West Texas College campus gains focus on new student center
The SDN Column notes major WTC construction including a see through main floor and a growing student center plus a planned museum building. President Dr Robert Clinton and Athletic Director Sid Simpson lead a tour of new facilities as spring arrives and district goals near completion. The piece also mentions Snyder city sales tax changes effective April 1 and moon based Easter timing.
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Western Texas College
Robert Clinton
WTC
Sid Simpson
Nixon proposes first comprehensive federal crime code revision
President Nixon sent Congress a sweeping overhaul of federal criminal law, ending insanity as a defense and stiffening penalties. The plan classifies offenses into nine categories with mandatory probation conditions, heightened fines for corporate offenders, and tough drug trafficking sanctions. It redefines obscenity and sets minimum prison terms including seven to ten years on certain convictions. Marijuana distribution and other offenses face substantial maximums. death penalty remains possible in certain cases.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
John McClellan
D-Ark
Judiciary Subcommittee
L. Patrick Gray II
Today in History highlights and 1973 events
On March 22 1765 English Parliament passed the Stamp Act to raise revenue in the American colonies. In 1622 350 Virginians were killed in the first Indian massacre of European colonists in North America. The Arab League was founded in Cairo in 1945.
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Associated Press
North America
Congress
U.S
Stephen Decatur
James Barron
Washington
Arab League
Cairo
Indonesia
Sukarno
Suharto
United States
South Vietnam
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Weather forecast summary for Texas and New Mexico
Readings show 7 am temperature 44 degrees with highs ranging from 60 to 82 across Texas regions. Moisture outlook includes showers and thunderstorms, with cooler air in the northwest and increasing cloudiness in central areas. New Mexico sees snow spreading to mountains by Friday with rain and snow showers in valleys and cooler temperatures.
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Snyder
Texas
North Central
New Mexico
US Critics Rally Against Canal Treaty Veto
In Panama the U N Security Council meeting drew strong attacks on Washington as negotiators seek a new canal treaty. John Scali signaled willingness to continue talks, while Panama presses for timely agreement amid international pressure and a formal pledge to pursue negotiations in good faith. In Austin the House quickly passed a bill allowing ranchers to hunt coyotes from the air.
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Charles Green
Associated Press
Panama
U.S
U.N. Security Council
Council
Washington
John Scali
U.N
Nixon
Britain
United
United States
Juan Antonio Tack
General Assembly
Seali
Seals
Canal Zone
Latin America
Canal
Austin
Deadlock Seen On Gray Nomination In Senate
In Washington the Gray FBI director nominee faces possible deadlock in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senator Gurney says the panel may be evenly split, risking a tie vote that would block confirmation. The deb ate centers on Gray handling of Watergate investigation materials and direct sharing with White House counsel Dean.
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Washington
L. Patrick Gray III
FBI
Senate Judiciary Committee
Gray
Edward J. Gurney
Gurney
R-Fla
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
White House
John W. Dean
Richard G. Kleindienst
Carr Denies Fraud Allegations In Sharpstown Case
Former Texas attorney general Waggoner Carr accused prosecutors of a vast imaginative fraud plot as his federal trial over Sharpstown bank scandal ties neared closure. He alleged Washington lawyers were sent to influence the case and defended RIC Inc. as a failed venture that left him charged with fraud alongside co defendants Novotny and Sharp.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas Atty
Waggoner Carr
Carr
Sharpstown
Washington
Robert Mahoney
Justice Department
Mary Kaiser
Securities and Exchange Commission
Joe Novotny
Frank Sharp
Novotny
Sharp
Sharpstown State Bank
Bank
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
NBL
RIC, Inc
RIC
Reds Call Off POW Releases
The Communists cancelled this weekend’s U S prisoner releases after Washington repudiated an agreed final troop withdrawal plan. They will withhold the last 138 American POWs and require new U S conditions for continued withdrawal.
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Washington
U.S
Joint Military Commission
Laos
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Vietnam
Hanoi
Gia Lam
United States
Joint Commission
John A. Wickham
Drug Study Sent To Congress
The National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse sends Congress and the President the results of a two year, 1 million dollar study of America's drug problems. The 134 member panel has already released one report urging repeal of all criminal penalties for marijuana use, a recommendation vetoed by Nixon. The new report covers heroin, alcohol, amphetamines, barbiturates, tranquilizers, and nonprescription sedatives. The commission is led by former Gov. Raymond P. Shafer with nine members appointed by Nixon and four by Congress.
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Washington
National Commission On Marijuana and Drug Abuse
Congress
America
Nixon
California
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
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