Odessa approves 1 percent sales tax by wide margin
Odessa residents vote 3899 for and 2107 against a one per cent sales tax to be added atop the four per cent state levy, taking effect Jan 1 1974. Officials project $600000 in 1973 74 revenues and $1.5 million in 1974 75, with property taxes likely reduced.
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Dan Martin
Ector High
Jim Reese
Reese
Odessa
Robert Frias
City Hall
Ron Neighbors
Neighbors
Quake Rescue Work Hampered By Rain
Torrential rains hindered rescue efforts as southeast Mexico faced the worst earthquake in modern history. More than 500 dead were reported across 24 cities in Puebla and Veracruz, with Ciudad Serdan near the epicenter showing heavy losses. President Echeverria planned a tour of the devastated zone amid ongoing floods and crop damage.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Luis Echeverria
Sierra Madre Range
Puebla
Veracruz
Ciudad Serdan
Lawyers Seek To Bar Psychiatric Exams
Lawyers for Elmer Wayne Henley 17 plan to ask the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin to stop two psychiatric examinations ordered for him. Harris County officials identified 15 year old Homer Garcia in the slayings, with other bodies found near Sam Rayburn Reservoir and in High Island and Houston. Henley and David Owen Brooks face multiple murder counts. their attorneys asked the appeals court to halt the exams after Judge William M Hatten refused to withdraw the August 22 order.
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Houston
Texas Court of Cramming Appeals
Austin
Elmer Wayne Henley
Harris County
Joseph A Jachimczyk
Homer Garcia
Lews Garcia
Louis Garcia
Garcia
Sam Rawborn
San Augustine
High Island
Tex
Youston
Cone
Harrs
David Owen Brooks
Harris Counties
Henley
Wiliam M Hatten
Brooks Charles Meider
Edwin Pegelow
Harns County
Carol
Vance Ted Musick
Brooks Lawyver
Tmavon Vance
Hatten
Musick
Brooks
Stockholm Bank Hostage Drama Ends as Gunmen Surrender
In Stockholm, two gunmen Jan-Erik Olsson and Clark Olofsson surrendered after a 132 hour bank siege. Hostages cried as police used tear gas. no bloodshed reported though reports of abuse surfaced. Victims said they felt not threatened by the men.
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Stockholm
Kristin Enmark
Jan-Erik Olsson
Clark Olofsson
Svenska Dagbladet
Expressen
Olofsson
Olsstin
Madrid crash claims 24 lives among airmen families
A U.S. Air Force C142 Starlifter cargo plane carrying wives and children of airmen crashed near Madrid on Tuesday night. Of 25 aboard, 24 were killed, with survivors including William H. Ray of McGuire Air Force Base. The jet was en route from Athens to Torrejon Air Base, 40 miles east of Madrid.
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Madrid
V.s
Air Force
McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
Athens
Greece
U.S. Air Force Base
Torrejon
Air Force At
William H. Ray
N.J
Hueva
Air Ministry
Ministry
U.S
Military Airlift Command
Chinese Communists Hold Party Meeting
TOKYO AP The Communist party of China held its 10th national congress re electing Mao Tse tung as chairman. Lin Piao expelled after alleged plot, with Chen Po ta. Congress also named vice chairmen and a 148 member presidium as it revised the party constitution amid international disorder.
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Tokyo
Communist Party of China
Mao Tsetung
Peking
Lin Piao
Mao
Soviet Union
Congress
Lin
Chen Po-ta
Hsinhua
Chowg En-lai
Wang Hungwen
Kang Sheng
Yeh Chienying
Li Teh- Sheng
Chang Chunchao
Chou
Wang Hung-wen
Light Sprinkles Fall with More Rain Forecast in Texas
Light sprinkles touched southern Permian Basin areas with a 30 percent chance of measurable precipitation this afternoon and tonight, dropping to 20 percent Thursday. Many Odessa drivers saw raindrops on Wednesday morning as a low pressure system brings moisture, with highs in the upper 80s and mid 60s overnight. Thunderstorms rattled parts of North and West Central Texas last night and today, causing roof damage in North Dallas but no injuries, while tornadoes were suspected in a Bradford neighborhood.
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Permian Basin
National Weather Station
Midland Regional
Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Abilene
North Dallas
Bradford
Far West
Southwest
Whar
Mineral Wells
Galveston
Beef Shortage Seen Near End
Washington AP reports upbeat Agriculture Department estimates suggest the beef shortage may be easing as packing houses reopen and price controls on foods other than beef are lifted. The department notes July red meat output rose slightly from June while remaining near year-ago levels, with poultry also down modestly from June.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Earth
Department
Jose Thay
Dar Pars Dors
Nixon Tape Arguments Continue
Washington AP report says White House lawyers challenged federal court jurisdiction over a Senate Watergate tapes appeal hours before a ruling on whether Nixon must turn over tapes to prosecutors. They argued the Senate suit seeks to undermine presidential confidentiality and that the committee lacks authority to sue.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Senate Committee
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Senate Watergate Committee
Sirica
Watergate
Archibald Cox
United States
Senate
Charles Alan Meright
Cox
Telephone System Will Save Texas One Million Dollars
Dissenters voice protest as Russia clamps down. Growing dissent fades as authorities move to quell opposition. Odessa American reports on long distance rate cuts and potential savings for Texas, highlighting policy shifts and public reaction.
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