Key Legislation Filed in House Faces Late Session Turmoil
In the final hours of the regular session, Sen. Jim Bates of Edinburg filibustered a liquor measure tied to his San Antonio wholesale business. The House rejected attempts to raise beer and whisky taxes, while a redistricting bill moves toward a conference committee. Speaker Gus Mutscher faced sharp criticism from Rep. Carlos Truan and others calling for his ouster.
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Jim Bates
Edinburg
Bates
San Antonio
Oklahoma City
Billy Williamson
Tyler
Williamson
Rep
DeWitt Hale
Corpus Christi
Senate
Mutscher
Carlos Truan
Truan
Penn Central to Sell Grand Central Terminal Area Real Estate
Penn Central, in reorganization under bankruptcy, plans cash sales of about 29 acres in Manhattan's Grand Central area including Park Avenue hotels and office towers. Trustees say proceeds depend on encumbrances. bids must be all cash. Properties generated $21.2 million in rentals in 1970.
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Park Avenue
Mid
Manhattan
Penn Central Transportation Company
Madison
Lexington Avenues
42Nd
52Nd Streets
Penn Central
Grand Central Terminal
Biltmore
Barclay
Commodore
Roosevelt
Lexington Ave
Vanderbilt Ave
Marijuana laws loosen across states amid calls for leniency
Legal reform advocates argue reduced penalties for first offenses lower felony barriers and enable probation or expungement for under 21s. Arkansas and Utah illustrate shifting penalties while Hawaii cites high enforcement costs. Critics warn risk of repeat offenses remains, with some states keeping harsher second or third offense penalties.
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Robert Y. Murray
Nevada
Howard McKissick
Arkansas
Utah
West Virginia
National Commission On Causes and Prevention of Violence
Hawaii
Brook Hart
Hart
Services Pend For A. F. Holt
A. F. Holt 73 of 1920 31st St died at home Wednesday night. A Abilene native who moved here in 1922 he owned Peoples Ice Co until 1966. He was a Rotary Club member and Sons of the American Revolution. Survived by daughter Mary Donelson Amarillo brother Charles Amarillo sister Mrs Owen Ellis Abilene and three grandchildren. Arrangements by Sanders Funeral Home.
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A. F.holt
31St St
Holt
Abilene
Peoples Ice Co
Rotary Club
Sons of the American Revolution
Mary Donelson
Amarillo
Charles
Owen Ellis
Sanders Funeral Home
Gold Strike Reported in California's Mother Lode
Four Angel's Camp miners. Ed Falls Guy Castle Chris Porovich and Jim Piscus report a new gold strike at the Rio Vista Mine above Melones in Calaveras County. They mine from the surface using picks shovels and bulldozers and describe rich quartz samples. The Rio Vista Mine produced about 88000 in 1922 from the same tunnel.
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Melones
Calif
UPI
California
Mother Lode
Angel's Camp
Rio Vista
Calaveras County
Ed Falls
Stanislaus River
Falls
Guy Castle
Chris Porovich
Jim Piscus
Connally Defends Revenue Sharing Amid House Debate
Connally answered critics as the House approved a Democratic bill creating 150000 public service jobs after defeating a GOP substitute proposal. He sparred with Mrs. Griffiths over per capita divisions and noted Texas has no income tax, while Byrnes pressed for a state local tax credit alternative. The deficit outlook worsened with an expected larger shortfall than $11.6 billion.
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Senate
Griffiths
Connally
America
Texas
Michigan
Detroit
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Byrnes
Treasury
John B. Connally
Secretary of the Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Nixon
Congress
Five Injured in Lubbock Traffic Crashes
Five people were injured in three separate Lubbock traffic accidents on Wednesday. Betty Lorene Harris, 31, of Plainview, was admitted to Methodist Hospital in fair condition after a two car crash at 15th Street and Avenue L. Three others Donnie Wilson Roy Wilkinson and Faye Lynn Thompson were treated and released at Methodist after a second two car collision at University Avenue and Santa Fe Drive. Polly Shaffer, 65, of 2412 Avenue K, received treatment for minor injuries at a physician's office after a crash at 22nd Street and Boston Avenue.
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Lubbock
Betty Lorene Harris
Plainview
Methodist Hospital
15Th Street
Avenue L
University Avenue
Santa Fe Drive
Donnie Wilson
56Th St
Roy Wilkinson
36Th St
Faye Lynn Thompson
2Nd St
Polly Shaffer
Ave. K
22Nd Street
Boston Avenue
Counterfeit $20 bill recovered after grocery attempt
Police recovered an alleged counterfeit twenty from Hi- Nabor Grocery at 3102 34th St after a gray haired woman tried to pay for groceries and fled when the clerk questioned the bill's legitimacy.
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Hi- Nabor Grocery
34Th St
Top Officer Accused In Atrocities In Vietnam Probe
A former Americal Division colonel, Donaldson, is charged with the murder of six civilians and assault on two in Quang Ngai between November 1968 and January 1969 while commanding the 11th Infantry Brigade. His brigade operations officer McCloskey faces similar charges for killings in 1965. Col. Henderson, Donaldson’s predecessor, is being court martialed over a suspected coverup. The 1st Army must decide on further action.
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Quang Ngai
Americal Division
11Th Infantry
Donaldson
Robert S. Poydasheff
Vietnam
William J. McCloskey
Wilkes- Barre
1St Army
Combat Development Command
Ft. Belvoir
McCloskey
My Lai
William L. Calley Jr
Oran K. Henderson
Ft. Meade
Roger L. Ranck
Claire Hutchin
Margarethe Zauner
Smith Barnes clash over welfare and taxes in Texas
In a drawn out clash, Gov. Smith and Lt. Gov. Barnes battled over welfare funding and a revised tax bill. A special welfare reform committee led by William P. Hobby shaped policy, while disputes over a 2 cent gasoline tax and ceiling removals stalled progress. Lawmakers authorized $11.9 million for drug payments to welfare recipients, but failed to fund faculty raises. Smith's looming special session will decide next fiscal year plans and potential redistricting actions.
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Delwin Jones
D-Lubbock
House
House-Senate
Ben Barnes
Senate
Hale
Joe Christie
D-El Paso
Special Welfare Reform
William P. Hobby
Houston
Smith
Barnes
Welfare Department
Lubbock
Texas Tech Medical School
Mutscher
Cloud seeding plan extends rainmaking program to South Texas
A three year U S Bureau of Reclamation project partners with the Texas Water Development Board and a civilian contractor for a one month cloud seeding trial in two areas in Texas One area centered near San Angelo and another from San Antonio to Corpus Christi Officials caution that cloud presence does not guarantee rain and success depends on nature The program requested by Governor Preston Smith could extend into July and August and aims to ease drought conditions rather than break them Rio Grande Valley excluded due to irrigation needs
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U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Texas Water Development Board
Reclamation Bureau
Air Force
San Angelo
del Rio
San Antonio
Colorado River
Austin
Corpus Christi
Carrizo Springs
Archie Kahan
Denver
Texas
Preston Smith
Nixon
Kahan
Division of Atmospheric Water Resources Management
The
South Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Viet Cong Attacks North of Cambodia as U.S. Bombers Strike Chap Plantation
In Southeast Asia heavy U.S. air power targets a Chap plantation stronghold 55 miles northeast of Phnom Penh. Viet Cong 9th Division moves south toward Cambodia while South Vietnamese forces press a new incursion above the A Shau Valley. American bombers strike vast areas as casualty reports emerge from both sides near Saigon and the DMZ.
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Laos
A Shau
Chap Plantation
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Snuol
Chup
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
House of Representatives
Gus Mutscher
Jones
Clyde Haynes
Victor
U.S. District Court
Waldorf-Astoria
49Th St
Park Ave
42Nd St
Yale Club
Pan American
Graybar
Madison Ave
Marine-Midland
Union Carbide
Bankers Trust
ITT
Manufacturers Hanover Trust
New York General
American Tobacco
Chemical Bank-New York Trust
Westvaco
Lexington-43rd Street
A. F. Holt
Khe Sanh
Sauol
Saigon
le Trung Hien
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
101St Airborne Division
Hue
da Nang
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