Courts Should Drop Victimless Crimes in Urban Areas
ABA committee urges moving victimless crimes including drunkenness gambling prostitution and homosexuality to noncriminal agencies. It calls heroin legal in controlled medical settings and outlines reforms to focus law enforcement on safer citizen concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bar Association
Governent
America
Washington
Edward Bennett Williams
The
Bar Association
Ford Foundation
ABA
House of Delegates
Nixon
Congress
Town Tank Random Thoughts and Town Talk Snippet
An unnamed speaker reflects on hard times and job loss causing financial strain and family separation. He notes losing the house, sending children to orphanages, and his wife returning home, referencing Town Talk on page 4.
Westhoff Honor Roll Announced
The Westhoff School lists honor roll students by grade and letter grade. Kindergarten through Grade 7 names are shown with A and B marks for each student, including Natalie Boehl, Tabeth Van Beveren, Carol Rongers, Arnold Holcomb, Linda Pena, Billy Schulle, Gene McMurtrey, Bryan Boehl, Bruce Puchhorn, Tammy Hilbrich, Cynthia Reyna, Fileen Koenig, Rebecca Martinez, Pat Cessor, Rene Buethe, Darlene Schulle, Kathryn Buchhorn, Terri Hilbrich, Allen Koenig, Morres Van Beveren, Jana Smithler, Florence Garza, Paula Zimmerman, Curtis Koenig, Ken Kahlich, David Arndt, Rhonda Koenning, Jane Guenther, Jo Ann Koenig, Kristye Kahlich, Raymond Schulle, Janet Baros, Martha Guenther, Donna Egg, Bonnie Mueller, and Randall Arndt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlene Schulle
Kathryn Buchhorn
Terri Hilbrich
Allen Koenig
Morres van Beveren
Rhonda Koenning
Jane Guenther
Jo Ann Koenig
Kristye Kahlich
Raymond Schulle
Two-Man Battle Looms Ahead For Speaker Of House
In Texas a two man race to be speaker develops as Gus Mutscher exits after a bribery conviction. Rep Dewitt Hale and Rep Rayford Price push claims amid pledges and re election battles in a split party landscape.
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Battle
Texas House
House
Gus Mutscher
Abilene
Dewitt Hale
Corpus Christi
Mutscher
Rep
Rayford Price
Palestine
Hale
Jeaning
Price
East Texas
Fred Head
D-Marshall
Price Daniel Jr
D-Liberty
Laws Eyed To End Controls On Oil
Woman Hurt In Accident Mrs. Ben Effie Arnold Zengerle 73 of 402 N Gonzales injured in a 10:10 a.m. auto crash at Gonzales and Broadway taken to Cuero Community Hospital treated and released. Raymond Hardt 55 of 504 E Live Oak another driver involved. Police call collision under investigation.
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Ben
Effie Arnold) Zengerle
N. Gonzales
Oak Memorial
Cuero Community Hospital
Gonzales
Broadway
Arnold
Raymond George Hardt
E. Live Oak
E. Broadway
Ronnie Adams
Cuero Police Department
Planade
Adams
Steven Cavey York
Huck St
Esplanade
Mary Ruiz Santos
W. Broadway
West Broadway
Buchel 4-H Car Leads DeWitt County at Goliad Parade
The Buchel 4-H Club represented DeWitt County in the Goliad Parade with a decorated car driven by Mrs. A W Schaffner. Theme on display was Learn By Doing as Sara Lee Olson Corlis Buckner Arthur Means III Holley and Glenn McElroy rode on the car. George and Susan Olson also joined as riders though not club members.
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DeWitt County
Buchel
Holley
Glenn McElroy
George and
Susan Olson
Special Service Promises Drama at St Mark's Lutheran
St Mark's Lutheran Church announces a Wednesday April 5 service at 7 30 p m featuring the drama Christ In The Concrete City The event marks the start of special Wednesday evening worship services led by Rev H A Hanson pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
H. A. Hanson
Dedication Set For Five Texas State Grave Markers
Five Texas State Historical Grave Markers will be dedicated in Victoria on April 8 at 2 pm in Evergreen Cemetery honoring Empresario Martin De Leon and family. Dignitaries from state and local groups attend with Mexico’s great grandson meeting De Leon’s great granddaughter Patricia De Leon. Local officials and the Don Martin De Leon Memorial Foundation sponsor the event with Rev. Richard Toal delivering prayers and A B J Hammett giving the welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Martin de Leon
Victoria
Evergreen Cemetery
Mexico
Empresario de Leon
Richardo Victoria G
Mexico City
Patricia de Leon
Ichard Grant
John Young
Carl Holzheuser
Victoria County Historical Survey Committee
Evergreen Cemetery Association
Bellman Pushes Oil Pricing Bill to End FPC Control
UPI reports Senator Henry Bellman of Oklahoma proposes amending the 1938 Natural Gas Act to end FPC price setting in three years. The plan would establish a minimum gas charge based on 1971 averages plus 25 percent, with 7 percent annual increases, to spur U.S. oil reserves and energy self sufficiency.
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Washington
UPI
Henry Bellman
R-Okla
Federal Power Commission
FPC
U.S
Bellman
United States
Easter Seal Appeal Aids Disabled in Texas
DeWitt County reports the 1972 Easter Seal Appeal is progressing well under Treasurer F B Koehler. The drive funds the Society rehabilitation program in Texas, aiding over 22 000 disabled people last year and supporting 19 treatment facilities offering therapy medical care speech and hearing services regardless of ability to pay.
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DeWitt County
Easter Seal Society
F. B. Koehler
Texas
Lutheran Men To Hold Supper At St Mark's Church
The Lutheran Church Men of St Mark's plan a membership night on March 71 with a stew supper at 7 p.m. Rev R Bongers of St John's Lutheran Westhoff will be the guest sneaker.
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Lutheran Church
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
R. Bongers
St. John’s Lutheran
Westhoff
Gigi the Whale Returns toward Ancestral Home
In San Diego, a girlless tale of Gigi the whale unfolds as the captive animal pursues a homeward drift toward its ancestral waters. Reporters note qualified optimism that the late bloom may yield better results than grim forecasts.
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San Diego
Calif
UPI
Gigi
Gigi the orca returns after a year at Sea World
A young orca named Gigi, captured near Mexico and raised in Sea World San Diego under Navy oversight, grows to about seven tons in a year and is prepared for a return to the cold Bering Sea.
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Bering Sea
Siberia
Gigi
Sea World
San Diego
Navy
Undersea Research and Development Center
Whale Gigi Finds Move to Sea After Turbulent Start
Gigi the gray whale released from a Baja California nursery swam in circles for three days then adjusted to ocean life. A Navy spokesman reported she swam easily and peacefully sixty miles north with two other gray whales and a dolphin while salvage caretakers praised her intelligence and immunity from disease.
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Baja California
Bering Sea
Gigi
Navy
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North Vietnam
Quang Binh
Jus
Future Homemakers of America Organization
Service
Westhoff School
Natalie Boehl
Tabeth van Beveren
Carol Rongers
Arnold Holcomb
Linda Pena
Billy Schulle
Gene McMurtrey
Bryan Boehl
Bruce Puchhorn
Tammy Hilbrich
Cynthia Reyna
Fileen Koenig
Rebecca Martinez
Pat Cessor
Rene Buethe
Jana Smith
Florence Garza
Paula Zimmerman
Curtis Koenig
Ken Kahlich
David Arndt
Janet Baros
Martha Guenther
Donna Egg
Bonnie Mueller
Randall Arndt
Austin
Pred
Betsy) Zentner
American Legion
Goliad
FCC
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