Smith ends special session with reform plan on insurance
Gov. Preston Smith says the special session served a purpose despite failure to pass competitive insurance rating legislation. He will propose thorough reforms before leaving office, cites public focus as boosting possible rates and reforms. Other actions included hurricane pool rate cuts and adult-ages for youth offenders.
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Austin
Tex
Preston Smith
Smith
Congress
House
Senate
Letters From Readers and Texas political notes
In Austin readers discuss party unity and support for Nixon while praising Texas and American symbols. The piece notes a school district voting constraints on trustees’ shares, Common Cause opening in Austin, McGovern’s Texas reception, and failed hunting license fee bills. It covers funeral notices for Herbert Robertson and Mrs. Welch, plus Reyes Fernandez’s 25th year on stage with the American Ballet Theater.
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Crawford Martin
Common Cause
National
Lobby For Citizens
Austin
Randall Wood
Texas Secretary of State
Wood
New York
Reyes Fernandez
American Ballet Theater
Fernandez
New Orleans
Ballet Russe
Alicia Alonso
Australia
Borovensky Ballet
San Francisco Ballet
Weekend Frustrations and Small Home Improvements
A diarist describes clock changes, travel, and family events from a busy week. She details a lost dog bite and tetanus shot, car tire replacement, purging and organizing a cluttered kitchen cabinet, a trip to Gilmer for a home show, grandson Spencer’s birthday, and the purchase of a new English racing bicycle for a family member. The piece blends humor with domestic reality.
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Smokey
Gilmer
Bane Ranch
Lorena
Spencer
Gladewater
Chris
Political football league pits Nixon McGovern as rival coaches
The piece envisions a humorous Super Bowl between GOP Pachyderms and Democratic Donkeys. Nixon and McGovern act as coaches with Kissinger, Connally, Kennedy, Muskie, Humphrey, and others in a satirical line of players and roles. The cartoon mocks campaign tactics and intra party clashes.
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White House
Howard Cosell
Don Meridith
Frank Gifford
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
I McGovern
Ted Kennedy
Slingin
Spiro
Kissinger
Connally
Donkeys
Jarrin
Ed Muskie
Snakehips Shrivers
Hammerin
Hubert Humphrey
Reincarnation in Hindu Belief Explained
The Hindu belief holds that the body is a temporary shell for the soul. It travels through countless rebirths and deaths before uniting with God.
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G.F. Hansen
North 9Th St
Longview
George McGovern
House of Representatives
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Floresville
John Tower
Herbert C. Robertson
Emmanuel Baptist Church
White Oak
Knox
D. E. Welch
Tom H. Welch
Gregg County
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D. W. Everett
Kenneth Mann
Memory Park Cemetery
Welch
Corsicana
First Baptist Church
DAR
PTA
Judson
James E. Reynolds
Conroe
Charles H
Kilgore
Baton Rouge
Seminole
Okla
Charles Haskins
Tulsa
Robert R. Robertson
Wilmington
Calif
Lloyd G. Robertson
Midland
Trick
W. Cotton
Schlitz
Weere
Anities
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Mediterranean
Jimmy Brown
McGovern
Spiro Agnew
John Connally
Donks
Ramsey Clark
NFC
George Meaney
Pachys
Mern
Keps
Shriver
Eagleton
Oak Manor
East Texas Finest Nursing Home
Oak Manor Nursing Home
East Hwy
Elwanda Walker
Bos
Gladewater Mirror
Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater Times-Tribune
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