Mutscher urged to resign by Demo leaders in Texas
Democratic leaders across Texas pressed Speaker Mutscher to resign amid indictments and stock scandal allegations. A statewide AP survey found varied views among SDEC members with 16 urging resignation, 4 opposing, and 17 undecided or evasive. Supporters framed resignation as necessary for the party’s credibility while opponents urged due process and innocence.
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Texas
Texas House
Tee Berry
Associated Press
Mutscher
Mort Commer
Deneve Mutscheer
Rhea Howard
Wichita Falls
Howard
Lyndon Johnson
U.S
House of Representa
San Antonio
Leslie Neal
Neal
James Walters
Pay Hike Above 5.5 Percent May Test Pay Board
Washington reports a tentative 42 month contract by the railroad signalmen union may challenge the Pay Board’s wage guidelines after a price-fix freeze. The deal, likely averaging 5 percent yearly increases, awaits formal terms and ratification by 12 000 members.
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Washington
Railroad Signalmen’s Union
David Selden
American Federation of Teachers
George Boldt
Selden
Men of General
Charles J. Chamberlain
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Chicago
Chamberlain
Senate rejects major tax cut in 44 to 38 vote
Washington AP reports Senate failed to advance a large 1971 tax cut plan to raise personal exemptions to 700 dollars, trimming business benefits. Birch Bayh opposed, defeated 40 to 38 on an amendment to add a 325 dollar college expense credit. The chamber next turns to other issues as House and Senate debate tax measures.
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Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dtate
House
Senate
Birch Bayh
Bill
Nixon
Quipster Says Age Riddle About Retirement Pace
The quipster notes retirement looms for many while jokingly challenging readers to name anyone aging in reverse. The line plays on life stages with a playful dig at aging norms and time.
Espionage Claims Tied to Hong Kong Seaman Union
The Justice Department reports allege a Hong Kong based seaman's union is sending Chinese communists into the United States for espionage missions. The disclosure appears on page 9A of today's Odessa American.
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Justice Department
Seaman’s Union
United States
State Payroll Increases Get Authorization
State employees will receive a 6.8 percent pay raise authorized by the 1971 legislature, comptroller Roberts Calvert said. The IRS advised retroactive timing through November 14, with payments to follow after November 30, and possible extension to January 1 for large employers. Gov. Preston Smith and Atty. Gen. Crawford Martin welcomed the decision to avoid penalties from the wage price freeze.
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Austin
Roberts
Calvert
Nixon
Internal Revenue
Phinney
Hinney
Preston Smith
Crawford Martin
Smith
Martin
Rain Chance Is Placed At 50 Per Cent
A stationary front stretching from Northeast Nebraska to the Texas Panhandle will move into Odessa tonight bringing a 50 percent chance of showers. Temperatures today and tonight will rise to the upper 60s before a low in the upper 40s. Winds will be southerly 10 to 20 mph, shifting to the northwest tonight. Thursday through Saturday look fairly uneventful with partly cloudy skies and mid-60s highs. Overnight lows mid-30s to upper 40s across West Texas as a cooler air mass settles in.
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Nebraska
Texas Panhandle
Odessa
Midland-Odessa
Texas
Upper Panhandle
el Paso
Dalhart
West Texas
China presses Taiwan pullout and Indochina exit at UN
China’s deputy foreign minister spoke in the General Assembly demanding U.S. withdrawal from Indochina and Taiwan. He claimed mainland China’s seat denies a two-Chinas plan, urged U.S. military withdrawal from Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait, and accused the United States and the Soviet Union of imposing hegemonic power while advocating Palestinian statehood and Arab-Israeli limits.
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United Nations
N.Y
China
Indochina
Taiwan
Chiao Kuanhua
General Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
Chise
U.S
Congress
Rhodesia
Security Council
Chiao
Peking
Mao Tsetang
Semel
Prac
Taiwan Strait
Middle East
Israel
Une
Poverr
Big Drop Expected In Troop Strength
Gen Abrams told to plan a U S force of 60 000 to 93 000 in Vietnam by June 30, a planning goal not a fixed order. Nixon’s withdrawal pace could trim to under 30 000 if kept, with politics and Paris talks shaping final decisions. No major fighting reported. four Vietnamese wounded in a Delta outpost attack.
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Saigon
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Abrams
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Paris
Itra
Gram
United States
5 Fong Delta
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Fecha
Palad
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Sam Rayburn
Joe Golden
Jasper
Orr
DeSoto
Joe Holbert
Terrell
Edward Ipson Jr
Fort Worth
Robert Smith
Dallas
R. R. Ramirez
Alice
James McMullen III
James Simpson
Texas City
Judson Robinson Jr
Houston
Louise ‘McEntire
Orange
Tost
Ronald Aldis
Homeven
Don Kennard
Fork Trio
el A Eee
W. Beane
Bean
Rail Union Pact
Bridge
WA Oil News
Society
Colu
Horse Sense
Williamsport
National ‘Leather Service
Terial
Yonah
Wenmengay
Abilene
Amarillo
el Pan
Galveston
Oklahoma City
San. Antonio
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