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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1971
Page
1
A $7.13 billion two year state budget cleared the legislature with House action after hours of debate. The plan funds education safety and services for Texas while facing opposition over cost and policy priorities.
AP reports 12 Soviet Jewish mothers sign a petition asking Premier Kosygin to allow their 15 children to emigrate to Israel. Rep. Bertram Podell says he smuggled a copy from Moscow in his shoe amid harassment by the secret police. he will present it to Kosygin and inform U.S. officials. The petition urges education in Israel and their right to return to the Jewish state, signed by mothers aged 8 months to 19 years. Podell and Rep. Fletcher Thompson condemn Soviet limits on Jewish freedom.
The Quipster jokes about the familiar feeling of finances running short before month’s end. A sharp quip points to the mismatch between paydays and expenses, with playful insight into budgeting struggles.
In El Paso at Branding Iron Steakhouse the first mixed drink legally served since Prohibition went down at 9 am local time. The serving marked the return of a Texas staple a double bourbon on the rocks.
Warm conditions persist through Wednesday with a 30 percent chance of thundershowers and temperatures near 94 degrees. Storms produced damaging winds and hail from Brownwood to Dallas, with tornado activity reported near Paducah and Whitesboro, though no injuries were listed.
In Austin, lawmakers reconvened 12 hours after the 140 day session ended for a special session called by Gov. Preston Smith to focus on congressional redistricting. A 12 member ethics board and a new ethics code for officials earning 11 000 or more were approved as adjournment loomed.
The Texas legislature adjourned its regular session with redistricting unresolved for the Senate and Congress, while lawmakers completed a $7.13 billion two year budget and approved bank reform measures. Filibusters stretched into the night as Sen. W. E. Snelson was named assistant presiding officer amid debate. The session raised about $700 million in new taxes and set a sales tax increase from 3.25 to 4 percent effective July 1, with higher driver license fees and other costs.
U S B52s and allied aircraft covered the South Vietnamese retreat from the Cambodian town of Snuol as North Vietnamese forces pursued. South Vietnamese reports claim 700 NVA killed while about 200 Saigon troops were killed or wounded. witnesses say 80 tanks and other vehicles were left behind. Air and helicopter attacks limited enemy pursuit along Highway 13 as Saigon fighters withdrew to the border. Lt Col Le Trung Hien says the move is part of a broader Cambodia operation in the rainy season.
Traffic accidents nationwide claimed 532 lives over the three day Memorial Day weekend. Officials say the toll fell within earlier NSC estimates of 450 to 550 deaths on streets and highways from Friday eve to Monday midnight. The record remains 597 deaths set in 1969.
President Nixon will appear live on the four television and radio networks in a news conference at 7 30 p m CDT today. Press Secretary Ronald L Ziegler said there will be no preliminary announcements and the Q A session will follow. Nixon's last news conference was May 1 in San Clemente California and was broadcast only on radio.
Sheriff Roy Whiteaker says several orchard sites searched for mass slayings were once dug as graves but later filled in without bodies. The findings relate to the ongoing investigation and possible links to additional victims.
Wreckage found on Brushy Mountain northwest of Roanoke confirms the chartered plane carrying Audie Murphy and five others. Pathologists await positive identifications as three recovered bodies show signs of severe burning.
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