Texas plates lose vowels and unleash wordplay
An Associated Press column notes the Texas Highway Department added vowels to new license plates to avoid offensive three-letter combinations. About 9.2 million plates exist, with a shift from all consonants in 1965 to three letters and two or three numbers. Townsley led a staff meeting that sampled roughly 1,200 three-letter words, discarding many, while exploring potential readable plates and the public reaction to humorous or risqué outcomes.
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Texas Highway Department
Robert E. Ford
Motor Vehicle Division
Detroit
Texas
Bob Townsley
San Angelo
California
Gulf of Mexico lease sale yields $300.6 million
In a three million acre Gulf of Mexico lease sale, oil companies bid a total of $300.6 million, described as disappointing by a federal official. John Rankin of the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management called the prices low relative to expectations.
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Gulf
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Dis
John Rankin
Interior Department
Bureau of Land Management
Oilrich Gulf
Rankin
Shell Oil Co
Shell
Matagorda Bay
Port Aransas
Sabine Pass
Marathon Oil Co
Matagorda
Louisiana
East
Texas
Interior
Gulf Coast
Record naval orange crop at College Station market
A record crop of navel oranges is headed to market per a Texas A&M Extension Service specialist who calls the fruit “most economical” this year. The report also covers parallel fruit and grocery pricing for apples, pears, bananas, grapes, strawberries, and meat, egg, and vegetable counters.
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College Station
Gwendolyne Clyatt
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
This Day in History February 5 1975 Snapshot
February 5 1975 marks the 36th day of the year with 329 days remaining. The column lists historic milestones such as Mexico becoming a federated republic in 1917 and the U S Apollo 14 astronauts landing on the moon in 1971.
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Associated Press
Mexico
U.S
Moon
History Moments Highlight Editorial Snapshot
A compact historical digest notes Bundy's Saigon mission a decade ago to stabilize South Vietnam against guerrilla war, five years back U.S. air strikes on missile sites in North Vietnam, and a year ago Nixon's diesel price freeze amid trucker strikes. Also lists birthdays and a Franklin quip.
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White House
McGeorge Bundy
Saigon
North Vietnam
Nixon
New York Times
Arthur
Hank Aaron
Benjamin Franklin
Taxpayers rush toward expected 12 percent rebate
Washington AP says people eagerly seek refunds and some miscalculate by adding the proposed 12 percent rebate to their tax bill. IRS notes early filers face only a letter and possible added tax due or smaller refund when claiming the claimed rebate. Despite confusion, early refunds are brisk as Congress and White House work to turn talk into law.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Ford
Congress
White House
IRS
Pizza Hut Posts Record Q3 and Nine Month Sales
Pizza Hut, Inc. reports record nine months sales of 124.055 million up 42 percent and nine month income of 7.229 million up 40 percent. Third quarter ended December 31 1974 sales reach 44.223 million with 2.617 million income, 58 cents per share. Carney cites steady year to date unit growth as system expands to 1,797 restaurants including 955 company operated. Port Lavaca pizza outlet on Hwy 35 shows strong early results.
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Wichita
Pizza Hut, Inc
Frank L. Carney
Carney
Pizza Hut
Ssr
Port Lavaca
Hwy. 35
More Witnesses to Be Called in Morrison Murder Trial
The Morrison brothers of Anaheim Calif are on trial for the killing of three soldiers last June at Ft Gordon Ga. Eight prosecution witnesses testified Tuesday and none linked the killings to the defendants. Six witnesses said they were fishing or camping at Lake Clark Hill when the murders occurred. Four fishermen found the bodies June 2 and notified authorities. The state pathologist said the victims died by bullet wounds to the head and a throat slashing. Three .38 caliber bullets were recovered, each from a different gun, though they could have come from the same weapon.
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James
David Morrison
Anaheim
Calif
Morrison Brothers
Lake Clark Hill
Carp
Lake
Mark Bennett
Glendale
Ariz
James Donaghy
el Paso
Tex
Eric Clickner
Manston
Wis
Ft. Gordon
Millard M. Cate
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Townsley
Col. Wilson Speir
Department of Public Safety
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Pop
Mom
DEM
Bat
Billy Martin
The
Texas Rangers
Mr. Townsley
LOX
Delicatessen
Naval Orange
Cae
Mediterranean
Minorca
Sweden
U.S. Supreme Court
United States
Denmark
Portugal
D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Cairo
Om Kalthoum
Nile
Camper Mart
W. Main
Pan
Collins
Virginia
CTU PE
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