Governor Threatens Veto Over Gasoline Tax Increase
The governor warned he would veto the tax bill if lawmakers raise spending beyond his 420 million recommendation, suggesting additional funds come from higher college tuition. The comptroller projects 903.8 million revenue over two years, with 701.2 million to the general revenue fund. The package includes higher sales tax, motor vehicle tax, cigarette tax, and beer tax increases. Senate actions include a comparative negligence bill and other measures on licensing, housing bonds, and teacher workload requirements.
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Smith
General Revenue Fund
Senate
Texas Housing Finance Corp
Lubbock
Jones
Joint
Senate House Conference Committee
Highway Department
Foresee New Problems Solons Wary of Tax Threat
Lubbock lawmakers worry over a governor threat to tax bills. They fear a Senate reconsideration could trigger a special session amid liberal opposition and heightened political tensions.
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Lubbock
Solons
Park Board endorses bikeways plan amid funding gaps
The board rejected bikeways bonds in the 1.8 million park bond package and projected a 150000 cost to expand Meadowbrook Clubhouse. Proposals include higher green fees and a revised bikeway plan with signs only, no painted lanes, tying routes to schools and parks.
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West
Meadowbrook
Wayne Sherrell
Sherrell
Traffic Engineering Department
George Scott
Estacado
Dunbar
Air Pollution Costs Estimated At 20 Billion Annually
Brooklyn AP report quotes Robert J. Day chairman of Northeast Pollution Control Corp stating it would cost about 20 billion dollars per year to begin reversing air pollution. He cites impurities from incinerators in apartments, schools, hospitals, and industrial plants as the hardest to control.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
Robert J. Day
Northeast Pollution Control Corp
Day
Mosquitoes Still Sparse as Spring Delays Rainfall
Insect populations lag as spring rain is scarce but flies surge. Spray units are active while health officials plan weeks of mosquito testing for encephalitis carriers, including Culex tarsalus in Yellowhouse Canyon where sanitation struggles persist.
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Breedlove
Yellowhouse Canyon
West Texas colleges receive education grants totaling 355000
U S Rep George Mahon announced that the Office of Education awarded over 355000 in grants to West Texas colleges. Texas Tech received 192078 for Educational Opportunity Grants and work-study. Lubbock Christian College 73102 for 92 EOG recipients and 153 work-study posts. Other recipients include South Plains College 62338 for 236 work-study and 10 EOG. Midland College 1850 for 13 work-study. Western Texas College Snyder 10784 for 79 work-study and 3 EOG. Draughon’s Business College 6379 for 32 students.
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Washington
U.S
George Mahon
U.S. Office of Education
Texas
Texas Tech
Lubbock Christian College
South Plains College
Midland College
Western Texas College At
Snyder
Draughon’s Business College
Senate approves housing loan measure and school aid reform
Senate moves to fund non profit housing sponsors with a final vote pending in the House. Lawmakers also sent to the House a bill by Sen. A. M. Aikin Paris to repurpose the economic status formula for school district aid using fair market value rather than assessed value. Other afternoon-session bills would partition the Permian Junior College district, revise the drivers license law, and set related procedures.
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Sen. A. M. Aikin
Paris
Permian Junior College
Thieves Target Church and Schools in Local Break-ins
Police investigated a break-in at First Christian Church 2323 Broadway with about 35 dollars taken. Vending machine damage at Mary and Mac School 902 E Purdue St and a window smashed at Dunbar High School 2010 E 26th St with no theft reported. Additional losses include a battery charger, three batteries, a hydraulic jack and 10 spark plugs worth over 349.90 from OK Garage. A resident reported a burglary at 3206 E 2nd St stealing a TV, tape recorder and a .38 revolver with total loss 465.
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First Christian Church
Broadway
Mary and Mac School
Diebel
Arthur Williams Jr
E. 2Nd St
Apollo 15 on pad for July moon mission launch
Apollo 15 and its lunar mission gear moved to the launch pad at Cape Kennedy keeping the July 26 schedule on track. Astronauts Scott Worden and Irwin toured the pad and rehearsed a moonwalk while engineers tackle training equipment glitches.
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APS
Space Agency
Mariner
Mars
Oceanside
Unmanned
Mariner Mars
David R. Scott
Alfred M. Worden
James B. Irwin
Scott
Irwin
Injured worker eyes home-based future after wrecking accident
A Special Cell worker was injured August 21 while wrecking a structure. Doctors see some hope of partial recovery since the spinal cord was not fully severed. It may take about a year for remaining function to emerge. He seeks a home-based occupation and cannot return to his old job in a wheelchair.
Belgian Bank Unveils 5000 Franc Banknote
The Belgian National Bank introduced a new 5000 franc note worth about 100 dollars, the highest denomination yet. Previously the top note was 1000 francs, equal to about 20 dollars.
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Brussels
UPI
Postal Service Readies Five Billion Stamps For Sale
The Postal Service prints about five billion new stamps ready for sale as rates rise across classes. A first class stamp will rise to eight cents, postcards to six, air mail to eleven, with other classes up about one third. The Postal Board of Governors rules the law does not authorize review of initial cost and revenue estimates. Hearings set for May 17 amid disputes with ANPA and MPA over temporary rate procedures.
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Postal Board of Governors
Commission
Congress
Postal Service
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bryant
Publishers’. . Association
ANPA
Magazine Publishers’ Association
MPA
Smith seeks withdrawal of Baum nomination to Banking Board
Governor Preston Smith asked the Senate to return Dr. Elmer Baum’s nomination to the State Banking Board to resolve questions about his authority to serve. Baum resigned last week but said he would stay temporarily to attend hearings on charter applications until the nomination is rejected.
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United Press International
Ustin
Preston Smith
Senate
Elmer Baum
State Banking Board
Smith
Austin Osteopath
Baum
Joe Christie
D-El Paso
Texas Employment Commission
Ben Barnes
Robert Stewart
Port Neches
Texas City
Stewart
Large heroin seizure valued at 12 million dollars in New Jersey
Federal agents seize 96 pounds of heroin hidden in a Volkswagen bus aboard a French freighter, with 15 pounds in a water tank. French national Roger Delouette, 48, indicted for importing and transporting the drug. Customs agent Lynn Pellettier helped uncover the cache at Port Elizabeth. Bond set at 500 000 dollars. potential 40 year sentence and 40 000 dollar fine if convicted. The seizure aims to curb street availability of heroin.
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Newark
N.J
United States
U. S
Herbert J. Stern
Port Elizabeth
N. J
le Havre
Stern
Lynn Pellettier
Miss Pellettier
Bar Harbor
Roger Xavier Leon Delouette
Paris
Delouette
New York
Nixon seeks $100 million more to attack cancer
President Nixon announces a $100 million increase for cancer research and asserts readiness to provide additional funds if needed. He recalls family losses to cancer and argues for a strong, agency level push comparable to space and atomic achievements. Kennedy favors creating a separate agency with $200 million extra for the coming fiscal year.
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White House
Nixon
Elizabeth Milhous Harrison
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
John Foster
Dulles
Edward M. Kennedy
D.mass
James D. Watson
Harvard
Cancer Institute
Edward E. David
Watson
Senate Health Subcommittee
Kennedy
National Institutes of Health
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