Insurance Rate Vote Nears Mauzy Plan in Texas Senate
Senator Oscar Mauzy won a 22 to 7 vote to allow full Senate consideration of a competitive insurance rate plan. Lt. Governor Ben Barnes indicated the Senate will likely vote Wednesday while the House delays under a five member subcommittee. The governor’s proposal seeks to replace current Insurance Board set rates with a ceiling and permit lower prices if insurers choose.
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Oscar Mauzy
Dallas
Senate
Ben Barnes
Preston Smith
House
Ace Pickens
Midland
Pickens
Senate Economic Development Committee
Texas
Mauzy
State Insurance Board
H. J. Blanchard
D-Lubbock
Blanchard
Maury
Sen
Don Kennard
D - Fort Worth
Kennard
Economic Development Committee
Diesel leak fouls San Antonio River killing fish
About 50,000 gallons of diesel fuel leaked from a storage tank owned by the city’s utility company into the San Antonio River. Officials said the spill killed fish downstream and prompted cleanup actions.
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San Antonio
Bill To Enact Noise Curbs Gets Support
A coalition of labor, civic, and medical groups urged Congress to pass strong anti noise legislation. The letter to all 100 Senate members seeks EPA power to set standards covering jackhammers to jetliners and appliances. It cites 80 million Americans affected and 40 million with potential hearing damage.
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United Press International
Washington
Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Three Die In Apparent Murder Suicide Near Panhandle
A 1968 four door hardtop carried the bodies of James Earl Daniels 41 Linda Stewart Cooper 29 and Leslie Renee Cooper 4 in Potter County just south of Moore County line. A .25 handgun was found in the man’s hand and authorities called it an apparent murder suicide. A five year old boy survived in critical condition after the gunfire. Deputy Leroy Oliver rushed the wounded child to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo 20 miles away.
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Amarillo
U.S
Associated Press
Masterson
Panhandle
Moore County
Ick Reed
Dumas
Northwest Texas Hospital
DPS
Leroy Oliver
U.S. 287
Reed
Oliver
Potter County
James Earl Daniels
Linda Stewart Cooper
Leslie Renee Cooper
Bonita Potter
Boys Sent Back To East Germany From Weimar Border
Two boys aged 13 and 14 fled Weimar East Germany to West Germany after theft fears. They crawled under three wire fences near a mined border and were returned to East Germany by West German customs officials.
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East Germany
Bad Hersfeld
Germany
Weimar
West Germany
Senate clears McCain to retire as admiral amid Abrams delay
The Senate approved John S. McCain Jr. retiring as full admiral while delaying action on Gen. Creighton W. Abrams to be Army chief of staff. The delay stems from controversy over unauthorized air raids in North Vietnam linked to Gen. Lavelle. Mansfield signaled expected debate on Abrams.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
John S. McCain Jr
Creighton W. Abrams
Army
North Vietnam
John D. Lavelle
Abrams
Lavelle
Saigon
McCain
Pacific Theater
Southeast
Asia
Mike Mansfield
Prayer Blessing for the Lonely Reader
A reader offers a quiet devotional prayer asking God to comfort the lonely today. The plea invokes companionship through faith, asking for guidance toward a friend closer than a brother.
Second cloture bid tests busing desegregation plan
Southern allies pressed for a second Senate cloture vote on a busing desegregation bill amid a rare filibuster, aiming to halt long distance busing as a tool and seek an insurance vote before Congress adjourns.
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United Press International
Washington
Senate
House
White House
Potato and Vegetable Losses Add to Soviet Food Strain
Soviet authorities report drought harming potatoes and vegetables amid grain shortages. Pravda urges farmers to prepare for a maximum production push next year to offset current losses, signaling broader regional crop failures beyond Moscow. The U S Department of Agriculture notes continuing food stress.
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Pravda
Voice
Communist Party
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
Kissinger Returns Tonight in Paris Talks Extension
Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese negotiators entered a rare third day of talks in Paris with no official assessment from Washington. White House and Paris officials suggested progress while stressing Kissinger would return to Washington that night. notes focused on Saigon's postwar government and possible coalition plans including Viet Cong participation and a broad U.S. withdrawal.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
Paris
U.S
Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Xuan Thuy
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Saigon
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Nguyen van Thieu
Haig
Thieu
South Vietnam
Ziegler
Viet Cong
Sen
Nguyen van Huyh
Senate
Nguyen Huu Tho
Viet Cong Provisional Revolutionary Government
German Official Due In Peking
West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel left Honolulu for four days of talks in Peking on establishing diplomatic relations. He travels with 25 West German journalists and will stop in Tokyo and Shanghai before arriving in Peking.
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Honolulu
Walter Scheel
Peking
Scheel
Tokyo
Shanghai
McGovern's March Irks Republicans In New York Parade
Senator George McGovern marched in the Columbus Day parade drawing GOP anger over an invited appearance they say he did not receive. Republicans file a formal complaint with the Fair Campaign Practices Committee while McGovern and aides push back amid chanting supporters and parade disruption. Governor Nelson Rockefeller warned the senator to stay away, arguing the move could hurt McGovern in the race.
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Associated Press
Sen
George McGovern
New York
GOP House
Senate
Fair Campaign Practices Committee
Nixon
McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Woman Held In Shooting Victim Named Arthur West
A 20 year old Lubbock woman was jailed after an Austin man she allegedly shot to death at Tth Street and Avenue I. Arthur James West, 29, of Austin, died at Methodist Hospital from two gunshot wounds. A .25 caliber pistol was recovered. An autopsy was ordered by Justice of the Peace Wasne j LeCroy. West’s funeral services are pending at Jamison Funeral Home.
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Lubbock
Austin
Tth Street
Avenue I
Methodist Hospital
Arthur James West
Justice of the Peace
Wasne J LeCroy
West
Jamison Funeral Home
Thorny Sign Ordinance Reconsideration Could Pass Thursday
VAUGHN HENDRIF reports the council may again take up a plan to ban free standing signs around the civic center as part of the Urban Renewal project. If approved on second reading it would lead to broader local restrictions on outdoor signage citywide.
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Civic Center
Morris Turner
Carolyn Jordan
Bryce Campbell
Weather outlook for the region with warm midweek highs
Generally fair today in the Leather area and the surrounding region. Highs near the upper 80s and overnight readings in the low 60s to upper 50s with southerly winds 8 to 18 mph. Humidity remains high with mid 80s readings and warm overnight lows.
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Abilene
Pasa
Albun
Hobbs
jAmaring - Be
Houston
Dallas
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