Texas politics and St Patrick's Day noted in SDN column
The SDN Column critiques Texas state funding of primaries and suggests parties should bear election costs. It jokes about a St Patrick's Day legal holiday committee chaired by Pat O'Brien and hints at plans from undersea tunnels to green oranges and unconventional ballpark ideas.
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Texas
State Supreme Court
Dolph Briscoe
St. Patrick's Day
Pat O'Brien
New Orleans
O’keefes
O'Hallorans
O'Learys
Ziggie Czarobski
Shannon
Mississippi
Chicago Green Sox
Boston Green Sox
Astro Clover
Wacil Mecnair
Today in History highlights across centuries
On this date many events are noted including Bell saying Come here Watson I want you in 1876 in Boston and Jefferson becoming minister to France in 1785. Grant named commander in chief in 1864. Lend-Lease Act in 1941. U S bomb raids on Japan in 1945. Ray pleaded guilty in 1969. Stalin daughter defected in 1959. Vietnam claimed 7000 enemy dead in 1971.
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Boston
Alexander Graham Bell
Watson
Thomas Jefferson
France
Benjamin Franklin
Ulysses S. Grant
Japan
Memphis
Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
John F. Kennedy
Rome
Joseph Stalin
Svetlana Stalin
Soviet Union
Switzerland
South Vietnam
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Weather futures across Texas show mild warmth ahead
Snyder temperatures report 7 am reading 44 degrees with highs near 72. Northwest Texas expects fair weather with highs 74 to 84 and cool nights. Northeast Central and Southeast Texas trend warmer with variable cloudiness and highs 65 to 85.
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Snyder
Texas
Southwest
Pecos
Wholesale prices rise sharply signaling later consumer impact
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports February wholesale prices up nine tenths of one percent, the sharpest monthly advance in a year. Farm products and processed foods gain 1.9 percent, industrial materials and manufactured goods 0.5 percent, with seasonal adjustments.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Bureau
Priest Testifies Sharp Encouraged Investment in 1969 Stock
A Jesuit priest testified he did not know stock values when buying 33,800 shares of National Bankers Life from Gus Mutscher and others in 1969. He said Frank Sharp praised the investment and that the price compared with the day’s market average.
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Abilene, Tex
Gus Mutscher
Michael Francis Kennelly
Mutscher
Tommy Shannon
Fort Worth
Sharpstown State Bank
Jesuit Fathers of Houston Inc
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Houston
Frank Sharp
Kennelly
Sharp
Joe Novotny
FDA Bans Most Lead In Paint By 1973 End
The FDA orders reduction of lead in paint to six hundredths of one percent by end of 1973, with earlier gradual targets. Lead poisoning affects 400000 children and costs the nation 200 million annually. Ban covers residential interior paint, toys and children’s articles.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Merlin K. DuVal
Charles C. Edwards
EPA orders ban on pesticides used for predator control
The EPA ordered an immediate halt to interstate shipment and a recall of predator control pesticides, including thallium sulfate, cyanide, strychnine, and 1080. The administrator cited imminent hazard to wildlife and public welfare as the agency moves toward permanent cancellation from the federal registration program.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
William D. Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
Tal Protection Agency
Wyoming
Church leaders urge prayer amid Belfast bomb blast plea
Ulster churchmen from Catholic and Protestant regimes urged Ireland to observe Good Friday as a day of mourning and renewal. Cardinal Conway joined the call for three days of prayer to calm troubles even as two men planted a bomb in a Belfast wallpaper shop, giving workers 25 minutes to flee.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ulster
George O. Simms
All Ireland
Methodist Church
Charles H. Bain
William Cardinal Conway
Cardinal Conway
William Christie
Dole Claims ATandT Violated Law Over Miami Convention
Sen Robert Dole Republican national chairman says ATandT violated the law by agreeing to install phones for the Miami Democratic National Convention despite a 1.5 million debt from 1968. He argues ATandT aided the Democrats while ITT underwrote GOP actions amid antitrust cases.
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Washington
Robert Dole
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Miami
International Telephone & Telegraph Co
Dole
At&t
Democrat Committee
San Diego
Southern Pacific Struck By UTU
The United Transportation Union struck Southern Pacific over elimination of switchman jobs. About 11,000 commuters were stranded on the San Francisco Peninsula as UTU pickets appeared from El Paso to Portland. The railroad said only two San Jose to San Francisco runs completed. 20,000 SP employees are represented.
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San Francisco
United Transportation Union
Southern Pacific Railroad
George Lechner
UTU
Southern Pacific
el Paso
Portland
Ore
Lechner
San Jose
Hearings Resume On Deferments
Draft officials ordered local boards to restart deferment and exemption hearings after a three month pause. The move affects 4,190 local boards and 22,486 pending cases, part of a two year shift toward a national selective service system under Curtis W. Tarr. New rules require 15 day notices, allow witnesses, and ensure board quorum and time for each appeal.
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Washington
Selective Service
Curtis W. Tarr
Nixon
Tarr
Arkansas Suit Is Dismissed By Federal Panel
A three judge federal court panel dismissed a suit challenging the 1971 Arkansas legislative redistricting. William Kelly of Little Rock led the Pulaski County Republican Committee in alleging constitutional flaws in the plan devised by the state Board of Apportionment, comprised of Gov. Dale Bumpers, Atty. Gen. Ray Thornton, and Sec. of State Kelly Bryant.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
William Kelly
Pulaski County
Republican Committee
State Board of Apportionment
Dale Bumpers
Atty
Ray Thornton
Kelly Bryant
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Sonny” Schulte
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National Appeals Board
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