Recollections of Hard Times and Small Town Woes
In Wilbarger County memories, 1936 drought and low cotton prices echo today as a local farmer recalls two bales sold after a theft. Bailey faces strict water use to avoid pumping failure. The Big Spring Herald questions CPS redesigning tricycles, fearing diminished lessons from bumps, while urging balance between safety and grit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlin Brewer
Vernon Record
The
Bonham Herald
Bailey
Consumer Products Safety Commission
Big Spring Daily Herald
Commission
Herald
the Herald
School of Hard Knocks
Wacil McNair
Today in History highlights for August 31, 1973
Highlights note key events on this date including the 1290 exile of Jews from England, 1654 liquor ban to Indians in Rhode Island, 1914 German victory at Tannenberg, 1935 U S neutrality act, 1940 RAF Berlin raid, 1954 Hurricane Carol deaths, 1971 Nixon executive privilege, 1963 Apollo delay, 1969 Soviet military moves, and 1972 Vietnam air strikes.
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England
Rhode Island General Assembly
Tannenberg
Poland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S
Berlin
United States
Nixon
Senate
Soviet Union
Europe
Czechoslovakia
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Weather Outlook for Texas Regions This Week
Snyder reports pleasant mornings and warm afternoons across Texas. Thursday highs reach 88 with 69 overnight and a 7 am reading of 72 in Northwest and Southwest Texas. Scattered evening thundershowers mainly east of the Pecos, then fairer and warmer Saturday with a few afternoon storms. North Central and Northeast Texas stay partly cloudy and warm through Saturday with scattered thundershowers west tonight and central east Saturday. Low tonight 58 to 76, high Saturday 82 to 98 in various zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
Pecos
North Central
Christine Cruises Atlantic
Tropical storm Christine moved west at 14 mph over the Atlantic with winds up to 60 mph. It formed Thursday and was about 900 miles east southeast of Barbados, with some strengthening expected and forecasts noting it as a Labor Day storm per the National Hurricane Center director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Christine
Atlantic Ocean
Barbados
National Hurricane Center
Atlantic
Robert Simpson
First Cotton Bale of 1973 Ginned in Scurry County
Scurry County reports its first 1973 cotton bale, brought by Lloyd H. Merritt from a 14 acre patch near Snyder to Layfield Gin in Ira for ginning. The bale, Locket 4789 seed from Snyder Co-op Gin No. 1, likely grades strict middling to light spot with fifteen sixteenths staple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Merritt
Layfield
Ira
Bill Layfield
Merritt
J.J. Hall
Lowell Martin
Scurry County
Lloyd H. Merritt
Snyder
Colorado City
Thirty-seventh Street
Snyder Co-op
Gas Station Closures Seen With Phase 4 Pause
Labor Day weekend may see some stations closed for fuel shortage or protest over price controls. The postponement of Phase 4 ceilings by the Cost of Living Council reduces immediate shutdown risk, but industry leaders predict some nonmajor routes may still close. AAA advises filling tanks early and avoiding long trips. Funeral service set for James F. Neill at Bell Seale Chapel with burial at Hillside Memorial Gardens.
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Serge Schmemann
Associated Press
Cost of Living Council
Bastille
Robert Jacobs
Illinois Gasoline Dealers Association
American Automobile Association
Washington
AAA
Charles Binsted
National Congress of Petroleum Retailers
Mid- America Gasoline Dealers Association
Kansas
Missour
Long Island
New England
Andrew Caraber
ALA Auto and Travel Club
Bell- Seale Funeral Home
James F. Neill
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Wallace Kirby
First United Methodist Church
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Barron Charged In Extortion
William R. Barron public relations director of the Texas Air Control Board faces federal charges for attempting to extort 50 000 from the EPA region in Dallas. Barron denies writing the letters and awaits a bail hearing set after his arrest near a Austin garbage dump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
William R. Barron
Texas Air Control Board
Barron
Charles Richards
U.S
Philip Sanders
Sanders
U.S. Atty
Jim Beck
San Antonio
Richards
Arthur W. Busch
Dallas
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Probe on Newsprint Shortage Sparks Senate Inquiry
Senator Clifford Case asks the Senate Commerce Committee to open an investigation into the newsprint shortage. He seeks causes, relief options, and possible federal government assistance. The request is directed to Chairman Warren Magnuson.
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Washington
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Senate Committee
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Commerce Committee
Case
Rescue teams bind line to submerged submarine in Atlantic
In a dramatic operation off Cork Ireland rescuers using a midget submarine attached a light guideline to Pisces III as they race to reach two trapped Britons onboard. The workers sang to conserve air as Pisces V hunted in darkness 1,375 feet below. At 4 a.m. EDT Saturday air runs out for the pair Roger Chapman and Roger Mallinson of Vickers Oceanic hope to surface by 8 p.m. EDT if all goes well.
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Cork
Ireland
Vickers Oceanic
Indict Thirteen Steel Officials in Price Fixing Conspiracy
Federal grand jury indicts 13 steel company officials and four corporations in Texas for conspiring to fix market shares and restrain bids in Houston and Dallas Fort Worth areas from mid 1969 to late 1972. The scheme covered about 175000 tons of steel valued around $30 million. Named defendants include Armco Steel Corp Harry H Gray, Bethlehem Steel D W Rupard, Ceco Melvin Kelb, Laclede Beaumont unit, Southern States Evan Nance, Schindler Dan Prouse, and U S Steel Marvin Rinn, among others. Indictments also cite five more corporations and four individuals in Dallas information filing.
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Houston, Tex
Texas
Houston
Dallas-Fort Worth
Justice Department
Dallas
Armco Steel Corp
Harry H. Gray
Southwest Sales
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem, Pa
D. W. Rupard
Border Steel Rolling Mills, Inc
el Paso
Tex
Don L. Benge
Ceco Corp
Chicago
Melvin A. Kelb
Ceco
Laclede Steel Co
St. Louis
Beaumont, Tex
Southern States Steel Corp
Evan V. Nance
Schindler Brothers Steel
Sealey, Tex
Dan Prouse
Structural Metals, Inc
San Antonio
Marvin Rinn
U.S. Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
William H. Tankersley
Texas Steel Co
Fort Worth
Robert H. Maddux
Houston and
Nixon's Lawyers Prepare Appeal in Watergate Tapes Case
President Nixon moves to appeal Judge Sirica's order to turn over the Watergate tape recordings. He plans to file a notice of appeal before the stay expires and argues the lower court decision should be overturned. The case could reach the Supreme Court if the appeals court rules or delays occur.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. District
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Washington
White House
California
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Cox
Senate Watergate Committee
Oval Office
HEW Plans Release of 66.7 Million School Aid Funds
Health, Education and Welfare to release about 66.7 million in extra school aid next Tuesday or Wednesday to some 5,000 districts, amid court actions over disputed funds. Comptroller General Staats says Congress intended HEW to send the money, while a coalition seeks 59 million, with the court taking no final action.
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William L. Chaze
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Elmer B. Staats
HEW
Staats
U.S. District Court
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