Duck Taylor Stadium First Casualty and Attendance Facts
Ducks Taylor is noted as the stadiums first casualty after breaking a leg in the opener. Attendance figures for Alanto Stadium include seating capacity 22,406 and first game paid attendance 22,405. Also cited are largest paid attendance 26,298 at Jelief son vs. Fox Tech in 1419.
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Alanto Stadium
Jeliefson
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University of Tulsa
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New York Bulldogs
Congress Veto Fight Shapes Budget Battles in 1969
House Republicans rally behind a Nixon veto while Ways and Means probes a $3.1 billion welfare plan with a $1,600 minimum income and food stamps for poor families. Senate Democrats claim Congress trimmed Nixon’s budget by about $7 billion, turning inflation into a political argument ahead of the State of the Union.
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Nixon
GOP
Wilbur D. Mills
Senate
Congress
Ben
Ralph Wi
Yarborough
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Oil Import Hikes Feared in Texas Revenue Loss
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes warned that raising oil import quotas could cut crude prices and cost Texas about 50 million dollars yearly in revenue. He urged the Legislative Budget Board to study the issue and draft a letter to President Nixon arguing against higher imports. Present oil prices average around 3.20 dollars per barrel, with Texas receiving over 130 million dollars annually from crude production taxes.
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Austin
UPI
Ben Barnes
Texas
Legeslative Budget Board
Joss
Richard Nixon
Barnes
Vietnamese War battles widen as U S reports heavy casualties
UPI reports U S officers say 207 enemy dead were confirmed in a large clash as Mth Armored Cavalry destroyed Soviet Renault auto parts bound for the USSR and engaged enemy forces near the border. American bombers raid the Mekong Delta to hinder a Tet offensive, while winter dress fashion notes ribless corduroy use.
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Attribe Paris
UPI
Bar ‘Automobile Co
Auto Parta
Soviet Union
Renault
Ees
Mékong
Few County budget raises face first budget hearing
Few County allocates raises in 1970 budget during first budget hearing by Commissioners Court. General fund to exceed 10 million with a 1.5 million courthouse upgrade. County Auditor Charles R Sanderson proposes 10.95 million with 100k to 200k cut to balance revenue. Reeves, Penia, and Pipeh eliminate much equipment funding and two new district court positions.
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Bexar County
Commissioners Court
Charles R Sanderson
Sanderson
Reaves
Saicy
Svere
Cout
Reeves
Penia
Pipeh Ina
Inlet
Tcomputer
Elton Cade
Three Houston Men Rescued After Gulf Fishing Trip
Three Houston men missing for two days in the Gulf of Mexico were found safe by an offshore oil rig shuttle boat. Bill Martin, owner of the stalled motorboat, and Delwin Glassage and Warren James Campbell reported they were in good condition though exposed to the elements.
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Galveston
Houston
Gulf of Mexico
Bill Martin
Delwin’ Glassage
Warren
James Campbell
Palthough
Lincoln Talk Topic by Dr Garald McMurtry at Optimist Club
Dr Garald McMurtry, authority on Abraham Lincoln and head of the Lincoln National Life Foundation in Fort Wayne Indiana, will address the Northwest Optimist Club at 7 pm Thursday. He has authored about 25 books and 250 magazine articles on Lincoln and contemporaries, edits Lincoln Love monthly, and in 1987 joined the National Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission. In 1952 he was a State Department American specialist sent to Southeast Asia to lecture on Lincoln.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln National Life Foundation
Fort Wayne
Ind
Northwest ‘Optimist Club
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Maurthy
Lincoln
McMuriry
Lincoln Love
National
Lincoln Sesquicenténnial Commission
Southeast
Wage Law To Go Into Effect In Texas
AUSYIN AP The Texas Bureau of Labor Statistics reminds employers that the first minimum wage law goes into effect Feb 1. The wage is 1.25 per hour, except farm workers at 1.10. Federal law applies to firms over 2500000 in annual gross. The state law covers an estimated 2.5 million workers not under federal rules. Numerous exemptions exist including domestics, executives, small payrolls, and certain agricultural and institutional workers. The wage rises to 1.40 hour on Feb 3, 2970.
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Texas Bureau of Labor Statistics
Curnutt declines SAISD board bid endorses Dietert
Incumbent SAISD board member Curnutt will not seek re election and endorses Jerry Dietert to fill his vacancy in the April school board election. Curnutt, former board president, cites business demands and notes HEW desegregation directives and a large bond program influenced district plans. Dietert, 41, a wholesale and retail business owner, is married with two children in SAISD schools. Two other terms held by S. J. Davis and Lewis Lee expire.
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Doris Wright
Mani
Harry
Cicott
San Antonio
Jerry Dielert
Curnutt
Hort
Department of Health,education and Welfare
Curnatt
Dietert
Highland Park State Bank
SAISD
Hirsch Elementary
S. J. Davis
Lewis Lee
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