Senate approves $19.1 billion appropriations bill
Senate passes a 19.1 billion budget bill for HUD space science VA and other agencies for the year starting July 1 by a 73 to 1 vote, sending it to conference with the House. The measure totals 500.8 million above Nixon's request but 1.75 billion below this year’s level. The bill includes a mandate that funds be obligated and penalties for not spending money, including potential cutoffs of air conditioning at the OMB and agency salary blocks for noncompliant programs.
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Senate
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Space and Science Agencies
Veterans Administration
House
Nixon
Senate Appropriations Committee
Office of Management and Budget
Alan Cranston
Dcalif
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Committee On Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Cranston
Puerto Rico
Chicago
Memphis
West Roxbury
Mass
Cleveland
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Congress
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
Selective Service
George McGovern
U S.A
Sone House
Nixon Administration
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
McGovern
Secretary of Agriculture
Social Security benefits rise under 1974 package
Congress approve for 30 million recipients a 5.6 percent raise to begin July 1974 with higher payroll taxes for earners over $12,000 and a $12,600 wage base. The measure, paired with other bills, also extends the debt limit and plans to curb Vietnam war funding by Aug. 15. The package moves to the White House for Nixon’s signature.
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Congress
Swufuy
White House
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
California
House
Senate
Indochina
Cambodia
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Odessa Ice Storm Damages Estimated At 6 Million
Odessa faced extensive devastation from a Friday night ice storm, with damage possibly exceeding six million dollars. Auto losses may top one million, and more than ten thousand homes and businesses sustained damage. The event damaged schools, Permian High School windows, and city infrastructure while emergency crews operated through the night and into Saturday.
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Odessa
General Adjustment Bureau
Gale Shed
Plane Crash Fatal To Odessa Student In Texas
A 23-year-old Odessa woman Cindy Walker and two friends, Albert Donahue and Gary Whitworth, died when their private Piper Cherokee crashed near a cotton gin after engine trouble. Donahue’s wife Anne was hospitalized in serious condition. Whitworth, the pilot, reported engine trouble to Brownsville control. The victims were UT Austin students en route to Brownsville to visit Whitworth’s parents. FAA investigators arrived from Dallas to probe the crash. Funeral arrangements announced for Walker.
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Raymondville
Odessa
Cindy Walker
Dale W. Walker
Blossom Lane
Albert T. Donahue
Gary Whitworth
Austin
Donahue
Anne
Garza
Brownsville
Whitworth
University of Texas At Austin
Federal Aviation Administration
Dallas
Miss Walker
Permian High School
University of Texas
American School For the Deaf
Hartford
Mexican attorney praised for Halting Border Drug Traffic
A 30-year-old Mexican attorney earns praise for leading efforts to stop drug trafficking across the U S Mexico border. The report highlights his legal work and impact on cross border crime, noting collaboration with authorities and ongoing challenges.
The Quipster flea and his dog line
A quip from The Quipster notes that only two live as cheaply as one the flea and his dog, delivering a sharp witticism on frugality.
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Flea
Rough Weather Outlook for Permian Basin Weekend
National Weather Service forecasts a 2 percent chance of thundershowers for the Permian Basin with high temperatures near 100 degrees for Saturday and Sunday. Midland reports 0.19 inches of precipitation from Friday night’s storm as winds trend southeast at 10 to 20 mph. Temperatures reach century-plus levels in Wichita Falls San Angelo and the Big Bend as El Paso, Lubbock, and Midland hit the 100s amid sizzled conditions statewide.
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Permian Basin
Odessa
National Weather Service
Midland
West Texas
Neatessa
Paso
Wchita Falls
Ah Ae San Angelo
Big Bend
Soviet Plane Crash Kills 8 in Jordan Amman
A twin-jet Soviet airliner crashed on takeoff from Amman killing eight, including a royal family member and a former wife of King Hussein. Rescue teams treated 79 at hospitals, with 20 admitted, while most survivors, including two Americans, escaped unharmed.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Abdel Karim Tarauneh
Dina
Wie
Sherif Ahmed al Haymak
Inyurw
Thomas Olson
Ford Foundation
Beiuit
U.S
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