Texas School Finance Case Set For Supreme Court Review
The Supreme Court agreed to rule next term on public school financing in all states except Hawaii. Texas appeals a San Antonio federal court ruling finding the property tax system unconstitutional for disadvantaging the poor. Thirty states join Texas. four governors support the district court. The case could rival Brown v. Board in significance for school desegregation.
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Texas
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District Court
Brown Vs. Board of Education
Jets Wreck Key Rail Yard In North Vietnam Raid
US Air Force jets hit a North Vietnamese rail yard and bridge near Lang Son and attacked Bag Giang power plant with laser guided bombs. The strikes, near the Chinese border, followed ongoing bombing campaigns and targeted multiple bridge and facility sites with varying verified results.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Lang Son
Bag Giang
Hawai
U.S
Valerie McBunch
E‘vonne Laughlin Sellers
U.S. Steel
Sarah Bill Thompson
Toga
Yen Lap
National Air Guard of
Hanoi
Bill
Bay 1
Arkansas
Joe Roach
Jacksonville
South Vietnam
Don Cooke
Ing
John Walczynski
Elsie Byrd
Maureen Anderson
LaVonne Moore
Mary Thorpe
Vi Donnelly
Maude Hughes
Robert E. Lee
A.M
Red) Bale
Bay, Town
Senate to vote on Kieindienst nomination for attorney general
AP reports the long stalled Kieindienst nomination advances to a Senate vote Thursday. California voters reject the Environ metal Initiative after a fierce business and labor led campaign. Rep Frank Calhoun announces for House Speaker in 1973 amid rival Price Daniel Jr. opposition. A Johnson memo from 1964 warns escalation in Vietnam likely ends in failure. Fidel Castro visits a Warsaw school amid Polish health rumors. U S pilots threaten to ground flights if hijackers sheltering countries persist. Port of Houston directors grant 20 percent raise to executive director George W Altwater to 26000.
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Frank Calhoun
Abilene
Rep
Price Daniel Jr
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Calhoun
Big Four
Rayford Price
Humphrey Arrives in Houston Seeks Governors Backing
Sen Hubert H Humphrey arrived in Houston after California loss, saying he can beat Nixon in November and urging anti McGovern governors to back him. He noted delegates, not governors, pick the nominee, and said he would present credentials to the group at their meeting.
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South Dakota
Wisconsin
Patrick Lucey
Bridge Repairs Awarded After Adlong School Road Closure
Crosby officials awarded a two month contract to repair the Adlong School Road bridge after heavy March rains caused a washout. The Bray Road bridge near Miller Wilson Road also faced delays. County Commissioner Jamie Bray said maintenance crews can handle some tasks, while flood control district involvement was discussed with Engineer Tom Langford.
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Ad Ewell
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Jong School Road
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Bray
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Erode
Miller-Wilson Road
Charley D. Wor
W. E. Wor
Baytown Sun
Jassoon
Adlong School Road
County Flood Control District
Tom Langford
Brayfeid Langford
Farenthold Step-Son Murder Case Joined by FBI
The FBI has entered the murder case of George Randolph Randy Farenthold 32 a Corpus Christi rancher and playboy found slain off Port Aransas with a 25 pound concrete block chained to his neck. Autopsy ruled homicide as he was struck on the head and dumped into the water. Farenthold who was the step son of state Rep Frances Farenthold faced federal fraud charges involving $100 000 and travel across state lines connected to a scheme. Four men including Bruce Bass were named in indictments with Bass set for trial in September. Investigators noted last seen Saturday night and no motive or suspects yet established.
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Tex
Federal Bureau of Investigation
George Randolph
Randy’ Farenthold
Texas
Farenthold
Port Aransas
Corpus Christi Bay
Frances Farenthold
FBI
Joseph Rupp
Nueces County
Houston
R Zuntown
Bruce Bass HL
Las Vegas
Mev
Bass
Farrell Smith
Peter Soddland Thornton Canton Jr
McGovern Captures California Primary Boosting Nomination Bid
Senator George McGovern wins California and three other primaries as he surges toward the Democratic presidential nomination. Humphrey trails with 38 progress, Wallace writes in with 3, while McGovern leads in delegates with about 1,000 plus toward the 1,590 needed. California results show McGovern 47 percent, Humphrey 38, with six minor candidates dividing the rest.
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Associated Press
George McGovern
Dakota
Sen
Fhiberty
New Jersey
New Mesize
South Dakota
McGovern
Humphey
California
Humphrey
Los Angeles
San Digno
Alabama
George A. Wallace
McCovern
Weather and Tides Baytown Area Forecast
Partly cloudy and warm through Thursday with a chance of widely scattered showers and thunder showers. Low Wednesday night 65 to 75, high Thursday 85 to 95. Morgan's Point tides Thursday highs 2 32 pm and 10 52 pm, lows 1 08 am and 2 48 pm. Thursday sunrise 6 20 am, sunset 8 21 pm.
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Rites for Minister Scheduled Thursday
Eugene D Green 60 of 221 W Nazro Baytown resident and minister of South Main Church of Christ died in a Houston hospital after long illness He will lie in state at Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Home then at South Main Church of Christ Baytown at noon Thursday Burial in Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery He is survived by wife Gertrude Frazia Green two sisters one brother and nieces and nephews The notice also mentions campaign posters illegally posted around the city and the bond required for signage on public right of way
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Eugene D
Baytown
Park and Decker
Forest Park
Houston
Ed Malcik
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