Gov Smith Must Decide On Record $873.5 Million Tax Bill
Gov Preston Smith faces a May deadline to sign or veto the largest tax bill in state history. The measure totals 873.5 million dollars and aims to fund state programs despite some lawmakers’ misgivings. Governor Smith has ten days from Monday to act.
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German plan to float mark unsettles Common Market
West Germany signals it will float the mark despite French objections as the Common Market faces pressure to curb dollar speculation. Officials warn that Holland Belgium and Luxembourg may follow, while Italy Belgium and Luxembourg oppose the move.
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Economics
Raymond Barre
Charlemagne Building
Americans Die in Ambush as Viet Cease-Fire Sours
Amid Buddha's birthday truce, Viet Cong attacked U S and South Vietnamese units in three incidents near An Nhon and Bong Son. Casualties included three civilians and a soldier killed, 12 allied troops wounded, while enemy losses remained unknown.
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Cyclone Veers Toward India After Crossing East Pakistan
Radio Pakistan said a cyclonic tropical storm crossed the East Pakistan coast near Chittagong and veered northeast toward Assam India, with no damage or fatalities reported. The report notes no fighting in East Pakistan and cites Ramadan birthday celebrations and processions in major cities.
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Tornado Rips Through Highway Area Leaves Power Lines Down
A witness recalls a mile wide tornado that roared overhead tearing up the highway, flipping a car into a ditch, and plunging power lines and stations offline as blue and red fire lit the sky. The man notes his 35 years welding experience and past Oklahoma tornado destruction.
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Tornado Memories From Granite and Blair Years
A survivor recalls spring winds in Granite with 23 trips to the storm house as the town was repeatedly destroyed. He describes nightly tornadoes sweeping the area and a life split between Lubbock and Oklahoma since early childhood.
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Granite
Blair
Oklahoma
Lubbock
Mars mission fails on Centaur stage in second Mariner launch
A 113 foot Atlas Centaur rocket carrying Mariner 8 failed after five minutes, tumbling the Centaur and pulling the craft off course while Mars was 287 million miles away. The U S halted the first of two planned Mars launches, continuing the space program’s push toward Viking landers in 1976. The failure marks the first U S planetary launch setback since 1964 and follows earlier Mariner successes toward Mars and Venus.
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Red Planet
Reds Place Octopus In Global Orbit
Eight new Soviet Cosmos satellites launched in a high orbit of about 870 to 950 miles, with Tass giving minimal mission details. The Cosmos series covers weather data, solar radiation, magnetic fields, and other space research, and this eight craft cluster mirrors a prior April 1970 mission.
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Britain and China Near Jet Sale Agreement for Six Trident Airliners
British businessmen backed by government backing propose a multimillion dollar credit to China to buy six Hawker Siddeley Trident airliners. Talks in Peking aim to link China with Asia Africa and Europe as part of a planned international air network. If final, training and maintenance provisions would accompany the sale with potential future orders totaling about 250 million dollars.
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Export Credit Guarantee Corp
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