Businesses oppose Texas gas boiler fuel ban
A Texas Railroad Commission hearing drew a packed room as business executives questioned the agency’s authority and timing to prohibit natural gas as boiler fuel. Industry leaders warned curtailment could hit northeast Texas hard and spark federal policy conflicts, while others urged deferment.
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Austin, Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Howard Jensen
Lone Star Steel Co
Morris County
Jensen
Board
Texas Utilities Co
Railroad Commission
Carolyn Jordan
Lubblock
Jim Langdon
Israeli pullback continues from Sinai front lines
Israeli forces were to complete their partial pull back from the front lines in the Sinai Desert today, as Egyptian President Anwar Sadat prepared to sail down the Suez Canal, signaling a turning point in the regional security situation.
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Associated Press
Sinai Desert
Anwar Sadat
Suez Canal
Yitzhak Rabin
Egypt
Israel
Shimon Peres
Rabin
Sadat
United Nations
Euphrates River
Syria
Iraq
Taliba
Makram Talabani
Weather helps 1975 corn crop reach early good start
Washington AP reports the 1975 corn crop is nearly all planted and progressing well by June 1 with 96 percent planted, ahead of last year and normal pace. Soybeans also advance rapidly, Illinois leading at 87 percent, while Iowa shows strong emergence and Texas, Oklahoma wheat and Kansas oats harvests progress amid timely rains.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Illinois
Iowa
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
USDA
Lightning Kills 9-Year-Old Girl in Florida
A 9-year-old girl named Stephanie Forester was struck and killed by lightning while walking home from school during a Tuesday storm in Pompano Beach Florida. Neighbors and a telephone worker tried to revive her but were unsuccessful. The incident occurred as she finished safety patrol duties near the school.
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Scottsbluff, Neb
Texas
Oklahoma
Scotts Bluff County
W.H. Kirwin
Jesus Munoz
Altus
Okla
Fernando Gutierrez
Harlingen
Tex
Kirwin
Munoz
Gutierrez
Scottsbluff Hospital
Pompano Beach
Fla
William Forester
Stephanie
Mary Wallace
Jim
Wallace
Soldiers resist new regime in South Vietnam
In Saigon, an official confirmed reports that former South Vietnamese Army soldiers resist the new regime and hide north of Saigon. Day urged youth to eliminate reactionaries and Americans’ agents, while smaller holdouts raid patrols for food. Three more American reporters ordered to leave Saigon. Da Nang placed under civilian control, and 4,000 central Vietnamese refugees returned home. US State Department declined comment on North Vietnam’s reconciliation offer linked to reconstruction pledges.
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Saigon
Duong van Day
The
Revolutionary Youth
Day
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
George Esper
Associated Press
Paul Vogle
Chad Huntley
United Press International
Liberation Radio
da Nang
South
Ford says alliances strong after European talks
President Ford reported to West Point commencement that major alliances are firm and allies’ confidence remains solid. He urged Congress to block defense cuts and pass a 10 year energy program to reduce foreign oil dependence, citing his six day European trip and talks with 22 heads of state.
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Congress
U.S
Ford
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
John F. Kennedy
White House
Middle East
Salzburg
Austria
Anwar Sadat
United States
Waiter Arrested for Speeding Report Raises Questions
A waiter was arrested for speeding in what observers call a unusual legal event. The report by Phil Pastoret notes the incident and hints at broader political or bureaucratic implications.
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Phil Pastoret
Bullock delays 12.1B Texas budget over missing page
Comptroller Bob Bullock will not certify the 1976 77 Texas spending bill until the attorney general offers guidance after the official copy arrived with a missing highway appropriation page. The bill totals 12.1 billion and includes a 77 million item.
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Austin
Tex
Bob Bullock
Atty
John Hill
Bullock
Hill
Dolph Briscoe
Bill Hobby
Bill Clayton
Comptroller
Medical group against work stoppage in Texas
The Texas Medical Association's House of Delegates voted to oppose work stoppages as a tool to curb malpractice insurance costs, despite doctors facing rates up to 30000 annually. Delegates, after over three hours of debate in Austin, backed a position supporting continued patient care and no stoppages while a two-year rate framework is set.
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LEE Jones Associated Press
House of Delegates
Texas Medical Association
TMA
Texas
Austin
Dolph Briscoe
Milton Davis
Dallas
Edward D. Webb
Houston
Webb
Nell Nations
San Antonio Society of Anesthesiologists
Texas House of Representatives
L.S. Thompson Jr
Briscoe
State Insurance Board
Insurance Board
Joe Christie
San Antonio
el Paso
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Lone Star
Thomas Devine
Celanese Corp
Petrochemical Energy Group
PEG
Devine
America
T.L. Austin Jr
Kleason
Robert Kleason
Roscoe Haley
Kleasen
Pham van Dong
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Pope Paul VI
Vatican
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