Texas Keeps cattle supply lead despite Iowa gains
Texas remains the leading cattle on feed state with 2,163,000 head as of May 1, while Iowa trails with 2,003,000. Seven-state total stands at 9,391,000 head, up six percent from last year, and Texas wheat output may hit 83 million bushels. The Salt Creek oil field marks a 100 million barrels milestone while ecological gains accompany the operation, including wildlife rebounds and habitat improvements.
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Texas
Iowa
Texas Agriculture Dept
John C. White
May 24 History Highlights Across Centuries
On this date in 1626 Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island for goods worth 24. In 1819 Queen Victoria born. 1830 first US passenger railroad began Baltimore to Elliott's Mills. 1844 Morse telegraph message. 1883 Brooklyn Bridge opened. 1941 Bismarck sank Hood. 1,300 died. 1964 Lima riot killed 300. 10 years ago DOJ sought to bar Wallace at Alabama. 5 years ago De Gaulle referendum. 1 year ago US and USSR space pact.
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Associated Press
Peter Minuit
Dutch West India Trading Company
Manhattan Island
Queen Victoria
Britain
London
United States
Baltimore
Elliott’s Mill
Samuel F.B. Morse
Weather outlook for Texas and Oklahoma regions
Snyder area sees a high of 85 and a low of 61 today with 7 am reading at 62. Northwest and Southwest Texas stay partly cloudy with little temperature change. scattered winter storms possible in the southeast tonight. Highs reach 80s to mid 90s across regions. winds from the south and southeast at 8 to 18 knots near the coast with possible showers.
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Snyder
Texas
Souweast
Brownsville
Port O’connor
Port O'Connor
Port Arthur
Oklahoma
General Crude Celebrates Salt Creek Field 100 Millionth Barrel
General Crude Oil Co marked the Salt Creek Field milestone with a tour of pressure maintenance facilities and a luncheon at Snyder Country Club. Officials from the Texas Railroad Commission and company leaders attended as the Salt Creek reservoir’s oil recovery is projected to exceed 50 percent through water and miscible gas injection since 1952.
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General Crude
Salt Creek
Kent County
Big Salt Creek
General Crude Oil Co
Snyder Country Club
Texas Railroad Commission
Salt Creek Reservoir
Snyder
Country Club
F.A
Shorty) Hunter
Houston
Genera Crude
K.E. Montague
Hunter
Bob Wilson
Jim Lyon
Salt Creek Unit
Jellicoe resigns from British cabinet amid sex scandal
Lord Jellicoe quits as Lord Privy Seal after admitting casual affairs with call girls linked to a vice inquiry. The Heath government already faced Lambton’s earlier resignation as air minister. Britain reels from the sex scandal as speculation swirls over further names while Heath prepares a Commons statement.
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London
Jellicoe
House of Lords
Edward Heath
Lord Lambton
Lambton
Lord Jellicoe
George V
Heath
Navy
House of Commons
Alch Offers To Take Lie Test At Watergate Hearings
Gerald Alch offered to take lie detector tests to back his denial of suggesting CIA blame for the Watergate wiretapping and to support his claim that Bernard Fensterwald warned of targeting the President. He testified during Senate Watergate hearings as McCord and Fensterwald debated past statements and possible misinterpretations.
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Alch
Washington
James McCord Jr
Gerald Alch
Central Intelligence Agency
McCord
Bernard Fensterwald
United States
Senate
Sponse
Senate Watergate Committee
Samuel Cash
Fensterwald
U.S. Reports First Trade Surplus in 18 Months
Secretary of Commerce Frederick Dent announced April 1974 as the first trade surplus in 18 months with exports topping imports by 196.3 million. The shift stemmed from lower imports especially from Canada amid a global boom, though the yearly deficit pace remained 1.9 billion at an annual rate.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Frederick Dent
Dent
Commerce Department
Canada
U.S
Rep Mills Found Shot To Death In Maryland Farm Barn
U S Representative William Mills was found dead from a gunshot wound at Mulberry Hill Farm in Talbot County near Washington. An aide confirmed indications Mills shot himself. The 48 year old Republican faced scrutiny over a $25,000 contribution from Nixon campaign funds not reported to Maryland election officials.
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Easton
U.S
William ©. Mills
Maryland
Washington Post
Nixon
Maryland Board of Election
Mills
Jack Shaum
Mulberry Hill
Talbot County
Washington
Easton Memorial Hospital
Dave Thackery
Congress
Rogers C.B Morton
Interior
Ford in contact with guerrillas over aid demand
In Buenos Aires the Troskeyite Revolutionary Army demanded one million dollars in aid for the poor, threatening to kidnap Ford executives. Ford agreed to negotiations while seven workers were forced to hear a speech criticizing Secretary of State Rogers during Argentina’s presidential inauguration events.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Ford Motor Co
Troskeyite People’s Revolutionary Army
Ford
Adams Chiclets
William P Rogers
Hector J. Campora
People’s Revolutionary Army
Dearborn
Mich
U.S
Eastman Kodak
First National Bank of Boston
Fiat
Texas Legislature Accepts Budget Safer Than Tax Increase
Texas legislators passed a 9.7 billion two year budget meeting Gov Briscoes no new taxes demand and noting a surplus. Speaker Price Daniel Jr claimed votes to place lobby control into conference committee. Rep Dean Cobb moved to a conference on death penalty bill amid constitutional concerns. House sent public school finance to conference as Senate passed its revised funding plan with a two year stopgap.
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D-Dumas
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
House
Skylab salvage ship packed for Friday launch
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP the Skylab salvage ship is packed with sunshades and tools to repair the crippled orbiting laboratory as a Friday launch tightens the schedule Apollo 11B will carry three astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz to rendezvous with Skylab 272 miles above Earth a 9 am EDT liftoff. A sun shield with three shields tested could bring Skylab temperatures to 70 degrees within a day or two allowing full day mission aboard the lab.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Orbiting Laboratory
Space Agency
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J
Liam
Schneider
Skylab
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