Three Reservoirs Planned For Sabine River Basin
The Texas Water Development Board outlined a plan for three new reservoirs Lake Fork Mineola and Kilgore 2 in the Sabine River basin East Texas with a total cost of 97.3 million They would provide water supply and flood control storage plus salt water barrier protection A public hearing is set for June 20 in Longview and June 22 in Orange with exports to Dallas Terrell and Marshall and diversions from Cypress Creek to Marshall by 2029 The planned sites cover 35 460 acres with a drainage area of 755 miles
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Austin
API
Sabine River
Texas
Texas Water Development Board
Longview
Orange
Bel Lake Fork
Mineclla
Kilgore
Water Development Board
Mineola
Lake Fork
Granze County
Fer
Sabine River Authority
Dallas
Terrell
Cypress Creek
Marshall
Henderson
Kilgore 2
Sebine Basin
Louisiana
Carr Rules CATV Companies Are Public Utilities
A Texas attorney general opinion holds antenna television companies that carry cable signals are public utilities subject to state regulation. It states cable firms may string cables on highway rights of way under a state permit allowing magnetic telegraph lines. The AG cites court cases to support viewing public service cable providers as public utilities even without explicit legislative declaration.
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Austin
Antenna Television Co
Waggoner Carr
Tevision
Carr
D. C. Greer
Methodists Urge Church Integration in Dallas Conference
North Texas conference of the Methodist Church calls for minority churches and districts to be included in leadership and training. The report urges attendance at meetings, supports birth control materials and Greening-Tidings bill, promotes Head Start, anti poverty programs, mental health resources, and probes candidates on liquor by the drink and parimutuel gambling. It also endorses dissent and freedom of thought in peace and foreign policy.
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Dallas
Tex
North Texas
Methodist Church
Seven Texans Die In Viet Nam Casualties
Washington AP Defense Department lists seven Texas servicemen among weekly Vietnam casualties ending June. Army Sgt. George D. Weeks Wheeler. Sgt. Charles W Gober Jr., Waco. Marine Lance Cpl. Jerry L. Noland, Houston. Lance Cpl. Robert A. Cer Kil, San Benito. Lance Cpl. Billy J. Holt, Cameron. Lance Cpl. Charles F. E. Walker, Dallas. Staff Sgt. James Gary, Texarkana.
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Washington
Defense Department
Texas
Amon
Viet Nam
ARMY
George D. Weeks
Wheeler
Tex
Charles W Gober Jr
Waco
Marine Corps Lance
Jerry L. Noland
Houston
Lance
Robert A. Cer Kil
San Benito
Billy J. Itolt
Cameron
Elance
Charles FE. Walker
Dallas
James Gary
Texarkana
Commandos Learn Cong War Tactics
CAIRO AP The Palestine Liberation Organization plans to send commandos to study Viet Cong guerrilla tactics for use against Israel. PLO head Ahmed Shukairy says the group will stand with South Vietnamese forces against American imperialism and apply this warfare to Palestine's liberation. The PLO was formed in 1964 to organize and train Palestinians for homeland liberation and has recently received some Chinese support while remaining largely under Egyptian control.
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Cairo
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
Egypt
Mideast
Ahmed Shukairy
Palestine
China
TV Scope: Wall Street Show Explores Money Movements
AP TV critic Cynthia Lowry reviews CBS public affairs special Wall Streets Where the Money Is. Producer Stuart frames stock markets as a travelogue through brokers and money trends, not a quick buck guide. He cites Gertrude Stein on pockets of money and reflects on past documentaries. Weekend viewing includes Continental Showcase and Politics: The Outer Fringe.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
CBS
Wall Streets
Fel Stuart
Stuart
Wall Street
Gertrude Stein
Bis
Jim Backus
Jackie Gleason
NBC
King Leaves March Scene in Mississippi Show of Unity
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr leaving the front line of the Mississippi march as James Meredith vows to resume the 225 mile walk to Jackson on June 16 if doctors permit. Meredith, shot while leading the march, says his action may ease fear and spur voter registration. A CORE leader in Baltimore pledges protest support as the route continues through Tennessee and Mississippi.
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Como
Miss
Martin Luther King Jr
Mississippi
James H. Meredith
New York
Baltimore
Tennessee
Meredith
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
James Meredith
Memphis
Jackson
Hermando
Aubrey James Norvell
King
Miles
Farmer
Floyd McHissick
CORE
Chicago
McKissick
Bronx
N.Y
Nathan Strauss
Congress
Salvatore Almeida
Dennis Coletman
Marks
Armstead Phipps
U.S. 51
Walter Brooks
Arbe Meredith
Memphis City Commission
William F. Bowld Hospital
Christ
Union Heads Reject Plea of Seamen
London Britain s step union leaders rejected the seamen plea for settlement as 23 000 strikers face dwindling funds and a six week old walkout. The Trades Union Council told the National Union of Seamen you are on your own while William Hogarth predicted at least eight more weeks of strike action amid pay and hours disputes and a government panel's four hour week recommendation.
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London
Britain
Trades Union Council
National Union of Seamen
William Hogarth
Seamen’s Union
TUC
Searmen
Harold Wilson
Second Will Leaves King Ranch Fortune To Lawyer
A handwritten second will leaving the 310 million Alice Atwood estate to Chicago policeman Michael J. de Bella surfaced after her death on December 1. The Hart will named Thomas Hart Fisher as beneficiary, and he and his wife hold key King Ranch interests. Court filings show disputes over assets and oil royalties as executor Continental National Bank & Trust Co. probes raises and accounting.
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Chicago
Texas
Alice Atwood
Crick
Miss Atwood
King Ranch
Michael J. de Bella
Thomas Hart Fisher
Edwin K. Atwood
Evanston
Ralph F. Davis
Fisher
Davis
Continental National Bank & Trust Co
Leonard F. Handmade
Atwood
de Bella
Miss Tan Finalists Cut To 8 In Pageant
Eight girls were named finalists in the Miss Tan America Pageant in Dallas. Talent judging left contestants sleepless and excited as they hugged, chatted, and played piano. Harriett Rhett won talent with a classical piano piece and aims at musical therapy for the blind.
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Dallas
Helen Miller
Columbus
S. C
Harriett Rhett
Stamford
McCagg Studies ELZIE McCAGG at Texas A&M
McCagg studies engineering graphics tools and techniques at Texas A M University while serving as an instructor at Lee College.
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Elzie McCagg
Lee Colege
Texas A&m University
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