Open meetings bill seeks to require public access
Editorial argues Rep Bill Rapp of Raymondville introduces a Texas House bill to make all state city county agency meetings public with exceptions for confidential records. It notes executive sessions exist in the Senate and cites penalties for violations, urging Legislature to enact open meetings into law and praising past efforts that failed.
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Bill Rapp
Raymondville
Texas
Rep
Happ
Mentre
State
Senate
U. S
Sun
Star Chamber
Rep. Rapp
Briscoe Posts Impressive January Record as D A
District Attorney Frank Briscoe reports a strong start in Harris County with a perfect 10 for 10 murder case record in January and 369 felony convictions overall. He inherited a docket backlog and cites factors like case dismissals and prior inmate statuses as clearing the way for the month’s results.
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Frank Briscoe
Briscoe
Harris County
Attorney General's Office
Gusta
Reed
Starlings Stir City Officials Over Bird Control
Starlings, pigeons and sparrows defy an old city ordinance shielding small birds. City leaders, after years of failed efforts, may finally trap the birds or take action. Captured birds must be disposed of humanely.
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ST. Louis
Baytown Sun masthead and publishing details
The Baytown Sun notice lists publication times from afternoons through Sundays, credits Editor and Publisher Fred Martman and Business Manager Jim Boone, and notes staff roles including Preston Pendergrass and Beulah Mse Jackson. It provides circulation notes, pricing, postal terms, and affiliation with the Associated Press.
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Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and
Abbel
Bigtown
Texas
Fred Martman
Jim Boone
Preston Pendergrass
Beulah Mse Jackson
Electrical cartel case targets giants of industry in Philadelphia
U S District Judge J Cullen Ganey will sentence 29 companies and 44 officials for conspiracy to violate antitrust laws in a Philadelphia trial the Justice Department calls the largest crackdown on big business. Firms include General Electric Westinghouse Allis-Chalmers and more with 19 pleading guilty to price fixing in eight billion dollars of electrical equipment purchases. The case signals potential civil suits for damages and marks a tough new stage under Attorney General Bobby Kennedy.
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Washington
Ganey
General Electric
Westinghouse
Allis - Chalmers
Worthington
Federal Pacific Electric
Justice Department
Bill Rogers
Philadelphia
Rogers
Livewtre
Robert Bicks
Eisenhower
Bobby Kennedy
Bob Picks
Conspiracy of Electrical Firms Divides Government Circuit Breaker Business
Investigators detail a scheme where giants like GE Westinghouse and Allis-Chalmers met on an island cabin to fix prices and allocate quarterly government circuit breaker business. The plan, dubbed phase of the moon, mapped each company’s share and adjusted next quarter if one stood too high.
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Walt
Oswalt
Westinghouse
Allis - Chalmers
A Lodger of Jokes and a Battleship Gag
Ard Connelly recalls evening humor about Robert Benchley wobbling to a fancy gentleman and asking for a taxicab. A witty admiral retort follows as Benchley claims a battleship, while another tale features a husband tying pots and pans to a rope to dodge a sharp-eyed wife.
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Ard Connelly
Robert Benchley
United States Navy
Confed capital city and notable 20th century figures
Quiz style items ask which city hosted the Confederacy’s capital, the AFL-CIO’s largest union, and identify “Chinese” Gordon, while noting a late 18th century Revolutionary general who enlisted. The piece also references a third presidential election near-miss, a pop culture note on Eddie Brecken, and a biographical tidbit about a Newark radio pioneer who later worked at New York’s Taft Grill Room.
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Confederacy
Afl-Cio
Gordon
Washington
Newark
N. J
New York City
Taft
Milk É Company
Brooklyn
Incendiary Blonde star and 1940s film hits teased
A column profiles a famed singer actress known as the Incendiary Blonde and lists titles such as The Fleet's In Star Spangled Rhythm Happy Go Lucky Annie Get Your Gun and The Greatest Show On Earth. It also notes a 1827 ballet debut in New York and a short reader quiz with five prompts.
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Nola
Battle Creek
Mich
Amr
Brazil
Bresils
Bath
U. S. White House
America
Orson Welles
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Detroit
Sophia Loren
Sherman Billingsley
Stork Club
S. B
Quirky Facts and Figures from a Bygone Era
A miscellany of pop psychology quips and trivia covers celebrities like Sophia Loren and Sherman Billingsley, medical stats, weather and work habits, plus a Connecticut study on driving danger. It casts a humorous, dated lens on society, fame, and daily life.
Editorial Finds Similarities Between Incarcerated and Outside Youth
A Pennsylvania juvenile delinquency editorial notes surveys of inmates at State Correctional Institution Camp Hill and hundreds of Harrisburg junior high students. Dr. Harry A. Snyder reports similar home ownership, employment, school relations, and media use among both groups, with a key difference in nighttime behavior and parental supervision.
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Pennsylvania
Jnvenile
Moosing Post
Amon
State Correctional Institution
Camp Hill
Harrisbury
Harry A. Snyder
Pennsylvania Bureau of Currtion
Snyder
Institutions of Correction
How Do You Stand? Barry Goldwater Speech
Barry Goldwater argues that public virtue matters more than popularity and decries calls of poor sport in elections. He cites Nixon Kennedy, slavery, and historic challenges to stress that winning by principle requires steadfast resolve, not graceful defeat.
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Walter Slezak
Connecticut
New England
Bevan Wolfe
Barry Goldwater
Senator
Ariz
Kennedy - Johnson
United States
Dick Nixon
John Kennedy
Lo Ownukl
Republic
George Washington
God
South Makes Five Diamonds After Faulty Defense
In a 1961 bridge play from King Fi West, South, nearly solo, turned a sacrifice into five diamonds doubled. West’s early spade and heart leads allowed declarer to ruff and discard cleverly, turning a four spade contract into defeat for the defense. West erred by continuing spades after winning the hearts, missing a heart return.
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South West North East
Dodie
South
West
Blackwood
North
Hearts
Diamonds
King Fi
Desclarér
Declarer
Ires Syndicate, Inc
Daily Crossword Clue Solver for Yesterday’s Grid
Crossword puzzle clues list entries such as Distance TEASILES Discovers Digits Armored vehicle Ginko torone and Definite article. The fragment suggests a fill in answers like measures units or synonyms, with armored vehicle likely TANK and definite article THE.
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Materday
Ginko
Torone
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