Airlines Rule on Stewardess Marriages Upset by Arbitrator Ruling
Betty Bateman of Dallas won reinstatement to Braniff Airways after a court appointed arbitrator ruled against a no marriage clause. The decision backed the Air Line Pilots Association's push for equal rights for stewardesses. The case, part of broader efforts to end compulsory retirement at 32, marks a significant milestone for female airline workers.
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Chicago
Air Line Pilots Association
Betty Bateman
Dallas
Tex
Braniff International Airways
ALPA
Bateman
Betty Green
Braniff
Pilots’ Association
Board of Adjustment
U. S. District Court
Carr Denies Redistricting Discrimination and GOP Showdown
In Houston, Attorney General Waggoner Carr dismissed a Democratic claim that redistricting discriminates against minorities, urging the court to drop the issue. In California, the Republican train to the San Francisco convention highlighted intraparty tensions as moderates seek viable gubernatorial candidates while Reagan denounces the John Birch Society as fringe.
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Houston
Waggoner Carr
Tony Konioth
Carr
John Kirby Ewing
R. F. Spurlock
Harry E. Lindsey
Konioth
San Francisco
California
Los Angeles
Republican State Central Committee
Laughlin Waters
George Christopher
Assembly
Robert T. Monagan
Tracy
Goodwin J. Knight
Gaylor Parkinson
John Birch Society
Republican Party
Robert Coate
GOP
Sen. Kuchel
Kuchel
Reagan
Parkinson
Coate
California Senate
Bakersfield
Waters
Ronald Reagan
Texas Sigma Nu House Tax Exempt Status Rejected
A jury in Austin ruled the Sigma Nu chapter house at the University of Texas is not tax exempt and must pay property taxes on its $100,000 property. The verdict found the fraternity was not primarily engaged in religious educational or physical fitness activities. The city sought about $10,000 in back taxes.
More Counties Added To List In Voting Rights Act
Washington UPI Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach ordered federal voter registrars into five more Mississippi counties for alleged illiteracy grounds, raising the total counties under examiners to nineteen. The additions follow lawsuits by Mississippi Attorney General Joe Patterson to block registration of illiterates.
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Washington
UPI
Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach
Mississippi
Katzenbach
Joe Patterson
Soviets Ban U S Magazine Over Flag On Cover
Moscow reports the Soviet government banned distribution of Amerika Magazine for the first time in 20 years because a Nationalist Chinese flag appeared on the cover. U S Ambassador Foy D. Kohler said the action followed the magazine’s depiction of the flag and its stories, highlighting cross cultural tensions.
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Moscow
UPI
Amerika Magazine
U.S
Foy D. R
Kohler
Hody
Singing event at Calvary Temple and local workshops
Special singers are invited for Sunday 2 to 4 p m at Calvary Temple Foursquare Gospel Church with a capacity crowd expected from several South Plains counties. A 26 pastor and layman Workshop breakfast is set for Friday at First Baptist Church led by Dr Roy A Lambert. A Waltz Night for adults runs 8 30 to 11 30 p m at Maxey Community Center with Curlee Cook. Featherlite Block Co honors long time staff at a barbecue listing several employees with years of service.
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Calvary Temple Foursquare Gospel Church
34Th Street
Avenue J
P. O. Brock
South Plains
First Baptist. Church
Roy A. Lambert
Direct Missions Department
The
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Maxey Community Center
30Th and
Nashville
Curlee Cook
Canvass Shows Big City Defeat of Amendment
Secretary of State Crawford Martin announced an official canvass showing the September 7 vote against a constitutional amendment to enlarge the Texas Senate from 51 to 39 members. Urban areas like San Antonio Dallas Houston El Paso and Fort Worth largely opposed the proposal. In major cities Lubbock Amarillo favored it, while Duval and Zapata counties delivered strong upshoots for the amendment.
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Austin
UPS
Crawford Martin
Big City
State Senate
San Antonio
Dallas
Houston
el Paso
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Amarillo
Lubbock County
Potter County
Duval County
Zapata County
Soviet Condemnation of U.S. Viet Nam Actions Sparks Cold War Clash
A Soviet spokesman denounced U.S. aggression in Viet Nam as a violation of the 1954 Geneva agreements. He pledged continued Soviet support to the Viet Cong and North Viet Nam, insisting only a total U.S. military withdrawal can resolve the crisis.
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Viet Nam
Soviet Union
United States
Viet Cong
U.S
Special Group To Study Code In Texas
Speaker Ben Barnes named five House members to an interim committee to study criminal law revision in Texas. Walter Knapp Amarillo Rayford Price Frankston Joe Shannon Fort Worth Jack Woods Waco. Mann chaired the prior committee revising the Code of Criminal Procedure set to take effect.
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Austin
Tex
UPS
Ben Barnes
House
Texas
Walter Knapp
Amarillo
Rayford Price
Frankston
Joe Shannon
Fort Worth
Jack Woods
Waco
Mann
American Law Institute
Kiwanis Leader Marries in Arlington Ceremony
Workman, a charter member and former president of the Arlington Kiwanis Club, wed yesterday amid attendance by Kiwanis delegates and dignitaries. The groom, with eight children and 19 grandchildren, spoke of his long service and attachment to Kiwanis.
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Workman
Arlington Club
Kiwanis
Lubbock
O. B. Workman
Arlington
James
Bill) Workman
Amherst
Caprock Hotel
Change in government contractors role shifts civil rights agency duties
Congress will approve moving the clearinghouse and data gathering functions of the Community Relations Service to the U S Civil Rights Commission. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission remains under Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. and handles private employers nationwide. Other changes come through executive action.
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U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Community Relations Service
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Justice Department
Congress
Wheat exports total about 150000 tons monthly
U S wheat sells at about 60 dollars per ton and is paid for in rupees by India and Pakistan under Food for Peace. Additional shipping adds 28 dollars per ton aboard American freighters and 14 dollars for non US bottoms, boosting total grain deals with the two countries to roughly 526 million dollars.
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U.S
India
Pakistan
Nine Year Old Killed During Backyard Army Play
Temple police report a 9 year old boy died after being shot by a playmate during an army game in a backyard. The weapon was a .22 caliber rifle and the victim died soon after at a Temple hospital.
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Shot
Army
Temple
UPI
Weeley
Dennis Lovett
Lovett
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Cecil Chapman
Johnnie Dial
Lawrence Dial
Lee Dial
Pircell Dixon
Ollie Guy
Bill Rackley
Soviets
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Fabric Sale
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Texas Tech
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