Redistricting clash and budget talks spill into weekend
The Texas legislative scene heats as Barnes and Heatly clash over budget talks with a weekend work plan. A 6.9 billion general appropriations bill is aimed for May 31 adjournment, while federal redistricting moves toward Senate rewrite amid strong opposition.
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Heatly
House
Senate
Barnes
Richard Slack
Pecos
Slack
Food price jump hikes living cost to two-year high
The report shows a nine-tenths of one percent first-quarter rise with groceries up nine-tenths, driven by drought in the Southwest. Gasoline prices fell two percent while used cars rose 2.8 percent. Beef, dairy, vegetables and bread posted increases. round steak at 1.37 a pound and milk at 58.8 cents a quart.
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Hodgson
Ziegler
Southwest
Bureau
Learn To Swim Signup Opens At City Pools
Registration for the learn to swim program runs from 1 p m today at K N Clapp Pool 4500 Ave U Lessons start May 31 in two week sessions at Clapp and Maxey Pool 4007 30th St The last session begins August 9 Fees match regular pool admission and cover age based ticket books with special adult classes offered at K N Clapp for groups of 10 or more Registration for all American Red Cross instruction remains at Clapp Pool daily through summer Courses include junior and senior life saving diving and water safety instructors school.
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K. N. Clapp Pool
Ave. U
Clapp Pool
Maxey Pool
30Th St
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip and Princess Anne to visit Turkey
Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth II Prince Philip and Princess Anne will visit Turkey from October 1 through October 18 to 25. The trip will include official engagements and state duties.
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Turkey
London
Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
Princess Anne
Buckingham
Texas-Size Memorial LBS Library Rites Today
Members of the Student Mobilization Committee pass out handbills titled The Warmakers are Coming calling for an egal peaceful demonstration at the library rites today.
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Bers
Student Mobilization Committee
SMC
Dedication of LBJ Library Faces Security and Protests
A Texas judge issued a restraining order banning demonstrations within blocks of the LBJ Library as the dedication ceremony, with Nixon as main speaker, approaches. Officials cite safety for the president and guests while Secret Service and campus police tighten security amid announced protests by multiple groups.
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William Rogers
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van Cliburn
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One-Car Crash on U S 87 Leaves Teen Burned
An 18 year old Lubbock youth, Frank Reyes of 2724 Baylor, sustained second degree burns and was hospitalized in serious condition after a fiery single vehicle crash on U S 87 near Loop 289. The car totaled after hitting a concrete culvert head on and gas tank explosion. bystanders helped pull Reyes from the burning wreck, several hundred feet of debris scattered along the median.
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Lubbock
Frank Reyes
Baylor
U.S. 87
Loop 289
Tony Anthony
Methodist Hospital
Amarillo
Reyes
Front fender debris fly across median in crash
Bumper ended over 100 feet away while two large pieces of the crumpled front fender were hurled more than 50 feet into the median crossover. The event details suggest a high impact vehicle collision with substantial debris field.
CAP Exercise Begins Today
Civil Air Patrol members from West Texas and Panhandle points will assemble at Amarillo Tradewinds Airport at 7 a.m. for a two day CAP and civil defense drill. At least 10 aircraft and about 30 persons from the Lubbock squadron will take part in the exercise centered on reconnaissance and duties in a theoretical nuclear attack directed at the Texas Gulf Coast and several cities across the state.
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West Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo
Tradewinds
Lubbock Cap Squadron
CAP
Texas Gulf Coast
Dollar Slump Deepens On Bonn Money Market In Postwar Low
West Germany sees the dollar fall to 3.4950 marks after Frankfurt fixes 3.5030 as the guide rate. Banks expect Bundesbank selling to set new lows, potentially 3.45 marks, with aim to trigger a rebasing of the mark as officials vow to restore 3.66. The crisis spreads to neighboring markets as Switzerland and Austria revalue and Holland halts interest on speculative dollar accounts.
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Bundesbank
Wily Brandt
West Germany
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Copenhagen
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Foreign Exchange Dealers Club
State College tuition hikes, taxes advanced as session nears end
Senate okayed a bill delaying tuition hikes until degree completion, with foreign students charged 14 per hour and a 200 semester minimum. Residents pay 25 cents of a 4 per hour charge while nonresidents pay 1.50 of 40. A separate Texas resident bill set at 125 per semester. Gov. Smith signed part of a tax package raising 617 million, with a 4 percent state sales tax from July 1 and a 1 percent city tax. An ethics bill aims to require disclosure of income sources and tax returns by legislators and officials, with a 12 member ethics commission. Both houses planned sessions as final days approach.
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Texas
House
Senate
Preston Smith
Conference Committee
US forces clash along DMZ north of Charlie 2
Helicopter gunships supported ground troops who entered the region and fought North Vietnamese forces. Seven enemy soldiers were killed. Captured were two 12 mm rocket launchers 16 122 mm rocket rounds and 25 82 mm mortar rounds. No U S casualties in ground fighting. Two reconnaissance helicopters were shot down and three crewmen wounded.
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Dmz
Charlie 2
U.S
Speed Camera in Arlington Draws Mixed Reactions
Arlington police use a roadside speed camera system that snaps photos of violators and stores license numbers and car fronts in computerized files. Critics worry about privacy, while officials note the device can photograph up to 900 violators hourly and reduce need for patrol officers.
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Vandergriff
Ture
Richard H. Myers
Vought Missiles & Space Co
Dallas
LTV Aerospace
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