Three-Block Mall Plan Aims to Redesign Courthouse Area
City and county officials propose leveling the McLane Co warehouse facing the east courthouse side to create a new jail and off street parking. The plan adds a low line jail building and landscaped blocks to extend the mall around the courthouse square. The project blends a new mall block with the courthouse block and a landscaped jail block to enhance downtown beauty and green space.
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McLane Co
Courthouse Square
Cameron Chamber Showcase Highlights Local Industry and Culture
The Cameron Chamber presented an agri business and industrial display Thursday night in Cameron, with square dancing and vocal acts reflecting Texas tradition. About 250 to 300 attendees gathered at the National Guard Armory for the first chamber dinner, signaling a blend of economic, civic and cultural development in the area.
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Cameron
Texas
Act of Congress
Milam
Cameron Chamber
National Guard Armory
Milam Area
Tokyo Named World’s Most Expensive City in 1970s Surge
Tokyo tops global price rankings as March CPI rises 2.3 percent, year‑over‑year 9 percent, fuelled by food and housing costs. Government tightens money supply after Bank of Japan lifts discount rate to five percent amid inflation fears. Urban pressures push workers to commute 50 miles from center.
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Tokyo
Japan
Bank of Japan
United Nations
Economic Planning Agency
National Railways
Temple Man Charged In Eight False Tax Returns
B C Gillon 47 of Temple Texas was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Austin on eight counts of preparing false income tax returns. He and another preparer were arrested March 23 1973 in a crackdown on unethical return preparers. The indictment claims he aided in preparing eight false returns overstating itemized deductions for Temple area clients.
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B. C. Gillon
East Avenue I
Temple
Texas
Austin
Gillon
Internal Revenue Service
Insurance rate debate heads to open meetings and reforms
Austin reporters note Briscoe backs a modified auto rate deviation plan and new Board rules aim to cut fire and homeowners premiums. The House and Senate push HB 143 for auto medical payments, while ethics, lobby, and open meetings reforms unfold. Texas panels report on minority employment and agency hiring, with rulings on cases in Tyler Dallas and Temple schools.
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Dolph Briscoe
State Board of Insurance
House
Senate
Briscoe
Price Daniel Jr
People’s Lobby
Texas Legislative Council
Moscow to go underground expand transit and shelters
Moscow plans deep underground extensions to handle rising 1970s traffic with tunnels beneath the city linking to bypass routes. The project includes underground parking and facilities, aims for 30 minute city access, and expands the Metro from 97 to 200 miles, with shelters and a maintained low fare.
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Moscow
London
Paris
Berlin
Bentsen Sponsors Energy Bill Aims for Domestic Energy by 1983
Sen. Lloyd Bentsen promotes a co sponsored energy bill in his weekly newsletter. The plan seeks to meet U S energy needs by 1983 using environmentally acceptable domestic sources and to create a national coordinated program for energy research and development.
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Lloyd Bentsen
United States
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