Rosson to chair Texas extended coverage rates committee
Rep. Renal B. Rosson of Snyder was named chairman of a House interim committee tasked with studying extended coverage insurance rates. A Fort Worth meeting with a U S Weather Service representative was planned to discuss weather driven rates and regional rating disparities.
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State Insurance Board
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Today in History Highlights and Notable Events
Today's date marks the 195th day of 1972 with multiple historical notes. Rioting in New York City during Civil War drafts killed about 1,000 over three days in 1863. Other items include Northwest Territory government 1787, Greek victory 1822, R34 transatlantic dirigible 1919, Kennedy’s 1960 nomination, and Newark clashes five decades later.
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Northwest Territory
Thermopylae Pass
Greece
Atlantic
Britain
W.C. Fields
Will Rogers
Los Angeles
John F. Kennedy
Harold MacMillan
Newark
N.J
Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone System
Quang Tri
Quang Tri City
Hue
Weather Notes For Texas Regions
A Texas weather synopsis reports highs in the 80s to 90s across regions with lingering clouds. Scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms are possible, especially in the southwest and southeast while the coast sees southerly winds and showers through Friday.
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Texas
North Central
South Central
Vietnam Peace Talks Resume With Little Change Seen
AP reports in Paris that the Vietnam peace talks reopened after ten weeks with no major shifts. U.S. Ambassador Porter presented Nixon’s four point plan while Viet Cong and Hanoi delegates pressed for their seven point and call to end bombardment. Negotiations likely move to secret sessions as Kissinger and Tho resume private talks.
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William J. Porter
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Xuan Thuy
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le Duc Tho
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Chou En-Lai
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Washington
Two hijackings cap dramatic flight week in U S
Two armed hijackers seized a National Airlines 727 in Philadelphia taking four flight attendants a pilot and a flight engineer hostage. A second hijack at Dallas bound American jet ended with the gunman surrendering at Oklahoma City.
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Houston
Federal Aviation Administration
Bloodier Glorious Twelfth Ranks Among Northern Ireland’s Deadly Days
Sectarian violence flared around the Glorious Twelfth as eight people died and bombings and firefights claimed more lives. Seamus Twomey pressed for renewed ceasefire guarantees while British forces faced persistent attacks across Portadown Belfast Londonderry and Belfast towns.
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Associated Press
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Northern Ireland
Seamus Twomey
Irish Republican Army
Battle of the Boyne
Portadown
Londonderry
Stocks Slide Fifth Session As McGovern Nomination Fears Pressure Market
Prices fell across the New York market for the fifth straight session with more losses than gains on the Dow Jones average. The Dow dropped 5.94 to 917.75 while the Big Board fell 0.35 to 58.76 and the American Stock Exchange index slipped 0.12 to 26.89. American Motors led the active list, rising to 92.00 as tradersreacted to McGovern nomination and Paris peace talks.
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New York Stock Exchange
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Bradbury K. Thurlow
Hoppin, Watson, Inc
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Paris
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
American Motors
US Jets Stage Heaviest Raids Against Hanoi Haiphong
American fighter bombers launched more than 340 strikes in the Hanoi Haiphong area including fuel depots and port facilities. Hanoi reported civilian deaths and property loss while noting an RF4 reconnaissance plane was shot down. Navy destroyers Robinson and Hamner damaged several vessels near Dong Hoi.
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North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
U.S. Command
Haiphong
Hanoi
U.S
Navy
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Hamner
Dong Hoi
Hon la
Agnew Labels Some Democrats No No Birds Against Progress
Vice President Spiro Agnew attacked George McGovern and several Democratic senators as no no birds who balk at progress. He warned of their opposition to the SST and space shuttle, citing Kennedy Muskie Proxmire and Mondale, and urged support for continued U.S. aerospace development.
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Fla
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South Dakota
Frank Mankiewicz
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Mankiewicz
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Nixon
Kenedy
Richard Dougherty
Florida
Reubin Askew
New York
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Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Printing Industries of America
U.S
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Patrick Lucey
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