Mexican American rights hearings draw mixed reactions
Congressman Henry Gonzalez of San Antonio sharply criticizes US Civil Rights Commission hearings in San Antonio as an ineffectual inquisition while others argue the process could spur federal reforms. Witnesses clash over discrimination in schools, jobs, and justice amid calls for action and improved education and wages.
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Henry Bo Gonzales
San Antonio
Gonzalez
Hitler
Ranger
A. Y. Allee
Wilson E. Speir
Department of Public Safety
Walter McAllister
Commission
Acts
Theodore Heshureh
University of Notre Dame
Rio Grande Valley
Apiereany
Hims Nfo
Bresktae
Commission Aw
Legi
Vir. Gonzalez
Bexar County
Albert Pena
Irony and Uprisings At Colleges Fueled By Subversives
The piece argues that campus violence rises at colleges meeting student voice demands and blames SDS for orchestrating unrest. It cites J Edgar Hoover, SDS goals to build a guerrilla force, and calls for a crackdown on disruptive actions by outsiders and radical organizers.
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Gramte
Rome
Communist Party
Students For A Democratic
FBP
J. Edgar Hoover
SDS
Eee
Oual
Greg Calvert
Younger Oldsters TF ONE Debates Medical Theories
The piece quotes a doctor claiming the human body declines after 29 and brain cells shrink daily. It notes a bias by companies seeking workers under 23 and questions who would hire a 26 year old considered old.
Nixon selects a cabinet designed for adaptable governance
The incoming Nixon administration structures its cabinet to balance policy making and administration. Henry Kissinger aids national security while William Rogers handles State administration. Swenneds and Stans shape fiscal and trade policy with the Treasury and Commerce.
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Nixon
Jor. Kissinger
Nison
the Treasury
David M. Swenneds
Continental Hiiness National Bank &Trust Company
Federal Advisory Council
Federal
That Girbo on Broadway and the Holiday Frenzy
A fragment from a 1960s era column contrasts holiday rush with safety concerns. It cites December as a high risk month for driving due to weather and festivities, notes highway death tolls, and questions public attention to road carnage while urging action.
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Vietnam
Nixon aims at labor clashes while pushing reforms
Washington columnist outlines Nixon plans to revise the Taft Hartley Act to bar public health and safety strikes and limit dock and rail shut downs, plus broaden arbitration for government workers and enforce fair labor practices. The piece also notes demographic changes along the El Paso area and a holiday poem tradition tied to the border community.
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Nixon
New York
Justice Black on Demonstrations and Meade Incident
Andrew Tully critiques a Supreme Court ruling that limits demonstrators rights and cites Fordham dean Martin Meade’s captivity by Afro American Advancement members. He argues institutions and authorities fail to enforce laws amid campus unrest from the 1960s.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Fordham University
Martin J. Meade
Society For
Meade
White House
Maine
California
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
New Left
Fudh
Hoover
Berlin towers blown up. Truman defends spy hunt stance
In a page from Memory Lane the report notes a Berlin radio assault by a French engineer destroying front transmission towers, while President Truman maintains the Alger Hiss case does not affect his view of the spy hunt as a Red herring. Austin seeks swift Supreme Court action on the college building amendment controversy. City commission meets to discuss a substantial natural gas rate reduction.
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Chihuahua
Mi Paso
New Mesxico
Arizona
Texas
Hoone
Rel Paso
EL Paso
Mount Franklin
Bill Hooten
el Paso Times
Black
Fordham
Meade
Supreme Court
Lubbock
Berlin
Radio
Washington
Truman
Austin
State Today
Howard
Lubber
Yesterdais
Insurance survey warns car pool drivers lack coverage
Tucson agents say many car pool drivers are unaware or negligent about securing adequate insurance for extra riders. An adjuster warns regular pooling can create liability and may alter coverage from pleasure use to public hire, risking higher rates or denial after incidents.
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Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
There Dear Consoles Quiet Verbal Exchange
Lightly toned line suggests a personal exchange with implied interest. The speaker reassures a listener about an absent man’s probable reaction if asked, hinting at conversational context and social nuance. The fragment captures intimate dialogue without clear setting or outcome.
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Phere
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Ational Sds
David Lawrence
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Department of Justice
Poe
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Treasury Department
Mar
Maurice Stans
Budeet
Secretary of Commerce
Robert P. Maso
Department of Health, Education, and Welffare
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Patrick Moynihan
Urban Affairs
Secretary of Transportation
Agenc
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Interior Department
Department of Labor
Plainsman
Girbo
Santa Chius
Holly Daze
Joan J. Welsh
Manion Avenue
Ray Cromley
Dabor
NNION
Iignal l Employment Opportunities Commission
Johnson
U. Ss
Texas-New Mexico
A-1
Ails-Mexico
Southwest
St. Nicholas
Los Nings
Mamao
Manda
Golty
Andrew Tully
Florida A. and
M. University
Tallahassee
Florida
United States
New York University
Students For A Democratic Society
United Nations
Observer
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James Reston
Amherst
Mass
Los Angeles
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Calif
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Storrs
Conn
Bluefield
Justice Black
Justice
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