Texas Legislature Faces Tax Bill Struggles and Lobby Pressure
In a special session turmoil erupts as lawmakers grapple with a tough tax bill amid pressure from the Texas AFL-CIO and labor groups. Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes argues against two year tax raises while Gov. Smith seeks passage. controversy surrounds several attacks on legislators and concerns over new fees and salaries. The scene underscores a damaged image for representative government.
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Flood Insurance Aid Opens Way for Relief Efforts
The article discusses how the National Flood Insurance Act aims to help victims of major floods like Camille and Bemlah by offering flood insurance through HUD. It cites high premiums and insurer risk as barriers and urges cities with many flood-prone properties to explore eligibility, stressing relocation and area protection as long term solutions.
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Camille
Texas
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Labor Day Traffic Safety Appeal From Governor
Gov Preston Smith urges drivers to follow new safety guidelines to reduce deaths on roads. The plan emphasizes staying within speed limits, avoiding fatigue, not drinking and driving, and driving defensively statewide. Local efforts in Lubbock involve the police department and Citizens Traffic Commission to cut the local fatality rate.
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Citizens Traffic Commiss
Quinault Indians Tackle Beach and Resource Abuse
Article praises the Quinault Tribe of the Olympia Peninsula Washington for defending their reservation from littering beach damage stolen nets and clam bed destruction. It notes tribal police presence and hopes for peaceful protection of natural beauty with firm resolve.
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Washington State
Texas
Fragmentary note hints at a gala inquiry at Hotel de Paris
A garbled message mentions a guest and a Mrs Kettner, asking price for a bin, and a gala at Hotel de Paris with another party. Details are unclear but center on a social event and an implied negotiation.
Lindsay faces Haynsworth choice amid race coalition fears
Mayor Lindsay meets Democratic advisers at Gracie Mansion to discuss Judge Clement Haynsworth's Supreme Court nomination. The group fears Negro and Jewish tensions over Nixon's pick could fracture the coalition and affect Lindsay's re election bid.
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John V. Lindsay
New York
Gracie Mansion
Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr
South Carolina
U.S. Supreme Court
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Nixon
Haynsworth
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Supreme Court
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Questioning GNP values and Nixon decentralization plans
Marianne Means questions GNP as America's value measure and cites broader concerns about destructive uses of wealth. The piece notes Nixon aides’ objections to Haynsworth and analyzes political implications for liberal opposition and party realignment.
Debate on religious liberty and establishment in the nation
Mrs. Willie Lee Carr cites the First Amendment and the founding principles of the United States to argue against restrictions on worship and faith. She invokes the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights to defend the right to believe freely.
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Willie Lee Carr
Editor letter blasts McCullough over true Southerner claim
A note from A B Tipe in Midland criticizes Tom McCullough for attacking Governor Easty Maddox over segregation policy. He calls McCullough’s response an overreaction and challenges the use of Communist conspiracy charges as a tactic, arguing for fact based critique.
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Eastey Maddox
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Texas
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Letter on poverty and social policy from Lillian C. Rountree
A reader condemns a religious order for showing pictures of the needy family and suggests drastic measures. The writer notes 17 children with modest means and mocks accepting crumbs, proposing selling assets for livestock and predicting criminal penalties for poverty by century's end.
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