Senate Sees Longest Session in Six Years Ends with Tax Reform
The 1969 session closed after a long day of debate on budget and tax plans. President Nixon signaled a favorable path toward a major tax reform while warning of a post Christmas special session if needed. Senate leaders praised cooperation and highlighted efforts on health education welfare funds and crime control measures.
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Nixon
House
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Mansfield
Congress
Senate
White House
Gerald R. Ford
Rmich
Department of Health, Education’ and Welfare
Department of Labor
Republcan
Scott
U.S
Education l
Health Funds
Warren. G. Magnuson
D.wash
Spiro J T. Agnew
Agnew
Nixon era reform notes and 1972 Electoral College debate
The article surveys Nixon era reform attempts including efforts to abolish the Electoral College and a 5 percent boost idea. It notes Nixon endorsed a proposed constitutional change he once doubted would be ratified and highlights that Congress in 1975 approved only the draft lottery for conscription while advancing other reforms differently from Nixon's requests.
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Lin
Tsi
Congress
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
POWs Named In Hanoi Captivity List Include Texans
Two antiwar leaders returned from North Vietnam with names of 132 prisoners they said are held by Hanoi. The Pentagon confirmed four new names and said others were already known. five men were marked as known dead. Texans on the list included Randle Terry of Lake Jackson James Ray of Conroe Gordon Larson of San Antonio Armand Myers of Universal City and Robert Dougherty of Del Rio.
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San Francisco
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S. State Department
Washington
Pentagon
Lst
State Department
Odell
Mt. Clements
Mich
Gwer Schweitzer
Lemoore
Calif
Cmir
Robert Schweitzer
Navy
North
Vietnam
John Carey
Jeannette
David Jay Carey
Iso
Randle R. Terry
Ross Randle
Terry
Wisteria
Lake Jackson
James Elwin Ray
Frank Ray
Kenwood Dr
Conroe
Gordon Albert Larson
Gordon A. Larson
Ciara Lane
Apt
San Antonio
Armand Jesse Myers
Marilyn Wayne Myers
E. Lindburg
Universal City
Secretary Rogers cites Vietnam progress and Middle East stance
Secretary of State William P. Rogers reports guarded optimism on Vietnam with enemy infiltration down about 60 percent from last year and Saigon advancing in shouldering the war burden. He defends U S proposals for a Middle East solution and rejects Israel’s charge of appeasement.
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William P. Rogers
State Department
U.S
Middle East
Washington
Vietnam
Hee
Saigon
Rogers
Israel
U S
Nixon
No New Wars Says Rogers as Nixon Seeks Support
Secretary William P. Rogers told CBS that Nixon will not risk new conflicts without full congressional and public backing. He defended Vietnam policy as not a mistake and urged South Vietnam to decide its future, while signaling U.S. troop reductions and emphasis on Vietnamization. Rogers noted improving foreign trust in U.S. aims, cited China dialogue cautiously, and described a reduced American role abroad amid ongoing Middle East diplomacy.
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New York
Wiliam P. Rogers
Nixon
Vietnam
Congress
Rogers
CBS
Eric Sevareid
Washington
South Vietnam
China
Soviet Union
Moscow
United States
U.S. Vietnam
Maxey Foreclosure Case Moves Forward in Property Sale
A foreclosure action involving Maxey properties proceeds with counting sales transactions. The sole defendant remains CNBnow, as the case advances toward resolution in the court system.
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CNB
Willd
Ace
Maxey
Tou Te Ee
Hughes Hit By Ruling Over TWA Damages
Howard Hughes was ordered to pay 137 million dollars in damages to Trans World Airlines for mismanagement of the carrier he once controlled. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Charles M. Metzner upholds a 1968 award and is subject to appeal.
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Associated Press
New
York
Howard Hughes
Trans World Airlines
U.S. District Court
Charles M. Metzner
U.S. Atty
Herbert Brownell
Hughes
TWA
Brownell
Hughes Tool I Co
Metzner
Hughes Tool .Co
Goodfellows donations rise as auto dealers lead drive
The Laibhock Independent Automobile Dealers Association sent a $545 check on Tuesday as part of a yearly drive that raises over $1,000. Funds are split between Buckner Baptist Children's Home and the Children's Home of Lubbock, with the rest aiding the Goodfellows.
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Harman
Laibhock Independent Automobile Dealers — Assn
The
Goodfellows
Buckner Baptist Children’s Home
Children's Home
Lubbock
Bristow Services Set In Big Spring
Funeral services are planned for Gordon Obie Bristow in Big Spring. Bristow 69 hanged himself in his bedroom Monday morning at his Big Spring home. Services 10:30 a m at St Marys Episcopal Church with burial in City Cemetery. Bristow long a prominent oil operator, football figure, and local politician.
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Big Spring
UPS
Gordon
Obie Bristow
Bristow
St Mary's Episcopal Church
City Cemetery
Birth notices flood Methodist and West Texas hospitals
Birth announcements list multiple families in Lubbock and area, detailing newborns with weights from 3 pounds 1 ounce to 9 pounds 2 ounces and times of birth at Methodist Hospital Reese Air Force Base Hospital and West Texas Hospital. Fathers’ occupations include teacher coach industry student and city roles.
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Charis Golden
Méthdlist Hospital
Self
Charles Collins
Methodist Hospital
Jerry King
Wastforth
Methodist
Wollforth
Dwain Kelso
Tad Ave. H
Horn, Crossland and
Glad
Stanley Zak
Bird
Birh
West Texas Hospital
Wester Telephone Co
Cand
Gerry
Hdawardy
Auburn
Weal Texas Hospital
Texas Tech
Kenneth Matocha
Dernie Bennett
Lubbock
Slide Baptist Chiten
Samuel Garcia
Bramford
Texas Hospital
Aig Andi
George. Smitherman
Broadway
Dauchter
Reese Air Force Base
Heapel
Reese
AIC Ahd
Sherman Lawson
Reese Air Force Base Hospital
Gherey St
Osteopathic Hospital
Universal Bite. Insurance Co
Clarence
Hagies
Dl Ve
Midwest Snowstorm Causes Widespread Disruptions
Storms from Kentucky into the mid Atlantic bring record low temperatures. Watertown New York reports 15 below zero as Chicago faces two hour airport delays and city traffic jams. Snow closes the Livestock Market and shuts many area schools while snowmobiles remain the travel option in northern Iowa. Pacific storm lashes Oregon and Washington with winds rain and California coast receives rain and mountain snow.
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Kentucky
mid-Atlantic States
Mercury
Watertown
N.Y
Chicago
O'Hare International
O'Hare
Midwest
Iowa
Oregon
Washington
California
Christmas clemency and early releases sweep multiple states
Prison officials across several states announce pardons and early releases for Christmas. New Mexico grants nine executive pardons after earlier parole discharges. Arkansas speeds six clemencies and 15 early releases. California uses a 72 hour pass to release 29 prisoners. Missouri frees 52 under Christmas commutation. Pennsylvania allows 933 inmates to visit families for the first time. New Jersey commutes a long-ago auto theft sentence for Michael Riola, living under the alias Mark DeMedici, after public appeals.
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Maddox
State House of Representatives
Thenail
New Mexico
David Cargo
Arkansas
Wirethrop Rockefeller
California
Sant Quentin
Missouri State Penitentiary
Joseph Brierly
Pennsylvania
Western State Penitentiary
Brierly
New Jersey
Richard J. Hughes
Brooklyn, N.Y
Hughes
Michael Riola
Leesburg
Mark DeMedici
Riola
Brooklyn
Liv
Courthouse and Mail Services Closed for Christmas Holiday
Government offices and mail service suspend operations through Christmas with limited post delivery. U S District Court closes at noon today and remains closed Christmas Day. Shoppers face heavy traffic as stores near full closures Thursday and reopen Friday. Religious observances and holy communion services are listed across several churches in the Hub City.
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U.S. District Court
Earl Kerr
Retail Merchants Association of Lubbock
First United Methodist Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Sérd St
First Christian Church
Ron Williams
Shepherd King American Lutheran Church
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Agape United Methodist Church
Guy E. Purdue
Coleman United Methodist Church
St. Christopher's Episcopal Church
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Maurice Cotter
St. John’s United Methodist Church
St. Matthew United Methodist Church
Ashbury
United Methodist Church
John Knox
Presbyterian Church
Shepherd
King Lutheran Church
Christ the King Church
Christmas Calm Amid Vietnam War Truce Talks
Nine casualties reported as Red Terror bombings start truce period. President Thieu pledges U S troop withdrawals next year. At Cu Chi base soldiers pause for Christmas entertainment by Bo Hope. Helicopter with wounded arrives near field hospital. B52s drop 45 tons near Da Nang and Laos border. Two American helicopters shot down. two Americans killed and four wounded in separate incidents.
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Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Pr Iing
Cu Chi
Saigon
Hel
Bo Hope
Vietnam
Hittin
Laotia
da Nang
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