McGovern Plans Tax Shifts and Social Programs
McGovern outlined a $22 billion tax reform package to phase in by 1975, including capital gains tax changes, a subsidy to push states away from tax-exempt bonds, repeal of accelerated depreciation, estate and gift tax reforms, and top income tax rate cut from 76 to 43 percent. He proposed a $15 billion federal school aid, a $10 billion private-sector contract program, and a $6 billion public jobs plan, with Social Security extensions financed by Treasury funds. Critics and supporters weighed the feasibility and impact on low and middle incomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury General Funds
McGovern
Pierre Rinfret
Nixon
Paul Samuelson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Washington
Herbert Stein
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Star designation confusion hits Odessa post office
The U S Postal Service mailed a saturation leaflet touting one star and two star mailboxes for faster service, but Odessa has no two star boxes and officials doubt the campaign’s reach or cost. Five boxes will get a one star marker, yet no delivery change is planned.
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U. S. Postal Service
Odessa
Arlen Carroll
Carroll
Johnny Beard
Beard
Midland
Andrews Sets Signup For OC Courses
Registration for freshman and sophomore level college credit courses opens Thursday at 6 30 p m in Andrews High School with classes starting Sept 9 J F Richardson Odessa College adult education director said courses count toward an associate degree and meet Monday Tuesday and Thursday 7 to 10 p m at the high school Other college credit options may be added if 12 or more enroll
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Andrews
Andrews High School
J. F. Richardson
Andrews Independent School
Odessa College
Odessa Evening School College
Richardson
County Court Trial Opens for Frank Bolton
Frank Wayne Bolton of Nabors Lane went on trial in County Court on a charge of driving while intoxicated. He was arrested December 31 at Eighth and Grant. Jurors before County Judge Michael Barney include Mrs. Sue McPherson Lloyd H. Curlee Mrs. Ellen J. Phillips Dorothy Brooks Frances W. Imes and Mrs. John W. Cooper III. Bolton is represented by Walter Wilson of Odessa with prosecutors Ernie Armstrong and Eric Augeson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wayne Bolton
Nabors Lane
Bolton
Eighth
Grant
Michael Barney
Sue McPherson
Lloyd H. Curlee
Ellen J. Phillips
Dorothy Brooks
Frances W. Imes
John W.cooper III
Walter Wilson
Odessa
Ernie Armstrong
Eric Augeson
Odessa College Freshmen Explore Campus During Welcome Assembly
Odessa College welcomed freshmen with an assembly in the main auditorium followed by campus tours and a social meet with faculty over soft drinks. The event aimed to ease first day jitters and introduce new students to campus life.
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Odessa College
Donald Barr
Don Barr
East 49Th
Kenneth Washington
Pearl
Lawyer Named To Top Crime Section Post
U S Attorney Jeremiah Handy named chief of the criminal section for the Western District of Texas based in San Antonio. Handy, Maine native, is married to Patricia Fullingim, with two children, Jonathan and Glee. He succeeds Reese L. Harrison Jr. and was announced by U S Attorney William S. Sessions. The piece also notes campus events and a Labor Day closing.
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U. 5S
Jeremiah Handy
U.S. Attorney's Office
Western District of Texas
San Antonio
Handy
Patricia Fullingim
H.W
Bill) Fullingim
University of Texas At Austin
U.S. Atty
William S. Sessions
Reese L. Harrison Jr
Maine
Univeristy of Texas At Austin
Baylor University Law School
Waco
U.S. Attorney’s
Water District Study Contracts Approved for Colorado River
The Texas Water Development Board approved contracts with the U.S. Geological Survey and CRMWD funding for stream flow and water quality studies on the Colorado River. CRMWD’s O H Ivie notes six USGS gauging stations, plus a $13,000 yearly survey cost funded by the district. Atmospheric, Inc. cloud seeding runs April 15 to October 15 at $66,000 annually. Lake Thomas and Lake Spence have recently received substantial water.
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Texas Water Development Board
U.S. Geological Survey
Colorado River
USGS
US Geological Survey
Ivie
Water District
CRMWD
Atmospheric, Inc
Lake Thomas
Lake Spence
Zoning Board Faces Heavy Agenda This Thursday
The City Planning and Zoning Board will hold a nine am meeting with ten public hearings on zoning and plotting requests in City Hall. New appointee Don Williams will be sworn in as Western Tank Co. president replacing Ray Shook. Public hearings cover rezone requests, daycare licensing, beauty salon home operation, mobile homes in Patterson area, and the Winwood Addition plat. Cloud seeding contracts totaling 226,805 dollars receive approval, and river basin projects note Lake Spence and Lake Thomas water level rises with substantial acre feet impounded.
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City Planning and Zoning Board
City Council
City Hall
Art Lish
Don Williams
North Doisy
Western Tank Co
Ray Shook
San Angelo
Planning Department
Eastover
Eighth
10Th Streets
R. P. Allen
Grove Court
Otis L. Lee
Tom Davis
Buck Hargus
Guy Pokorny
Murdock
Orchard Drive
Patterson
Carvers Heights
Lish
Winwood Addition
42Nd
Grandview
Star Tracts
T&p
Odessa
B. W. (Beck) Fields
West 24Th
Man Fined $1 for Firing Gun Near Road
A 73 year old man, Jose Ynes Herrera of Sharon and Butterfield, paid a $1 fine after pleading guilty to discharging a firearm within 50 feet of a public road. He was arrested at his home Tuesday evening after allegedly firing a shotgun into the air Saturday night in front of his residence.
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Jose Ynes Herrera
Sharon and
Butterfield
Court of Justice of the Peace
J. A. Purifov
Herrera
Deaths in Snyder and Fort Stockton Obituaries
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Everett Clarkson Snyder 65 at Union Baptist Church with burial in Snyder Cemetery. Survivors include husband two daughters and seven grandchildren. Also announced are services for Earl Francis Pierson 75 of Fort Stockton with burial in Cedar Grove Cemetery and for Will Perry 79 of San Angelo with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Memorials may go to the American Cancer Society or local charities.
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Everett Clarkson Snyder
Everett Clarkson
Union Baptist Church
Snyder Cemetery
Jerry Allen
Waco
Gene Clarkson
Casper, Wy
Hal Allen
Phoenix, Ariz
Rachel Bateman
Bowie
Lucille Bynum
Ruby Banks
Snyder
Jack Berry
Earl Francis Pierson
Fort Stockton
Sanderson
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Memorial Hospital
Marfa
Marathon
Sanderson Rotary Club
Amarillo
Arlene Beck
Margaret Kiel
Seguin
Right Lane
Euless
Fred B. Willard
New Braunfels
Earl F. Pierson Jr
Washington D. C
Mary C. Pierson
Las Cruces
N. M
Jacobina Miller
American Cancer Society
West Texas Boys Ranch
First United Methodist Church
Ector School Signup Rises as Enrollment Hits New Level
Ector County Independent School District reports 128 more students to 22,773 after Tuesday’s count. Elementary enrollment through the fifth day stands at 11,477, junior high 6,000, and senior high 5,195, with officials predicting a total near 23,000 after Labor Day weekend. Pupil personnel director Edward Downing notes a continued decline mainly in first grade, where registrations fell to 1,626 from 1,732.
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Ector County Independent School
Edward Downing
Cycle Mishap Injures Pair
An 18 year old Kermit resident was admitted to Medical Center Hospital with a broken left arm after a motorcycle crash on Interstate 20 toward Odessa. Companion Chuck Tabor, 17, of Kermit, was treated and released for minor scrapes. The crash occurred Wednesday morning between Midland and Odessa. both riders hitchhiked a ride afterward. Melvin Yarber, 38, of Big Spring, was charged with failing to support six minor children in Ector County Court. no arrest had been made.
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Kermit
Medical Center Hospital
Donald F. Hall
Hall
Interstate 20
Odessa
Chuck Tabor
Tabor
Midland
Melvin S. Yarber
Big Spring
Ector
Margaret N. Yarber
North Milburn
Odessa Daytime Meetings and Evening Events Schedule
Tomorrow in Odessa outlines noon meetings at downtown Lions Inn of the Golden West Ballroom and Odessa Civitan at Sands Restaurant. Sandhills American Business Club also at Sands. Evening Lions at Sands Restaurant 6:30 P.M. Jaycee Carnival at Ector County Coliseum 6 P.M.
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Downtown
Lions
Inn of the Golden West
Odessa Civitan
Sands
Sandhills
Sands Restaurant
Evening Lions
Ector County Coliseum
Marriage Licenses and Criminal Case Filings Appearing
District Court docket lists marriage licenses for Charles Randall Lee Robin Lee Dutcher Abel Fiores Marquez Josefa Fiores Rodriguez Joseph Anthony Carter Kathy Ann Cannon Raul Nunez Garza Yvonnne Granado Rodriguez and others. Also notes criminal cases with multiple driving while intoxicated charges and defrauding by worthless check, plus numerous divorces births and traffic accidents.
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Charles Randall Lee
Robin Lee Dutcher
Abel Fiores Marquez
Josefa Fiores Rodriguez
Joseph Anthony Carter
Kathy Ann Cannon
Raul Nunez Garza
Yvonnne Granado Rodriguez
David Carwin Jones
Susan Raylene Lindsey
Melvin S. Yarber
Ronnie Joe White
Ronald Leon Taylor
Ydubiyi Jose Cassares
Alan Wayne Thomas
Movie Colony Judge Is Dead
LOS ANGELES AP Funeral services are planned Thursday for retired Beverly Hills Municipal Court Judge Charles J Griffin who often performed marriages for actors and actresses. Griffin died Monday night at his Laguna Hills home after a brief illness at age 80. He was briefly a defendant in the Charile Chaplin trial over a floating parole charge. the indictment was quashed. He once forced Marilyn Monroe to appear in court over a traffic ticket, fining her 50 dollars. Magnus Freiherr von Braun, 94, father of rocket expert Werner von Braun and a Weimar cabinet minister, died in Oberaufdorf Germany. He had served as food and agriculture minister in 1932 and resigned in 1933. Kenneth T Young, 56, US ambassador to Thailand 1961-63, died of a heart attack in Washington. He was a former Asia Society president and a State Department consultant.
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Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
Charles J. Griffin
Griffin
Laguna Hills
Charlee Chaplin
Joan Berry
Chaplin
California
Marilyn Monroe
Magnus F. von Braun
Oberaudorf
Germany
Magnus Freiherr von Braun
Werner von Braun
Weimar Republic
von Braun
Adolf Hitler
Kenneth T. Young
Washington
The
Asia Society
State Department
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Fort Worth
el Paso
Dallas
Houston
Crestwood
North Grandview
East Eighth
University and Grandview
Lindy
Jeff Smith
O. J. Smith
Castle Road
N. R
Jack) Vaught
Rio
Travis Hall
Phil Speegle
Kenny Washington
N.R
Joyce M. Fulton
Betty Jean Kemp
Shirley A. Smith
Janileah Fitzhugh
Phyllis J. Hinton
Mary J. Proctor
Olin W. Randolph
H. G. Vestal
Nancy L. Mefford
Bera Wagnon
James R. Carothers Jr
Lawrence £. Rhodes
Claudine N. Dodd
Nannie F. Freeman
Mary L. Reed
Wiliam A. Jackson
Joseph €. K
Riley T. Froctor
Shafter
Clyde R. Hinton
Wink
Billy Fitzhugh
Delwood
Jerry Don Smith
North Center
Chester W. Gilbert Jr
Keystone
Claude Kemp
Dublin
Dixie
Doris D. Knox
North 19Th
Roy A. Wingate
Benefield
North Lee
John F. Eubanks
East Everglade
Abel L. Gamboa
East 11Th
Lawrence M. Hicks
North Hancock
Mae R. Edge
West Georgia
Everglade
Patricia P. Smith
Martha P. Masey
West County
Billy W. Palmer
Tony Holland
University and Kermit
Ernest J. Weiss
Athol D. Allen
Ben L. Webb
East 21St
Grant and Pool Road
Lucy Gonzales
Drury Lane
North Alleghaney
George G. Dickerson
James M. Howell
Brookhaven
Muskingum
Clarence Redic
Tanglewood
Wilson
Lillian S. Erwin
Roberto A. Abila
William Smith
North Golaer
Ricky D. Fisher
Sunset
James Dennis Belew
West
Belew
Hancock
Dari K. Stotts
North Muskingum
Robert C. Barnes
Spruce
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