Texas Politics and Court News Highlight 1971 State Race Talk
Gov Preston Smith teases a third term and veto history as Ralph Yarborough weighs governor or senate bids. Wayne Connally enters lieutenant governor race while Joe Christie contemplates re election. Republicans recruit for governor with Perot as a top pick alongside Barnes Briscoe. Court rulings address grand jury waivers and death scene evidence. Boulewarms warn cotton losses and a new Texas Tech veterinary school sparks opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Preston Smith
Smith
Houston
Frank Sharp
Ralph Yarborough
Senate
Wayne Connally
US Secretary of Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Harold Barefoot
Sanders
Dallas
U.S. Senate
Joe Christie
el Paso
U. S. Senate
John Tower
Ross Perot
Gey Ben Barnes
Dolph Briscoe
Uvalde Rancherbanker
Ralph Hall
Rockwall
William P. Hobby Jr
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Court of Criminal Appeals
Osmond concert notes and road talk from a Dallas trip
A writer recalls a two hour Osmond Brothers concert in Dallas where only four words, Old Fashioned Love Song, stick amid teenage screams. He recounts comparing outdoor Cotton Bowl versus indoor Memorial Auditorium experiences and a Dallas restaurant encounter with locals. He reflects on highway changes from 66 to I-20 and Route 80, then mentions wind blown dunes and Great Sand Dunes area.
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Osmond Brothers
Dallas
Osmond
Cotton Bowl
Dallas Memorial Auditorium
Osmonds
Denney's
Brookshire
Jimmy Caldwell
Jimmy
Caldwells
Claremore
Tulsa
Verdigris River
Feud Echoes in Political Rhetoric Shift at AFL-CIO Meet
The piece notes Meaney's raise to 90,000 and a tense Florida AFL-CIO convention where President clashed with labor leaders. It frames the exchange as Phase 3 in an economic battle with wage policies and political wrangling sparking tempers and media attention.
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Robert Calvert
Meaney
Nixon
Ivory Tower
Afl-Cio
Florida
George M. Meaney
Biographies and a satire from the era reviewed
A mixed review column surveys Hildergard Knef’s life as a German star and Hollywood miss, Willie Snow Ethridge’s biographical work, a Gothic tale Wingarden outside Richmond, and Angelique novels. It also critiques political feuding with a tongue in cheek plan for a National Bickering Board and related satirical proposals.
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Hildergard Knef
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Hollywood
John Wesley
Georgia
Willie Snow Ethridge
Gladewater Mirror
Wingarden
Richmond
Virginia
Clee Wingate
Windgarden
Angelique
Anne
Serge Golon
France
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Gladewater
Your State Capitol
Texas
State Agriculture Department
John C. White
North-North Central
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Texas Veterinary Medical Association
TVMA
Association
Hubert Humphrey
Wilbur Mills
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Washington, D.C
Kenneth H. Wood
Review and Herald
Alamosa
Cole
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Great Sand Dunes National Monument
Elsie Lee
American Colonies
Congress
Eschelon
NBB
FAQFA
Pat
Polaroid
Big
KODAK
MODEL
Colognes
Faberge
Golden Woods
Hypnotique
Primitif
Worelco
Hermes
Funk & Wagnalls Dictionary
Cross Pen
Parker
N. Main Street
Office Supply CO
Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade] Avenue
Dean Street
Gregg County
Gladewater Times-Tribune
Oax Texan
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