Texans weigh ethics, salaries in one ballot
In a Texas special election voters respond to four constitutional amendments. Opponents attack the ethics and salary proposal as a subterfuge while favoring a salary cap by statute. Amendment No 2 drew broad opposition for allowing amendments in called sessions. Amendment No 3 aims to lift a spending ceiling on aid to the aged blind and disabled to curb welfare costs. Amendment No 4, the Clean Water Amendment, would authorize 100 million in bonds to unlock about 200 million in federal funds for sewer improvements.
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Texas
Lubbock
Commission
Turner's Gun Conversions and Tax Evasion Case
Retired Maj. Gen. Carl C. Turner, former provost marshal and U.S. marshal, pleaded guilty to soliciting 136 firearms from Chicago police for conversion to his own use and received a three year prison sentence. He faces four income tax charges in June. The judge cautioned that high office carries a greater duty to be honest amid ongoing scrutiny of his past associations.
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Carl C. Turner
Chicago
Army
U.S
Justice Department
Carl Turner
California Judge Withdraws From Davis Magee Trial
Superior Court Judge Alan A. Lindsay disqualified himself from the Angela Davis and Ruchell Magee murder kidnapping case after six weeks of courtroom bickering over trial procedures. Magee used a peremptory judge challenge, delaying a speedy public trial and prompting calls to reform judge assignment rules in California.
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California
Superior Court
Alan A. Lindsay
Angela Davis
Ruchell Magee
Lindsay
Magee
Harold Haley
Japan's wartime reparations fuel postwar profits
The text notes Japan’s return to favor in Asia through postwar reparations, mostly in goods, with continued benefits in equipment parts and services. It lauds Japan’s postwar prosperity and suggests reparations boosted trade and profits, calling Japanese economic recovery clever.
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Japan
Nippon
Court debates Smith Act limits on advocating overthrow
The American Civil Liberties Union argues First Amendment protections allow promoting ideas even violent overthrow, while Senate debates tighten rules. Court decisions since 1957 restrict abstract advocacy without concrete action, prompting calls to specify prosecutions for plans or meetings to overthrow the government.
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Washington
American Civil Liberties Union
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Edward J. Gurney
Republican
Florida
Melvin Wulf
The
Tee
Muskie gains ground in California with new campaign aide
The Muskie campaign, after months of distant outreach, benefits from John F. English’s California visit as he notices the need to court party leaders. English, a New York Democrat, reorganizes strategy since joining on April 13, improving Muskie’s standing in key primary state politics.
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Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Down East
California
John F
Jack) English
English
New York
Muskie
Democratic
Jack English
Vietnam
New England
Gilbert
Bayh
Indiana
Assembly
Bob Moretti
Moretti
Con. Thomas Rees
Stephen Reinhardt
Yale Law School
Bert. Bernhard
Tom Rees
Steve Reinhardt
Los Angeles
Eugene Wyman
Bernhard
Wyman
Jess Unruh
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Muskie signals Bayh as possible 1972 VP pick
Senator Muskie's aides hint Bayh could be his vice president choice, signaling possible high level strategic talks. The move, while premature, raises questions about Bayh's readiness and Muskie's own position as Indiana's Bayh draws labor support and California fundraising intrigue unfolds.
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Washington
Edmund Muskie
Birch Bayh
Muskie
John English
Milton Gilbert
Bayh
Gilbert
Rain Downpours Hit Panhandle and South Plains
Weather marked by dark clouds and heavy rain drenched highways in the Panhandle and South Plains late last night. Farmers greeted the showers despite localized flooding and threats to low-lying city areas.
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Lubbock
Panhandle
South Plains
Military spending and troop cuts shape 1972 campaign clash
Washington analysis shows Congress pressing to halve U.S. Army divisions abroad and cut manpower to curb inflation. Sen. Mansfield and Sen. Stennis push for reductions while Muskie's position wavers as voters face Pentagon cost figures and a possible Europe drawdown. The political stakes hinge on leadership in defense and inflation politics.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Pentagon
Mississippi
Sen
John Stennis
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Stennis
Mansfield
Atlantic
Richard Nixon
Congress
U.S
Senate
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Harris
Muskie
Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Pass It On column snippets from L M Boyd
A collage of quips and questions from L M Boyd featuring statements on juries, Spanish moss, Nebraska Sunday rules, priest celibacy, Chinese family tables, Easter, home defense, education and headaches. Q A lines invite reader letters to Fort Worth Texas.
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Spain
Nebraska
L. M. Boyd
P.O
Fort Worth
Texan
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Lupspock
Avalanche-Journal
David Lawrence
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Evans
Marianne
Bayh Deal
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
John Kennedy
Humphrey
Walter Karabian
Manning Post
Gen. MacArthur
Omar N. Bradley
Truman
White House
Far East
Austin
Allan Shivers
Andrew Tully
Europe
Mike Mansfield
Ed Muskie
Maine
Henry Jackson
Jackson
George Romney
Everett
Wash
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