Deaths from Van Nuys to Granada Across World News
Sammy Gallop 55 lyricist of There Must Be a Way and Elmer's Tune died by own action in Van Nuys. Dr Walter B Ford 96 philanthropist and mathematician died in Waterloo New York. John Clair Jr 63 former chair of the US Olympic Ski Committee in 1956 killed in Granada Spain. Easter Seal Society markets multi million dollar facilities and rehabilitation funding through the 1971 campaign March 1 to April 11.
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van Nuys
Calif
Sammy Gallop
Elmer
Gallop
Waterloo
N.Y
Walter B. Ford
Ford
University of Michigan
American Mathematics Association
Granada
Spain
John Clair Jr
National
Easter Seal Society For
Notice to Bidders for Pecos City Auditorium Roof
Sealed proposals will be received by the Mayor and Town Council of Pecos City Texas until 8 45 A M on the lth day of March 1971 for furnishing material and installing a new roof on the Auditorium remodeling job Specifications may be secured from the City Manager and bidders should inspect the site The Town Council reserves right to reject any bid waive technicalities and accept what is best for the town City Manager J J Maxey Publish February 26 1970 and March 3 1971
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Pecos City
Texas
J.J. Maxey
First Aircraft Carrier HMS Argus Joined Navy in 1918
The first true aircraft carrier with a flight deck was HMS Argus, entering the British navy in 1918, per Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Doctors Meet in Pecos District I Luncheon
Guests for a Pecos medical meeting gathered for a luncheon with District I doctors and their wives. Dr. Laurance Nickey of El Paso, serving as group president, attended at right along with other participants.
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Pecos
Laurance Nickey
el Paso
Nickey
George Dowling
Kermit
Russell Holt
Holt
The
Texas Medical Association
Vietnamese battle fronts widen as Hill 31 base falls
U.S. helicopters evacuated dead and wounded while South Vietnamese paratroops mass along Highway 9. North Vietnamese tanks overran Hill 31 as Lt Gen Hoang Xuan Lam reported heavy casualties on both sides. U.S. pilots were shot down, one killed, one rescued in good condition. Cambodian frontier fighting near Highway 7 yielded 87 NVA killed as engineers reopened Highway 1.
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Highway 9
Hill 31
Hoang Xuan Lam
Laos
U.S
da Nang
Hill
South China Sea
Lam
Hensmen
Cambodia
Chup
Highway 7
Highway 1
Saigon- Phnom Penh
Nixon faces wage price pressures in housing and construction
Labor Secretary Hodgson calls the February wholesale price rise modest while manufactured goods jump 0.5 percent and processed foods rise 1.4 percent. The cost to buy wholesale goods reaches 112.70 for 1967 base. Capitol Hill debates money supply and policy with Burns skeptical of aggressive easing. Romney hints at new steps to curb the wage price spiral. McCracken notes nonunion housing firms dominate.
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Labor
James B. Hodgson
Hodgson
Capitol Hill
Connally
George P. Shultz
Nixon
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
Paul McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
McCracken
Chicago
George Romney
Romney
Notable Justice Black Sees Court as Moving Target
Justice Hugo L Black, near 85, said the Supreme Court is larger than any member and continually moves, with waves like government. He has no retirement plans and lets life take its course.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
More Farmers Fertilizing Pastures Across Texas
Extension agronomist Neal Pratt of Texas A M University notes rising use of fertilizer on pastures. Fertilized forage improves quality and yield, boosts rainfall efficiency, and makes pastures more attractive to livestock breeders. Pratt predicts more acreage will be fertilized if soil moisture improves this year.
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Neal Pratt
Extension Agronomist
Texas A&m University
Pratt
Medicare premium rise proposed for July 1971
Doctor bill insurance under Medicare will rise 6 percent from 5.30 to 5.60 monthly, effective July 1971. Social security deductions will withhold the extra 30 cents, with no action needed by enrollees. The increase funds the program’s costs for fiscal 1972 and covers about half the medical costs, the other half from federal revenues.
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H.P. Thomas
Thomas
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Nixon Plan Reallocates Revenue Sharing For Urban Aid
Lobbyists would take over Model Cities and related programs under Nixon revenue sharing. City sizes would receive varying shares with 5 percent kept by HUD and 80 percent to central cities. states would distribute 10 percent to smaller communities. All areas would at least match HUD urban aid five year average.
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Nixon
League
Romney
Chicago
HUD
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