Government plans post freeze economic controls
A report outlines 90 day wage price freeze rules with talks on selective restraints for key industries. Officials from the Cost of Living Council and Cabinet agencies discuss post freeze measures and avoid nationwide ceilings while consulting with labor groups.
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Cost of Living Council
Stein
President’ S Council of Economic Advisers
COLC
Nixon
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Secretary of Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Robbery Threats Target Mrs Hodges in Lubbock Home Invasion
Mrs Hodges reported two men forced her to lie face down at 2 a.m. after ransacking the house and threatening death if money was not found. They fled in her 1971 car, later recovered near an apartment complex. investigators note a possible motive linked to an economic freeze. The Hodges donated land for the J A Hodges Community Center and chapel before moving to Lubbock in 1917.
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Usersi Recovery
Nixon
Afl-Cio
Congress
Economist
Inis
Hodges
Three Report Money Thefts Near 17th Street and Avenue B
Two men each reported losing $125 early Thursday in separate incidents near 17th Street and Avenue B. Virgil Wilkerson of Ft Worth said attackers took his cash, wristwatch, and wallet after a street assault. R C Brown of Tohoka described a teenage thief taking his billfold as he exited a car. Dewitt Elmore of Arrow Pawn Shop reported a $250 cash loss from his auto near a department store.
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17Th Street
Avenue B
Virgil Wilkerson
Ft. Worth
R. C. Brown
Tohoka
Dewitt Elmore
Arrow Pawn Shop
Broadway St
Wilkerson
Brown
Oil Firms Seek Tax Injunction in Borden County Case
In a 132nd District Court hearing oil companies push to block tax rolls claiming mineral properties are assessed at 25 percent of value while farm land is taxed from 1 to 7 percent. County counters that assessments are uniform and no irreparable harm would occur. Judge Caton presides.
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GATS
Borden County
132Nd District Court
R. W. Caton
118Th District Court
Glenn Toombs
Nixon Plans Ohio and Illinois Stops on Return to Washington
President Nixon will travel from California to Ohio and Illinois on September 2 before reaching Washington. He will dedicate a new Air Force flight museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, then address the American Milk Producers Association convention in Chicago.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Ohio
Illinois
Washington
White House
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Air Force Flight Museum
Chicago
American Milk Producers Assn
Wilson denies wrongdoing in Sharp case
Wilson confirms land profits and stock trades linked to Sharp were part of his long career in buying and selling land. He rejects resigning, saying nothing improper occurred, and cites inherited wealth and bank investments tied to Sharpstown entities. The case shifted to the Justice Department after the SEC action in January 1971.
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Wilson
I Wilson
Sharp
Houston
Thrush
Sharpstown Bank
Sharpstown Realty Co
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Justice Department
Examiner Checking Bank
Federal Bank Examiner
Ted Hristel
Sharpstown State Bank
Bristol
Bristol. Wilson
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Texas
City County Differences Settled At Joint Meet
At a joint session city and county leaders debated budgets and fire service charges. No votes were taken as they discussed consolidating tax offices and potential staff cuts if expenses rose. Lamb offered county road crews to clear weeds around the urban renewal area.
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Alton Brazell
Morris Turner
Arch Lamb
Jack Baker
Heckville
Lamb
Brazell
Baker
Denton Rigsby
Lonnie Hollingsworth
Granberry
Shaw
Derrick
Arrants
Will Cat Weeds Brazell
Council
Russell Hardin
Memorial Civic Center
Four Hurt In City Accidents In One Day
Four persons were injured Thursday in city wrecks. Two hospitalized for observation, two released after treatment. Mrs. Allie Long and her mother Laura Moore admitted to University Hospital after a 7 15 p m two car crash at 50th Street Joliet Avenue. Dwayne Sudduth treated at West Texas Hospital after a morning mishap at 13th Street Avenue M. Robert Flores treated at Methodist Hospital after being struck near his home.
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Allie Long
13Rd St
Laura Moore
40Th St
University Hospital
50Th Street
Joliet Avenue
Dwayne Sudduth
32Nd St
West Texas Hospital
13Th Street
Avenue M
Robert Flores
Duke St
Methodist Hospital
Ship sale eyed Lisbon
The passenger liner Santa Maria hijacked in 1961 to dramatize the Portuguese resistance may be sold as air travel reduces the vessel’s usefulness. In a separate item, Howard Franklin of Fort Worth, aged about 100, was sentenced for armed robbery at a service station where attendant James Gregory was injured.
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Lisbon
Santa Maria
Howard Franklin
Fort Worth
James Gregory
Le Mans 24 Hour Grand Prix, Europe's Famous Race
The 24-hour Grand Prix of En durance at Le Mans in France is Europe's famed endurance automobile race spanning over 2,400 miles.
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le Mans
France
Europe
Anthropologists Push Texas Earliest Man Claim
Texas A M researchers , led by Dr Vaughn C Bryant Sr , cite evidence from Friesenhahn Cave in Bexar County and Denton County sites arguing humans in North America may date to 46 000 years ago. Carbon dated tools at the cave and other remains suggest earlier life than the 13 000 year benchmark, with Brazilian Peru findings supporting earlier timelines.
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College Station
UPI
Texas A&m University
Timan
Vaughn C. Bryant
Andean Highlands
Friesenhahn
Bexar County
Bryant
Highlands
America
Texas A&m
Texas
Denton County
San Antonio
Lewisville
Soledad Brothers Hearing Sirens Bloodshed Follows Court
A bloody melee erupted in a San Francisco courtroom as riot squads confronted spectators during a pretrial hearing for the Soledad Brothers. Clutchette and Drumgo resisted removal amid chaos while Doris Maxwell sobbed, and two brothers were arrested for alleged assault on officers. George Jackson had been killed in an earlier escape attempt at San Quentin.
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San Francisco
Soledad Brothers
John Clutchette
John
Clutchette
Doris Maxwell
Maxwell
Superior Court
Carl Allen
Fleeta Drumgo
San Quentin
Soledad
George Jackson
Drumgo
Jone Jon
Soledad Prison
San Francisco Bay
Baptism Service Returns to Austin with Pastor
The Rev. Mr. Smith leads a baptism at 1 30 p m Sunday for Kelly Michelle Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Mickey Smith of Boulder Colorado The Smiths governor's son and daughter in law also attend along with their son Preston Conrad and other relatives and friends expected to be present
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Austin
Mr. Smith
Smiths
Kelly Michelle Smith
Mickey Smith
Boulder
Colo
Nixon aides defend wage talks as unions demand a voice
The article recounts tensions between union leader George Meany and Treasury Secretary John Connally over labor policy. Hodgson defends the freeze despite inequities, while secrecy is praised to prevent anticipatory moves. Commerce data show mixed signals as the dollar devalues abroad to spur exports.
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Meany
Hodgson
Treasury
John B. Connally
Hoxigson
Connally
Tiexlgsen
Saxon
Jodgson
Peepee
Commerce Department
Niwan
United States
Nixon
U.S
Reward Offered in Amarillo Missing Woman Case
Police seek links to the disappearance of Mrs. Sands reported missing August 8. Her body was found near a cattle feeding device in Amarillo with clothing scattered. autopsy shows broken leg and fractured skull. Investigators drain a stock tank and collect clues around the scene. Mrs. Sands moved from Denver, born near Nashville and raised in Arkansas.
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Pete Crawford
Amarillo
Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory
Austin
Bill DeLoach
Sheriff's Deputies
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