Legislature weighs liquor laws crime and pollution
Texas lawmakers rally behind liquor reform anti-crime legislation and tougher pollution controls but show split on specifics Liquor by the drink faces opposition from some and earlier filibuster fears cloud prospects Pollutions bills face cautious backing with local prosecutions possible under nuisance laws and resistance from some legislators
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Austin
UPI
Texas
Jack Hawkins
Groesbeck
Senate
House
Forrest A. Harding
San Angelo
Tex Braun
Houston
Braun
Farenfold
Robert C. Nichols
Rep. Braun
Nixon to name Laird as defense secretary in break with precedent
President elect Nixon plans to appoint Rep. Melvin Laird of Wisconsin to head the Pentagon, potentially ending a long habit of choosing defense chiefs from industry. Laird would be the first defense secretary recruited from Capitol Hill, signaling closer ties between the Defense Department and Congress as Nixon announces his cabinet.
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Washington
API
Richard M. Nixon
Melvin Laird
R-Wis
Pentagon
Laird
Defense
Capitol Hill
Defense Department
Congress
Nixon
New York
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Robert $. McNamars
Ford
Yemeni Man Arrested in US VIP Assassination Probe
Philippine News Service reports police detained Ali Ali Saudi of Modesto California a Yemeni national on suspicion of possible complicity in the assassination of very important persons in the United States. The arrest was disclosed today by the Philippine News Service.
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Manila
UPI
California
United States
Philippine
Ali Ali Saudi
Modesto
Calif
The Favorite Bonham Tex December 10 1968 Page Four
Local page four item highlights community news and notices from Bonham Texas for December tenth nineteen sixty eight. Details focus on ongoing local events and social updates.
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Bonham, Tex
Tues
Mother's Palatial Home Not So Bad Sisters Discover
Two teenage sisters from Santa Monica recount their time at juvenile hall, reconsidering life at their mother's Brentwood mansion. They admitted past complaints about a lavish home and partying were exaggerated and received one year probation with return to the family.
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Santa Monica
Calif
UPI
Mary Ann Brophy
Nancy
Gloria Brophy Baker
Brentwood
Mary
Southwest Portland Cement Co
Northridge
Tonnen Landis
Superior Court
Edward R. Brand
Lighter Side on Paris Peace Talks and Conference Tables
A humorous UPI column notes how the Paris talks clash with table shapes and seatings. The author jokes about square and trapezium coffee tables mirroring the four sided, nonparallel Paris negotiations and offers light suggestions.
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Washington
UPI
Paris
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
Averill Harriman
France
United States
Archaeologists Find Sacred Baboons Mummies Near Memphis
Archaeologists in Cairo report uncovering a cache of sacred baboon mummies near Memphis seen as revealing a possible complete city of the dead, according to the antiquities department.
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Cairo
UPI
Memphis
Antiquities Department
Grand Jury Clears Powell in Funds Case
A federal grand jury declined to indict Adam Clayton Powell after investigating roughly $42,000 in congressional funds. The Justice Department stated the evidence did not warrant prosecution and did not recommend an indictment. Powell seeks to return to Congress as the House had previously denied him a seat in 1967 amid the probe.
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Washington
UPI
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Congress
Justice Department
Powell
Department of Justice
Judiciary Committee
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
Almanac Snapshot for December 10, 1968
The note marks December 10 as the 345th day of 1968 with 21 days left and mentions visible planets Mars Jupiter Venus and Saturn. It lists historical milestones including Mississippi statehood 1817 the 1898 Treaty of Paris ending the Spanish American War and Nobel prize distribution beginning 1901 and Japanese landing in the Philippines 1941. It ends with a thought from Emily Dickinson about success.
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Mars
Jupiter
Mississippi
Spain
Paris
Guam
Puerto Rico
Philippines
United States
Alfred Nobel
Luzon
Emily Dickenson
DAILY CRYPTOQUOTE PUZZLE AND CLUES
A cryptogram puzzle page lists a themed set of clues across and down with sample mappings and instructions. It includes a quote by LONGFELLOW and notes about substitution ciphers and example answers.
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Jim Earthman
Russell Cummings
Honore Ligarde
Laredo
Frances T. Farenfold
Corpus Christi
Presidents Crime Commission
Bob Armstrong
Charles Wilson
Lufkin
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Temple Dickson
Sweetwater
Ace Pickens
Odessa
Buck Walton
Sam Rayburn
Coy Frakker
Texas Power & Light Company
Blondie
MR Dithers
Redeye
Ike
Beetle Bailey
Snuffy Smith
Larce
Elviney
Buzz Sawyer
Bonham
The
Trowel and Error Garden Club
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Powell
the Almanac
Ky United Press International
Defunet Bird
Snaris
Boston
Mode Burnett
Eng
Welles
Munchhausen
Runyonland
Longfellow
SEYT
Jelszzx Pty
Iyac
John Gay
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