Texas lawmakers face final three weeks of regular session
With taxes behind them, Texas legislators begin a three week sprint to finish. A five member House joint conference committee will draft a two year budget while debates on a 10 percent gross receipts tax on liquor by the drink and a beer tax cut plan continue. Endgame includes potential redistricting action and a revenue focused hearing on amusements and hotel room taxes. A liberal group plans talks with Gov. Preston Smith urging line item vetoes on questionable appropriations.
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Austin
Texas
Gus Mutscher
Bers
House
Mutscher
Senate
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Ben Atwell
Dallas
Preston Smith
Lubbock Tornado Recovery Drags On After One Year
Urban renewal delays, insurance settlements, and slow government action keep Mesa Road and Guadalupe areas scarred a year after May 11, 1970. Buildings stand damaged or awaiting demolition as residents seek clearance and redevelopment plans progress slowly.
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Lubbock
el Dorado
Amarillo Highway
Mesa Road
East Texas
Guadalupe
Brooks
Wandering the Old Homeplace with a Blind Visitation
W H Gott of Lubbock revisits the Central Texas land of his father and grandfather once more. He is guided by his wife as they inspect the old well, crumbling fireplace, and the creek where memories of 1854 road markings and a pioneer life come to life in a weathered trunk discovery.
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W. H. Gott
S. S. Gott
Texas
Illinois
Perry Gott
Lubbock
Gott
Weekly Tribune
Lott
Logan County
Marlin
Tex
Jonathon Pool
Little Deer Creek
Two Men Hurt In Two Car Collision
Two men were injured in a two car crash early Saturday at the W 4th Street and Loop 289 access road intersection. Hilario Porres, 47, of Mexico, and McClure, 21, of 4406 44th Street, were listed as patients. McClure was turning left from the access road when the collision occurred near Methodist Hospital.
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W. 4Th Street
Hilario Porres
Mexico
McClure
44Th St
Methodist Spital
Pcand
Don 4Th Street
Smith vetoed auto insurance reform opposed by trial lawyers
The veto blocked a measure pushed by lobbyists and supporters from the Southwestern Insurance Information Service. Civil Appeals Court Judge C. L. Ray of Marshall was cited as a frequent House floor presence. Critics claimed the bill would raise auto insurance costs and force fault allocation in damages cases.
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Gauss
Civil Appeals Court
C. L. Ray
Marshall
Ray
Austin
Southwestern Insurance Information Service
Texas
Smith
F. Darby Hammond
The
Insurance Association
Ian Actuary
Hammond
Brownfield Public Schools Dedicate 114000 Sq Ft Vocational High Facility
The Brownfield district opens a 114000 square foot campus with 37 teaching areas a speech theater gym and vocational spaces. Board president Tim Faulkenberry accepts a gold master key from architect firm Brasher Goyette and Rapier to Principal Jesse Geron during a 1200 attendee ceremony led by Superintendent W Q O Caraway.
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Brownfield
Fort Worth
Dallas
Brownfield High School
America
Lubbock
Tim Faulkenberry
Board of
Jesse Geron
Board of Education
Faulkenberry
Robert Noble ,Jr
Jane Shirley
Ken Muldrow
Carron Collier
W. A. Leigon Jr
John McFarland
Terry County Chambers of Commerce
Rome Strikes Leave City Filthy and In Chaos
Rome faces an eighth day of municipal employee strike leaving garbage uncollected, traffic disrupted, and cemeteries unburied. Tourists struggle at the airport as baggage, hotel service, and utilities falter with water shutoffs and shortages of basic amenities.
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Rome
Ambulance Attendants to Take 40 Hour Course in Hobbs
Lt. Frank Allen announces a 40 hour ambulance course for southeastern New Mexico attendants at the Holiday Inn Hobbs. Truman Hopkins of UNM School of Medicine leads sessions with Dr Irving Henderson assisting. ten attendees from Hobbs and others will practice wreck extraction and emergency care with two vehicles provided by L & S Wrecking Co. of Hobbs.
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Hobbs
Frank Allen
New Mexico
Holiday Inn
Truman Hopkins
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Irvin W. Henderson
Allen
L. & S Wrecking Co
Stowaway Envoy Falls From Plane in Chile Flight
Eduardo Espinoza de Zuleta a 30 year old second secretary at the Colombian Embassy in Washington fell from the landing gear compartment of a Braniff DC8 during an escape bid after a shooting incident in Santiago. He plunged about 60 feet to the runway at Pudahuel Airport as the jet taxied for takeoff toward Miami. Frieri Mazze do Rafael 44 a Colombian born naturalized citizen and millionaire facing a divorce dispute was shot earlier in the week. Frieri was here to buy 40 race horses and was expected to recover from his injuries.
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Santiago
Eduardo Espinoza de Zuleta
Washington, D.C
Pudahuel International
Miami
Espinoza
Rafael Frieri Mazzedo
Italy
Frieri
Jockey Club of Colombia
Chile
Patricia Restrepo de Frieri
Carlos Liberas Restrepo
European nations act as dollar turmoil fuels currency shifts
Four European economies move currency values amid a global dollar crisis sparked by speculation of a mark revaluation. The pound remains pegged near 2.40 dollars while Swiss and German actions aim to curb inflation and stop rapid foreign capital inflows.
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Turkish Finance Ministry
Turkey
Washington
New York
Eugene Birnbaum
Chase Manhattan Bank
Birnbaum
Chase
Bonn
Nello Celio
Cellio
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Mother's Day Sparks Praise and Criticism Nationwide
A Boston Globe survey finds Mother s Day praised for family love while some women and their children call the holiday a farce and an economic sham. Other readers recount traditional gifts and poignant moments such as roses for a Guadalcanal veteran s mother and an unconventional piglet gift from a husband and children.
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United Frees International
The
Boston Globe
Mass
Nancy ‘Germek
Concord
Priscilla Walton
May Robinson
Calif
Guadalcanal
Helen Bayee
Detroit
Patricia. Hapiuk
Prscilla_ Dobritt
Hobbs Chamber Luncheon Features Hobbs High Graduates
Hobbs Chamber of Commerce hosts a luncheon with twenty Hobbs High School honor graduates receiving certificates of achievement. John Sheppard, vice president of New Mexico Junior College, will address the group. Luncheons pause during June July and August, resuming September 13.
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Hobbs
Hobbs Chamber of Commerce
Hobbs High School
John Sheppard
New Mexico Junior College
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Joe Phillips
Memorial Civic Center
Harold Chapman
Orville Alderson
Civic Center
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Alderson
White
Lubbockites
Charles S Maedgen
Mrs. Maedgen
Homer Bittick
W. H.parker
Amarillo’ Highway
Bittick
Tower
Brownfield School
W. Q O. Caraway
Council of Educational Facility” Planners
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Hub
King of Brownfield Watch
Norma Kirby
Hota
Envoy
PTT Ocr
Karl Schiller
Nelson. Whiteside
Louisville, Ky
Hobbs Chamber
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