Ethics Issue Sent To Conferees In Amarillo Conference
The May 25 1971 edition notes a Methodist conference in Amarillo with district superintendents named for church reassignment including St. Johns UMC Lubbock and St. Luke UMC Midland. Also mentions ordinations of deacons and elders and a Brownfield pastor appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
St. John’s Umc
Lubbock
R. Burgin Watkins
St. John’s
Watkins
St. Luke Umc
Midland
Texas Senate Passes Broad Ethics and Tax Bills Across
The Texas Legislature moved on ethics reforms and state tax measures. Bills would create an ethics commission, require financial disclosures, and tighten conflict rules. Other actions include permitting local sewage regulation, bail payments reforms, and new environmental controls with stiff penalties. Local option taxes for hotels and tourism were approved, along with school funding realignment and trial-justice sentencing guidelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Environmental Quality
Ecological Society of America
Dallas-Fort Worth
Irving
Senate
House
State Parks and Wildlife Commission
County Superintendent Posts Vacant Amid Abolition Discussed
Boyd and McElroy resign as county superintendent offices prepare to become independent. Abolishing the office would require legislative action or a county vote and save the state about 28000 dollars a year while Boyd earns 16000 annually and his wife also retires. Lamb and Gross were seen discussing the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Boyd
Lamb
Gross
Eleven Inmates Plead Innocent On DWI Charges
Eleven defendants faced in county court pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated linked to weekend incidents and were set at 500 dollar bonds. Individual defendants include Royal Jordan Stacey Taylor Santiago Zapata Luis Rodriguez Frances France Jessie Ponton Michael Ramos Ramon Enriquez and Santos Hernandez. Urbano Atkinson and James Furdy also entered innocent pleas on gun related charges with bonds set at 500 and 400 dollars respectively. Berlin police jailed 300 Technical College students for demonstrating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denzil Bevers
Royal Jordan
Tohoka
Stacey Taylor
Erskine St
Santiago Zapata
Teverland
Luis Rodriguez
Idalou
Frances G. France
Amarillo Highway
Jessie Ponton
36Th St
Michael Ramos
2Nd St
Ramon Enriquez
Shallowater
Santos Hernandez
Levelland
Urbano Atkinson
James W. Furdy
25Th St
SEC details fraud claims against former Texas AG Carr
The SEC expands its charge list against Waggoner Carr including self dealing loans and stock pledges tied to Frank Sharp. It says Carr helped push 1969 Texas Deposit Insurance Corp legislation and sought lawmakers' votes while directing duties at Dallas Bank & Trust and City Bank & Trust. Governors, party officials, and state legislators are named as others with knowledge of the transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Texas
Waggoner Carr
Carr
SEC
Daniel R. Kirshbaum
Sharp
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
South Atlantic Co
National Data Communications Inc
Dallas Bank & Trust Co
City Bank & Trust Co
SAC
Dallas ‘Bank & Trust
Sharpstown State Bank
ISBC
John Osorio
City Bank & Trust
National Bankers Life
Dallas Bank & Trust
Texas Deposit Insurance Corp
Preston Smith
Democratic Party
Four Inch Rains Hit State As Storms Reach Midwest
A weather system spread across the Midwest causing tornadoes in Missouri and Illinois with wind and hail in Iowa. A rural frame house near Potosi Missouri was destroyed by a tornado and another twister damaged a home near Bonne Terre. No injuries were reported by Missouri authorities. A tornado watch covered parts of six states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
Midwest
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
Ilinois
Potosi
Bonne Terre
Missouri Highway Patrol
Hudson
Bloomington
Chicago
National Weather Service
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Centerville
Mason
Edgewood
Chattanooga counts first Negro city councilman amid unrest
Nineteen people injured in disturbances as Gov. Dunn sends 1500 troops to Chattanooga after Mayor Walker appeals for help. Scott Lacy, 32, shot twice by unknown assailant as olive green Army rovers patrol city streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Lacy
Winfield Dunn
Robert K. Walker
van Nunally
Loom Reborn In Texas Museum From 1849 Indiana Roots
The Schroeder loom, linked to Mrs. Kirchhoff and her sister, returns to life at the Tech Museum AU area after being transported from Indiana. The restored loom, once in a 12 by 14 foot cabin, now sits beside spinning wheels as a symbol of pioneer crafts and early textile work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Hollingsworth
Indiana
Texas Tech
Texas
Schroeder
New Orleans
Youth Employment Week Proposed in Lubbock
Lubbock Mayor Jim Granberry proclaimed May 24 31 as Youth Employment Week during the May 1 City Council meeting. He and Texas Tech Coach Jim Carlen back the project with organizers visiting Amarillo. Citizens National Bank offered a room for a Youth Employment Office headquarters and Bert Dardin of the Texas Employment Commission agreed to staff it with two counselors. The advisory Laurb Beck Youth Council includes Ray Hoppens Dale DeWees Mrs Carol Cobb Lyn Turner and student council presidents from five city high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Jim Granberry
Texas Tech
Jim Carlen
Amarillo
Citizens National Bank
Citizens Tower
Bert Dardin
Texas Employment Commission
Dardin
Youth Employment Service
YES
Evans
Laurbbeck
Ray Hoppens
Dale DeWees
Carol Cobb
Lyn Turner
Pastor Revamps offering with personal dollar gift
In Mittineague United Methodist Church West Springfield Mass Reverend Robert Sweet Jr shocked 175 parishioners by not passing the collection basket Instead he gave each attendee a new one dollar bill and urged investment of the dollar with profits returned to the church in September About 500 dollars total will be distributed to those who stayed home will also receive their dollar by mail
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover Commission
O. H. Harris
Dallas
Senate
Bill Patman
Canada
Harris
House
Air Control Board
State Health Department— Land
Office of Environmental Quality
West Springfield
Mass
Mittineague United Methodist Church
Robert Sweet Jr
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Methodist
H. DeWitt Seago
Pampa
St. Luke's
UMC
Lloyd B. Hamilton
Seago
Hamilton
Archie Echols
St. Paul's School of Theology
Kansas City
Anton’s
Cecil M. Tune
Midland Asbury
Anton
William F. Fitzgerald
Brownfield
J. B. Stewart
Abilene
Fairmont
Trinity Umc
Happy Tulsa
Oland M. Butler
McElroy
Ackerly
Big Spring
Lynward Harrison
Groom Umc
Lloyd M. Hearn
Abilene Epworth-Potosi
Plainview
J. Weldon Butler
St. Luke
W. A. Appling
First Umc
Hereford
George Butler
Perkins School of Theology
Amherst Umc
Douglas W. Gossett
Matador
Amherst
McAdoo-Afton
John M. Fitzgerrel
McAdoo-Afton Umc
Charles Williams
Asbury School of Theology
inMcAdoo-Afton
H. Lee Crouch
Crosbyton Umc
Petersburg-Carr’s Chapel
Russell SiAnally
Casion
Douglas Loyd
Horkey Oil Co
Lubbock National Bank
South Plains Association of Governments
Orkin Exterminating Co
Clowe & Cowan
Continental Oil Co
Ity
Senate Ethics Commission
Smith
Dallas Cowboys
State Banking Board
Charles Wilson
Lufkin
Berlin
Technical College
Court of U. S. Dist
Sarah T. Hughes
Houston
Frank Sharp
Chattanooga
Wool
Sandi Tomezak
Lane City
Wool and Mohair
Judy Womack
Miss Tomezak
R. J. Tomezak
Wharton Junior College
Ed Dean
29Th St
Dwayne Price
22Nd Place
Loop 229
Canvis Road
Buffalo Lakes Bar
Sitak
Farm Road
City
Loop
Clovis Road
Cherry Avenue
50Th Street
Magnolia Avenue
Beech Avenue
13Th Street
Tech Museum
Diana
Dr. Kirchhoff
Freelandville
Mrs. Kirchhoff
U.S
UPI
Stewart Kellerman
Highlands
No. 5
Laos
Buam Long
Plain of Jars
Defense Ministry
Paksong
Phnom Penh
Kampot
Lon Non
Cambodia
Gor Tio
Der
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