Delegates divided on need to overhaul New Mexico constitution
New Mexico awaits a constitutional convention in Santa Fe with eastern delegates urging restraint. They cite cost and question sweeping changes while arguing to keep most provisions intact, and discuss issues such as raising the 20 mill levy, 18 year olds voting, short ballots, liquor on Sundays, and parish school funding.
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Larry Cheek
Avalanche-Journal
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Agnes Head
Hobbs
Alva J. Parker
Floyd
Roosevelt County
Muriel McNeill
Hechts
Harold Hecht
Clovis
Hecht
H C. Pannell
Lovington
David Turner
Curry County
Head
Jim Jacobs
Alex Woodall
Eunice
Lea ‘County
Woodall
Legisature
Tax Reform Bill Shifts Benefit by Income Level
Washington AP reports the tax reform bill would cut taxes differently across income groups. The standard deduction rises to 15 percent up to $2000, with broad rate cuts phased in 1971 1972 and major gains for low income and widow or widower families. Wealthier taxpayers face limits on deductions and a 50 percent ceiling on earned income tax rate, offset by rate reductions. The measure, 400 pages long, was approved by the House Ways and Means Committee with potential surtax extension under debate.
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Edmond le Breton
Washington
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Charles A. Vanik
Dohio
Bond Set After Pleas Of Not Guilty In County Court
Two Lubbock men pleaded not guilty in Judge Denzil Bevers' court. Merle Chiles 29 faced assault with a knife charge and a $400 bond was set. Elijah Pickard 32 denied passing a worthless check with intent to defraud and was held on a $300 bond. Earlier, Jack Fenton Lorence 33 received a no contest plea for simple assault, with a $10 fine plus court costs.
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Lubbock
Denzil Bevers
Merle Chiles
East 17Th St
A. B. Coll
Bevers
Elijah Pickard
E. 28Th St
Pickard
Levine
Jack Fenton Lorence
Red Raider Trailer Park
Texan Soldier Reported Killed in Vietnam Action
Washington AP reports the latest casualty list from Vietnam naming a Texan killed in action. The deceased is identified as Frank Hamilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ci Hamilton, with military details indicating service in the Army.
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Washington
Vietnam
Army Fe
Hamil
Frank Ci Hamilton
Judge Denies Writ For New Trial In 1965 Burglary Case
James Arthur Columbus, serving a life sentence as an habitual criminal, lost his bid for a new trial in Judge Pat S Moore’s 72nd District Court. The habeas corpus writ claimed denial of the right to call a witness and lack of attorney representation at a 1960 guilty plea.
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Pat. S. Moore
72Nd District Court
Moore
Victor Lindsey
Bn 72Nd District Court
James Turner
Turner
T McKissack
1702 Ave. H
Columbus
Autopsy Order Set In Stabbing Death Of Caroline Harte
A justice of the peace ordered an autopsy on Caroline Louise Harte 14 who was stabbed to death in Port Aransas. The exhumation and exam were requested by the Texas Department of Public Safety and will be conducted by a Bexar County pathologist with a DPS chemist present. Investigators continue gathering evidence and may conduct further polygraph tests. Harte was the daughter of Houston H Harte president of the San Antonio Express and Evening News.
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Port Aransas
Justice of the Peace
Caroline Louise Harte
Miss Harte
San Antonio
Texas Ranger
John Wood
Corpus Christi
Oscar Gillespie
Texas Department of Public Safety
Bexar County
Wood
DPS
Nueces County
Johnnie Mitchell
Houston H. Harte
Harte
The
San Antonio Express and
Evening News
Foreman Plans 60 City Tour in August Recess
Rep Ed Foreman a Republican from New Mexico says he will visit 60 cities and towns across 18 counties in his district during the two week August congressional recess. Foreman previously served as a Texas congress man.
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Washington
UPI
Ed Foreman
Texas
Mars Twin Mariner 7 Loses 20 Telemetry Links
Pasadena Calif UPI reports Mariner 6 sent striking Mars photos but Mariner 7 suffered a loss of 20 telemetry channels as it nears Mars. Scientists monitor velocity shifts and a potential canal feature while awaiting preliminary instrument findings.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPID
Mars
Mariner 7
Red Planet
Hfe
Moon
Mariner Probe
Equatorial
Robert Crabtree
Mariner
Earth
Caltech
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Texas UT Austin Receives $5000 Gift from Petro-Tex
The University of Texas at Austin announced a donation of 5000 dollars from Petro-Tex Chemical Corp of Houston to be split equally between the chemistry and chemical engineering departments.
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Austin
University of Texas At Austin
Petro-Tex Chemical Corp. of
Houston
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