Panama Canal Treaty discussed amid public misgivings
The article surveys Senate ratification hurdles for the Carter Panama Canal Treaty, public skepticism, and historical context from Teddy Roosevelt to WWI. It notes domestic debate on sovereignty, potential constitutional overreach, and the proposal’s impact on Carter’s term prospects. A reader asks how to change a child’s surname in Texas without adoption and the effect on child support.
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Senate
Congress
U. S. House
Canal Zone
U. S
Teddy Roosevelt
Service to the Editor October 19 1977
A brief service to the editor appears dated October 19 1977. The text records reader correspondence or an opinion brief awaiting publication in the local paper.
Hand-Written Wills Legal for Texans 18 Plus
Texas allows adults 18 or older or married or in the armed forces to draft a will. A handwritten will is valid if written entirely in the hand of the maker. Typed or printed wills must be witnessed by two or more. Consider consulting a lawyer to ensure your wishes are clear.
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Texas
Police and freedom in a free society examined
Jerome H. Skolnick discusses reconciling police power with individual liberty, tracing Peel's 1829 reforms, American policing from 1837 onward, and how discretion, malpractice, and accountability shape law enforcement in a diverse society. The piece notes police as public trustees, not armored cowboys.
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Police
America
Jerome H. Skolnick
University of California, Berkeley
University Extension
University of California
San Diego
National Endowment For the Humanities
Center For Studies of
National Institute of Mental Health
The
Regents of
London
England
Robert Peel
Home Secretary
Peel
Scotland Yard
Sir Robert
Army
United States
Boston
Broad Street
New York City
Administration of Justice
New York
Knapp Commission
Advertisements and births fill 1895 Herald entry
The 1895 Herald lists eleven attorneys six doctors and one dentist with Dr Jones claiming surgery and cures by a vegetable remedy. Local births noted a fine boy for Mr and Mrs Baskin and another for Mr and Mrs Mage Henderson. An Oyster Roast excursion to Rockport offers $3.25 round trips, returning by Nov 7. A 1937 note reports George Wall’s death by self-inflicted wound and an inquest verdict.
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Herald
Jones
Hood
Texas Brigade
Harry Davis
Hec Ellis
B. J. Baskin
Ben
United States
Mage Henderson
Rockport
Corpus Christi
Aransas Pass
Portland
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Frank M. Luecke
Cameron
Act of Congress
Milam
Panama
Cuba
Vietnam
Anon
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Athe
State Bar OF Texas
Seveice
Luecke
Cindy Lafferty
Cameron Area
P. O
Austin
By Jerome H. Skolnick
Caleb Foote
Lower East Side
Bacr
George Wall
Pin Oak Creek
W. E. Thomas
Milano
Joe Moore
New York Giants
Gause
Joe
Gertrude Ludwig
United Air Lines
Warner Baxter
Wallace Beery
Community Public Service Co
Chas. C. Smith
Fort Worth
Tempermental
Charlie Smith
Gene Smitherman
Charlotte Peacock
Henry Fonda
Virginia Mayo
Dennis Morgan
Humphrey Bogart
Katherine Hepburn
Esther Williams
Howard Keel
Judy Garland
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