Med Malpractice Legislation Moves in Texas
In Austin doctors threaten slowdown over rising malpractice costs as two new acts ease tensions. Gov Briscoe calls for a blue ribbon panel to study the issue, chaired by W Page Keeton. The measures create a joint underwriting pool, allow malpractice rate changes, and set filing limits, expiring in 1977.
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Austin
Texas Medical Association
House of Delegates
Dolph Briscoe
University of Texas Law School
W Page Keeton Ate
Brate Board of Insurance
Legislature Passes Major Bills in Final Session Moments
The 54th Legislature adjourned by midnight June 2 after approving school finance and utility acts and a record $12.1 billion appropriations bill certified by Comptroller Bob Bullock. Briscoe faces June 22 to decide which acts to sign or veto as hearings proceed on gas phaseout and consumer rate effects.
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Commission
State Railroad Commission
School Finance and Utilities
Bob Bullock
Briscoe
Larry Dawn
Austin
Texas State Teachers Association
Multistate Tax Commission
Bullock
Jack Warren
Tyler
GOP
Crime pays and reform is overdue says Senator Tower
Texas Senator John Tower cautions that crime imposes heavy costs on society. FBI 1973 figures show 8.64 million major crimes, including murders and burglaries, with violent crime occurring at rapid intervals. He cites rising crime, limited prosecutions, and argues for reform balancing due process with victims’ rights and deterrence.
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Washington
FBI
America
U.S. News & World Report
Warren Court
Strong family attends Texas Funeral Directors convention
Mr and Mrs Johnny Strong of Malcolm Stone Funeral Home attended the 89th annual convention and educational exhibit of the Texas Funeral Directors Association in Fort Worth on June 30. More than 1,200 attendees gathered at the Sheraton Fort Worth Inn and Tarrant County Convention Center for business, social sessions, and conferences on education, laws, and funeral service management. Officers and directors were installed at the conclusion banquets.
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Johnny Strong
Malcolm Stone Funeral Home
Texas Funeral Directors Association, Inc
Fort Worth
Sheraton Fy, Worth Inn
Tarrant County
Spies on Welfare Satire Turns On Secret Agents
A humorous piece mocks CIA secrecy and Watergate era scrutiny. It follows Agent Bottleden Bond facing unemployment and welfare questions, imagining a job interview in a public aid office while lampooning cloak and dagger tropes and TV commentators.
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CIA
Cloak and Dagger Boys
Congress
Rockefeller Commission
Pres. Ford
Justice Dept
Watergate
Bottleden Bond
Bond
Eric Severeid
Mr. Bond
Intersections and a turning week in a homemaker life
A personal narrative reflects on life choices like road intersections and a Sunday routine. The speaker contemplates giving up canning and freezing, inventories a cluttered freezer, and contrasts ambition with daily family work and storage of paintings, rocks, and recipes.
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Galveston
Kilgore College
Spice voyages to the Far East shape early American trade
Between 1780 and 1873 US ships completed almost 1000 spice voyages to the Far East. They returned millions of pounds of spices to American ports. In 1805 reexports of pepper to Europe reached seven million pounds.
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Far East
American
Europe
The Gladewater Horror Announces Publication Details
The Gladewater Horror is published Thursdays and Sundays by The Gladewater Publishing Company at Glade Avenue and Dean Street in Gladewater Texas with second class postage. Subscriptions are priced by mail and in Texas and outside Texas, payable in advance.
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Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
Wadewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
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