Sharp Testimony Details Sharpstown Banking Ties at Dallas Hearing
Attorneys question James Sims about Sharpstown links as Sharp recalls early business ventures in real estate banking and life insurance. He discusses meetings with state officials, tacit understandings over banking legislation, and attempts to shield his interests amid the Attica riot context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sims
National
Cers Life
Sims
Sharp
Investig
Pany
Gus Mutscher
Austin
Mutscher
John Osorio
Reed
Osorio
Texas
FDIC
Rice Hotel
Houston
Jock
Waggoner
Senate
Mand
William Quinn
NBL
Riots End After Prison Assault and Hostage Scare
Rioters seized control of a New York prison cellblock at 8 am and held hostages as a threat to kill. Prison authorities and outside officials, including Rockefeller, pursued a peaceful resolution but a storming of the yard followed with one guard killed and several hostages reportedly injured. The crisis ended with the yard stormed and commotion subsiding as investigators assess outside influence and internal militant tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kunstler
Ajl
Rockefeller
Attica
Black Panther
Bobby Seale
California Sun
Jack Panther Central Committee
Seale
New York
Angelal Davis
Soledad
Suu
Richard Clark
Clark
People’s Central Committee
Oswald
White House
Washington
Saturda
Prisons Riot Sparks Armed Intervention and Crisis Talk
Prison uprising described as a tense confrontation near Attica style, with inmates wielding homemade weapons as National Guard helicopters drop tear gas. Governor and lawmakers condemn Amnesty talks while urging swift punishment, amid widespread shock from the crisis and calls for security over negotiations. Survivors and communities react as surrounding efforts focus on establishing an educational facility shared by local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald
National Guard
Luc
New York
James L. Buckley
Rcon N.X
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
John V. Lindsay
Rockefeller
William Kunstler
State Hospital
Norwich
Conn
Christian Carren
Nancy
Ing
Cynthia Moore
Richardson
the Attica
Tim
Texas
Tedh
Walter W. Nichols
Services for Roland Nichols in Dumas Church
Roland M Nichols 44 died after a lengthy illness in Amarillo. Funeral today at Dumas First Christian Church at 2 PM, with Rev. Charlie Harrie officiating. Burial in Dumas Cemetery under Morrison Funeral Home. Nichols a Lubbock native and veteran, former Texas Tech student and petroleum engineer for Diamond Shamrock, survived by his brother C B Nichols and sisters Mrs LaFawn Graves and Mrs Wilda Stone.
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Dumas
Roland M. Nichols
Dumas First Christian Church
Charlie Harrie
Dumas Cemetery
Morrison
Nichols
Texas ‘Tech
Diamond Chamrock Corporation
Junction Tech center eyed for fall campus in Junction
The piece describes Texas Tech establishing a university center at Junction with a 411 acre park, heating and cooling upgrades, and a $250000 state appropriation. It notes aims for year round programs, transfer of hundreds from Lubbock, and potential uses in engineering, surveying, wildlife research, and adult education.
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William E. Oden
Texas
Llano
Junction
Atj
Texas Tech
University Center
Arwan
Tech
Texas A&m
Bryant Proving Ground
A&m
Tex
Lubbock
Hearing backs investment tax credit amid tax reform debate
Business leaders push to restore the investment tax credit with a 7 to 10 percent initial rate, backed by executives from the Council of State Chambers of Commerce and major rail and air interests. Meany challenges the plan, arguing it won’t create jobs for Vietnam veterans or address laid off workers or idle capacity.
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Ument
Alles
Council of State Chambers of Commerce
Banising
Harold R. Collier
Paul
Meany
Nixon
George 8. Koch
Niven
Stuart G. Tipton
Air Transport Association of America
Wirtines
Frank E. Barnett
Association of American Railroads
Robert Craef
American Railway Car Institute
Allen P. Stults
American Bankers Association
Mrs Kuykendall Dies. Rites Pending in Albuquerque Area
Mrs Kuykendall died Monday at Encino Gardens Nursing Home in Albuquerque where she had lived three years. Services are pending at White Funeral Home. A native of Bell County she moved to Lyn ty in the early 1920s. She was Baptist. Survivors include a son M L Kuykendall of Tucumcari New Mexico and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahoka
Ananda) Kuykendall
Encino Gardens
Albuquteryue
White Funeral Home
Bell County
Kuykendall
Lynty
M. L
Tucumcari
N.M
Plane crash kills four in Oregon search mission
Federal Aviation Administration probes a plane wreck on Snow Peak east of Lebanon during a search for a Four-Wheel Drive Club vehicle. Victims are Dr. Bentley Altizer, pilot. Dale Anthony Fry 19 Lebanon. James Kielschmidt 28 Lebanon. Fred Monroe about 20 Lacomb. Steve Christensen of Lebanon witnessed the dive.
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Lebanon
Ore
Federal Aviation Administration
Monjay
Oregon
Bentley Altizer
Dale Anthony Fry
James JH. Kielschmidt
Fred Monroe
Lacomb
Snow Peak
Club
Steve Christensen
Fern Beulah floods Corpus Christi area with heavy rains
Flooding from Fern along the Gulf of Mexico swelled the Rio Grande and Nueces system causing extensive damage around Corpus Christi Rio Grande City and Robstown. Coast Guard and Navy helicopters rescued over 160 flood victims as rain eased and waters receded in many areas.
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Fern
Rio Grande
Rio Grande City
Rio San Juan
Rio Alamo
Coast Guard and Navy Heliccopters
Corpus Christi
Coast Guard
Russell Morency
Nueces
Mozeney
Corpus
American Insurance Association
Barnes
Linton
Robstown
Driscoll
Mississippi
Corpus. Christi
Refugio
Simon
Los Angeles
UPI
West Borgnine
Donna Ann Borgnine
Roma
Tex
Edith Landfall Expected In Northeastern Mexico
Early today Edith Landfall was anticipated in northeastern Mexico as forecasters tracked multiple storms in the Atlantic. The National Hurricane Center monitored Edith a tropical depression in the Gulf and Heidi and Ginger in the Atlantic with Edith moving toward land and Cape Cod interests urged to monitor advisories.
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Tty United
National Hurricane Center
Heidi
Thelc
Atlantic
Cape Cod
Gulf of Mexico
Edith
Gulf
Ginger
New England
Browns
Floyd Howe
Midlansville
Lukela
Brownsville
Tampico
Mexi
Fulisco
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Dallas
SEC
Buffalo
Gure Are Mane Rockefeller
Russell G. Oswald
Attica State Prison
Age of Strength
Pub
Junction Citizen
Junction Citizens
Roland Nichols
C. B. Nichols
Kat
Hughes
Frank Sharp
Federal Court
Tech’s
Ucation
Tle
CAP
Near Corpus
Mexico
Midland
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