Governor Orders Action to Clean Up Prostitution
Governor Dolph Briscoe Attorney General John Hill and DPS director Col Wilson Speir warned La Grange and Sealy bordellos will be shut down if local officials fail to act. They plan meetings with Sealy and LaGrange officials to urge cleanup and coordinate statewide crackdown on prostitution as organized crime concerns rise.
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Austin
Tex
la Grange
Sealy
Dolph Briscoe
John Hill
Wilson Spéir
Texas Department of Public Safety
LaGrange
Hill
Governor's Office
Briscoe
Speir
Murder trial defense starts in Harrelson case
Jurors in the murder trial of Charles V Harrelson were told where to park and to avoid lingering in courthouse halls as the defense began its case. Harrelson, 34, of Houston, is tried for the 1968 shooting death near McAllen of Sam Degelia Jr a Hearne grain dealer. Judge Darrell Hester issued special instructions after rumors spread of an automobile caravan supporting Harrelson.
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Brownsville
Tex
Charles V. Harrelson
Harrelson
Houston
McAllen
Sam Degelia Jr
Hearne
District Court
Darrell Hester
Harrelson Sup
Harrelson linked to Degelia killing trial details
Testimony ties Harrelson to the Degelia murder motive over heroin profits. Witness Sandra Attaway testified Scamardo smuggled heroin to Harrelson who planned to sell it in Kansas City for ten thousand dollars, with a confrontation over a lost shipment cited as the trigger. Degelia Sr. defended his son against involvement in gun running, insisting he was a religious man.
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Houston
Brownsville
Harrelson
Cameron County
Gus Krausse
Hidalgo County
Degelia
Pete Scamardo
Scamardo
Kansas City
Attaway
Hearne
Sam Degelia Sr
Percy Foreman
Huntsville Item Names New Publisher and Emeritus Leader
Don Reid Jr., publisher of the Huntsville Item, promotes J Tom Graham from assistant to publisher as the 123 year old tri weekly changes hands. Reid becomes publisher emeritus and consultant to the paper while Graham assumes daily operations to expand community outreach in Huntsville and Walker County. Reid, in the Item since 1937, will still write The Listenin Post and Items of Yesteryears.
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Item
Reid
Huntsville
Walker County
The
Listenin’ Post
Yesteryears
Nixon Dairymen Link Probe Draws DOJ Subpoenas
George Mehren AMPI chief says irregularities link Nixon administration and a 400000 dollar dairy campaign group to DOJ actions. He cites 1971 milk pricing suspensions, a 1972 antitrust filing, meeting with Kalmbach, and calls seeking access to AMPI officials. He urges subpoenas or congressional inquiry for full questioning.
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John Lumpkin
Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Justice Department
Nixon
George Mehren
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
AMPI
Mehren
Herbert Kalmbach
Congress
Department of Justice
USDA
Agriculture Department
Kennedy
Johnson
Oklahoma
MPI
Kalmbach
Kalmbach-Mehren
TAPE
Diarymen
Department of Agriculture
How Texas Solons Voted
Washington AP reports the Texas delegation roll call on a House vote to consider a bill altering automatic pay adjustments for Congress members and officials. The tally was 237 yes to 156 no. votes show Archer no, Brooks yes, Burleson no, Casey no, Collins no, De La Garza no, Eckhardt yes, Fisher yes, Gonzalez yes, Jordan yes, Mahon yes, Milford yes, Patman yes, Pickle no, Poage no, Price no, Roberts yes, Steelman no, Teague yes, White no, Wilson no, Wright yes, Young yes.
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Washington
Texas
House
Archer
Brooks
Burleson
Casey
Collins
de la Garza
Eckhardt
Fisher
Gonzalez
Jordan
Karen
Mahon
Milford
Patman
Pickle
Poage
Price
Roberts
Steelman
Teague
White
Wilson
Wright
Young
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DPS
Huntsville Paper
Tem
Sigma Delta Chi
National Professional Journalism Society
Texas Department of Corrections
Tan
Grandview
LIWDA
Smart Shc
Texas Solons
Midland /Odessa
Continental
Continental Airlines
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