Texas Congressional redistricting plan starts in Texas
The joint Senate House Committee released an official starting plan for remapping Texas congressional districts. It preserves no perfect result and faces court and legislative revisions as incumbents and voters react.
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Aid Rumblings Shift in U S Senate Over Foreign Aid Image
Senate discussions show a bipartisan push to reform Foreign Aid policy after attacks on American property abroad. Sen. Stuart Symington proposes cutting aid for a year after destruction or damage unless local authorities protect assets.
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Texans Grumble Over Vowelless License Plate Prefixes
A quirky column notes Texans regret a state rule banning vowels from three letter license plate prefixes and omitting 0s. It cites combos like BFW CBJ TNT and jokes about ROB WOW NUT ARF RAT LBJ JFK LBI. It mentions few hundred local owners, then shifts to a Baltimore murder linked to pity and a blunted world view.
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Lubbock Journal Pledge Page Dated January 12 1965
Historic newspaper page shows the United States pledge text and publication details from Lubbock Texas. It notes The Associated Press content and flags the pledge allegiance entry in a standard daily issue dated January 12 1965.
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Lubbock, Tex
Loss of stature is now plain U S faces Viet Nam crisis
Robert Novak argues the United States must rapidly and decisively escalate its Viet Nam effort. He warns that disagreement in Washington risks a humiliating peace conference and loss of credibility abroad.
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New Ethics Group Offers Bipartisan Senate Guard On Morality
Washington reports the 89th Congress will create a permanent Senate Ethics committee with a three-to-three bipartisan split. Leaders plan three Democrats and three Republicans to investigate misconduct, receive complaints, and set rules to improve conduct standards.
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Powers
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Jon
X Committee
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Coop
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Cohen Trails to Tax Reform Icon as IRS Chief
Andrew Tully profiles Sheldon Stanley Cohen named IRS commissioner. He aims to humanize the agency and bring the IRS mission to the public. The piece notes the IRS size, discipline actions, and hazards agents face from crooks and bribes, with a wry look at public perceptions and humor about tax life.
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Ashington
America
Sheldon Stanley Cohen
Cohen
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Tully
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Tucson
Reno
TRS
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Wheat harvest outlook and alcohol production shift
The Agriculture Department reports the nation is on track for a billion-bushel wheat harvest in 195. More wheat to be used for alcohol this year and less for feed. Food consumption steady while exports expected to rise. In Tulsa, John W. Richardson 78 and his bride 61 wed after a 30 minute courtship, meeting only 30 minutes before obtaining a license. Hostesses at Past Matrons of the OFS included Mrs. Ernest Conley and Miss Oulda Middleton.
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William Lynch Operates in Peoria Hospital Bed
A fragment reports William Lynch undergoing an operation at a Peoria hospital. The text notes the surgeon and patient occupying the same room, with the two men having never met before entering the hospital.
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Peoria
Mosbiae
Debacles Explained Diplomatic Warning From Henry J Taylor
Henry J Taylor argues the United States faces a Sino Soviet encirclement plan begun with Cuba and extended through Laos and Vietnam. He contends leaders hide the full picture behind budget figures and insists a Maginot Line vulnerability now threatens America's global position.
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Egypt
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Hike In New York Income Tax Seen
Albany Gov Nelson A Rockefeller states that raising state income taxes to help balance the 1965 budget would be detrimental to the state. He suggests a statewide sales tax as a definite possibility and says specifics on the rate are under study.
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