Congress backs dollar but wary of trade bill
Democratic leaders signaled quick passage of dollar devaluation measures while promising tight scrutiny of followup trade legislation. They floated tougher wage price controls and hearings on a permanent lower dollar value, with Mills Patman Reuss and Proxmire urging careful, nonpoliticized action to stabilize trade and finances.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Wright Patman
Dtex
House Banking Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Mills
U. S
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Joint
International Economics Subcommittee
Patman
William Proxmire
Senate
House Economic Committee
Texas POWs Reach Home as Two Texas Men Return
San Antonio awaits as S. S.t. Ken Wallingford of Houston and Air Force Capt. James Ray of Conroe land near home after POW releases from Vietnam. They head to Brooke Army Medical Center and Wilford Hall Medical Center for private reunions with families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
South Vietnam
Air Force
Texas
Vietnam
S. S.t
Ken Wallingford
Houston
James Ray
Conroe
Kelley Air Force Base
Army
Wallingford
Austin
Oklahoma
Kay
Philippines
Travis Air Force Base
California
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Ray
North Vietnam
Korat Air Force Base
Thailand
Brooke Army Medical Center
Johnson
Wilford Hall Medical Center
Frank Ray
Texas A&m
Wallington
Brooke
Wilford Hall
Lackland Air Force Base
U.S. Protest Over Viet Cong Delay in POW Release
Maj. Gen. Gilbert H. Woodward condemned Viet Cong delays in freeing 27 American prisoners at Loc Ninh 75 miles north of Saigon. He warned future delays would not be tolerated under the Paris peace accord signed January 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
Gilbert H. Woodward
U.S
Joint Military Commission
Paris
Loc Ninh
Smiling POWs take puppy home from Clark Air Base
Twenty freed American prisoners of war and a Vietnamese puppy named Ma-co left Clark Air Base for the United States aboard a C141 Starlifter. The group, greeted by reporters and medical staff, anticipated swift arrivals at Travis Air Force Base while more POWs followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank N. Hawkins JR
Associated Press
Clark Air Base
Philippines
United States
California
Travis Air Force Base
Clark
Saigon
Jeremiah A. Denton
Virginia Beach
Nixon
Allenva
Wny
Edward A. Davis
En- Leola
Hilton
Davis
Patricia M. O'Reilly
New York City
Hanoi
Civil Defense director completes training at DPS Austin seminar
S.B. Hunt, civil defense director for Pecos Reeves County, completed a civil defense director's seminar at the DPS training academy in Austin. The Feb 6 8 session drew attendees from 25 locations. Curriculum covered organization of federal and state disaster response and how to obtain assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Defense
DPS Austin
S.B. Hunt
Pecos- Reeves County
Department of Public Safety Training Academy
Austin
Division of Defense and Disaster Relief
Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
Region Five
Denton
Hunt
State Emergency Operating Center
Texas Department of Public Safety
S. B. Hunt
Pecos-Reeves County
Commuter Students Change Things at NTSU
An AP report notes North Texas State University sees more than 43 percent of its students living outside Denton as commuter enrollment rises and on campus dormitory residency declines.
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NTSU
Denton, Tex
North Texas State University
Denton
Office of Institutional Analysis
North Texas Commuters Association
NTCA
Lon Darley
Dallas
Darley
Cancer Society reports $80 million for programs
The American Cancer Society says it produced 80 million dollars in funds for programs last year, with Texas contributing over 3 million. The 1972 Texas Division report details four main areas Professional Education Public Education Service Rehabilitation and Research.
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Cancer Society
American Cancer Society
Clark Ford
Reeves- Loving County
Texas
American Cancer Society, Texas Division
The
ACS
Pecos
Ford
Winnie Jameson
First Christian Church
San Antonio Tests Virus Removal From Wastewater
San Antonio and Southwest Research Institute researchers pilot a 500000-gallon daily, chemical virus removal plant at Leon Creek sewage facility. The project uses lime coagulation as primary treatment to remove viruses, aiming for safer water reuse and improved process control while evaluating costs and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Environmental Protection “Agency
Leon Creek
Lee Hiser
Southwest Research Institute Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Carl Norris
Norris
Hiser
Dollar gains in Europe as Tokyo yen hits high after float
European markets reopened with the dollar trading above new par values while Tokyo faced a fresh wave of selling. The Japanese state bank intervened to curb the yen, buying about 235 million dollars as the yen rose to 270.80 per dollar.
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London
U. S
Tokyo
Copenhagen
Madrid
Oslo
Frankfurt
Willy Brandt
Zurich
Europe
Israel
Indonesia
South Africa
South Korea
France
Netherlands
West Germany
Kiichi Aichi
Diet
Japan
Judge sees no discrimination in Uvalde public school case
U.S. District Judge John H. Wood Jr. refuses to rule until the Supreme Court clarifies conflicting precedents. He finds no evidence of discriminatory intent in Uvalde district elementary pupil assignments though highlighting ethnic imbalance and cites Swann and 5th Circuit rulings. The Morales suit, stemming from a 1970 pupil walkout, centers on Mexican American pupil discrimination claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio, Tex
U.S. District Court
John H. Wood Jr
Uvalde, Tex
Supreme Court
Genoveva Morales
Uvalde
Wood
Swann
Charlotte- Mecklenburg, N.C
Board of Education
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Texas
Corpus Christi
Austin
5Th Circuit
Aslaw
Morales
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Food stamps blamed for picker shortage in Rio Grande Valley
In Edinburg Texas a citrus industry spokesman says food stamp rules hinder finding 600 to 1,000 orange pickers for the early crop. Government officials defend the program, noting work registration and welfare benefits, while labor advocates push higher wages and possible cross border labor. Local lawmakers and the Texas Employment Commission are urged to recruit workers from other areas or abroad to avert crop spoilage.
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Edinburg
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Farm Labor Union
Mike Wallace
Texas Citrus Mutual
J. A. Covey
Texas Employment Commission
Covey
David Hall
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
McAllen
Hall
Wallace
U. S
Eligio de la Garza
Mission
Raul Longoria
Pharr
Mexico
Employment Commission
Archer City selects male Homemaker of Tomorrow winner
Jasper Hulse eighteen earns Archer County Homemaker of Tomorrow title the first male to win and score highest on a consumer education exam. He plans Southwest Texas State University for police science and hopes for a scholarship.
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Archer, Tex
Archer City High School
Jasper Hulse
Archer County
Wichita Falls
General Mills
Hulse
Southwest Texas State University At
San Marcos
Future Farmers of America
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Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Fouts Field
Barbara Jungjohan
Brussels Free Market
Britain
Canada
Italy
Switzerland
Woods
Denver
Colo
Genoveva Morales Com
Cameron County
Brownsville
Hidalgo County
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