SDN Column Reflects on Trinity River Vote and Global Penalties
The SDN Column notes Trinity River Canal defeat in West Texas and mocks anti technology zeal. It cites Buckel on national airport progress and lists global DUI penalties from Malaya to San Salvador as examples for public debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Walter Buckel
Lamesa Press-Reporter
Trinity River
Dallas-Fort Worth
Great Metroplex
Buckel
Big Spring Herald
Malaya
The
Herald
South Africa
Norway
Finland
San Salvador
Today in History highlights March 23 across years
On March 23 events include Mussolini founding a political movement in 1919 and Handel’s Messiah debut in 1743. Patrick Henry’s liberty plea in 1775 and Roosevelt’s 1909 Africa voyage also on this date. Other notes cover Reichstag powers to Hitler in 1933, Rhine crossing in 1945, and later church merger talks and regional incidents.
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Associated Press
Benito Mussolini
Italy
London
George II
George Frederick Handel
Patrick Henry
Virginia
Richmond
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Africa
Reichstag
Adolf Hitler
U.S
Rhine River
Germany
Cantebury
Arthur Michael Ramsey
Paul VI
Utah
Skull Valley
Cambodia
Weather overview Snyder Texas to New Mexico forecast
Weather brief for Snyder and regions across Texas New Mexico with multiple zones. Reports temperatures highs and lows for Thursday and Saturday. describes cloudiness showers thunderstorms wind seas and weekend temperature ranges. Contains coastal winds and snow showers in northeast New Mexico followed by colder air.
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Snyder
Texas
North Central
New Mexico
McCord Sentence Delayed as Watergate Figures Sentenced
Federal Judge Sirica sentenced Liddy to 6 years eight months to 20 years and fined 40000. James W. McCord Jr., a CIA veteran and security chief, had sentencing postponed for a week after requesting private discussion. The court noted political pressure to plead guilty and stay silent. six Watergate conspirators faced varying outcomes.
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Washington (Ap
G. Gordon Liddy
Democratic
James W. McCord Jr
CIA
Committee
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
McCord
Sirica
Liddy
Carr Osorio Acquitted in Federal Fraud Case
Former Texas attorney general Waggoner Carr and ex-law partner John Osorio were acquitted by a federal jury on mail and wire fraud charges. A later trial on related counts remains pending, with five additional defendants tied to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Waggoner Carrright
John Osorio
Federal
Dallas
Godfrey Anderson
Associated Press
Texas Atty
Waggoner Carr
U.S. District Court
William M. Taylor Jr
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Carr—Osorio
United States accuses Hanoi of new missile site near Khe Sanh
The United States charges North Vietnam with establishing a second missile site in the northwest of South Vietnam near Khe Sanh. Brig. Gen. John A. Wickham Jr. says two missiles and radar gear are at the new site, and warns of potential retaliation. Vietnam had previously claimed the first site was Viet Cong led. equipment later disappeared from Khe Sanh.
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United States
DNC Approves Compromise Slate for 25 At-Large Posts
The Democratic National Committee approved by acclamation a 25 at-large slate crafted by National Chairman Robert S. Strauss and the executive committee amid party unity and sharp attacks on President Nixon. The slate replaced two black representatives and added union leader Joseph Beirne, drawing support from regualrs and reformers. Sen. Harold E. Hughes and Bronx leader Patrick Cunningham backed it. Strauss praised unity while criticizing Nixon's inauguration and conduct, and House Speaker Carl Albert pressed Congress over inflation and programs for the poor. The only dissent came from Theodora Martinez over Puerto Rican representation.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Nixon
Robert S. Strauss
Strauss
Jean Westwood
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Patrick Cunningham
Bronx
N.Y
Joseph Beirne
House
Carl Albert
Vietnam
Theodora Martinez
New York
Albert
Congress
Oklahoma
Oil Import Quotas Listed
The Florida White House says Nixon effectively removes the daily import ceiling on petroleum and products. The proclamation lets the oil import appeals board grant extra allocations without regard to 250000 barrels a day, potentially boosting crude and product imports to ease energy shortages.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Florida White House
Nixon
Gerald L. Warren
Oil Import Appeals Board
Warren
US and North Vietnam Deadlocked on POW Release
The United States and North Vietnam failed to resolve the deadlock delaying the release of 138 American prisoners. US evidence of a new antiaircraft missile site near Khe Sanh and a refugee camp attack in the Mekong Delta added tension as both sides held firm on terms linked to troop withdrawals and Laos releases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Mekong
Hanoi
Paris
Laos
Pathet Lao
John A. Wickham Jr
U. S
Storm hampers sea search for 30 missing crewmen
A fierce Atlantic storm and 40-foot seas hampered the chase for 30 crewmen of the sinking Norwegian freighter Norse Varian about 135 miles off the New Jersey coast. Coast Guard and Navy units, plus five merchant ships, hunted from the sea and air after three distress messages reported a hatch broke open. The 541-foot bulk carrier, en route from Norfolk to Hamburg, carried coal and was owned by Odd Godager of Oslo.
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New York
New Jersey
Coast Guard
Cape May
N.J
Navy
Norfolk
Hamburg
Germany
Odd Godager
Oslo
Norway
Nixon seeks broad authority for tariffs in trade plan
President Nixon asks Congress for wide power to adjust tariffs and import limits to aid trade talks. He aims to give the executive branch authority to raise or cut duties, set quotas, and curb surges while seeking relief from non tariff barriers. Mills backs a Fair Trade Act to speed negotiations and protect U.S. industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond le Breton
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Executive Department
U.S
Tariff Commission
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Houston
Thano Dameris
David Hoover
Taylor
Carr
Osorio
FBI
Dutchess County
White House
Bureau of Prisons
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Bernard L. Barker
Eugenio R. Martinez
Frank A. Sturgis
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