been ravaged by pirates and their treasure plundered. He warned investigators will pursue the thieves as new underwater explorations continue and reveal the scale of looting between December 1967 and last year.
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Austin
Jerry Sadler
Padre Island
Gulf
Hottest Day In Waco Records 112 Degrees
Waco reached 112 degrees the hottest day in the city’s history as a heat wave swept Texas with many towns topping 100. Monday saw 111 in nearby areas and highs of 107 in Childress and Mineral Wells. Forecasters warned more hot, dry conditions with no precipitation across the South Plains through Wednesday and storms caused grass fires in Motley County.
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Waco
Texas Cotton Center
Childress and Mineral
Wells
Laibbock
U.S
U.S. ‘Weather Bureau Station At West Texas Air Terminal
South Plains
Motley County
Motleye County
Sidewalk Egg Trick Elevates Scout 11 Year Old
Tenderfoot Scout Ronald Woods, 11, tested an egg on a city sidewalk in heat and cooked it as part of his 2nd class Scout test. Scoutmaster Charles Doughty credited the culinary effort toward fulfilling the cooking requirement.
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Tenderfoot
Ronald Woods
Ronald
Charles Doughty
Cities Bases Dealt Blows In South Vietnam Offensive
Saigon reports more than 100 allied cities towns and bases attacked across South Vietnam with rockets mortars and infantry amid suspected autumn offensive. Targets included Saigon Da Nang Hue An Loc Loc Ninh Song Be and Quan Loi as heavy fighting raged near the Cambodian border and across the northern Third Military Corps zone.
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Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
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Hue
Third Military Corps
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Duclcasol
An Loc
Loc Ninh
Quan Loi
Song Be
U.S
William P. Rogers
Asia
Vietnam
Rogers
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
White House
Japan
South Korea
China
Indonesia
Australia
New Zealand
Nixon cuts 1970 wheat acreage allotments to 45.5 million
Washington announces the smallest ever wheat allotment for 1970 at 45.5 million acres, a 12 percent cut from 1969. Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin notes continued reductions amid lagging exports and growing carryover while predicting possible further surplus by next July 1.
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Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
U.S
Hardin
Slayings Suspect Freed in Probed New Killing Spree
Los Angeles police released 19 year old caretaker William Garretson after questioning in two cultist style murders that killed seven over the weekend. Police say Garretson may not be involved despite links to the Bel Air Tate scene while another supermarket owner and spouse were slain seven miles away.
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Los Angeles
William Garretson
Swanky
Bel Air
Sharon Tate
Dan Cooke
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