Mahon Pushes Back House Amendment on Farm Payment Limits
Rep George Mahon denounces a House approved rider capping farm program payments at 20000 per operator as unfair and harmful. He warns of sequential farm programs if the rider becomes law and says he is mobilizing with Agriculture officials and party leaders to block it. University of Texas Medical School San Antonio accepts 100 first year students for September, 43 colleges represented, none from Texas. Powers Boothe Snyder alum signs with Globe Theatre Odessa for Shakespeare Festival June 17 to August 24.
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George Mahon
Senate
Mahon
Rep. Mahon
House Appropriations Committee
Department of Agriculture
House
University of Texas Medicalchool At
San Antonio
University of Texas At Austin
Texas
Snyder
Powers Boothe
Snyder High School
Southwest Texas State College
Globe Theatre
Odessa
Demetrius
Today in History summary dated June 12 1969
The Associated Press notes events on June 12 across years including New York’s 1665 incorporation, John Winthrop’s 1630 Salem arrival, 1839 Iowa Territory, 1924 Coolidge renomination, 1940 Chungking bombing, 1943 Trans-Canadian Highway opening, 1963 Medgar Evers killing, and later milestones such as the first British nuclear submarine keel laying, a 20-year USSR East Germany treaty, and French rioting suppressions a year prior.
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Associated Press
City of
New York
John Winthrop
Salem
Mass
Massachusetts Colony
Iowa
Cleveland
Calvin Coolidge
Chungking
China
Medgar W. Evers
Jackson
Miss
Soviet Union
East Germany
France
Weather outlook across Texas regions with temperatures
Snyder reports 96 high and 58 low at 7 am with 63 in the area. Panhandle cools to the night with 44 to 57 highs, thunderstorms scattered. Northeast Texas will be clear to partly cloudy with brief storms and cooler air tonight and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
Viet Cong Names New Government At Paris Peace Talks
The Viet Cong replaces the National Liberation Front with Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh as foreign minister at the Paris talks. The United States and Saigon publicly accept the change as name only, urging continued negotiations toward a peaceful settlement in Vietnam.
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Associated Press
PARIS
Provisional Revolutionary
South Vietnam
National Liberation Front
United States
Saigon
Nguyen Thi Binh
Pham Dang Lam
Lawrence E. Walsh
United
Henry Cabot Lodge
Vietnam
Walsh
Vitnam
U.S
Nixon
Nixon Wins Bipartisan Backing for 12 Month Tax Surtax Extension
The White House announced President Nixon received unanimous support from Democratic and Republican House leaders for a year long extension of the income tax surcharge. House Ways and Means Chairman Hale Boggs expects the bill to be reported out soon after a White House meeting with Nixon Kennedy and top advisers. The plan would extend the surcharge six months at 10 percent and six months at 9 percent to curb inflation.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Hale Boggs
D-La
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
James Stewart Son Killed In Combat
Actor James Stewart loses stepson Marine 1st Lt Ronald W. McLean killed in combat in South Vietnam. McLean, 24, died from a chest wound Sunday while leading a reconnaissance patrol near the demilitarized zone. He was Gloria Hatrick McLean's son from a previous marriage.
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DA Nang
South Vietnam
James Stewart
Ronald W. McLean
McLean
Demilitarized Zone
Stewart
Gloria Hatrick McLean
Satellite spying thwarts Air Force orbit plan
Los Angeles AP reported industry sources say advances in unmanned satellite systems undermine the MOL program. Deputy Secretary Packard canceled the manned orbiting laboratory after noting automated, unmanned spy tech in fields like research and meteorology.
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Air Force Orbit
Space Industry
Air Force
David Packard
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Packard
Smith Seeks Free TV Time On State Budget Report
Gov. Pres ton Smith asked Texas TV stations for free 30 minute public service time from 7 30 to 8 p m on June 20 to discuss the state budget veto questions and the one year appropriations bill He may address the teacher pay raise bill and other measures as well amid debate over a $10 per semester student fee for faculty raises and late arriving Senate bills and resolutions.
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Austin
Preston Smith
Smith
Texas
Texas Association of Broadcasters
State College
Senate
Amarillo
Ben Barnes
Barnes
Gus Mutscher
Clashes on West Bank Mountain Kill 11 in Gaza Jerusalem Fight
Eight Arab guerrillas and three Israeli soldiers died in a running battle on a 1000 foot mountain west of the Jordan River. The strike occurred on the second anniversary of the 1967 cease fire. Israeli troops pursued infiltrators through rugged terrain in the West Bank, pinning them at Khirbet Jarbas before flushing them out.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan River
Guerrilas
West Bank
Khirbet Jarbas
Khirbert Jarbas
Damiya
Big Road Projects Planned for State Highway 350
Final plans for two road construction projects on State Highway 350 valued at 1,003,000 were discussed at a Scurry County Courthouse meeting attended by contractors and Highway Department personnel. One project covers trading, structures, 2 course treatment and base from a point.
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Scurry County
Homer Ray
Snyder
Texas Highway Department
Mack Ferrier
Ferrier and Ferrier
Charles Schmidt
Cooper and Woodruff, Inc
Amarillo
Ben Wilkinson
Colorado City
T.H.D
Sterling Taylor
Arlen Vandiver
Otho Ferrier
Ferrier and
Ferrier
Wesley Pair
Bill Cooper
Harold Strebeck
Cooper and Woodruff
Jahrie Winston
Harold Kornegay
Keith Collier
Scott Casey
Patsy Weems
Highway Department
Snyder City
Hillcrest Lodge
Cooper and Woodrut, Inc
Schmidt
Mitchell County
Big Spring
Rev McArthur to lead First Christian Church here
The Rev. Robert D. McArthur will become minister of the First Christian Church this Sunday replacing the resigning pastor. He arrives with his wife from Luling after 32 years serving there and brings a background in civic work and education. He and Mrs. McArthur hold arts degrees from TCU and he earned the BD from Brite Divinity School.
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Robert D. McArthur
First Christian Church
Luling
East Texas
McArthur
Hereford
Rusk
Richardson
Jacksonville High School
Texas Christian University
Brite Divinity School
TCU
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SDN
U. S
Viet Cong
Alice Kalom
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ann Arbor
Miss Kalom
Joseph Kalom
Los Angeles
Aero
Agena
Samos
Vela
Midas
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Bill
Rev. Robt, D
Ist Christian Minister
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