Tribute tokens and Texas energy talk in SDN Column
The SDN Column notes a memorial LBJ token issued by Collectors of Wood New York features LBJ life dates and offices. It also cites Texas legislators backing holiday switch from Jefferson Davis to LBJ and discusses oil industry tax reviews and energy rhetoric amid Texas attractions.
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
White House
Box
Pleasant Valley
N.Y
Lbj
Congress
U.S. Navy
Senate
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Texas
Jefferson Davis
M. O’hair
Dollar Turbulence Shakes European Markets
The dollar faced significant pressure across Europe with the West German central bank buying over a billion dollars to defend the floor. Brussels and Brussels based dealers noted Belgian authorities purchased at least $40 million in the first hour. The pound rose to $2.4940 in London as Swiss and Italian rates moved lower.
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London
U.S
Zurich
Brussels
Milan
Bundesbank
Frankfurt
Nixon Defends Welfare Overhaul and Budget Shifts
President Nixon defended changes to social welfare programs in a congressional message, signaling a shift away from 1969 reform plans and a focus on reorganizing or ending inefficient federal activities. He touted a $125 billion human resources budget and promised new measures to improve aid to families and support for education, tribal self governance, and tax credits for tuition.
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Nixon
Washington
Congress
Office of Economic Opportunity
March 1 History Highlights 1973
On this date in 1781 the Articles of Confederation were adopted establishing a loose federal union. Other events include the 1552 Vassy massacre, 1780 slavery abolition in Pennsylvania, Nebraska statehood in 1867, Lindbergh baby kidnapping in 1932, 1954 Puerto Rican Nationalists shooting in D C, 1962 Latin Americans trained in Cuba, and later regional tensions in Britain Kenya and Syria-Israel conflicts.
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Vassy
France
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Hopewell
U.S
House of Representatives
Washington
CIA
John A McCone
Cuba
Britain
Kenya
Golan Heights
Weather update across Texas and nearby states
Regional forecast covers Snyder and multiple zones. Highs range from the 60s to 70s with cooler nights. showers and thundershowers noted mainly east coast and southeast areas. Winds shift from southwest to northeast, seas moderate in coastal zones from Port O Connor to Port Arthur.
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Snyder
Texas
Brownsville
Port O’connor
Port O'Connor
Port Arthur
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Senators Deny Reform Measures In Texas Senate
In Austin AP report says Senators rejected a bill to curb legislative conference committees. A move to debate annual sessions and pay raises to 15 000 was defeated 23 to 8, short of four fifths. About a dozen senators objected as Bill Moore of Bryan quipped about moving it to the calendar bottom.
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Bill Moore
D-Bryan
Governors Fight Nixon's Aid Plan
Democratic governors meeting in Washington voted unanimously to oppose President Nixon's plan to revamp federal domestic aid programs. They demanded more information on budget cuts and the shift to special revenue sharing before endorsing changes and planned to inform Congress of the impact on their states. Governor Mandel was to deliver a State of the States address.
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Washington
Nixon
John J. Gilligan
Ohio
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
Congress
British Strike Shuts Hospitals Across Nation
London AP reports a daylong strike by hospital porters cleaners cooks and laundry workers disrupted more than 200 of 2250 hospitals. Emergency services remained but many facilities sent patients home and warned of delays while unions press for higher pay beyond government limits.
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London
Britain
Merseyside
Ford Auto
Deep Creek Flood Control Feasibility Review Tonight
A 7:30 p.m. meeting in Scurry County Court will hear the Deep Creek flood control feasibility study. An examination team from the Soil Conservation Service Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife has studied Deep Creek and its tributaries since Monday, with findings due at the meeting. The effort revives a flood control application first filed May 20, 1957 and revived after the August 13, 1972 flood. If feasible, the project would involve building several dams on the upper Deep Creek watershed to hold runoff and prevent downstream flooding.
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Scurry County
Soil Conservation Service
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife
Deep Creek
No Word From VCs In POW Release Talks
AP reports a U S statement that North Vietnam handed over a list of 106 American and two Thai POWs to be released over the weekend, while the Viet Cong had not yet released 30 Americans. The list totals and timing shift as negotiations continue with Hanoi and Saigon over civilian releases and troop actions.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Bui Tin
Washington
North
Laos
Hanoi
Nixon
William P. Rogers
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Polish Czech ministers die in plane crash near Szczecin
Warsaw reports interior ministers Wieslaw Ociepka of Poland and Radko Kafka of Czechoslovakia perished in a Baltic coast crash. Radio Warsaw gave a brief statement. officials say other aides and crew also died, with total casualties undisclosed as top-level probe is ordered.
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Warsaw
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Baltic
Szcczecin
Radio Warsaw
Wieslaw Ociepka
Radko Kafka
Twelve Nations Endorse Vietnam Peace Accord Nine Point Declaration
The twelve foreign ministers including William P. Rogers and leaders from Britain France China and the Soviet Union initiate a nine point declaration backing the Vietnam peace pact and setting a mechanism to review violations. The plan allows reconvening by six signatories and names the Viet Cong as a conference participant.
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Parisap
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Britain
France
China
Soviet Union
International Commission of Control and Suprvisis
Canada
Indonesia
Poland
Hungary
Saigon
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