Legislature weighs liquor laws crime and pollution big issues
Texas legislators respond to a UPI survey saying they support liquor law reforms anti crime laws and stronger anti pollution statutes. Yet few favor specific measures liquor by the drink faces ambivalence while most back tougher pollution controls and cautious crime reform.
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Austin
UPI
Texas
Jack Hawkins
Groesbeck
Senate
House
Forrest A. Harding
San Angelo
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
Nixon taps Rep Melvin Laird to lead Defense
Washington (UPI) President elect Richard M Nixon selects Rep Melvin Laird R Wis to head the Pentagon. The move marks a break with prior practice by choosing a Capitol Hill figure rather than a former industry chief. Announcement expected during Nixon’s cabinet reveal on national TV.
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Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Melvin Laird
R-Wis
Pentagon
Laird
Defense
Capitol Hill
Defense Department
Congress
Nixon
New York
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Robert S. McNamars
Ford
Yemeni national Ali Aji Saudi held in UPI report
Philippine News Service says police arrested Ali Aji Saudi of Modesto California a Yemeni national on suspicion of possible complicity in assassinations of very important persons in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
UPI
California
United States
Philippine
Ali Aji Saudi
Modesto
Calif
The Favorite Bonham Texas Page 4 Dec 10 1968
Local newspaper page from Bonham Texas dated Tuesday December 10 1968 features sports and community items. Page 4 includes brief notices, event results, and local updates typical of mid century small city papers.
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Bonham, Tex
Tues
Mother's Palatial Home Not So Bad
Two teenage sisters from Santa Monica recount life in their wealthy mother Gloria Brophy Baker's Brentwood mansion. After denouncing her as a swinger and abusive, they were placed in juvenile hall, then given probation and permission to return home following court review.
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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 column recalls Paris peace conference debates over table shapes and seating. The author compares wife and Hanoi negotiator, suggests trapezium tables suit four-sided talks, and jokes about airport counters and fire poles to spur speed and urgency.
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Washington
UPI
Paris
Pariey
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
Averill Harriman
France
United States
Archaeologists Find Sacred Baboons Near Memphis Egypt
Archaeologists unearth mummies of sacred baboons near Memphis and call the site a complete city of the dead, according to the antiquities department.
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Cairo
UPI
Memphis
Antiquities Department
Grand Jury Opts Not to Indict Powell in 1967 Case
The UPI report states a federal grand jury concluded there is insufficient evidence to prosecute Adam Clayton Powell over misused congressional funds, ending the probe without an indictment and leaving Powell’s bid for Congress with minimal opposition. The Justice Department released a three sentence notice saying no indictment was recommended and none was returned. The case stemmed from a House committee’s charges about travel expenses and salary payments tied to Powell’s finances.
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Washington
UPI
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Congress
Justice Department
Powell
Department of Justice
Judiciary Committee
Emanuel Celler
D.N.Y
Almanac Highlights and Historic Dates for December 10
A compact almanac entry marks December 10, 1968 as the 345th day with 21 to follow. It notes Mars and Jupiter as morning stars, Venus and Saturn in the evening sky, and recalls Mississippi statehood in 1817 and the 1898 Treaty of Paris ending the Spanish Am erican War.
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Mars
Mississippi
Spain
Paris
Guam
Puerto Rico
Philippines
United States
Alfred Nobel
Luzon
Emily Dickenson
Daily Cryptoquote Solution and Instructions
The page explains how to solve the cryptoquote using letter substitutions and shows an example LONGFELLOW with AX YDLBAAKXRE. It notes one letter stands for another and gives a sample quote LIFE IS A JEST AND ALL THINGS SHOW IT. JOHN GAY is cited.
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Longfellow
John Gay
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Houston
Russell Cummings
Tex Braun
Braun
Farenfold
Robert C. Nichols
Rep. Braun
Buck Walton
Sam Rayburn
Texas Power & Light Company
Blondie
Bumstead
MR Dithers
Redeye
Ike
Beetle Bailey
Sarse
Snuffy Smith
Elviney
Buzz Sawyer
Bonham
The
Trowel and Error Garden Club
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Powell
the Almanac
Ky United Press International
God of
Clergyman
Urge
Wail
Boston's
Burnett
Eng
Welles _Niton
Munchhausen
Runyonland
SEYT
RPTMC
Jejzzx Pty
Iyac
Gal
Evening Sun God
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