Texas Mayors Seek State Help for City Revenue Boost
In Austin a group of 19 of 22 Texas metropolitan areas pressed Gov. Connally to seek substantial new revenue from the 60th Legislature. They want a sales tax refund or equivalent, with funds sent to cities without strings, to grow with population and ease municipal finances. A sales tax rise to 3 percent could yield about 140 million yearly. half refunded would shift burden to taxpayers.
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Austin
John Connally
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Austen
W. W. McAllister
San Antonio
Texas Municipal League
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Yorty Critiques Kennedy On Senate Hearing
Los Angeles Mayor Samuel Yorty describes Robert Kennedy as riding his family name to gain power after testifying at a Senate urban problems hearing. He accuses Kennedy of opportunistic attacks on Johnson supporters and undermining his party leader. The piece notes Kennedy’s rising popularity.
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Bobby” Kennedy
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Yorty
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Lubbock Trustees Balk at Neighborhood Youth Corps
The Lubbock school board rejected sponsoring a Neighborhood Youth Corps citing rigid federal pay scales of 1.25 per hour. Critics note the anti poverty program’s lack of flexible pay prevented a workable compromise with officials.
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Lubbock
Fine Arts Future Hopes From Texas Commission
The Texas Fine Arts Commission has 18 appointed members led by Gov. Connally’s support. It aims to influence private and public groups, advise on legislation and allocations, and assist with the 1968 HemisFair exhibit. Critics note a proposed Governor's Mansion project and urge a practical public role to inspire arts interest.
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W.C. Holden
Lubbock
John Connally
White House
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San Antonio
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Managed War News and Pentagon Credibility Gap
A critique of how Pentagon press manipulation creates a credibility gap as Saigon briefings fuel distortions. The piece traces a cycle where later corrections, officials’ denials, and newspaper reports spark confusion, culminating in dismissive actions and calls to resign.
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Saigon
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North Viet Nam
Saigon Post
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Campaign finance limits discussed in Congress
Washington debate intensifies on banning all campaign contributions and prohibiting large self funding by candidates. The current session features renewed calls tied to recent events, with lawmakers examining propriety of spending by candidates and political organizations.
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Congress
Congress Should Inquire Without Yielding To Rioters
The piece defends the House Un-American Activities Committee against leftist disruption and police violence in Anacostia. It argues for upholding congressional rules, examining the Internal Security Act, and questioning individuals tied to Communist or foreign-linked groups while cautioning against glamorizing street violence. It also discusses campaign finance reform and the role of money in elections.
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House Un-American Activities Committee
Joe Pool
Karl Marx
Stokely Carmichael
House Committee
H. Carlo Moultrie
NAACP
Moultrie
United States
Progressive Labor Party
Charlotte Polin
Marxist Free University of New York
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Richard Rhoads
Brooklyn
U.S.A
Nazi Germany
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
When Paris Was Freed by Henry J. Taylor
Henry J. Taylor recalls the August 25 1944 Paris liberation with General Leclerc’s French Army entering the city. The account details street fighting and Resistance victims, Nazi centers under Notre Dame and the Invalides, the Louvre loot and ERR group, and the Communist FTP’s rising role amid the chaos of Paris freeing.
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Paris
Hitler
Porte de la Villette
Jacques Philippe Leclerc
Sahara
Erwin Rommel
Colette
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Leclerc
Sacre Coeur
ERR
Berlin
France
Goering
Ribbentrop
Switzerland
Germany
Poland
FTP
Russia
Bechtel Returns to Lead Texas Tech Red Raiders
Hu bert Bechtel twice All American end at Texas Univ returns to the Texas Tech football program as a naval trainee, boosting prospects for the coming fall season. City commission raises city tax rate by 15 cents to meet growing cost of living bonuses for workers. University of Minnesota doctors report lower polio deaths from new bulbar treatment methods in epidemic updates.
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Hubert Bechtel
Texas Univ
Will
Raiders
Minneapolis
Minn
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Grounding Support Grows For New Texas Law Idea
The Dallas Morning News reports mounting support for a proposal to let the Texas Legislature strip license plates from vehicles owned by habitual violators and impound the car until fines are paid. Dallas officials argue plates removal would curb reckless driving, reduce crime, and prevent repeat offenses by both adults and juveniles.
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Dallas
Joe Golman
Golman
Wfaa-Tv
Dallas Morning News
West Coast Longshoremen Win Five Year Contract
The west coast longshoremen secure a new five year pact with shipping lines, averaging annual wage increases of eight percent. Earlier contract concessions included ending obsolete work rules and boosting efficiency, which lowered net labor costs.
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National Review Bulletin
Orbit travel safest form of transportation
Statistics claim orbit travel is the safest for Americans with no fatalities or injuries in millions of space miles since the U S space program began. The Alabama Journal notes this supports proving almost anything with selective figures.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Journal
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