Texas constitutional amendment on four year terms ballot
Public notice details a Texas constitutional amendment to extend terms for governor lieutenant governor comptroller treasurer general land office secretary of state and certain statutory state officers. It specifies election timing November 7 1972 and the general election provisions for voter approval and the amendment wording.
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State of
Texas
General Land Office
Secretary of State
Constitutional Amendment on Tax Exemptions for Veterans
Text proposes amendments to section two of article eight granting exemptions from property taxation for public charities and certain veteran groups. It details disability-based relief for veterans, surviving spouses, and minor children, with limits up to specified dollar values and durations. The measure frames eligibility and scope for the ballot.
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Armed Services of
United States
Veterans’ Administration
United States Armed Forces
Anti Busing Measures To Be Voted On Soon
Washington April reports House vote expected August 17 on two Nixon backed antibusing measures opposed by civil rights groups. Rules Committee to act, with Colmer stating the bills will be called up on Aug. 17. Desegregation guidelines propose curbs on sixth grade and younger cross district busing and allocate 500 million yearly for two years to improve so called inferior schools.
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Washington
JPI
House
House Rules Committee
William O. Colmer
D-Miss
Carl Albert
House Education and Labor Committee
Nixon
Rules Committee
Judiciary Committee
Judiciary
Colmer
Education Committee
Study shows rising sterilization among American couples
A UPI report from New York says nearly one in five American couples in 1970 who wanted no more children had sterilization. The Association for Voluntary Sterilization notes this 1970 figure is a 46 percent rise from 1965, with about three million Americans sterilized by 1970, and executive director John R. Rague suggesting four million may have occurred by now.
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Stork New York
UPI
Association For Voluntary
New York
John R. Rague
Proposed Texas ballot amendment on lieutenant governor pay and duties
The amendment seeks to modify Section 17 to allow the President pro tempore of the Senate to administer the governor’s duties during vacancies with same compensation, adds Section 24a granting $22,500 yearly to the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House, and requests voter approval at the November 7, 1972 election.
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State OF
Texas
Senate
Ermor
House of Representatives
Vernor
Texas constitutional amendment on dual offices for soil and water districts
The proposal clarifies that directors of Soil and Water Conservation Districts may not hold more than one paid office, with limited exceptions for National Guard and certain reserve roles. It also addresses eligibility, restrictions for legislators, and concurrent offices under state and federal law.
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State OF
Texas
Wgetes Bay
National Cent
Air National Guard of
National Guard Reserve
Air National Guard Reserve
Air Force Reserve
Officers Reserve Co
United States
National Guard
Air National Guard
United Sates
United States Army
Air Force
Navy
Ierps
Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Soil and Water Conservation District
Justice of Peace
Officers Reserve Corps
Organized Reserves
Marine Corps
United Reserves
Err
Short Man Strives To Be Detroit Policeman
Sanshiro Miyamoto, American of Japanese ancestry, seeks Detroit police job despite height and weight limits. He endures a painful spine straightening regimen and a head whack from his wife to gain inches and pounds, hoping for a court to ease standards and become Detroit's first Japanese American officer.
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Detroit
UPI
Sanshiro Miyamoto
Miyamoto
John Nichols
Ann
Redford to play Gatsby in Paramount film
Hollywood reports Robert Redford will star as Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby for Paramount with Ali MacGraw as Daisy. The casting sets a high profile adaptation pairing Redford with MacGraw for the screen version of the F Scott Fitzgerald novel.
Letter to Editor on student loan defaults and costs
Glendale reader blasts rising student loan defaults from 13 million to over 33 million dollars urging action. He cites the 1972 Urgent Supplemental Appropriation bill and claims many former students file for bankruptcy to dodge repayment, inflating taxes.
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Committee On Appropriations
House of Representatives
Mitch Vogel Balances Bonanza Fame With Family Needs
Mitch Vogel at sixteen acts as breadwinner for his mother and grandmother in Burbank while balancing school and work on Bonanza. He hopes to form a musical group, pursue magic, and keep acting, aiming for future TV appearances and possible recordings.
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Vernon Scott
UPI
Hollywood Correspondent
Hollywood
Mitch Vogel
Cartwright
Burbank
Mitch
Sundowners
Vogel
Kitty
Sunshine Boys to Open Next December in New York
Prolific Broadway playwright Neil Simon plans a December premiere of The Sunshine Boys directed by Alan Arkin with Jack Albertson and Sam Levene starring as a retired vaudeville duo. Gene Soltis marks his 60th birthday with a conducting contest offering $2500 to the winner to lead the Chicago Civic Orchestra. Charlie Chaplin will appear on Hallmark greeting cards and related products from licensed scenes. Kingman to exhibit watercolors inspired by Lost Horizon at Columbia Pictures themes.
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Simon
New York
UPI
Neil Simon
Sunshine Boys
Alan Arkin
Jack Albertson
Sam Levene
Chaplin
Kansas City
Charlie Chaplin
Hallmark
Kingman
Columbia Pictures
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Thurs
Cueko Record
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Warner Bros
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