Methodist panel mulls response to homosexual issue in church
A ten member task force report on homosexuality in the Methodist church was amended to remove all recommendations and tabled by delegates at the conference. Leggett and gay supporters disrupted last year. Leggett says he was fired from the Dallas Theater Center and now works with the House of the Covenant in Dallas. Three U.S. presidents died on July 4, Adams Jefferson and Monroe in 1826 and 1831.
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Sanford Coon
Austin
Leggett
Gay Liberation Front
Dilley
Tex
Dallas Theater Center
House of the Covenant
Dallas
U.S
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Local names listed in historical notice highlights
A fragmentary OCR list includes multiple individuals and paired place names such as Munday Goree Quanah Norman Patton Richester Weinert Lennor Hester Seymour Vera Jarrell Sharp Stamford Wilson Holman Thalia Margaret James Merrell Throckmorton Woodson and A B Cockrell Vernon First Manuel Reynolds A B Cockrell.
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Walter White
Munday-Goree
William D. McReynolds
Quanah
Norman Patton
Richester-Weinert
Lloyd Futch
Rule-Sangerton
Lennor Hester
Seymour-Vera
Jarrell H. Sharp
Stamford
Wilson Holman
Thalia-Margaret
James E. Merrell
Throckmorton-Woodson
A. B. Cockrell
Vernon First
Manuel Reynolds
Bobby Baker Paroled After 17 Months Behind Bars
Bobby Baker former secretary to the U.S. Senate Democratic majority was released on parole near Lewisburg Pennsylvania after about 17 months in a federal prison farm. He told reporters he is happy to be free and reiterated his innocence of income tax evasion fraud and grand larceny charges. He will not grant interviews until his book is published. He had been sentenced to three years and previously stayed at Allenwood prison farm the honor section of the Lewisburg facility.
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Bobby Baker
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Baker
Here
Allenwood
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary
West Texas
Dallas
Farenthold
Briscoe
Austin
Albert Fay
Houston
Henry Grover
Grover
Fay
Bill Hobby
San Antonio Express
Wayne Connally
Hobby
Connally
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Houston Post
Texas
Ralph Yarborough
Barefoot Sanders
U.S
Yarborough
Senate
John Tower
Rtex
Yarb
Sanders
Tower
Meat price trends hint at consumer pressure and politics
Wholesale choice steer beef in Chicago during mid May sold near 57 dollars per 100 pounds on a carcass basis, about two dollars below February highs. Strong slaughter cattle prices could lift supermarket costs and trigger public outcry, potentially prompting congressmen to reveal income sources. Tower spent more on campaigning than Yarborough and Sanders combined, though he faced no Republican primary opponent.
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Tower
Yarborough
Sanders
High Omaha cattle prices lift feedlot cattle value
USDA market reports show choice fed steers at Omaha during the week ended May 18 averaging 35.86 per hundredweight, up more than 3 from a year ago. Prices remain below the February peak near 37, with the rally expected to push retail beef costs higher.
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USDA
Choice Fed
Omaha
Choice
Farenthold Favors Statewide Water Plan in Dallas Speech
In Dallas, Florence Farenthold framed water management as a statewide plan she would back and vowed to curb appropriations giveaways to curb special interests. The Texas gubernatorial race featured digs between party contenders while debates over integrity and party switches dominated.
South Vietnamese Push In Kontum Amid Heavy Fighting
South Vietnamese forces reoccupy the Kontum hospital area where Dr Pat Smith of Seattle ran a Montagnard clinic as heavy clashes unfold. They clear remaining pockets in Kontum and report 237 North Vietnamese killed with 128 bodies found in northern mass graves.
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Central Highlands
Kontum
Pat Smith
Seattle
Wash
AFL Cio seeks workers government with 30 hour week plan
A small AFL-CIO faction pushes a labor platform to mobilize voters from both parties toward a workers run government in Washington. It targets Nixon and major candidates as betrayers, while advocating 30 hours of work for 40 hours pay and workers as industry bosses.
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Afl-Cio American Federation of State
Nixon
What is vascular disease and its limits
Dear Dr. Lamb explains vascular disease as any disease affecting arteries veins or capillaries with atherosclerosis being the common troublesome form. He notes the term is not specific and distinguishes when a more precise term like coronary artery disease is needed.
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Dr. Lamb
Dear Reader
Laser guided bombs key to rapid progress in Vietnam
U S pilots using laser guided bombs dropped from aircraft have achieved more in two months against specific targets in North Vietnam than the whole 1965 68 bombing. Officials say the method proves faster and more accurate than previous efforts. Separately researchers report new leukemia treatments offer extended prospects for permanent care in some children.
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Saigon
U. S
North Vietnam
New York
New
Crime in 1971 U S rises 7 percent in first half
The World Almanac reports crime in the United States rose seven percent in the first six months of 1971 from the same period in 1970. Large cities with 250000-plus population saw a three percent increase, major city suburbs ten percent, and rural areas eight percent.
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United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
World Almanac
Origins of Paris Name and North Star Visibility
The name Paris derives from a Gallic tribe the Parisi whose mud huts lay on the Île de la Cité near Notre Dame. Hickory wood is favored for tool handles. The North Star is not visible from the Southern Hemisphere.
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Paris
France
Seine
Cathedral of Notre Dame
Actress Valerie Perrine recalls nude audition in Hollywood
Valerie Perrine, rising from Las Vegas showgirl to Montana Wildhack in Slaughterhouse Five, recalls her first nude audition backstage in Vegas and the decision to embrace topless photos for Playboy. She describes the transformation, her free spirit, and a wish for comedy roles while eyeing Oh! Calcutta.
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Valerie Perrine
Miss Perrine
Texas
Las Vegas
Kurt Vonnegut
Montana Wildhack
Valerie
Europe
California
Montana
Calcutta
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Lawrence Lamb, M.D
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