Texas lawmakers wrap three day special session on bills
State legislators finish a three day special session with billboard control primary election financing and procedural reforms. They set emergency funding for May and June primaries and earmark 2 million to cover election costs. A long term measure on primary finance will come next year. They also approve rules limiting conference committee power and streamline committees. Rayford Price elected House speaker amid bribery conviction fallout.
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Austin
House
Senate
Texas
Rayford Price
Palestine
Price
L. DeWitt Hale
Corpus Christi
Hep
Gus Mutscher
Brenham
Texas Railroad Commission
Big East Texas
East Texas
Byron Tunnell
Lake
Lois Jackson Honored As Texas Mother Of The Year
Longview Mayor Lois Jackson, a Texas Mother of the Year recipient, was honored at a Contessa Inn breakfast attended by about 250 officials. She received a certificate from American Mothers Committee head Mrs KG LeTourneau, a city commendation from Bill Rice, and an engraved plaque from the Chamber of Commerce. Dr Morris Ford lauded her youth work and steadfastness, noting her candidacy for the nine county state senate district.
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Longview
Lois) Jackson
Texas
Contessa Inn
KG. LeTourneau
American Mothers Committee, Inc
Bill Rice
Gregg County
Robert W
Bob) Coleman
Chamber
Jackson
Morris Ford
F. R
Robert W. Coleman
Making Waves in the Great TV Debate Era
An overview of the rise of televised political debates tracing from the Nixon Kennedy era to modern campaigns. It notes the lure of millions of viewers, the role of networks, and the typical debate rhythm of one candidate launching a hot issue followed by challenges to others.
Reward offered for information in bald eagle shooting case
The National Wildlife Federation awards a 500 dollar bounty for information that leads to conviction in a bald eagle shooting case. Names are withheld to protect informant safety. the reward supports law enforcement and public credit for exposing the crime.
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Washington, D.C
National Wildlife Federation
NWF
Thomas Kimball
Wyoming
16Th Street
N. W
Washington
D. C
Patchwork columns mix life and politics in scattered notes
A stream of personal reflections on taxes, spring fever, and urban life blends with brief wire reports about The Day of the Jackal casting, TV debates, and a Charleston Illinois political quote. Names include Fred Zinnemann Edward Fox John Woolf Lester Maddox and Eastern Illinois University.
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London
Fred Zinnemann
John Woolf
Edward Fox
Universal
Frederick Forsyth
Charleston
Ill
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Eastern Illinois University
Maddox
Groceries Are Cheap Less Work Today Buys More
In a Dallas Morning News reprint, Secretary Earl L. Butz notes food spending as a share of disposable income is down from 20 years ago. Wages buy more meat today. protein costs stay low with eggs and fryers, yet farm incomes lag. Texas farm numbers fell 4,000 1970 to 1972 while nationwide losses neared 100,000.
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Texas
Dallas-Ft. Worth
Corpus Christi
John C. White
White
Environmental Protection Agency
Agriculture Department
Lollie
Sam
Post Office
Earl L. Butz
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Africa
South America
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Jackal
The
Dallas Morning News
Walter B. Moore
Texas Almanac
U. S. Olpapa Trent OF Agriculture
Lember
J. A. Browning
W. Upshur
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Bloomington
Illinois
Gladewater Mirror
Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
GAY Avenuer Elementary
Charles Hopson
Josephine H. Carter, C.B
Boston
Massachusetts
First Christian Church
E. Main Street
Kilgore, Texas
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