Washington beat Texas feud still worries Johnson
A broad, tense picture of Texas politics and national interest unfolds as Senator Ralph Yarborough and Governor John Connally clash, affecting 1968 party dynamics. Johnson seeks to steer draft reforms and political alignments amid Texas Democratic strife and national expectations.
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Leslie Carpenter
Washington
William ‘Tonchester
Ennedy
Texco
Ralph Yarborough
Ate
White House
Connally
Freshman Cheating Rates Surface in National Survey
A survey of 26 865 freshmen at 21 colleges finds 20 percent admit cheating on exams in the past year. Men 24 percent and women 16.5 percent. The study covers finances diet and substance use and notes differences by college type and demographics.
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Washington
America
American Council On Education
Agency For
Pursuit Ends In Death Of Motorist
North Carolina traffic deaths total 20 this year, down 19 from last year. In Stanly County, Elon Delilia Hall 16 of Albemarle died when the car she rode in wrecked during a police pursuit east of Oakboro. The speeding car left the road, hit trees, and Hall was thrown and pinned. Hugh Spurgeon Honeycutt Jr. of Spencer died when his car lost control and hit a pedestrian wall and pole. Michael McKinley Smith 5 of Virgilina Va. was killed running from behind a parked car into a road user's path north of Oxford.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Stanly
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Elon Delilia Hall
Rt. 2
Albemarle
Oakboro
Stanly County
Hugh Spurgeon Honeycutt Jr
Ae Spencer
Spencer
Michael McKinley Smith
Virgilina
Oxford
Drive-In IRS Window Opens in Tucson
The IRS will open a drive-in service in Tucson allowing motorists to obtain federal income tax forms and pay taxes without leaving their cars. George D. Patterson, IRS district director for Phoenix, announced the new window this week.
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Tucson
Ariz
Internal Revenue Service
George D. Patterson
Phoenix
IRS
Food Prices Rise On Mixed 1967 Outlook
AP reports 1967 grocery costs likely up overall though wholesale prices are 3.3 percent lower than last year due to declines in bacon. Beef lamb and dairy rise, pork chicken eggs fall, turkey cheaper. Weather cuts crops and hogs, eggs drop, beef cuts common. A national drive in chain raises hamburgers from 15 to 18 cents.
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New York
Department of Agriculture
Midwest
ABA panel urges direct popular vote for president
A 15 member American Bar Association commission recommends amending the Constitution to replace the electoral college with a direct nationwide popular vote for president and vice president. It calls for a 40 percent threshold and a run off if no candidate reaches it, asserting direct voting keeps election authority with the people.
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Washington
American Bar Association
United States
Robert G. Storey
Dallas
Southern Methodist University Law School
U.S. House of Representatives
Commission
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