Editorial Urges Youth Legislation in Texas
Former State Rep. Cletus A. Davis leads a yearlong study on youth psychiatric issues urging action. Key proposals include treating under 21 for drug abuse without parental consent, raising LSD penalties, expunging youth felonies after age 21, and funding short term inpatient facilities and drug treatment centers. The piece calls for House and Senate leadership to back the Davis report recommendations.
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Texas
Cletus A
Cowboy
James Cole
Greenville
Davis
Texas Youth Council
House
Senate
Texas Lawmakers Advance Emergency Finance and Education Bills
Austin highlights show approval of a 34.9 million appropriation to avert aid cuts to welfare children. A separate plan would move 35 million to welfare, while a bond package of 185 million funds eight new college campuses. Senate quick approval backed tax relief, and local funds may route via the state treasury to boost federal matching aid. A liberal People’s Lobby organizes with leaders Yarborough, Clark, Jordan, Bernal, Eckhardt, aiming for nonpartisan goals. Open meetings bill seeks advance notice and posted minutes for closed sessions. SB 314 would mandate lowest political ad rates with penalties. Governor Smith offers Texas disaster team for California quake relief.
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Austin
Robert S. Calvert
Calvert
Teachers Association
House
Senate
Ben Barnes
People's Lobby
Ralph Yarborough
U.S. Atty
Ramsey Clark
Bob Eckhardt
Houston
Barbara Jordan
Joe Bernal
San Antonio
Yarborough
Mike McKool
Dallas
Smith
Texas Medical
California
The Little Frustrations We Live With Daily
A reflective piece on common annoyances from lost stadium seats to misplaced scissors and pins. It muses on how small irritations distract from bigger issues like the Vietnam War and hunger, noting people rarely act unless personally affected. The author advocates awareness of modest inconveniences.
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Vietnam
Apollo 11 crew no longer on active flight status
Buzz Aldrin has rejoined the Air Force leaving Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins also off active flight status. Collins is an assistant secretary of state Armstrong directs NASA aeronautics Aldrin heads the Air Force test pilot school. A mineral named Armalcolite honors Armstrong Aldrin and Collins.
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Edwin E.buzz
Aldrin, Jr
Air Force
Aldrin
Neil A. Armstrong
Sea of Tranquility
Collins
Armstrong
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Force Test Center
California
Moon
Move Washington Birthday Back to Its Original Date
A reader complains about Congress moving Washingtons Birthday from February 22 to February 15 along with Lincoln and Valentines Day. The letter warns of calendar chaos, three day weekends ruined mail and traffic, impacts on greeting cards and the barbeque business, and potential protests from Womens Liberation Movement. It urges restoring Washingtons Birthday to its traditional date.
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U. S
George Washington
Congress
Lincoln
Washington
Honest Abe
Cupid
Bing Crosby
Womens Liberation Movement
Womens Lib
Betsy Ross
Susan B. Anthony
Washington D. C
Definitions of People from a Sylva Herald Reprint
A reprint from the Herald in Sylva North Carolina lists humorous or moral labels such as greatest bore and troublemaker. It defines traits like the greatest comfort as knowing work is well done and the cleverest man as one who acts rightly while noting the worst bankrupt as the soul losing enthusiasm.
Gladewater Mirror Consolidation Details and Pricing
The Gladewater Mirror lists publisher Harry Kates 1897 1964 and staff roles including Jack Elrod news editor and Fredalene Clark women’s editor. It announces pricing for home delivery and mail subscriptions in Texas and out of state and notes consolidation with The Gladewater Times Tribune in 1949 and The White Oak Texan in 1969.
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Jack Elrod
Leinee
Fredalene Clark
Harriett Walton
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
Gladewater Times-Tribune
The
White Oak Texan
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Mike Collins
Columbia
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Metba
Cotton Streets
Bualy Street
Jackie
Wood
Robert Chagnon
St. Theresa’s
Employment Office
Orifinned
Herald
Sylva, North Carolina
Harry Kates
Mrs
Press Association
Joseph Pettit
Houston, Texas
Christian Renewal
Christ the Lord
Melba & Cotton Sts
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