Amistad National Recreation Area bill advances in Congress
Proponents estimate Amistad NRA would attract at least one million visitors yearly in five years and reach 11 million people within a day’s drive. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen introduced the bill March 22 1971. Rep. O C Fisher introduced a House version.
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del Rio
Senate Interior and Insurlar Affairs Committee
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Amistad National Recreation Area
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
House of Representatives
Rep
O.C. Fisher
San Angelo
On This Day In History April 7 Highlights
Fragments note key events on April 7 across years. 1927 Bell Labs TV demo with Hoover image. 1770 Wordsworth born. 1898 Mississippi Territory organized. 1947 Henry Ford dies. 1953 Dag Hammarskjold elected UN secretary general. other items include Tito era arrest, Israel Syria air battle, and US table tennis visit to China.
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Bell Telephone Laboratories
New York
Herbert Hoover
Washington
William Wordsworth
Congress
Mississippi Territory
Henry Ford
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Tito
Yugoslavia
Milovan Djilas
Belgrade
Israel
Syria
Peking
U.S
China
Weather snapshot for Northwest Texas to Southeast Texas
Readings show high temperatures from 73 to 100 across regions with cooling nights. Conditions range from fair to partly cloudy with chances of thundershowers in South Central Texas and windy spells in areas west of the Pecos.
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Snyder
Northwest
Texas
Southwest
Pecos
Area Gets Taste Of Summer Shows Texas Heat Wave
The Snyder area hit 98 degrees as a late freeze followed by a brief heat spell brought air conditioning into many homes. A Pacific front was moving across the state while Snyder cooled early today. San Angelo and Wink saw 100 degree readings as clouds lingered in the east.
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Snyder
Texas
San Angelo
Wink
North Vietnamese Open Fourth Front Captures Loc Ninh
North Vietnamese troops seized Loc Ninh district town 75 miles north of Saigon and opened a new front in a nine day offensive with hundreds of attacks across the Mekong Delta. U S warplanes carried out more than 600 strikes as losses mounted on both sides and local bases and routes faced renewed pressure.
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Mekong Delta
U.S
North
South Vietnam
Laos
Loc Ninh
Viet Cong
le Trung Hien
Hung Tam
An Loc
Crazy Joe Gallo Shot To Death in Little Italy
New York AP reports mob figure Joey Gallo of the Gallo Brothers was killed by a single gunman at 5 30 am in Umberto's Clam House, Little Italy Manhattan. He was with his new bride, a stepdaughter, sister, friend and bodyguard when shot. He died at Beekman Downtown Hospital.
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Joey Gallo
Brooklyn
Gallo Brothers
Little Italy
Lower Manhattan
Crazy Joe
Joey
Umberto
Beekman
Gallo
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Ossining
Lina Essary
Akron
Ohio
Jerry Orbach
Bruno Carnevale
Queens
Joseph Profaci
E L Bentley Dies Today
Earl L. Bentley age 76 of Snyder died at 6 a.m. in the Veterans Administration Hospital Big Spring. He was a World War I veteran and is survived by his wife four sons three sisters and 14 grandchildren. Funeral set for 4 p.m. Saturday Bell Seale Funeral Home Chapel Snyder Cemetery.
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Snyder
Veterans Administration Hospital
Big Spring
Bentley
Knox County
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Cone Merritt
Snyder Cemetery
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Mr. Bentley
Orrin E. Bentley
Odessa
Donald H. Bentley
Andrews
Travis W. Bentley
Rotan
Aubrey O. Bentley
Kermit
J.B. Biggs
Grand Prairie
Ivey Rollins
Plainview
Frances Kind
Arlington
March Water Deliveries Set Record for Colorado River District
A warm March pushed water deliveries to a record 1 613 563 822 gallons, up 41.70 percent from March 1971. First quarter total reached 4 044 450 226 gallons, with mining and industrial use surging 189.72 percent. Cities delivering water included Odessa, Big Spring, Snyder, Stanton, Midland, and San Angelo, while the district prepares for peak demand.
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Odessa
Big Spring
Snyder
Stanton
Midland
San Angelo
Paschal Qdom
Job Rate Up as WPI Rise Slows in March
The government reports March saw a 620,000 rise in employment to 81.2 million while unemployment edged up to 5.9 percent due to seasonal factors. Wholesale prices rose only 0.1 percent, the smallest gain in five months, with farm products and processed foods down 0.4 percent. Average hourly earnings rose to $3.57, boosting weekly pay to $131.73, yet purchasing power rose only 2.8 percent over the year.
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Nixon
The
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Partment
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Johnson Rushed To Hospital In Virginia
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson was admitted to the University of Virginia Hospital cardiac unit with chest pains. Doctors say he is comfortable and stable undergoing tests. no heart attack confirmed. Johnson had been visiting his daughter Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and son in law Charles Robb in Charlottesville.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
University of Virginia Hospital
Richard S. Crampton
Johnson
Crampton
Charles Robb
University City
Robb
Farmington
Washington
Lynda Bird Johnson
University of Virginia School of Law
Laird says US will keep bombing North Vietnam
Secretary Melvin Laird labeled the North Vietnamese attack a massive invasion and vowed the United States will continue air and naval strikes until the Communists withdraw and show willingness to negotiate. He warned against return to the Paris talks and noted ongoing troop withdrawals toward Nixon’s May 1 target. Air units from multiple states were alerted for deployment, with reports of aircraft and a fifth carrier possible to join the battle zone.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
South Vietnam
United States
Laird
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Paris
Ing
U.S
Southeast Asia
Nixon
McConnell Air Force Base
Kan
Pacific
Consumer group flags premature FPC natural gas price plan
Washington AP consumer advocate calls the Federal Power Commission proposal to raise interstate gas prices premature and a giveaway to the industry. The plan seeks higher prices to spur exploration while a Southern Louisiana rate settlement faces a pending lawsuit and questions linger on past incentives. Ed Berlin of the Consumer Federation of America criticizes added incentives after a recent settlement.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Commission
American Gas Associated
Ed Berlin
Consumer Federation of America
Louisiana
Berlin
Rites Set Saturday for Sam Fields of Scurry County
Sam Fields 60 a longtime Scurry County resident died today at M D Anderson Hospital in Houston. Funeral services set for 2 p m Saturday at First Christian Church with Pastor Robert McArthur officiating. Burial in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Queenie Taylor two stepsons Paula Beard nine grandchildren and other relatives.
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Scurry County
M.D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
First Christian Church
Robert McArthur
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Fields
Queenie Taylor
Villa Acuna
Mexico
Paula Beard
Yuma
Ariz
Joe Taylor
Albuquerque
N.M
Larry Taylor
Midland
Corene Pursell
Odessa
Roy Fields
Whitehouse
Tex
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