Jetliner Explodes Over Mexico Coast Killing 27
A DCO jetliner carrying 27 aboard from Houston to Mexico City crashed into El Morro hilltop on Mexico’s Pacific coast near Puerto Vallarta and exploded. Rescue boats searched the rugged area as authorities awaited word on Americans among the passengers, including Daniel Hilliard and his wife Susanna of Houston.
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Formal Signing At Hand At Camp David
President Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev have agreed to exchange nuclear research and speed disarmament talks. The White House says the pacts, reached at Camp David, cover peaceful atomic energy cooperation and lay groundwork for limits on offensive weapons. Signing is planned for Thursday in the East Room.
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Texas driver's license profile question by reader
A reader asks why a profile photo was taken instead of a front view for a driver's license. The answer notes a Texas Legislature change to provisional licenses for those under 21, using profile views to aid identification by age and deter underage alcohol sales, raising questions about future rules after August 27. A subsequent item recounts a car breaking down on US 281, being towed to Pleasanton, and a delay in getting help back to San Antonio.
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Panel OKs Schlesinger for Defense Secretary
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved the nomination of James R. Schlesinger as secretary of defense on Wednesday. The confirmation advances to the full Senate for a final vote and signals support for his leadership during defense policy debates.
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Nixon Defied Budget Push Fueled by Health Education Bill
Washington (UPI) The House Appropriations Committee voted to raise Nixon’s 1974 health and education funding by 1.3 billion above his request, approving a 2.8 billion Labor HEW and related agencies bill for the new fiscal year starting July 1. Nixon had asked 31.5 billion. Congress had previously sustained a veto on similar prior bills.
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Driver Rescued From Water After Car Plunges Into Ditch
Royce Rogers a 23 year old resident of 746 Canton crawled to the roof of his partially submerged auto and was rescued by city firefighters about 8 30 a m after his car veered off Coliseum Road into a Moot drainage ditch in Bexar County He was listed in undetermined condition at Bexar County Hospital. Rogers suffered injuries not believed to be serious and was lifted from the roof by a ladder truck basket.
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Big Bank Boosts Rate at Girard Bank Philadelphia
Girard Banking Trust Co the third largest bank in Philadelphia raised its prime lending rate from 7 to 7.34 percent today.
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Torrential Rain Triggers Flood Warnings in Corpus Christi
A torrential downpour raised flood waters to as high as three feet in parts of Corpus Christi early today, prompting flash flood warnings across the area. Temperatures climbed into the high 90s as summer opened with rain and thunderstorms.
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San Antonio energy crisis prompts city action plan
Granata tells City Council that San Antonio faces the greatest crisis, urging energy conservation as a life habit while moving wage earners back to work. He proposed enforcing curtailments, studying CPS expansion, and dimming parks at dusk. CPS relies on oil due to boiler design, with TRC pressure and gas priority risks if Lo Vaca or gas supplies falter.
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