Nixon wage price freeze stirs Texas clash of views
The SDN Column notes President Nixon’s wage price freeze causing swift political maneuvering. Gov Preston Smith claims the order should not apply to Texas state workers and teachers with Sept. 1 raises, while AFL-CIO head George Meany questions the move. Attorney General Crawford Martin says Texas must abide.
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Congress
Texas
Preston Smith
Washington, D. C
Gov. Smith
Crawford Martin
George Meany
Wacil Mecnair
Today In History Aug 24 1971 Associated Press
On this date in history key events include 1814 British capture Washington DC and burn the Capitol and White House 79 AD Mt Vesuvius eruption 1777 Washington in Philadelphia 1862 Bragg in Kentucky 1891 Edison motion picture camera patent 1932 Earhart first nonstop US flight 1954 Vargas suicide 1961 US warned USSR over West Berlin 1966 Johnson plea for price restraint 1967 first helicopters across Pacific in South Vietnam
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Washington, D.C
Capitol
White House
Mt. Vesuvius
Italy
Pompeii
Herculaneum
George Washington
Philadelphia
Braxton Bragg
Kentucky
Thomas A. Edison
Amelia Earhart
United States
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Lyndon Johnson
Pacific
South Vietnam
U.S
Weather snapshot for Texas regions and temperatures
Weather outlook across Northwest to Southeast Texas shows partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures range from highs 80 to 98 and Lows 55 to 82 with elevated humidity and coastal showers in parts of the state.
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Texas
Southwest
Texas Atty. Gen. presses federal ask on state employee raises
Texas Attorney General Crawford Martin plans a final trip to Washington to seek exemptions from the Nixon wage price freeze for state workers and teachers. He aims to obtain a ruling allowing Texas to pay the promised raises, despite Gov. Preston Smith’s defiance, and will meet with Department of Justice officials and seek a Cost of Living Council exemption. Meanwhile Western Texas College faculty picnic is moved to Scurry County Coliseum due to rain.
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Texas
Crawford Martin
Martin
Washington
Nixon
Preston Smith
Robert S. Calvert
Smith
Department of Justice
Cost of Living Council
Secretary of Treasury
John B. Connally
Arnold Webber
Council
Connally
U S Troops Put On Yellow Alert In Saigon Political Tensions
About 220 000 U S troops in Vietnam moved to the second highest alert level as Saigon braces for lower house elections. The shift aims to curb unrest and attacks with guards placed at billets and restricts civilian travel. A grenade hit a U S vehicle in Cholon with no injuries, while two buses were firebombed. Authorities emphasize avoiding incidents that could worsen the political crisis. President Thieu reportedly rejects Ky’s resignation plan to allow a new election with stronger opposition.
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U.S
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cholon
U. S
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
August rainfall bids to set state record in Snyder
Northwest Texas towns report heavy downpours with up to four inches in Scurry and Hermleigh, three inches near Fluvanna, and four inches north of Hermleigh. Snyder’s gauge nears 10 inches for August, third-highest monthly total in history. Abilene area floods as five inches fall at Lueders and torrential rain hits the city.
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Texas
Scurry County
Borden County
Gail
Colorado
J. B. Thomas
Bull Creek
Hermleigh
Ira
Higginbotham- Bartlett
Fluvanna
Northwest
Longview
Lueders
Abilene
Dollar Drops in Europe as Yen Stays Steady
The U S dollar falls sharply in European exchanges while gains appear in Tokyo as Japan resists raising yen value. London and Rome show declines, Amsterdam and Frankfurt log dollar devaluations, and Geneva hosts a GATT debate over Nixon’s 10 percent import surcharge.
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U. S
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Bank of Japan
Japan
Toshio Kimura
Rome
Milan
Amsterdam
Frankfurt
Geneva
Nathaniel Samuels
U.S
Nixon
Funeral for Gib Tatom in Snyder is set
Gib Tatom 70 of 2304 Avenue J died Monday at Snyder Hospital. Retired house mover and lifelong Snyder resident. Funeral 4 p m today at Bell Seale Chapel with Rev. Joe Stevens officiating. Burial Snyder Cemetery. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs Morris Browning Snyder and Mrs Don Greene Dallas a son John Tatom Garland and six grandchildren.
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Tatom
Snyder
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Snyder Cemetery
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Oil Firms Challenge Borden County Tax Valuation
Texaco Amoco Union Oil Continental Mobil and American Petrofina filed suit against Borden County, its tax board, and Tax Assessor Norman Sneed seeking to halt a tax roll and compel a land revaluation. A hearing is set for 10 a.m. Thursday in Gail with Judge R W Caton presiding.
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Gail
Borden County
Norman Sneed
R. W. Caton
118Th
Wayland G. Holt
132Nd District Court
Texaco, Inc
Amoco Production Co
Union Oil of California
Continental Oil Co
Mobil Oil Co
American Petrofina Co
Texas
Glenn Toombs
Equalization Board
Toombs
Prichard and
Abbott
Toombs Toombs
Moonmen Explore New York After Moon Mission Honors
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Maj Alfred Worden returned from the moon to a busy New York schedule. They were awarded a gold medal by the city and planned a Fifth Avenue motorcade to City Hall as part of their welcome.
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New York
David Scott
James Irwin
Maj
Alfred Worden
Air Force
America
Fifth Avenue
City Hall
State Districts Board Holds Initial Redistricting Meeting
The five member Texas redistricting panel met in Austin to begin drawing new Senate districts under a court shadow. Rep. Curtis Graves urged a Houston district to elect a black senator, warning current plans may fail representation. The board faces a Sept. 2 injunction hearing over authority to redraw districts while a court challenge continues.
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Pasadena
Barbara Jordan
Jim Wallace
Houston
Jordan
Graves
Harris County
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