Senate May OK New Cancer Research Agency
The bill would create the Conquest of Cancer Agency as an independent body reporting to the President, taking over the NIH Cancer Institute personnel in Bethesda Maryland. Kennedy seeks up to 1 billion dollars by 1976. others worry about dismantling NIH but show no plan to block passage.
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Senate
New Cancer Research Agency
Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Nixon
Conquest of Cancer Agency
Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Tors
Kennedy
Senate Labor and Public Wel
Sens
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Baylord
Heatly and aides questioned in NBL stock probe
Federal probes focus on Paducah born Rep. W S Heatly and Rush McGinty as SEC officials pursue profits from National Bankers Life Insurance Co. stock bought in 1969. Other targets include F C Sonny Schulte and Gov. Preston Smith aides amid Sharpstown era banking bill ties.
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Sonny” Schulte
Elmer Baum
Democratic
Mutscher
Preston Smith
Heatly
House Appropriations Committee
SEC
NBL
McGinty
Schulte
Smith and Baum
Donald S. Thomas
Lyndon Johnson
Ed Clark
U.S. Dist
Sarah Hughes
Dallas
Thomas
Hughes
Jim Kronzer
Houston
Smith
Sharpstown State Bank of Houston
Sharpstown
Frank Sharp
Sharpstown Bank
Sharp
Draft Renewal Work Resumes After Draft Deadlock
Washington AP reports continued deadlock between House and Senate conferees over a two year draft renewal. Mansfield amendment calls for a nine month Indochina pullout while House supporters push for a $2.4 billion military pay package. No informal talks have occurred to modify Mansfield proposal which remains nonbinding on the President.
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Washington
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Indochina
Mansfield
Dallas appoints first Mexican American and second Negro judges
Dallas city council appoints Bennie R. Juarez as the first Mexican American municipal court judge and E. Brice Cunningham as the second Negro judge. Appointments run through May 1973 as 10 additional municipal court judges are reappointed. Andres Eneriques becomes city’s first Mexican American firefighter. Mansfield pledges not to filibuster despite amendment.
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Dallas
Bennie R. Juarez
E. Brice Cunningham
Andres Eneriques
Nixon Warns of Possible U S Decadence in Speech
President Nixon, en route to the Western White House, warned in Kansas City that the United States risks decadence as wealth grows. He urged media and leaders to highlight America's positive traits and compared the nation to ancient Greece and Rome on the eve of decline, while expressing faith in American vitality to avert collapse.
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Associated Press
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
United States
America
White House
Vietnam
Kansas City
Greece
Rome
Middle East
California
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agent
Israel
Man who wore flag on seat faces probation revocation
Daniel Ray Delorme, 21, was convicted January 25 for insulting the flag by stitching a small flag to his jeans seat. The district attorney seeks to revoke his two year probated sentence after Delorme failed to report to his probation officer and did not pay a $150 supervisory fee. A warrant will be issued for his arrest.
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Houston
District Attorneys Office
Daniel Ray Delorme
Asst. Dist. Atty
Andy Horne
Delorme
Horne
Viet Cong peace offer eyed at Paris talks
In Paris the United States and South Vietnam plan to study a seven point Viet Cong peace package presented by Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh. Allies will probe for an acceptable opening to end the Vietnam war with no quick acceptance or rejection expected. The plan calls for U S withdrawal by year end and the release of prisoners of war and other detainees as part of a step by step process.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Binh
North Vietnam
U. S
Huge Program Aims to Stem Rural Migration to Cities
Eight senators unveiled a multi billion dollar plan to reverse migration by funding loans and subsidies to bolster rural economies. The proposal would average 200 million dollars annually for 10 years for loans and up to 300 million for grants to create jobs and raise incomes in towns outside cities of 35,000 or more. Democratic leaders Herman E. Talmadge and Hubert H. Humphrey stressed the right to choose residence and living locality.
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Washington
America
Herman E. Talmadge
Georgia
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Talmadge
Senate Agriculture Committee
Communist China May Be Building Naval Base
U S reconnaissance planes monitor possible new Chinese naval base in the Paracel Islands about 300 miles east of South Vietnam. Pentagon notes long convoys with construction materials to Woody Island and Lincoln Island as Chinese escalate activity in the area.
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Washington
U.S
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Paracel Islands
South China Sea
Paracels
China
Taiwan
Philippines
Peking
Woods Island
Yulin
Hainan Island
Woody Island
Lincoln Island
Woody
Russia
Texas Banks Reach Record Deposits Across the State
A Texas survey shows banks hold record high deposits amid uneven farming and unemployment. Eastern banks raised savings rates while a strong overall economy and favorable currency rules boosted time and savings deposits in Dallas County, Houston, El Paso, Amarillo, and other cities. Local gains cited include Gainesville and Cooke County on rains and crops, Del Rio benefiting from Amistad Dam traffic, and Harris County crossing the $6 billion threshold for the first time.
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Robert E. Ford
Associated Press
Texas
Houston
Gryson County
Sherman-Denison
del Rio
Brownwood
Hunt County
Greenville
el Paso
Bryan College Station
Dallas County
Amarillo
Corsicana
Cooke County
Gainesville
Nolan County
Harris County
Acgain
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Sena
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J. Quincy Adams
Andy Byram
Austin
Texas Atty
Gen
Waggoner Carr
John Osorio
Gene Palmer
Hanoi
House Volunteer Army
Pecos
Roddy Rosson
Sandy Corbin
Larry Oster
Judy Culp
By Frank Cormier
Aldous Huxley
Biologist
USS
Saigon
Viet Cong
Mme. Binh
International News
Indonsia
Pekine Radio
Paracel
Wichita Falls
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Amistad
Mexico
Lubbock
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San Angelo National Bank
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