Fishing for Feds and Fraud in Sharpstown Saga
Gov. Preston Smith and Rep. Henry Gonzales charge the Justice Department with political manipulation amid the Sharpstown stock investigation. They accuse Assistant AG Will Wilson and Judge John V. Singleton of undue immunity and biased prosecutions as new revelations are promised.
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Preston Smith
Henry Gonzales
Smith
Gonzales
Justice Department
Texas
San Antonio
Will Wilson
Frank W. Sharp
Wilson
Sharp
The
Texas Banking
Sharpstown State Bank of Houston
John V. Singleton
Houston
Singleton
Jold Sharp
Mr. Sharp
Mim
Mitchell
Atv
Johnnie Walters
Internal Revenue Service
Connally
John Nolan
Treasury
IRS
Lubbock Air Taxi Links Mail To Dallas Route
The U S Post Office introduces air taxi service between Lubbock and Dallas five days a week to speed mail. Departures from Lubbock at 9 15 p m arrive Dallas 11 40 p m on weekdays with return flights leaving Dallas at 1 15 a m arriving Lubbock at 4 a m. Lubbock handles 13 000 pounds daily, Abilene 12 000. The service coincides with the Post Office transition to The Postal Service and aims to improve efficiency in handling mail.
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U. S. Post Office Department
Lubbock
Dallas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Victor Smith
Abilene
Replaced Stove Demands Court Action in England
Trudi Lennard of Hove plans to sue to have her $240 electric stove replaced after repeated failures. She cites timer switch defects causing four failed dinner parties and cracked heat resistant dishes. A dead mouse in the wiring allegedly explains the trouble, threatening her marriage and prompting the legal move.
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Trudi Lennard
Hove
England
Pentagon study sparks war prolongation debate across nations
Washington papers and foreign outlets debate the so called Pentagon study amid claims it is not authentic. Critics argue it misleads public opinion and risks prolonging the Vietnam war while praising official U S aims and commitments to Southeast Asia.
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Washington
Pentagon
United States
Red China
Soviet Union
Europe
Asia
America
Southeast Asia
No Win War and One World Government Fear Letter
A reader laments modern leaders for engaging in a no win war under UN influence and pursuing relations with communist nations. The letter accuses officials of valuing power over life, reducing citizens to numbers, and funding a one world government through taxation while ignoring individual rights.
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America
The
Avalanche-Journal
Thomas
Jefferson
U.S
U.N. Security Council
Russia
China
North Vietnam
North Korea
Tower of Babel
Book List Inspiring Vacations From Political Memoirs to Tax Rants
Washington summer picks feature Spiro Agnew memoirs and government texts. Notable titles include Invest ing in Lockheed for Fun and Profit and One Thousand Reasons for Being in Vietnam. Also covers How to Take the Fun Out of Fun City and State Income Taxes and Why We Need Them.
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Lockheed
Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Fun City
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
John Lindsay
Lindsay
New York City
Rockfeller
Rocky
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Editor's Letter Questions Use of Mexican American Label
Daniel E. Lees criticizes The Avalanche-Journal for describing a crime suspect as Mexican American. He questions how the cultural group was determined, asks whether the person is a Mexican citizen or American, and denounces the term as inexact, questionable, and slur-like.
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The
Avalanche-Journal
Daniel E. Lees
Slide Road
Probing Attacks in Korea and Oil Tidelands Bill Move
News briefs from memory lane report communist probing attacks on central Korea repelled by Allied forces. Russia counsels military talks with UN field commanders for a Korea truce, excluding Chinese advisers. House Judiciary Committee backs a oil tidelands title bill amid Texas officials’ concerns. South Plains heat nears hundred degrees with possible late storms as a cold front advances.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Korea
United Nations
House Judiciary Committee
Austin
Price Daniel
Bascom Giles
Senate
South Plains
Midwest
Panhandle
Agnew On Way Out Sparks White House Suspicion
Washington weighs Vice President Spiro Agnew as snubs from Johnson aides at LBJ Library event fuel talk of the 1972 ticket shakeup. Connally rumors and internal adjustments heighten fear of a broader GOP substitute wave as Agnew faces pressure and public doubts.
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Washington
Spiro Agnew
White House
Lyndon Johnson
Agnew
Nixon
Johnson
LBJ
Austin
Nixon Johnson
Robert Hardesty
GOP
Dallas Times-Herald
Connally
Texas
Conall
John Mitchell
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohie
Pass It On Customer Service Column Debates Marriage Trends
L M Boyd answers reader questions on remarriage after divorce, celebrity hair color, oil gusher temperatures and social quirks. The column cites matrimonial scholars and quotes Madame Dariaux and Cedric Adams while inviting readers to send in personal inquiries for Passion.
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James Arness
Matt Dillon
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Saris
U. S. Postal Service
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Hanoi
Paris
Midlander
ART Buchwald
Southern Strategy Press
Miss Jeanne Fuller
Pax
Midland
Avidinde-Journal
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Jack E. Grady
18Th St
Tokyo
Central Korea
Marianne
L. M. Boyd
Hollywood
John Wayne
Wayne
Madame Dariaux
Cedric Adams
P.O
Fort Worth
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