State System Change Urged for Texas Higher Education
The Budget Board proposes consolidating 22 state supported colleges into four or five higher learning systems. The plan differs from Gov. Connally’s, favoring multiple regional boards over a single coordinating body. If adopted, curricula and degree structures would be overhauled, with students traveling farther for certain training. The Legislature faces a clash of spending and overhaul during a crowded session.
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Texas
John Connally
California
Prescifte
Quirk in Texas elections spurs February 13 races
The long-standing Texas rule without runoffs prompts a February 13 ballot for two legislature seats. Fourteen candidates compete for Byron Tunnell’s Tyler seat and nine for Joe Chapman’s Sulphur Springs seat, risking minority winners. Critics urge a no-runoff reform to prevent election by default and urge legislature action.
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Texas
Byron Tunnell
Tyler
Railroad Commission
Joe Chapman
Sulphur Springs
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Texas House
Senate
Dallas Police Under Fire Over Traffic Ticket Tactics
The Dallas Police Department faces criticism for its traffic ticket focus amid debates on saturation coverage and crime reduction. 1963 shows Dallas writing more traffic tickets than 12 comparable cities, leading to questions about policing priorities.
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Dallas
National Safety Council
Lubbock Avalanche Journal Pledge Page Identity
The clipping from Lubbock Texas dated January 16 1965 shows masthead notes for The Avalanche Journal a Democratic weekly then daily morning edition with Sunday consolidation. It references wire services Associated Press and United Press International and includes the public pledge text.
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Lubbock, Tex
Texas Republicans Chart a More Moderate Course
A Texas Republican leader, long allied with Goldwater, argues the party must move to a moderate stance after a crushing defeat in the November election. The upheaval reflects broader soul-searching within the Texas GOP as Democrats reclaim gains, prompting calls for a new look and measured outreach.
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Barry
Thad Hutchinson
Houston
Peter O'Donnel
Texas
Peter O'Donnell
Barry Goldner
Bush Gop
Bruce Alger
Dallas
George Bush
U.S. Senate
Danger At Night Seeks To Probe A Sick Society
The piece argues nightly danger in American towns as muggings rapes and murders rise. It quotes Jim Fletcher across 20 states and cites police chiefs and a Southwestern mayor blaming parents and youth culture. It also notes Americans adopting personal safety measures and a broader shift in Texas Republican leadership toward inclusivity with George Bush as a leading hopeful.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Orpus Christi
Jim Fletcher
Detroit
Jim
Texas
Mama
Papa
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Old Blackmail Congress Can Hurt Nasser
Washington analysis notes U S aid to Egypt keeps Nasser from choking off Western oil and stabilizes pro Western regimes in the Middle East but Congress leans toward cutting Egypt aid. It argues Moscow and Paris could offer only limited relief while the United States remains the prime wheat supplier and buffer against Cairo.
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Andrew
Ashington
United States
Gamal Abdel Niser
Nasser
Uncle Santa
U. S
Egypt
State Department
Soviet Union
Cairo
Ceputy
Alexander Shelepin
Kremlin
de Gaulle
France
Russia
U.S
Congress
Middle East
Africa
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Libya
Congo
Preposterous gold story exposed in political mess
Henry J. Taylor argues the gold deficit and debt rise stem from political choices in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He blames spending and deflects blame onto Treasury policy while warning creditors will redeem dollars for gold if the fiscal path continues. A Milan item notes thrift overreach with long-stored fascist poles reclaimed.
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Henry J. Taylor
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
America
Kennedy
Johnson
Walter W. Heller
House
Prof. Heller
Dr. Heller
Dillon
Fort Knox
Washington
Nostalgia for 5 Cent Cigar Age Sparks Debate
The passage looks back at a era when a five cent cigar was common and contrasts confident but flawed voices with the idea that answers from many people may not always be correct. It reflects skepticism about certainty and suggests a longing for simpler times.
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Rowland Evans
Allas
Goldwater
Romney
Scranton
Lode
Republican Party
War Dept warns letters to MIAs may endanger soldiers
Washington officials cautioned that letters sent via the International Red Cross to soldiers listed as missing in action could reveal the soldier remains at large to the enemy. The notice explained letters might alert captors, risking lives while not necessarily aiding identification. The warning comes amid wartime censorship and search efforts.
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Washington
War Department
International Red Cross
Department
Obscure Kiev Rulerlinked Voyage Wreck Mystery
An OCR fragment recalls Believe It Or Not about a Kiev ruler from the mid 11th century amid a voyage tale. It mentions Queen Anne Elizabeth Anastasia and Kennebunkport, a shipwreck near port with seven corpses aboard, eight crew missing from fifteen, and a wreck date around 1647.
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Aoly the Wise
Kiev
Anne
Elizabeth EN
Anastasi Ony Mnaski
Rom Kennebunkport. Me
Thomas King
Sen
Hon Fort
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