Texas Gulf Coast superport plan eyed for refinery job savings
Supporters argue a Texas Gulf Coast deep water port could curb refinery relocations by reducing shipping costs if other states build a rival facility. The plan envisions a nine member Texas Harbor and Terminal Commission with $750000 initial funding and a total cost estimated at 75 to 100 million. Environmentalists oppose due to spill fears though proponents say offshore placement improves safety and spill controls advance.
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Texas Gulf Coast
Russell Cummings
Ray Lemmon
Houston
House
Senate
Texas
Gulf Coast
South Plains
West
West Texas
Preston Smith
U.S
Texas Harbor and Terminal Commission
Cemetery Rules Relaxed in Des Moines Cemetery
The Des Moines Park Board regulates grave markers to maintain order but public sympathy grows for relaxing rules after a soldier’s wife placed cement markers for her two infants. Advocates argue rules are not 100 percent just and changes are likely across areas of activity.
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Des Moines, In
Park Board
Des Moines Park Board
Des Moines
Letter delays spark courier debate in Senate circles
SEN story recalls four days for a letter from a senator to the General Accounting office and a Baltimore to Washington invitation taking 13 days. Mathias complains of lunch loss. stagecoaches proposed, with jokes about carrier pigeons or terrapins as solutions.
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Sen
Lloyd Bentsen
Senate
General Accounting Office
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Maryland
Washington
Baltimore
Crime trends highlight violent boldness in New York area
The article cites mugging of Herman Glaser, watched by over 60 bystanders, and the knife killing of Columbia law professor Wolf pany Ecce ne. It notes a suspect with prior robbery charges and a drug case, still at large during the Friedmann killing, criticizing justice system breakdown.
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New York City
Herman Glaser
New York Academy of Trial Lawyers
Manhattan
Columbia University
Wolfpany Eccene
Friedmann
Halftime analysis of the White House Bowl echoes Nixon McGovern clash
Art Buchwald riff on a political football game at Presidential Election Stadium. In the first half McGovern trails Nixon by a wide margin as signals chaos, fumbles and inconsistent play unfold. The piece satirizes campaign tactics, bugging claims, money concerns and the onfield benching of Nixon.
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Washington
Howard Lawsell
Presidential Election Stadium
McGovern
Nixon
Shriver
White House
Spiro Agnew
That Girl on Broadway Reflects on Education and Inflation
A terse column compares adult education to parental guidance in a room of teens and links the idea to inflation. The piece muses on everyday frustrations like forgetting change and mentions Today’s Home and a baldheaded hippie as quirky references.
Nixon rises in anti-drug drive and McGovern clash
In a wide-ranging column the author defends Myles Ambrose’s critique of McGovern’s drug policy. He notes Nixon’s expanded anti drug programs DALE and the National Narcotics Intelligence Office, and contrasts past administrations with current efforts. The piece also riffs on Texas politics and local business developments.
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Washington
George McGovern
Myles Ambrose
McGovern
Ambrose
George
Nixon
Congress
Dale
National Narcotics Intelligence Office
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Pets on Lubbock streets prompt shelter statistics
A column questions why many pets roam Lubbock streets and cites shelter data. It notes weekly captures of about 400 dogs and 125 cats, with roughly half of dogs reclaimed. up to 16 000 dogs and 7 200 deaths yearly. It urges keeping dogs in yards or on leashes and avoiding unnecessary breeding.
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Lubbock
19Th Street
Harold and
Ray Chapman
H. G. Lewis
Alton Taylor
Cate
L. M. Boyd Satirical Health Quips From a Fractured Page
A garbled column parodies medical claims and trivia from Dr. David Reuben on VD prevention and wartime costs, mixed with quirky tips about the zoo in Peking and a sunburn remedy. It darts between jokes, misheard phrases, and scattered trivia about geography and sunrise times.
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David Reuben
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