New Texas and U S Representatives Take Seats in 17th District
Scurry County gains new political representation as Omar Burleson becomes our Congressman and Jack Hightower our State Senator in the 30th District. Redistricting shifted Shane Ratliff and Rosson already serving in Austin, with reform hopes voiced by Burleson while noting cautious expectations.
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Austin
Washington
Scurry County
Omar Burleson
Jack Hightower
Burleson
George Mahon
Congress
Sen. Hightower
Texas
Sen
Hightower
David Ratliff
Bill Tippen
Ratliff
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Renal B. Rosson
Snyder
House of Representatives
Borden, Dawson, Howard, Sterling and
Coke
Sun Returns After New Snow Quiets Snyder Area
Bright sun breaks through after a heavy snow spell across Texas towns. About 2 inches fell locally while Abilene-Sweetwater reported up to 10 inches eastward. Roads reopen as thaw begins. schools and colleges delay reopening. Beaumont Port Arthur Orange counties report ice and snapped lines.
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Abilene-Sweetwater
Houston
Department of Public Safety
Corpus Christi
Beaumont
Golden Triangle
Port Arthur
Orange
Galveston Island
San Antonio
Nixon Abolishes Most Wage Price Controls
President Nixon announced the end of mandatory wage and price controls except for food processing retailing and the health industry. The plan shifts to a self administering system under Phase 3 with a new labor management advisory panel and continued oversight by the Cost of Living Council aiming to curb inflation to 2.5 percent by year end 1973.
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Nixon
Congress
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Price Commission
Cost of Living Council
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
George Shultz
Aficio
George Meany
Today in History highlights key 1943 and 1962 events
On this date 1943 the United States and Britain relinquished extraterritorial rights in China. In 1962 an avalanche killed 3,000 in a Peruvian village. Other notes include events from 1569 1757 1788 1861 1945 1962 1973 and later.
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Britain
China
England
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Alexander Hamilton
Nevis Island
West Indies
Ohio
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Egypt
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Bangladesh
East Germany
Weather summary for Texas regions and small craft advisories
Snyder temperatures show a high of 20 and a low of 10 with 0.15 inch precipitation readings. Northwest and Southwest Texas stay fair with a warming trend Friday and lows near 8 tonight. highs 42 to 63. North Central and Northeast Texas stay clear and colder tonight with highs 41 to 47 Friday. South Central and Southeast Texas turn from decreasing clouds tonight to fair and warmer Friday with lows around 24 to 0 and highs 45 to 55. Small craft advisories stretch from Brownsville to Port Arthur with northerly winds 15 to 28 knots and showers ending later today. Seas remain moderate to rough.
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Northwest
Texas
Panhandle
Brownsville
Port O’connor
Port O'Connor
Port Arthur
Talks Reach Decisive Stage
North Vietnam warned it will not be intimidated by American bombing or force as Kissinger and Tho entered a fourth day of secret negotiations. Nguyen Minh Vy said the talks have moved to a decisive stage with progress possible if the United States shows goodwill.
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North
Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Nguyen Minh Vy
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Kissinger
Tho
Saigon
Dinh Ba Thi
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Kruse Rites Set Friday
Funeral service for L. M. Bob Kruse 54 of Snyder set for 2 30 p m Friday at Bell Seale Funeral Home Chapel Burial in Ira Cemetery with Rev O L Gober officiating He died Tuesday night at VA Hospital Big Spring He was born in Lea County New Mexico a World War II veteran Surviving: daughter Mrs Eddie Eicke Snyder sister Mrs Byrle Rigsby Andrews and one grandchild
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L.M
Bob) Kruse
Snyder
Kruse
Veterans Administration Hospital
Big Spring
Lea County
N.M
O.L. Gober
Ira
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Eddie Eicke
Byrle Rigsby
Andrews
Governor Smith Urges Constitutional Revision and School Financing
Outgoing Gov. Preston Smith urged the new Texas Legislature to form a constitutional revision commission and fund it for the 1974 Constitutional Convention. He also called for possible emergency legislation on school financing amid Rodriguez case concerns, noting pending Supreme Court rulings and local tax inequities.
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Associated Press
Austin
Preston Smith
Smith
Texas
Finnal
Provernor
Erecr Dolph Briscoe
Supreme Court
Hunt's Second Plea Accepted in Watergate Case
Wa tergate defendant E Howard Hunt Jr pleaded guilty to all six counts of conspiracy burglary bugging and wiretapping related to the Democratic National Headquarters break in. Judge Sirica accepted the plea after Hunt acknowledged the broad espionage operation alleged to be ordered by top Nixon campaign officials.
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Watergate
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Nixon
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Hunt
Democratic Party
Sirica
White House
Treasury Department
CIA
Tornado Death Toll Climbs in San Justo Argentina
Rescue teams found 14 more bodies raising the toll to 60 in San Justo after a tornado ripped through the farm city. Over 300 injured, 30 percent of buildings damaged, and communications cut as emergency crews worked by flood lamps and generators.
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Argentina
Reinaldo Arce
Buenos Aires
Santa Fe
San Justo Hospital
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