House Vote Over Plan Fails Amid Tax Debate
House liberals and conservatives split on a tax bill that would raise sales and alcohol taxes and broaden the franchise tax. Mutscher opposed the measure and urged a conference, while aides urged passage to avoid another deadlock. Four United Methodist bishops urged fixing tax inequities in Texas.
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House
Mutscher
Sarhes
Navy
Barnes
John Allen
Longview
Senate
Mutseher
Texas
Bese
Smith
Elbrick Kidnapping Looms Over Brazil Crisis
Terrorists threaten to kill Ambassador Elbrick and demand prisoner releases within 48 hours. Brazilian and U.S. officials, including State Department spokesman Robert McCloskey, pursue urgent talks as the case prompts concerns of Communist involvement and regional anti government violence. Elbrick, a veteran diplomat from Louisville, is described as discreet and effective in behind the scenes negotiations.
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Sao Paulo
Rio
U.S. Army
United States
Brazil
Elbrick
Louisville
U.S. State Department
Portugal
Yugoslavia
Globo
Rio de Janeiro
Chile
Mexico
Algeria
Jose de ‘Magalhaes Pinto
U.S
State Department
Louisville, Ky
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles D Elbrick Six Injured In Crackup
A head on collision about 8 30 pm Thursday in the 2100 block of N Erskine Road injured six people. Santos Rodrigues Jr 47 of 3205 Amherst St was pinned beneath his steering wheel and in critical condition at Methodist Hospital. The Dye family of 1826 E Amherst St includes Billy 35 Joyce 34 and 4 year old Darren all taken to Highland Hospital with Darren serious and the parents fair Gwen 7 and Alan 10 had minor injuries.
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N. Erskine Road
Santos Rodrigues Jr
Amherst St
Methodist Hospital
Highland Hospital
Billy B. Dye
E. Amherst St
Joyce
Darren
South Plains Reps Back Senate Tax Bill Plan
Area lawmakers from Lubbock Plainview Paducah and Tohoka supported a $357 million tax bill in a Thursday vote that favored Senate corrections but the full House rejected the measure 68 to 74. Reps Delwin Jones R B McAlister Elmer Tarbox E L Short Ralph Wayne and Bill Heatly voted for the proposal.
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South Plains
Senate
House
Delwin Jones
R. B. McAlister
Elmer Tarbox
Lubbock
E. L. Short
Tohoka
Ralph Wayne
Plainview
Bill Heatly
Paducah
Pill Study Links Higher Death Rate to Hormonal Pills
John Hopkins University Medical School researchers report death rates from blood clotting diseases among pill users at about three per 100,000 women annually versus 1.7 per 100,000 among nonusers. They estimate thromboembolism risk for hormonal contraceptives at 4.4 times that of nonusers, with higher rates for sequential pills than combination types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hopkins University Medical School
U.S
Critics Clash Over Nixon Tax Plan And Its Effects
Critics warn the administration tax plan could curb productive investment while proposing $4.8 billion in individual relief and $3.5 billion more in corporate taxes. Byrd questions middle class impact as Kennedy defends relief claimed for a family of four earning 12 500 annually. Cohen notes half of individual relief targets the 7 000 to 20 000 bracket. Provisions phase in 1971 1972 and Fulbright cautions about added complexity. Kennedy supports minimum tax goal but says 5 million low income filers would be exempted from filing.
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Harry F. Byrd Jr
Vas
Kennedy
World mourns Ho Chi Minh as Hanoi calls seven day mourning
Ho Chi Minh’s death prompts official and radio calls for seven days of mourning with Ho’s picture and biography to run in newspapers, black border interrupting broadcasts, and mass cancellations of celebrations. Saigon officials and media weigh potential power shifts while urging continued anti US resolve.
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Hanoi Radio
Hanoi
U.S
South Vietnam
Peking
New Car Sticker Numbers and 1970 Inspection Rules
Sgt Mason explained that the new stickers will display year numbers with 9 for September and 10 for October, and that the April 15 1970 deadline remains for 1970 inspections. Any 1969 issued stickers expire next year, and the exhaust system rules now require a working muffler and no leaks. Vehicles from 1968 or later with factory smog devices must keep the device functional, and foreign cars are included. Visual checks will confirm the exhaust system is intact. noise is not part of the inspection and the fee rises from 1.75 to 2 dollars.
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Mason
Hinchey Dies aLea
Hinchey dies aLea bookkeeper and longtime gas executive. He began as foreman in 1916 on special work in Sharon Pa Erie Pa and Jamestown NLY. He later worked for Buffalo Gas and Troquois Gas in Buffalo in 1917. He married Margaret Lanning in 1923 and moved to Okmulgee Okla where he became vice president and general manager of Okmulgee Gas. He moved to Lubbock in 1927. Survivors include son Jack Hinchey and daughters Mrs Robert A Dean and Mrs John Murphy of Midland, sister Mrs William Titus of Bradford Pa, six grandchildren. Memorials preferred to the Lubbock Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center.
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Sharon
Erie
Lubbock
Okmulgee
Homeowners Protest Lumber Yard Zoning Change
The Planning and Zoning Commission postponed action on a request to rezone a Loop 289 area from C-2 to C-3 amid strong resident opposition. Proponents argued for local retail use while opponents warned of traffic and neighborhood character changes. The case was continued to October 2 for further study.
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Gary Schultz
Avalanche-Journal
Planning and Zoning Commission
Commission
John Russell Crews
6707
Hartford
C-3
Crews
Loop 289
Hartford Avenue
C-2
Texas Tech
Bill Ford
69Th Drive
Ford
Ecen Ringe
4Th Street
Buckner Baptist Home
19Th Street
Chicago Avenue
Lubbock Christian College
Sherrick
Brownfield Road
Topeka
Utica
Colgate
Corner Avenues
North Indiana Avenues
South Street
Wayne Avenue
County Club House
Gary Avenue
60Th Street
Avenue F
Avenue H
76Th Street
Quaker Avenue
Raleigh ‘Avenue
7Th Street
Cherry Avenue
E. 2Nd Street
Albany Land
47Th Street
YWCA
Nouthwest
35Th Street
Flint Avenue
28Th Street
Peoria Avenue
27Th Street
Boston Avenue
U.S. Postal Department
38T Street
Slide Road
Arnold Maeker
Elgin
Indiana
Japan Refuses Return of Tech Graduate From Okinawa Trip
Texas Tech alumnus Roger Scott, who left Lubbock in 1968, was denied re entry to Japan while returning from Okinawa aboard a Japanese vessel. Officials cited his involvement in a peace for Vietnam committee and activities seen as conflicting with a plan to stay in Japan as an English instructor.
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Texas Tech
Roger Scott
Lubbock
Japan
Okinawa
Brian
Victoria
Omaha
Scott
Michael Stafford
Camarillo
Calif
Sharon Willoughby
Philadelphia
Earle Reynolds
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Nagasaki
China
Vietnam
Europe
Soviet Union
Aspermont
Tech
Peace Corps
Colombia
L.A
Army
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Billy Fold
Commissioner of Labor
Daddy
Neil Sellers
Patrick
Sellers
U.S.S. Kearsage
U.S.S. Kitty Hawk
Charles D. Elbrick
Gwen
Alan
Wilbur L. Stallings
Abernathy
Robert Christopher
Gee St
Wateneg
T Meeant Hospital
Fdward
Richard Boghee Igs Pi
Won Non
Tise Am Mack Paedai Hospital
Hyland Boulevard
Midland Avenue
New York Borough
Staten Island
New York City
Nixon
Cohen
Byrd
Py NP
Minnesota
Judith Claire Mendenhall
Hn. Norval
Kathy Lynn
Patricia Jo Brummett
Hobbs
New Mexico
Piday
Wirerhoto
Iment
Vietnam Laodong (Communist
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Tran Thien Khiem
South ‘Vietnam
South
Thieu
Ray F. Hinchey
Hinchey
aLea
50Th Street
George Fields
Fields
Charles W. Scott
King Avenue
East 50Th Street
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