Anti Crime Proposals Gain Support From Texas Officials
Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr and DPS Director Homer Garrison Jr push tougher parole limits and longer sentences. Carr seeks at least one third time served for felons and minimums of 15 years for life or 45 year terms. Garrison favors life without parole and juries aware of parole options. They call for stronger investigative tools and broader police powers to deter crime amid rising rates.
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Waggoner Carr
Col
Homer Garrison Jr
Department of Public Safety
House
Austin
Colonel Garrison
House Committee
Marcos Seen Handling Philippines Duties Amid US Scrutiny
The article notes President Marcos faces tax, smuggling, and corruption challenges since taking office. It credits him for a firm stance against Communist aggression, pursuit of Vietnam war negotiations, and active Philippine military involvement in Vietnam, urging U.S. acceptance of him as an Asian ally pursuing regional stability.
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Ferdinand FE. Marcos
United States
U.S
Marcos
New York
Charles de Gaulle
Uo Thant
Asia
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Gibbons Leads Charge to Strip Powell of Chair Role
The Florida Democrat Rep Sam Gibbons calls for removing Adam Clayton Powell as Education and Labor Committee chair citing ethics breaches. Powell faces probe over using a non working absentee wife's pay and unclear accounting of a $200000 poverty fund while defending racial justice rhetoric.
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Adam Clayton Powell
Education and Labor Committee
Powell
Harlem
Gibbons
Congress
Rhodesia crisis prompts mixed international reaction
The piece argues that sanctions against Rhodesia should stay within the Commonwealth, criticizing U N interference and U S liberal politics. It contrasts Rhodesia’s civil liberties with those cited in other nations and ends with a quip on aging.
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British Commonwealth
Ian Smith
United States
United Nations
Rhodesia
U.S
Africa
Hair Shaving as Cultural Revolution Hair Trade Scheme
A satirical report claims Red Guards used a hair drive to supply wigs for Western markets. Central committee officials allegedly ordered mass head shaving to meet export quotas, with Mao and officials approving a plan to stockpile hair for international demand.
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Red Guards
China
Hong Kong
Europe
United States
Taiwan
Peking
Mao Tze-tung
Central Committee
Ling Poo Sung
Ling Pao
Powell faces cutback push in House Leadership Drama
Rep Adam Clayton Powell of New York confronted Speaker John McCormack as Edith Green Frank Thompson and Sam Gibbons plotted to limit Powell's chairmanship of the Labor Committee. The group pressed for an inquiry into Powell's finances, a move Powell viewed as a warning.
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Adam Clayton Powell
New York
John McCormack
McCormack
Powell
Thompson-Green-Gibbons Triad
Reds Blew The Voting Washington Viet Nam Analysis
Andrew Tully discusses South Viet Nam elections showing 60 80 percent turnout. Ky administration solidified support amid wartime conditions. Analysts foresee a popular front government while the assembly may push for early representative elections. Powell faces intra party challenges as Martin and Morton influence Republican strategy.
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South Viet Nam
Johnson
United States
Franco
Spain
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Viet Nam
Constitution-Drafting Assembly
State Department
Assembly
Dan van Sung
Tran van van
Ngo Dinh Diem
Phan Khac Sun
Reds
Churchill backs Franco German alliance plan for European unity
The piece notes Winston Churchill urged a Franco German partnership as the first step toward a United States of Europe with Russia and America as partners. It also covers local price guidance from the State Restaurant Association and regional clashes in Tiberias and Tel Aviv, plus De Gaulle's anti constitutional stance and an astronomy claim about the Milky Way being larger than previously thought.
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Zurich
Winston Churchill
France
Germany
United States of Europe
Russia
America
Milky Way
Orwellic Fears Drive Education Cash Control Debate
Washington uses Title VI funds to pressure local districts over curriculum and library selections. Powell's committee probes minority representation while California officials cite missteps in textbooks. Howe warns federal money hinges on desegregation and social integration goals.
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Washington
George Orwell
House Education and Labor Committee
Adam Clayton Powell
Big Brother
Howe
Columbia University
Intersections cleared as shrubs obstructing vision eyed
A Beaumont brief notes officials ordered removal of 70 street intersections obstructions including shrubs and benches for better sight lines. Big Spring lacks a specific ordinance but can still remove public property obstructions and require bench placement to a safe distance from streets.
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Beaumont
Big Spring
John Burgess
Big Spring Herald
Dear Turnrow Tunker Juicy Gossip and Oddities
C C McBride remarks on Indonesia’s Bank Minister’s arrest for six wives and $10 million theft, jokes about insanity and necessity, questions a broiled steak diet, and notes an Oklahoma youth spitting a watermelon seed 52 feet while cheekily comparing to Russians.
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Treasury
Oklahoma
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