Weather and travel woes mark the big winter storm of 1973
The SDN Column recalls the winter storm of 1973 in West Texas. Sgt. Jon W. Holdren returns to duty after a weather delay, while his mother Nell Holdren faces icy roads driving from Snyder to Midland. The piece cites a $4 billion forecast from Combined American Insurance on 3.7 million highway accidents and stresses slow, cautious driving in winter conditions.
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J.W.) Holdren
Snyder Daily News
Jon W. Holdren
U.S. Marine Corps
Lubbock
Camp Pendleton
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Holdren
Midland
Sgt. Holdren
Los Angeles
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California
Combined
American Insurance Co
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Wactl
Icing Closes Highways Across Texas Districts
The Texas Highway Department warned of general icing across multiple districts. Ice covers highways in Corpus Christi, Lubbock, Odessa, Abilene, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Amarillo, and other areas with bridges iced over and conditions worsening, urging only essential travel. Some regions report snow or freezing rain. several expressways and bridges remain closed or hazardous.
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San Angelo
Childress
Dallas
Collin
Denton
Wichita Falls
Paris
Abilene
Waco
South Bell Couty
San Antonio
Tyler
Rush
Cherokee
Fort Worth
Jack and Wise
Palmer
Palo Pinto
Tarrant
Houston
Montgomery
Waller
Austin
Amarilo
Atlanta
Texarkana
Beaumont
Smith offers no new taxes budget to legislature
Outgoing Gov. Preston Smith urged the new Texas legislature to adopt a no new taxes budget for 1974 75 and to consider his administration’s recommendations. He spoke to a joint session after presenting the budget proposal and ten related measures, stressing accountability to Gov elect Dolph Briscoe.
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Texas Budget Proposals Highlight Statewide Planning Efforts
Smith outlines a $9.7 billion two year budget with $2.05 billion from general revenue, emphasizing planning and efficiency. He calls for renewed state oversight of expenditures, no new taxes, and pay raises for public workers plus funding for higher education and pollution control.
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Smith
Briscoe
Price Daniel Jr
Liberty
Today in History January 10 1973 highlights
Highlights note key historical events on January 10. Among them the 1946 UN general assembly convening in London, Paine’s Common Sense in 1776, Florida’s 1861 secession, Ivory Coast protectorate in 1889, Trotsky exile 1928, League of Nations 1920, and postwar events in Asia and South Asia with later decades.
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United Nations
London
Thomas Paine
Florida
Union
France
Ivory Coast
Africa
Soviet Union
Leon Trotsky
League of Nations
Dutch East Indies
Ceylon
Peking
India
China
Secret Service
New York City
Ohio
Decca
Sheil Mujib Rahman
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Weather advisory outlines freezing temps and snow across Texas
Texas regions including Panhandle to extreme southwest face very cold temperatures with highs around 16 to 50 degrees and lows near 11 to 27. Occasional snow and sleet bring hazardous driving conditions tonight through Thursday while northeast winds rise at Port Arthur to Port O’Connor with rough seas and possible thunderstorms.
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Snyder
Rio Grande Valley
U.S. Weather Service
Southwest
Norman Mayes
Lone Star Gas Co
Northwest
Texas
Panhandle
North
Port O'Connor
Port Arthur
Texas Industrial Activity Threatened by Winter Storm
The winter storm gripping Texas curbed gas supplies due to limited pipeline capacity, threatening industrial output and public services. Austin and San Antonio shifted to fuel oil as campuses and plants faced shortages, with curtailments up to 100 percent in some areas and two to five day fuel reserves cited.
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Western Texas College
San Benito
Rio Grande Valley
Austin
San
Associated Press
Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Iversity of
San Antonio
Coastal Gas Producing Co
Greenville
Lone Star Gas Co
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