Metric system in football unlikely to force field changes
The piece notes football fields will likely keep yard measurements under a metric shift. It explains the length mismatch between a 100 yard field and 91.3 meters and the complications for first downs. It also mentions Western Texas College's new activity facility with a $40 semester fee and $10 for a second family member, valid for about 15 weeks.
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Western Texas College
Robert L. Clinton
WTC
Clinton
Wacil McNair
Gas Station Owners Press Washington Over Price Ceilings
Gas station operators told the Cost of Living Council that some stations are closing due to price ceilings and others are defying rules. Oklahoma City reports 25 percent of stations shutting down to maintain profits. others charging up to 4 cents above legal price. A bipartisan group of 33 senators urged action, while a Justice Department attorney defended ceilings as curbing inflationary trends.
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Michael J. Sniffen
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Cost of Living Council
Western
Council
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
Bud Walch
This Date in History 1793 1810 and More
This date marks Washington laying the capitol cornerstone in 1793 and Quebec’s surrender in 1759. Chile declared independence in 1810. The fugitive slave act passed in 1850. Japan occupied Manchuria in 1931. Omar Bradley became a five star general in 1950. Dag Hammarskjold died in 1961. An Indonesian mob attacked the British embassy in 1961. Ongoing campus and Nixon era notes follow.
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Associated Press
George Washington
U.S. Capitol
Washington
Quebec
Chile
Spain
U.S
Japan
Manchuria
Omar Bradley
U.S. Army
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Rhodesia
Indonesia
Jakarta
Britain
Malaysia
Columbia University
Nixon
Weather Update for Texas: Mild to Warm Across Regions
Snyder temperatures show a 61 degree high and 54 degree low for Monday with 54 at 7 am and trace precipitation. West of the Pecos west of the Pecos remains clear to partly cloudy with no major changes through Wednesday. cloudier elsewhere with decreasing clouds tonight and partly cloudy Wednesday. warmer by midweek. North Central and Northeast Texas stay clear to partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. highs reach 75 to 83 and 83 to 97 in warmer zones with lows 52 to 65 and 40s in mountains.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
North Central
Ellen Forms Fifth Named Storm Of 1973 Atlantic Season
Tropic al Storm Ellen, the fifth named storm of the 1973 Atlantic hurricane season, moves northwest across the eastern Atlantic with sustained winds of 55 mph. Located about 2,400 miles east of Miami at 26.3 N 41.8 W, Ellen drifts northwest at 16 mph and may turn west-northwest later, slower.
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Miami
Fla
Ellen
Atlantic
National Hurricane Center
Texas House Debates Reform Proposals In Austin
The Citizens Conference on State Legislatures presents a 59 page report with 81 recommendations to the Texas House. Proposals include annual sessions, state constitutional changes, and a new rules manual, plus streamlined data processing and single member districts.
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Austin, Tex
Texas House
Citizens Conference On State Legislatures
House
Larry Margolis
Citizens Conference
Kansas City
Auto Insurance Goes Competitive in Texas
Gov Dolph Briscoe and Insurance Board Chair Joe Christie announced that Texas will allow auto insurers to compete on price for the first time under a new law. Twelve companies are approved to offer coverage up to 15 percent below Sept 1 rates, potentially reducing motorists premiums by about 4.3 percent on average.
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Austin
Dolph Briscoe
Insurance Board
Joe Christie
Texas
Briscoe
Christie
Reports vary on Agnew resigning this week
Washington AP report notes conflicting signals about Vice President Spiro Agnew potentially resigning. A source close to Agnew questions the Post claim of a 99.12 percent certainty, saying the idea reflects misinterpretation and pressure rather to resignation.
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Agnew
Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Washington Post
J. Marsh Thomson
Thomson
Maryland
The
Post
Baltimore
Nixon
Hearings Resume On Monday In Watergate Probe
The Senate Watergate committee plans to hold public hearings Monday with E Howard Hunt testifying. After Hunt the panel will hear John J Caulfield and Patrick J Buchanan and a man identified as John Reagan. An executive session Wednesday will decide if Charles W Colson will be called. Colson may invoke the Fifth Amendment if immunity is not granted.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
E. Howard Hunt
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Hunt
White House
John J. Caulfield
Patrick J. Pat Buchanan
John Reagan
Ervin
Special Presidential
Charles W. Colson
Colson
Ellsberg
Kissinger Nomination Clears Senate Panel 16 to 1
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved Henry Kissinger’s nomination as secretary of state by a 16 to 1 vote, with Sen. George McGovern opposing as protest over Vietnam war prolongation. Kissinger will keep his White House national security adviser post until confirmation.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Henry A. Kissinger
Senate
Nixon
William P. Rogers
George S. McGovern
Ds.d
Kissinger
Harvard
Security Meet Resumes Today
The United States and allies reopen talks with the Soviet Union and Europe on the Conference on Security and Cooperation. Rudolf Bindschedler warns declarations need concrete steps and justice for durable peace. The phase two aims to translate principles into terms, with 35 governments and about 300 diplomats and staff involved.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Europe
Rudolf Bindschedler
Helsinki
Andre Dominice
George West
U.S
A. G. Kovalev
Malta
Mediterranean
Coordinating Committee
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