Briscoe’s First Six Months Marked by Reform and Fiscal Restraint
Governor Dolph Briscoe wins early praise for restoring energy and ethics in Austin. His 63rd Legislature backed most of his agenda including car insurance reform, Penal Code modernization, consumer protection, and workmen’s compensation. He signed a $9.7 billion biennium budget with no new taxes.
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Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Sharpstown
Austin
House
Senate
Texas
Energy crisis looms as Langdon warns of supply shortfall
Texas Railroad Commission Chair Jim Langdon told a House committee that oil and gas demand far outstrips discovery and projected a continued 100 percent production limit. He warned nine million barrels added monthly versus 105 million consumed, urging national emergency action and more exploration data for 1972 discoveries.
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Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
Jim Langdon
House
Crsis
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John MecKetta
National Energy Policy Comittee
Nixon
Langdon
Texas
John Hill
July Commission
Roy D. Chapin Jr
American Motors Corporation
Texas Good Roads Association
Texas Highway Users
Tug of War Proposed for Centennial Week in Town
The writer promotes a tug of war during the Centennial July 28 to August 4 between health club members and non members. He mentions a tug of war chairman and notes the Centennial director Dave Gibson with a red beard. He recalls a similar event in Russell, Kansas, and adds light personal anecdotes, plus a sudden note about Eskimo whale hunters carving eight ton whales quickly.
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Department of Transportation
Chapin
National Highway Users Federation
HUD
Takey Oto
Health Club
Dave Gibson
Kansas
Russell
Safe Boating Week Proclaimed in Texas by Governor Briscoe
Governor Dolph Briscoe has proclaimed July 17 as Safe Boating Week in Texas urging all boaters to observe safety rules. He notes Texas waterways and nearly 400000 registered boats, and stresses training, planning, and adherence to the Golden Rules of Boating to prevent loss of life and property damage.
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Austin
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Texas Safety Association
Gulf Coast
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
United States
TSA
Inflation Bitter Satire on Price Freeze and Monetary Reform
A satirical critique argues against Nixon era price freezes and inflation policy. It mocks high lettuce prices and calls for drastic, absurd reforms while decrying how monetary policy ignores ordinary households and global money markets. It frames inflation as a systemic failure harming everyday Americans.
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Nixon
Washington
Europe
Oklahoma memories and local musings from Claremore to Texas
A personal column recounts a Dallas trip to visit a married daughter and recalling Oklahoma musical memories from Fair Park. The author praises the play Green Grow the Lilacs as the source of Oklahoma and highlights Ada Annie’s Tyler connection. It ends with tips for Centennial Week, lawn care, and keeping Gladewater Tyler Longview civic pride tidy ahead of visitors.
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Dallas
Gregg
Upshur
Smith Counties
Gladewater
Tyler
Longview
Fair Park
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Claremore
Bushyhead
Lone Elm
Lynn Riggs
Ada Annie
Brennan’s
B. B. Fields
Metreember by the Old Timer from Elmira Oregon
Leota Peenick recalls a childhood fire at age five in a small wooden house. Old Granny and Grand ma Hawkins are mentioned as family members during the blaze. A teenage boy saved the narrator’s beloved mama doll, a moment remembered with gratitude and questions about the brave rescuer.
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Leota Peenick
Elmira
Stites
Idaho
Oregon
Granny
University grad student wins Manchini Music Scholarship
Mark Edwards Wilson, 24, a University of Los Angeles graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in composition, won the second annual Henry Mancini Music Scholarship. The $2,500 award funds study of motion picture and television music composition. Wilson hails from Long Beach, California.
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Los Angeles
Mark Edwards Wilson
University of Los Angeles
Henry Mancini
Wilson
Long Beach
Calif
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