Trinity canal bond vote tied to federal funds bid
Voters in 17 Texas counties will decide on a $150 million bond to finance the 10 percent local share of a $1.3 billion Trinity River barge canal. Nine counties must back the plan to pursue federal funding amid ongoing controversy surrounding the project.
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Texas
Trinity River
Austin
Tex
House
Joe Wyatt Jr
Bloomington
Wyatt
Department of Public Welfare
Department of Human Resources
Trinity Opportunity Development Committee
TODC
Trinity River Progress Committee
TRPC
Better Environmental
Trinity
Benefit
Citizens Organization For A Sound Trinity
CIST
Sierra Club
Environmental Protection Fund
EPF
Houston Audubon Society
Texas Shrimp Association
U.S. District Court
Carl O. Bue Jr
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Wallisville
Richard L. Nader
Engineer Corps
Trinity Project
Fort Worth
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Council On Environmental Quality
Washington
Congress
UT dorm rate hike and policy notes in Texas
UT Austin faces an 8 percent dorm rate increase effective this fall due to higher operating costs and a 10 percent vacancy allowance. Married student housing unaffected. Regents also pursue legal action on Lyndon B. Johnson Library remediation and review compulsory student funding for The Daily Texan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UT Austin
Regents
Texas
Austin
Ut-El Paso
The
Prospector
Atty
John Hill
Satellite imagery spurs lawsuit over Lake Champlain pollution
A Vermont request to halt paper mill pollution relies on ERTS 1 satellite photos showing a New York side plume in Lake Champlain. Scientists note other images indicate ocean dumping near New York harbor and warn future litigation may follow while projecting broader uses of satellite data.
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Washington
Lake Champlain
Earth Resources Technology Satellite
ERTS-1
New York
A. O. Lind
Vermont
Lind
New York Harbor
Jones Beach
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
New Carrollton
Utah
Great Salt Lake
Court upholds nonsupport law and Texas election questions
The Supreme Court declined to strike down a Texas nonsupport statute that punishes married fathers while leaving illegitimate child cases untouched. It also agreed to hear appeals from the American Party and allies challenging Texas election rules favoring major parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Texas
High Court
Linda R. S
Linda
Byron White
White
William Douglas
Harry Blackman
William Brennan Jr
San Antonio
American Party
la Raza Unida Party
Texas New Party
Texas Socialist Party
Pizzas Buried After Botulism Taint Scare In Michigan
In Alpena Michigan Mario Fabbrini buried 44000 mushroom pizzas after a federal order to destroy them due to suspected botulism taint in mushrooms from American Canning Co. Gov Milliken attended the burial with 22 employees and reporters. Fabbrini valued the pizzas at 39000 dollars and placed gladioli and carnations on the grave.
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Alpena
Mich
Mario Fabbrini
Fabbrini
American Canning Co
East Palestine
Ohio
Lower Michigan
William G. Milliken
Elm Washington camped beneath falls in Long Island storm
Scientists determined the 327 year old American elm linked to George Washington’s Long Island camp fell in a fall storm. The 102 foot giant’s hollow trunk housed a bees nest about 30 years old, discovered inside by cross section analysis.
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New York
George Washington
Long Island
Meteorites pound infant moon at Lunar Conference claims
Dr. W R Meuhlberger reports lunar samples show massive space boulder impacts shattered the moon early in its history leaving debris strewn across the solar system. Oriental crater may have nearly swallowed Texas, with debris potential reaching Phoenix to Chicago. Scientists at the Lunar Science Conference discuss crust differences and solar system moon formation theories.
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Paul Recer
Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
W. R. Meuhlberger
University of Texas
Earth
Moon
Oriental
Texas
Phoenix
Atlanta
Chicago
Muehlberger
Gulf of Mexico
Johnson Space Center
Wood
Harold C. Urey
University of California
Solar System
Pluto
Neptune
Urey
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
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Nixon
Ed Streeky
Arlington
Streeky
Capitol
Jacob Hoffman
Virginia
Hoffman
Strecky
Godfrey Anderson
Associated Press
Dallas
Boon Or Boon
San Francisco
Robert
Arneson
John
Arizona
Alaska
Mercury
Nevada
California
New England
Imperial Valley
Dallas- Fort Worth
Tulsa
Town Lake
Snow Bound
Mississippi
Pers
J. A. Wood
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
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