A New Day Dawning for the American Indian
The piece outlines U S efforts to aid American Indians through self help programs funded by EDA and other agencies. It highlights Laguna Pueblo enterprise mining Laguna rock used by Gulf Oil rest stops and New Mexico road projects. It notes Navajo programs in Shiprock and the governance of Peter MacDonald with a vision to build self sufficiency and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Office of Economic Development
Commerce Department
Economic Development Administration
Pueblo Laguna Indians
New Mexico
Laguna Rock
Gulf Oil
New Mexico State Highway Department
Arizona
Utah
Shiprock
N.M
Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corp
Paul W Driscoll
Fairchild
Driscoll
Business Week Magazines
Window Rock
Ariz
Peter MacDonald
Rip Van Winkle Word Quiz Signals 1972 stakes
Joy Stilley notes how words shift meaning in modern slang and asks Rip Van Winkle to guess definitions of terms like groovy and charisma. A perfect score could seed a 1972 presidential bid. five right earns no talk shows, fewer suggests retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Stilley
NEW York
Rip van Winkle
Rip
Arctic Circle
West Texas drought hits water district costs and supply
In Big Spring Texas drought hits the Colorado River Municipal Water District. Officials cite a 1970 flux with record dryness surpassing 1890s droughts. The district relies on Lake Thomas and Spence to meet municipal needs for decades, while adding groundwater via a Ward County system and a planned pipeline to supply 24 million gallons daily by June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Owen Ivie
Thas
Colorado River
CRMWD
Ivie
Big Spring
Midland
Odessa
Snyder and
Stanton
Lake Thomas
Spence
Robert Lee
Thomas
Brownwood
Colorado River District
Ward County
Monahans
Notable quotes on justice, space, and politics
A collection of remarks from figures including Attorney General John Mitchell, Steve Baker of Hamilton College, John W. R. Taylor, Wer ner von Braun, Rep Wilbur Mills, and South African writer Alan Paton. The excerpts touch on justice timing, 1972 elections, SSTs, space travel costs, and attitudes toward change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Baker
New York
Hamilton College
Nixon
White House
National Student Congress of
Alan Paton
Tax bills loom as Texas legislature returns from Easter
A Texas Senate subcommittee drafts a tax bill likely to top 550 million to balance the budget while both chambers prepare to pass their appropriation measures. A major clash over a new corporate income tax and higher sales tax shapes the capital scene as lawmakers face a May amendments vote and committee appointments.
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Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Austin
Tex
Capitol
Senate
House
Senate State Affairs Committee
Texas
Dallas
Crawford Martin
Martin
State Board of Insurance
Grayson County Commissioners Court
F.O.B
Texas Fine Arts Commission
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
State Budget Commission
Executive
Legislative Branch
Executive Department of Government
Draft split over liberty and duty in America
The piece cites David Harris, husband of Joan Baez, praising conscientious objection after a 20 month prison term and 18 year old Pete Knutson calling for ending the draft. It argues the nation faces complex security realities and questions conscription versus volunteer service amid the Vietnam era debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Harris
Harris
Joan Baez
Sam
Canada
Sweden
House Armed Services Committee
Stanford University
Pete Knutson
George Washington
America
Paul Revere
Country
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Ord Rowden
Moore
Fran News
Bonnie Crarley
South Cedar Street
Pecos
Cel, Ans Press Associa Tipp W Wes
Berry's
Frank
Patton
Boyle
Thanx
Henry Weil
la Crosse, Wis
Mike Cochran
Associated Press
West Texas
San Angelo
John N. Mitchell
Pelled
John W. R. Taylor
NASA
Werner von Braun
Wilbur D. Mills
Menton J. Murray
Harlingen
Gus Mutscher
Murray
DeWitt Hale
Corpus Christi
James Nugent
Kerrville
Jim Slider
Naples
Clyde Haynes Jr
Victor
Preston Smith
J.C. Chatmas Jr
Marlin
Clarence Gaskamp
Brenham
Bruce Campbell Jr
Knox City
Burford I
Texas Afl-Cio
Afl-Cio
Smith
Richard D. Brown
Texas Municipal League
Texas Water Development Board
Texas Citizens For Welfare Reform
State Supreme Court
Texas Rubber Supply Inc
Court of Criminal Appeals
Texarkana
Fifty-sixth District Court
Gal
Gulf Chemical and Metalluc City
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Sharpstown State Bank
Veston County
Thcat Corporation
Young
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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