Inauguration Invitations Split by Access and Cost
The article explains invitation tiers for Nixon's inauguration. About 200,000 received souvenir invites while 40,000 got real engraved passes, with costs for ball tickets and receptions. The oath-taking event offers free seats from the Joint Inaugural Committee, with 19,200 bench seats and 60,000 standing spots.
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Joint Congressional Committee On
Sens
Marlow W. Cook
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
State budget board approves no new taxes plan and raises
The Legislative Budget Board in Austin releases a two year spending proposal with no new taxes and 3.4 percent annual pay raises for state employees. The 9.7 billion item includes $117 million for a Texas Education Agency office, $6.8 million for Health Department HQ expansion, mental health funds, and park acquisition using earmarked cigarette tax money. The plan increases legislative funding and adds 50 highway patrolmen annually.
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Senate
Neil Caldwell
Angleton
House Appropriations Committee
LBB
Texas
Texas Education Agency
State Health Department
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Yantis
Ehlers
National Public Health Association
New York City
East River
Atlantic
Elher
Congress
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
California
Congress aims for year round Daylight Saving Time
Washington lawmakers push to make DST permanent citing crime reduction and fuel savings. Rep. Craig Hosmer and 31 sponsors, including Rep. John Moss, say energy crisis and robberies justify year round hours.
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Washington
Craig Hosmer
R-Calif
Hosmer
John Moss
D-Calif
Moss
Bank extortion plot ends in triple slayings near Grandin
In Grandin Missouri a banker, his wife and daughter were found shot to death near an abandoned farm five miles west of town. Sheriff Dawes reported the victims were bound to small trees and a dynamite threat claimed by the banker proved unfounded. The case drew FBI involvement as police pursued a motive and suspects in the tragic extortion scheme.
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Ripley County
Lewis Dawes
Robert R. Kitterman
Bertha
Roberta Kitterman
St. Louis
FBI
Volved
Kitterman
Bank of Grandin
Employes
Missouri
Missouri Highway Patrol
Nixon ends heating oil import limits and raises quotas
Acting to ease winter fuel shortages, the Nixon administration suspended controls on No. 2 heating oil imports through April and boosted total oil import quotas east of the Rockies by more than half. George A. Lincoln of the Office of Emergency Preparedness announced the move while warning fuel supplies will stay tight this winter.
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Washington
Nixon
Rocky Mountains
George A. Lincoln
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Texas youth join Nixon inauguration parade plans
Four Texas bands and drill teams will participate in the inauguration parade, announced by state GOP chair George Willeford. The Golden Spurs Dance Team from Laredo, Memorial Mustang Band and Markettes of Houston, Bryan Adams High Cougar Band of Dallas, and Black Horse Patrol of Dallas will travel on funds raised through school programs and donations. Mrs Nixon will attend in daytime and evening attire, including a turquoise gown and green coachman coat with jewelry details.
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Texas
Nixon
George Willeford
Washington
Golden Spurs
J.W. Nixon High School
Laredo
Memorial High School
Houston
Bryan Adams
Dallas
Black Horse Patrol
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Willeford
Memorial Mustang
Bryan Adams Cougar Band
Baptist colleges avoid riots by talking it over
Abner McCall president of Baylor University told Texas Baptist missionaries in Fort Worth that Baptist schools avoided student riots by discussing problems. He argued Christian education transcends academic disagreements and that research shows little difference in learning outcomes between Harvard Yale and other colleges.
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Fort Worth
Abner McCall
Baylor University
Texas declares pollution war on septic tanks
The Texas Water Quality Board tightens controls on septic tanks amid broader pollution efforts. Officials expect countywide orders within months and note progress from historic sanitary leadership while warning readers that rivers still face contaminants and require ongoing treatment.
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Associated Press
Austin, Tex
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Water Quality Board
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Guadalupe River
Comfort
Hugh Yantis
Yantis
Trinity
Dallas
San Antonio
Sniper kills six in New Orleans as city reels
A lone gunman opens fire in New Orleans, leaving six dead and sparking a citywide manhunt as authorities investigate motives and secure the area. Officials say the incident adds to rising urban violence concerns amid ongoing security measures.
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