Wages Law Awaiting Signature in Texas Legislature
The first Texas minimum wage bill awaits Gov. Preston Smith's signature after a long path through the House and Senate. It starts at $1.25 per hour Feb 1 1970 and rises to $1.40 Feb 1 1971 with farm worker exceptions and gratuities provisions.
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Rio Grande Valley
Austin
Agriculture Commissioner
Senate
Wayne Connally
Floresville
H. J. Blanchard Lubbock
House
Gus Mutscher
Ben’Barnes
Open Meeting Law Criticized as Loophole Bill Moves On
Smith attacks a Senate approved bill deemed a loophole in the open meetings law. The measure, backed by Rep. Cummings and Sen. Brooks, would allow action at meetings even if posting was missed if the notice was filed timely with state or county officials. The bill targets bond issues in multi county districts and river authorities amid push to always post three days notice.
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Chet Brooks
Pasadena
Russell Cummings
Houston
Secretary of State
Cummings
Bond
Torneys
Kennedy Charge Denied Over Thieu Lobbying Trip
Thieu spokesman Col Tran Van Lam told reporters in Taipei that the South Vietnamese president was invited to visit Taiwan and South Korea and is not on a lobbying mission. Senator Kennedy alleged Thieu lobbied against Nixon’s peace plan, and Kennedy spoke at UMass criticizing the trips. Thieu had been in Taipei after Korea and was to return to Vietnam.
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Taipei
Formosa
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
South Korea
China
Nixon
Thieu
Col
Tran van Lam
Massachusetts Democrat
Universi
Massachusetts
Taiwan
Midway Island
Vietnam
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AGIB
Washington
Jimmy Medlock
Lorenzo
Washington, D.C
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Lubbock
Medlock
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Bill
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L.A
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