Law students slam Texas Credit Commission in critique
A Texas Law Review article by six UT Austin students accuses the Consumer Credit Commissioner and predecessor of industry protectionism and lax enforcement. Commissioner Sam Kelley defends agency practice, cites interpretive rules and limited use of cease and desist powers while noting public hearings for rules.
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LEE Jones Associated Press
Austin, Tex
Texas Law Review
Texas Consumer Credit Commissioner
Sam Kelley
University of Texas Law
Kelley
Frank Miskell
Texas
Texas Finance Commission
Consumer Credit Industry
Commission
Consumer Credit Commissioner
Savings and Loan Commissioner
State Banking Department
Finance Commission
John Connally
Texas Consumer Credit Code
William R. Pakalka
Peter G. Kumpe
W. Thomas Jacks
Lloyd Doggett
Thomas R. Harkness
Rufus W. Oliver III
Last of the great movie sets bought by Warner on Columbia ranch
Three acres at the Columbia ranch in Burbank were turned into a Revolutionary Philadelphia replica for the film 1776 costing 500000 with a 150 man crew over three months. The bit studio set is described as possibly the last as studios consolidate and move toward on location shoots. The column notes era shifts from backlots to real locations and the decline of movie ranches.
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Bob Thomas
Associated Press
Hollywood
Jack L. Warner
Columbia Studio
Burbank
Philadelphia
Warner
George Jenkins
Independence Hall
State House
Chestnut Street
Market Place
High Street
Columbia Ranch
Columbia
Gower Street
Warner Bros
MGM
Molly Brown
RKO
Paramount
Universal
Paris
Culver City
Central America Common Market in Turmoil and Shifts in Trade
The Central American common market faces strain from war and economic gaps as Honduras exits. Nicaragua posts 5.5 percent growth under Somoza while El Salvador seeks new markets in Europe and the U S. Costa Rica tilts toward closer ties with the Soviet bloc as border frictions rise.
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Mexico City
Central America
Jose Figueres
Costa Rica
Russia
Figueres
San Jose
Soviet Union
Guatemala
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Honduras
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
Carlos Arana Osorio
Europe
United States
Salvador
Gulf of Fonseca
Nixon featured in NBC special A Day in the Presidency
AP reports NBC aired A Day in the Presidency showing Nixon’s tight schedule from breakfast with congressional leaders to a stag dinner with Pierre Trudeau. The hour included confidential talks, a father daughter moment with Julie, and brief mentions of revenue sharing while detailing the president’s demanding role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lowry
New York
White House
NBC
John Chancellor
Nixon
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
George Bush
U.S
United Nations
William P. Rogers
Julie
Indochina
Vietnam
ABC
Afghan white-winged pheasants released in Terry County
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department released 300 Afghan white-winged pheasants in Terry County as part of a long range program to supply a new bird for hunting without impacting native game bird numbers.
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San Angelo
Tex
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Terry County
Notable figures remembered with dates from May to September
The obituary notes celebrate the lives of Margaret Bourke-White on May 1 for her photography at sea and war fronts, Lil Hardin on August 27 for her ties to Louis Armstrong, and Lil Hardin’s funeral attendance in July. It mentions Spring Byington on September 15 and Muriel Kirkland on September 26 for their acting careers.
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T.V
Margaret Bourke-White
North Africa
Lil Hardin
Louis Armstrong
Louis
Spring Byington
Muriel Kirkland
Builds Banjos In Barber Shop In Hedgesville West Virginia
Andrew Boarman runs a barber shop that doubles as a banjo workshop. He uses bell metal tone rings and high quality woods to craft Dix ie Grand banjos selling for over 1000 dollars. Boarman, 60, has built or rebuilt banjos there for 10 years with ebony inlays and abalone designs.
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Hedgesville
W Va
Andrew Boarman
West Virginia
Boarman
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R.B. Sullivan
Huntsville
Ala
Alice T. Groseclose
Childress
International Business Machines Corporation
IBM
Federal Systems Division
Space Systems Center
A.B
NASA
Cape Kennedy
Childress Auto Supply
Jimmy Harman
Russell Harman
Ali
Aly
Main Street
DR Pepper Bottling CO
SCW Inc
Preston Insurance Agency
Tom Preston
Pete Swain
Dick Preston
Ernestine Lassen
Lynn Burrows
Doris Clements
Billie Garrison
R.H. Norris Hardware CO
Harold Cheek
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