Twenty-Two Congressmen Decide to Quit
Ward A. Garmatz 69 says he will not seek re election after 26 years in Congress as part of a larger wave of retirements. Among them are six veteran Republicans and other House members stepping down.
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Ward A. Garmatz
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Congress
House
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Ways and Means Committee
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Appropriations Committee
William M. McCulloch
Cuhance
Michigan
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Navy
Thomas McPelly
Washington
H. Allen Smooth
California
Rules Committee
FBI
Charles R. Jonas
R-N.c
Alton A. Lennon
Den.c
Senate
W. R. Hull Jr
DeMo
Charles Ht. Griffin
D-Miss
Speedy O. Long
D-La
Sears
John Dowdy
D-Tex
Richard Hf. Poff
R-Va
Jackson E. Betts
J. Irving Whalley
R-Pa
Sears Watkins M. Abbitt
D-Va
Senators
City considers zoning and precinct changes and retirements
The council proposes a zone around the Canyon Lakes project with withholding of permits until Planning and Zoning reviews site plans. They also discuss precinct boundary revisions, a second voting box on the Texas Tech campus, utility rate prospects, and library branch plans. Several House and Senate members announced retirements with details on service and pensions.
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Canyon Lakes
Parks and Recreation Board
Planning and Zoning Commission
Commissioners Court
Texas Tech
Avenue X
University Avenue
1Th Street
Southwestern Public Service, Company
Lubbock Power and Light
Library Board
19Th Street
Civic Center
County Paves Milwaukee Street Upgrades in City
Hard surfaced from 82nd Street to Clovis Highway and from 4th Street to 19th Street in Milwaukee area paving project. Street improvements cited as part of county plan with staff photo credit to Joe Don Buckner.
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82Nd St
Clovis Hwy
Milwaukee
4Th St
19Th St
Joe Don Buckner
Lubbock County
Milwaukee Ave
Secretary Rogers forecasts U S. move to negotiations over wars
Secretary of State William P. Rogers told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United States aims to end its pattern of involvement in major wars by negotiation and restraint. He described progress in the Middle East and Indochina, noted hope for a nuclear arms treaty with the Soviet Union, and mentioned a possible joint U S Soviet space mission as discussions continue in Helsinki and Moscow.
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Washington
UPC
William P. Rogers
Middle East
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Indochina
Rogers
Congress
Soviet Union
Nixon
Moscow
State Department
Berlin
Russia
Helsinki
Houston
U.S
Nixon order limits top secret files and speeds declassification
The President announced a revamped classification system to curb secrecy and extend public access. He will cut officials authorized to grant top secret status from about 5 100 to 1 860 and confine enforcement to 12 departments plus the White House with automatic time tables to down grade and release records in 6 to 10 years.
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Nixon
National Security Council
White House
Pentagon
State and
Defense Departments
Central Intelligence Agen Lcy
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Clinton P. Anderson
D-Mm
John Sherman Cooper
Fred R. Harris
Okla
Len B. Jordan
Idaho
Congressional
Secretary OF State
Darcy Hunt
Seventeen
TJ Model
Mardi Gras Center
Goosen
Supermarts
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