Court orders Texas school financing overhaul over equal protection
A federal panel ruled Texas public school funding unconstitutional because local property taxes unequaled education quality. It requires a two year restructuring with potential income tax shifts and outlines equal protection guarantees. Leaders, educators, and officials react amid calls for reform.
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San Antonio, Tex
Texas
U. S. District Court
California Supreme Court
California
J. W. Edgar
Texas Board of Education
San Antonio
Ben Barnes
News briefs from around the world and states
A roundup notes Southland Paper Mills raises newsprint prices to begin Feb 1, 1972 due to costs. Italy elects Giovanni Leone as president resolving a deadlock. An arrest in Bridgeport charges a man with threatening Nixon. McGovern dismisses polls as name recognition driven. British troops in Belfast face sporadic gunfire during Christmas alert. Santa Claus gets ICC blessing to travel in a 24 hour window. A Texas school financing case outlines fiscal neutrality and state funding limits in Edgewood ISD.
Bhutto names leftist cabinet as India warns against meddling
In Pakistan Bhutto consolidates control naming an 11 member cabinet drawn largely from his PPP while defending East Pakistan. Indira Gandhi in India warns against external interference, stating India won’t tolerate meddling though not naming any country. Cairo reports Pakistan seeks Egypt’s good offices to ease humanitarian issues, amid debates over Bangla Desh recognition and war-crime trials in East Pakistan.
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Associated Press
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pakistan
Pakistan Peoples Party
India
Indira Gandhi
India-Pakistan
United States
Bhutto
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
East Pakistan
Punjab
Nurul Amin
Amin
Gandhi
Mrs
Said
Ghaleb
Egypt
United Nations Security Council
Dacca
Nazrul Islam
Bangla Desh
United News of India
Islam
Oklahoma imposes cattle quarantine over scabies outbreak
The U S Department of Agriculture quarantines 16 western Oklahoma counties Cimarron Texas Beaver Harper Woodward Ellis Dewey Custer Roger Mills Beckham Washita Kiowa Greer Harmon Jackson Tillman. Veterinary official Dr Lloyd Miller says cattle cannot move outside the area without inspection and a certificate and cattle moving to Colorado New Mexico and Kansas must meet external state dip requirements.
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Oklahoma City
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Lloyd Miller
Washington
Miller
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Cimarron
Texas
Beaver
Harper
Woodward
Ellis
Dewey
Custer
Roger Mills
Beckham
Washita
Kiowa
Greer
Harmon
Jackson
Tillman
Accident on Avenue F injures driver and tickets issued
One person injured slightly and one ticket issued after a wreck at 8 50 a.m. in the 400 block of Avenue F Northwest. Mrs Mary Sue Hargrove driving east collided with Hershel Melvin Chambless who failed to yield. Both vehicles sustained heavy damage.
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Avenue F Nw
Mary Sue Hargrove
Avenue F
Hershel Melvin Chambless
Hargrove
Chambless
McLeland pleads not guilty in DWI case
John Franklin McLeland pleaded not guilty in Justice of the Peace Court yesterday to driving while intoxicated charges. His bond was set at $750 after an early morning arrest.
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John Franklin McLeland
Justice of the Peace Court
McLeland
Grover Alleges Rigged GOP Poll Amid Texas Governor Bid
Texas senator Henry Grover a Republican candidate for governor denounced a Republican poll showing him fourth in the race as rigged saying partisans pushed another candidate The poll led with H Ross Perot Fred Agnich and Byron Fullerton and Grover claimed a few party leaders fear his independent approach and state government knowledge.
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Austin
Tex
Houston
Henry Grover
Grover
Capital Eye
H. Ross Perot
Dallas
Fred Agnich
University of Texas Law
Byron Fullerton
Texas
Lindsay weighs presidential bid as 1972 year of opportunity
New York mayor John Lindsay says time is running out to declare for the Democratic presidential nomination. He reflects on 1971 as the year of delivery and 1972 as the year of opportunity. SAIGON: A 24 hour Christmas cease fire halts operations in South Vietnam while U.S. air forces strike another North Vietnamese radar site. The truce begins with the allied cease-fire at 6 p.m. Saigon time after Viet Cong unilateral pause.
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Washington
George McGovern
Santa Claus
South Dakota Democrat
New York
John Lindsay
Lindsay
Saigon
South Vietnam
U. S. Command
North Vietnam
Holiday Happenings and Santa Stories Across the Nation
A string of lighthearted holiday items from coast to coast includes beach sand packages stolen from KEMAH’s tree display, a Black Santa at Macy’s sharing a memorable moment in New York, Senator Jackson’s visit spotted by department store Santas, Swansea police to patrol with carol music, a theft report of 58 Christmas cards in Kansas City, missile crews in Cheyenne welcoming families for Christmas dinner, and Frank Krauss in Manhasset sending formal greetings while economizing on stationery.
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Kemah
Tex
City Hall
New York
Walter P. Brown
Macy's
Newark
Santa
Seattle
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Peter
Santa Claus
Sen
Jackson
Young Peter
Swansea
Ill
Illinois
Kansas City
Harry E. Endler
Cheyenne
Wyo
Manhasset
N.Y
Frank Krauss
North Hempstead
Krauss
Fog Lingers Over Large Texas Area Christmas Eve Morning
Dense fog covered most of East Texas and much of South Central Texas west to Del Rio while skies were clear elsewhere. Temperatures varied from 32 at Marfa to 63 at Galveston with highs of 79 in Childress and Lubbock and 60 in Austin. Forecast calls for fog to clear late tonight and Saturday morning with clearing skies in many regions.
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Associated Press
Texas
del Rio
Panhandle Plains
el Paso
Marfa
Wink
West Texas
Galveston
Childress
Lubbock
Austin
Nations Owe U S Vast Debts From World Wars
Treasury report shows foreign nations owe the United States about 53.65 billion in debts through World War I and II. Britain tops debtors with 10.28 billion plus 7.5 billion interest. France 7.31 billion with 3.7 billion interest. Italy 2.33 billion with 394.63 million interest. Other large sums include Turkey 1.05 billion, Brazil 1.63 billion, India 5.37 billion, Pakistan 1.98 billion.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Britain
France
Italy
Soviet Union
Russia
Turkey
Brazil
India
Pakistan
Bond sales near quota in December appeal
Bond sales in Childress County edge toward their December quota with a target around $8,000 for Series E and H. County chairman Gene Frisbie cites bonds as ideal Christmas gifts amid broader Texas and national gains in Savings Bonds.
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Childress County
Gene Frisbie
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Roder
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Northern Ireland
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ICC
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U. S. Circuit Court
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U. S. District
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Jack Roberts
Edgewood Independent School District
Edgewood
U.S. Supreme Court
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Bailey
Postal Service
J. Lee Vaughan
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Vaughan
Chester Sinclair
the Bloom
Thanx
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Flint
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