Nixon backs plane as SST funds spark Capitol fight
President Nixon pushes for a total SST budget above 1.2 billion with 662 million more to cover two prototypes and testing. Volpe cites 1976 to 1978 service goal while Congress readies partisan battles over funding and national prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Secretary of Transportation
John A. Volpe
White House
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
Senate
William E. Minshall
Ohio
House Appropriations Committee
House
J. William Fulbright
Tam
Volpe
Tokyo
Washington
London
High Rigger Sailor Keeps Hat Tossing Way Through Wind
A Canadian born high rigger known as Sailor climbs tall poles at fairs and shows, pausing only for electrical storms. He recalls a past fall when a rope snapped and he broke a leg, then notes age is quality not quantity while planning three performances Saturday. He travels with three split poles and relies on wind and speed to win top money in yearly rodeo style rounds.
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West Texas
Ilinois
Canada
British Columbia
Tong
Sailor
Silor
Saiior
Brunswick case brings Brunswick landlor d pay 1400 in foreclosure
Haynsworth resumes testimony in the Brunswick case after a November hearing. The unanimous decision awarded 1400 to a South Carolina bowling alley landlord foreclosed on by Brunswick, far less than the landlord’s 140,000 claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
South Carolina
Haynsworth
Thone
Missing Panhandle boy found asleep in car
A six hour search for a missing six year old from Shallowater ended when the boy was found asleep on the rear floorboard of his family car. Police, relatives and volunteers had scoured the Panhandle South Plains Fair area from 5 p.m. to about 11 p.m. Tuesday. The parents had checked the vehicle twice but did not find him. The boy was unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle South Plains
Shallowater
Saigon Policemen Killed in Central Market Explosion
In Saigon on Wednesday a small explosion killed a Vietnamese police officer and wounded others as a demolitions team tried to disarm the device in the city’s central market. The attack highlights ongoing security threats in urban districts.
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Saigon
Highway Week Honored At Inter-City Rotary Meet
Judge Halbert Woodward of Lubbock and former Texas Highway Commission chairman praised Texas highways during 18 Highway Week in Texas at Lubbock. The keynote speaker, a University of Texas graduate and Fort Worth attorney, called Highway Week a form of Thanksgiving and lauded the Texas system as among the finest in America.
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Halbert
Woodward
Lubbock
U.S
Northern District of Texas
Texas Highway Cammission
Texas
University of Texas
Fort Worth
Morris
America
Earthquake Hits Area Of Mexico and Mexico coast tremor
earthquake with moderate magnitude likely below six on the Richter scale was recorded along the west coast of southern Mexico. The U S Geological Survey center did not pinpoint a location and reported the tremor occurred around 6 45 p m EDT. A second section notes a political discussion on highway funds and mass transit funding by Morris and local civic club figures.
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Washington
Mexico
Natonal
Floyd Bl. Boze
R. Cy Lott
O'Donnell Club
Wallace E.garets
Texas Tech Choir
Gene Kinney
Nell Oldham
Agency Chief Disappointed by Slower Nonproliferation Signups
Sigvard Eklund, director general of the IAEA, voiced disappointment at a Vienna conference that enthusiasm for signing the nuclear arms nonproliferation treaty has slowed since last year. He noted 81 countries had signed or ratified last year, with only 10 more joining since.
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Vienna
Austria
Sigvard Eklund
International Atomic Energy Agency
Eklund
Local Birth Announcements Mixed in Ocr Fragments
A garbled collection of birth notices lists several families and newborns with weights and times. It mentions Bekalm Methodist Hospital, Laut Clinic Hospital, and West Texas Hospital, plus fathers employed by Walter V. Jarnagin Construction Co and Guardian Transmission among others, but many details are unclear due to OCR errors.
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Jerry, Riley
88Th St
Bekalm
Methodist’ Hospital
Walter V. Jarnagin Construction, Co
Pete, Ramos
E. 16Th St
Laut -Clinic Hospital
Guardian Transmission
Domingo Hernandez
Hurlwood
Laut Clinic
Plains ‘Laundry
Noble H. Douglas
West Texas Hospital
Handy Spot Foods
Juan
Dartmouth SL
Caprock Paint
Joan
Guevara
Fordham St
Soros
Missouri Valley Constructon Co
Plan Nearing Approval for SDRs in Global Reserve Reform
A near approval of the Group of Ten plan would issue drawing rights called SDRs to increase international reserves by country quotas. United States would gain about 851.4 million dollars while Botswana and Lesotho receive 495 thousand each. Yugoslavia would get nearly 25 million. France and Italy may abstain. SDRs back by nothing but acceptance, not gold, aim to ease deficits as central banks shift from gold reserves, with eight G10 members controlling 85% voting power.
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Sdrs
International Monetary Fund
United States
Botswana
Lesotho
Africa
Yugoslavia
France
Italy
Group of Ten
Nations
Monetary Fund
Britain
Schweitzer
Great Britain
West Germany
Japan
Belgium
Canada
Sweden
Netherlands
Flooding Hits San Antonio and North Central Texas
Rainfall totals include Roscoe 5.40 inches Bage 4.46 Weatherford 3.69 Denison 3.24 and Springtown near Fort Worth 3.04. No drownings or injuries reported in San Antonio though motorists were rescued from flooded streets. Lightning struck downtown and Ft. Sam Houston no injuries. Officials faced water in police HQ and courthouse basements. A furniture firm estimated up to 20000 in losses. Downtown expressways closed over 100 traffic accidents recorded. a driver swam a flooded road. Rain fell across most of Texas with over 50 stations reporting more than one inch. Front and cooler airmass moved south with clearing skies forecast.
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Texas
Roscoe
Bage
Weatherford
Denison
Springtown
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Ft. Sam Houston
Bexar County
Sears
Hilton
Tallahassee
Blountstown
C. R. Miller
Transportation Department
Michael O'Neil
Quincy
Georgia Line
Panama City
Apalachicola
Monsticello
Roads Washed Out as Florida Rains Hit Soybeans and Crops
Torrential rains across the Florida Panhandle caused river cresting and widespread crop damage. The State Transportation Department reported a quarter million dollars in road damage with two major arteries still out. About 8,000 acres of soybeans near Wahitchka were washed away, along with damage to corn and peanuts. tobacco in warehouses also affected.
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Quincy
Fla
Florida Panhandle
State Transportation Department
South Georgia
Apalachicola National Forest
Gulf of Mexico
Wewahitchka
Eugene Boyles
Gainesville
Dick Holm
Havana
Tallahassee
U.S
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Boeing Co
Congress
John W. [McCormack
Bertram L. ‘Podell
Dkn.y
Mass Urban Transit Trust Fund
Justice Department
Podell
Boeing
aLant
Garrett Morris Highway
R. C. Lott
O'Donnell Rotary Club
Floyd Boze
Lubbock Club
Charles Reynes
Rotary
Childress
Jackson
Texas Highway Commission
Mortris
Roger, Miles
Methodist Hospital
Union Life Insurance. Co
John Michall Payne
West ‘Texas Hospital
Candora
Tom Rodriguez
Amherst St
Resta Seo
Fielils
Danny Sailor
Eeant
Florida
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