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...Exploitation of Siberian natural-gas reserves. Two projects are being explored, one involving on the U.S. side a consortium of Tenneco, Texan Eastern Transmission and Brown & Root, the other El Paso Natural Gas and possibly Occidental Petroleum. The two together could require as much as $10 billion to $14 billion of U.S. development capital, and that may be too much for private U.S. financial institutions. Some new form of Government financing will probably be needed...
...California, wielded the gavel with muscle, tact and a winning smile. Delegates were careful to address her as "Madam Chairwoman," or, at least once, as "Madam Chairperson." Representative Shirley Chisholm of New York won a small but loyal following for her presidential candidacy. Frances ("Sissy") Farenthold, a Vassar-educated Texan who ran well for Governor earlier this year, was nominated for Vice President and came in second to Eagleton. On the convention's last night, Jean Westwood of Utah, a Mormon who served as one of McGovern's floor managers, was elected the first woman Democratic national chairman...
...again? Or will he be dumped at five minutes to twelve, withdrawing as soon as he learns of the President's wishes? And if that should indeed be the case, will John Connally be the man? There is no doubt that despite his resignation from the Treasury, the Texan remains very much a White House favorite, as evidenced by Nixon's sending him on a 15-nation tour as his personal representative...
...Syracuse, Penn State, Miami, and Michigan State, Logos is the only place that will take this player, who loves the physical and mental pleasure of the game while remaining indifferent to the many kinds of psychological contests played in training. So Gary sends himself from upstate New York into Texan exile, for a last chance to play the game...
This is a first feature for former Character Actor Steve Ihnat (remember the drunken Texan who beat up Mar lon Brando in The Chase'?). Ihnat bears partial responsibility for writing this lackluster plot, although as a director he fares a good deal better. Unlike most fledgling film makers, Ihnat has an uninsistent and subtle style. He can catch the fleeting mood of a scene in a few shots, most impressively in a terse, brutal barroom brawl, and he has a good eye for local color. A ro deo parade down the main street of Carlsbad, N. Mex., is rendered...