Jaworski backs Texas constitution vote amid calls for reform
Leon Jaworski former Watergate prosecutor and jurist endorses passage of the November Texas constitutional proposal while criticizing the century old instrument. He favors modernization including annual sessions and argues public support is needed despite some business opposition.
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Leon Jaworski
Nuremburg
Texas
Texas Senate
Carillo
Houston
Constitutional Commission
Jaworski
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Jawroski
Scientists Denounce Astrology as Charlatanry by 186 Signers
A statement endorsed by 186 scientists including 18 Nobel Prize winners condemns astrology as lacking scientific basis. The group warns against accepting astrologers' predictions and notes the public’s preference for comfort over data despite vast astronomical advances.
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Humanist Magazine
Venezuela Moves to Take Control of Oil Industry
Venezuela, led by President Carlos Andres Perez, moves to nationalize 5.184 billion dollars in foreign oil assets. The bill transfers concessions and property from 18 foreign firms to the state next January after 60 days to set compensation terms, with the state predicting 1.2 billion dollars in payouts.
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Caracas
Reuter
Venezuela
Carlos Andres Perez
Congress
Carlos Gonzalez Bona
United States
U.S
Exxon
Texaco
Mobil
Rafael Caldera
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Gonzalez Bona
John D. Rockefeller
Ciprifino Castro
U. S. New York and Bermudez Company
Vicente Gomez
U. S
Romulo Galleogs
Manuel Ortega
Perez Mimenez
Perez Jimenez
Bikeways funding debate in Congress faces unused funds
Rep Ralph Regula and allied lawmakers push for the Urban Bikeway Transportation Act to provide 20 million annually for bicycle lanes paths and related facilities in urban areas while noting 27 states show little interest in highway tax money for bike trails. They urge reallocating unused federal dollars to address energy shortages and transportation alternatives.
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Ralph S. Regula
Ohio
District of Columbia
Department of Transportation
Edward I. Kock
N.Y
Bella Abzug
Max Bacus
Mont
Yvonne Burke
Clif
Bob Carr
Mich
Cardisf Collins
John Conyers
Bob Eckhardt
Texas
Robert Edgar
Don Edwards
Calif
Donald Fraser
Minn
Gilbert Gude
Mark Hannaford
Michael Harrington
Mass
Ken Heckler
W. Va
Ramone Mazzoli
Claude Pepper
Fla
Henry Reuss
Wis
Ralph Regula
Paul Sarbanes
Henery Waxman
James
Weaver
Theis Bikeway Transportation
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Atexas
East First Street
Cameron
Frank M. Luecke
Milam
By Gerardo Inchaust
Crump
R. B. Baker
Memorial Baptist Church Temple
Waco Tribune-Herald
Sun
Waco
Daily & Sun
Holy Lands
Egypt
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