Governor Eyes Competitive Rates in Insurance Reform Plan
Gov. Preston Smith proposed a special legislative session to restore gubernatorial control over state spending and to enact a competitive rate system for insurance. He argued the plan would replace state board rate setting and curb rebates and other company practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faustin
Preston Smith
South
Hauge
Senate
Texas
State Board of Insurance
Smith
Unclear Nuclear MIG Battles Report Flight Losses
Reported clashes over North Vietnam claim no U.S. losses in MIG battles. Spokesmen note some American planes downed on other missions. Vietnam says six U.S. jets were shot down with one pilot captured near the Chinese border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onap
U.S
Vietnam
Muleshoe Area Storms Close Road and Fire Hits Home
Lightning struck a house in the Mule shoe area causing a bedroom fire and minor damage as heavy rains closed Farm Road 1760 and threatened Texas 214. Reports show 0.5 to 1 inch of rain in several towns while storms lingered over the region. The National Weather Service forecast slight chances of more rain today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muleshoe
South Plains
Hereford
Olton
Plains
National Weather Service
Lubbock
Leon Lewis
Earl Ladd
Texas Highway Department
Texas 214
Weather Service
U.N. urged to act against terrorism after Munich
Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim called for General Assembly action to combat terrorism following the Munich massacre of Israeli athletes. He submitted a proposal for action and warned the UN must not be a mute spectator as Security Council debates stalled amid vetoes by the Soviet Union and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United Nations
N.Y
Kurt Waldheim
General Assembly
Waldheim
Security Council
Munich
Soviet Union
Israel
Syria
Lebannon
United States
Mideast
U.S. Cotton Crop Expected To Rise Across States
The Agriculture Department estimates 13.6 million bales of cotton production for the year, up two percent from last month and 30 percent above 1971, driven by gains in all 14 cotton producing states led by Texas and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Fifth Grade Guides From Sixth Rely On Mt Everett Advice
Fifth graders at Mt. Everett Regional School in Sheffield Mass received a mimeographed booklet from the sixth grade titled How We Made It Through the Fifth Grade. The sixth graders recount their own fears about moving to Mt. Everett and share do and don'ts on routines and minor discipline as students adjust to the larger school system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sheffield
Mass
Mt. Everett Regional School
Mt. Everett
Douglas Refuses To Block Busing Desegregation Plan
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas refused to block a Las Vegas school desegregation plan. He ruled the Broomfield Amendment does not apply to the federal judge ordered desegregation affecting about 30 elementary pupils across 52 Las Vegas schools. The ruling tempers Congress efforts to halt court ordered busing. Earlier Justice Powell found the amendment likewise did not apply in an Augusta Georgia case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Las Vegas
Douglas
Congress
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Augusta
Senate revenue sharing plan passes Senate amid debate
The Senate approved Nixon’s $33.6 billion revenue sharing plan to return funds to cities and states over two years. The measure for rural or urban distribution drew 63 votes in favor and 20 against, with differences to be reconciled in a conference committee. The plan targets nearly 39,000 municipalities and faces House-senate reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
Enate
Russell Long
Louisiana
Finance
Texas
New Mexico
Exas
Mexico
Lubbock
Lubbock County
Finance Committee
Capitol Hill
John Pastore
Rhode Island
Long
Lyndonb. Johnson
Johnson
Vietnam
Prayer for forgiveness and understanding in troubled times
A reader offers a devotional plea to God for joy through forgiveness and a better understanding of those in need. The brief prayer asks for love and help during trouble and ends with Amen.
City Officials Hire 97 to Replace Striking Garbagemen
A city moves to employ 97 permanent workers to cover sanitation duties amid a strike by garbagemen. The article notes the plan appears in the household and city services section, detailing staffing changes and potential impacts on waste collection.
Taiwan group visits field day spotlight at Lubbock
The 63rd Texas A and M field day at Lubbock drew over 1,200 visitors from West Texas to view breeding lines in sorghum nurseries and other research on grain sorghum cotton irrigation and soil fertility. Guests included members of the Texas Grain Sorghum Producers Board and a Taiwan feed grain trade team touring the High Plains.
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Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
West Texas
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Lubbock
Texas Grain Sorghum Producers Board
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UPI
Dallas
Troy V. Wray
Avenue X
Muleshoe Area
Charles Richards
U.N
Organization
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Mt. Everett School
Lubbock, Area
Martha Mitchell
Hubby
Quang Tri
Irish Republican Army
Belfast
Plains Agriculture
Taiwan
U.S. Feed Grains Council
Baetas
WEA
Abilene
Albuquerque
Houston
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