17 Dec 1973
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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1973
Page
1
All Texas counties are now issuing food stamps after converting from the Commodity Distribution program on November 1. The transition ends a two year plan and surpasses the federal deadline, with about 300,000 households expected to receive stamps by January 1 as USDA raises income and allocation standards.
Highlights recount Wright brothers first powered flight in 1903 near Kitty Hawk North Carolina. Other items include Papal excommunication of Henry VIII in 1583, England declaring war on Spain in 1718, and Apollo 17 crew returning home last year.
New York reports show frankincense and myrrh prices rising 20 to 30 percent from last year. Meer Corp. sales manager Robert Fitzgibbon notes myrrh at 80 cents a pound and oblganum gum at 44 to 68 cents. he would charge 1.10 per pound for myrrh if available. Both resins, imported mainly from Somaliland, serve perfumes candles and religious rites.
President Nixon awaits a congressional decision on whether he owes up to $300000 in federal income taxes and interest after releasing extensive finances. Disclosures show deductions for vice presidential papers and San Clemente estate, with tax totals under $80,000 on over $1 million income.
A series of concise trivia questions covers the UN's European headquarters in Geneva, Lake Tanganyika as the longest freshwater lake, diverse beach sand colors by composition, Abraham Lincoln's estate of 110 794, and advertising origins with a Babylonian wine shop doorway 5 000 years ago.
TV schedule fragment lists shows and hosts from 6:45 to 11:55 with programs including CBS News EDS Today Frank McGee Dinah’s Place Jack LaLanne My Favorite Martian Gambit Wizard of Odds Jeopardy Password Perry Mason Cartoon Festival Search for Tomorrow and NBC News. It notes hosts such as Dick Clark Alex Trebek Art Fleming Tom Kennedy and Allen Ludden across a mixed daytime lineup.
A dense late 1960s era TV grid lists show times, titles, and hosts across networks. Notable items include Lucy Show, Gomer Pyle, Gunsmoke, Dick Van Dyke, The Rifleman, Dragnet, The Tonight Show, and numerous NBC CBS ABC movies and specials with host names and film titles.
A scanned Tuesday TV lineup lists CBS NBC ABC and more with prime time movies, news, and popular shows. It includes The Rifleman Maude Hawaii Five-O Dragnet Burn notices and a John Wayne style film night plus college game and public affairs segments.
Afternoon schedule shows soap operas game shows and cartoons with titles like Guiding Light Days of Our Lives General Hospital and The Tonight Show style hosts. It lists morning through evening blocks including The Price is Right The Match Game Peyton Place and The Rifleman.
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