Stock-Purchase Issue Persists in Texas Legislature
A coalition of Republicans and liberal Democrats vows to keep pressure on investigations into National Bankers Life stock trades by Speaker Gus Mutscher and others. The SEC suit fuels ongoing political fallout, while Gov. Preston Smith vetoed related bank deposit bills. Mutscher faced stock losses after a second purchase, but no laws were charged or proven.
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Gus Mutscher
House of Representatives
National Bankers Life
Securities Exchange Commission
Frank Sharp
NBL
Sharpstown State Bank
Preston Smith
Washington
Nixon
Howard K. Smith
Smith
Calley Case Debate Stirs Calls for Fair Judgment
The piece argues Calley's conviction should be judged without hero worship or further injustice to the six Army jurors. Senate sentiments labeled him a scapegoat while condemning broader war actions. It stresses humane Army conduct without protracting guilt on the nation or service members.
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Willian
Calley
Army
Harvey G. Brown
My Lai
A. R. (Babe) Schwartz
Galveston
Senate
U. S
Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
CBS Faces Critique Over Ecology Documentary Expose
NBC aired a feature showing a mother polar bear shot from a plane by hunters, but the Alaska Game Commission stated the scene showed tranquilizing a bear for tagging. The commission says the bear moved with her cubs after the “slaughter,” unaware she was part of a documentary.
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Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
NBC
National Broadcasting Co
Alaska Game Commission
Supreme Court Keeps State Vagrancy Powers After Rulings
The Supreme Court sets aside Federal Court rulings on vagrancy laws in Texas Florida and North Carolina. It signals backing for Warren Burger guidance that limits Federal interference in state criminal trials. Texas case centered on San Antonio loafers where 12 of 21 points were struck down as vague or unconstitutional. The court suggests State police powers remain intact while State courts keep jurisdiction.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Texas
Florida
North Carolina
Ie Court
Warren Burger
Warren Court
San Antonio
Supreme Court
Government must wake up on protectionism says columnist
Washington by David Lawrence analyzes how tariffs once rallied Republicans and save American jobs but now fail as textile shoe and steel sectors face foreign price competition. He notes Japan talks, Nixon quotas plans, and asks whether the government should prioritize American workers or open markets amid rising unemployment.
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Washington
United States
New England
Nixon
Congress
Tokyo
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
House
Ways and Means Committee
Japanese Textile Federation
South
Democratic House backs 1972 troop withdrawal deadline
House Democrats vote for a resolution urging an end-of-1972 deadline to withdraw all U S troops from Vietnam. The move signals a serious setback for President Nixon as active opposition emerges from the Democratic establishment including the new majority whip Thomas C Tip ONeill.
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Washington
House
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Democratic Center
Rep
Thomas C
Tip
Nixon's war policy faces rising Democratic opposition in House
The piece notes O'Neill Rostenkowski Boland and Carey among Dems opposing the war and pressing a Dec 31 1971 withdrawal deadline. It cites liberal critiques of housing policy and warns of internal party struggle as Carter Albert and Boggs contend with end the war resolutions.
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U.S
House
O'Neill
Rostenkowski
Carey
James Corman
California
Nixon
Vietnam
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Democratic Policy Council
National Sounding Board
Policy Council
House Democrats
Albert
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Chicago Democratic Organization
Richard J. Daley
Washington
Daley
Morales
Democratic Center
Grand jury to probe liquor gambling abuse in Lubbock County
A 99th district grand jury will investigate charges of liquor, trate and gambling activities in Lubbock County after a special charge from District Judge F V Pardue. Eisenhower takes command of Atlantic treaty divisions amid readiness concerns. In Greenville Michigan a firebug has started at least six downtown fires. several buildings burn.
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Lubbock
99Th District
Lubbock County
F. V. Pardue
Paris
Eisenhower
Europe
Greenville, Mich
Greenville
Nostalgia Blasts 1920s Scandals and Showbiz
Henry J. Taylor reflects on the Roaring Twenties as Mae West Texas Guinan Al Jolson and others populate a crime filled era. He recalls Dewey’s probe of graft politics, Valentino’s death, Lindbergh kidnap era fears, and sensational headlines from Pig Woman to St Valentine killings, noting a culture of bootleggers and dances.
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Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Billy Sunday
Texas Guinan
Our Nation
Scar Face
al Capone
Chicago
New York
Legs
Lucky
Odd Bits and Facts From Around Town and World
A fragmented column notes odds and ends on travel safety the interstate plan a red spruce in Maine and a redwood near Eureka. It shares quirky tips about sleeping bags entertainment costs dining in Pittsburgh and light Q and A exchanges with a humorous tone.
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Lubeck Point
Maine
Eureka
Calif
United States
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Walter Fauntroy
Cambodia
Henry J. Taylor
Mae West
Mae
SOIS
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Nanette
Thomas E. Dewey
al Jolson
Ruby Keeler
Rudolph Valentino
Broadway
New York Stock Exchange
Hollywood
William Fox
Joseph Schneck
Midwest
Samuel Insull
Greece
Bruno Hauptmann
Lindbergh
New Jersey
Hall-Mills
Daddy Browning
Manhattan
New York Graphic
Peaches Browning
Henry Judd Gray
Ruth Snyder
Court House
Queens
Long Island
Sing Sing
Kansas City
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