Odessa Police Build Safety City Traffic Education Center
Odessa police create a downtown Safety City teaching tool at Grandview Ave shopping center to instruct about traffic safety. The model city on reconstructed streets hosts classes for about 32 children, with officers as instructors and certificates of completion from the chief of police. Merchants help fund the project to sustain year round sessions.
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Odessa
Grandview Ave
Jim Hall- Neeve
Cely
Arlington
Hallman
Ato
Tang
Athens Black-Eyed Pea Festival Highlights Finalists
Athens Texas hosts 35 finalists in the Black-Eyed Pea Cook-Off with politicians arriving including Ralph Yarborough. Friday’s events feature parades gospel singing and an art show while preparations for Sunday’s taste-in and watermelon eating contest draw crowds from near and far.
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Athens
Combinatons
Old East
Texas
Blackwood Brothers
Four Gallileans
Rosie Rozell
The
Searchers
John David Burkett
Shorty Kemp
Garry Sanders
Athens Review
Gail Rkwood
Pearl Loden
Roxanne Lowe
Investigation continues as Stans silent on contribution matter
Washington UPI report notes House inquiry into fundraising for the reelection effort. Auditors gathered money before a new law took effect. The committee questioned Stans about a $25,000 contribution and possible financing by funds tied to G Gordon Liddy, fired after failing to answer questions about the bugging case ahead of the GOP National Convention.
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Dahlberg
Hughes
Stans
G. Gordon Liday
Liddy
Beach
Senate extends Civil Rights Commission with new sex discrimination ban
The Senate fast tracked a five year extension of the U S Civil Rights Commission and expanded its powers to cover sex discrimination while prohibiting unwarranted government employee privacy invasions. The bill would fund agency operations at 40.5 million through June 2, 1978 and moves to the House for its action. A conference committee will reconcile differences.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
House
Commission
House Senate
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
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Bob Curtis
Buzz
Marie d
Henderson County Junior College
Ralph W. Yar
Chandler
Tex
Yarborough
Ill Perryman
Edna Bass
Dianne Bostock
Mildred Miller
Floy Herndon
Imogene McCaskey
Bia and
Roy Rogers
Rome
River Queen
FFTH
National Bar
Circus Inn
E. Slaton Road
Holiday Ine South
Yubbock
Idalou
Mullin Ween
Ery
Capitol
Lubbock
RCA
Accugeler
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