Lawmakers Consider Bills to Bar Closed Meetings
The Texas Legislative Committee of the Texas Press Association proposes 36 good government measures. Aimed at preventing scandals, the package includes a closed meeting ban with a $1000 fine and possible removal from office, plus rules for insurance firms to publish financials and prohibit falsifying statements and tampering with public records.
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Austin GA
Legislatve
Texas Press Assn
Veterans Land
Russell Bryant
Italy News-Herald
Insurance
Duval
Insurance Commission
Texas
Hotel Operator Will Be Buried
Frank Hofner 63, operator of hotels in the south and west, died Sunday in Santa Monica. He was a partner in the Kemp and Holt Hotels and Motto, and formerly owned the Settles and Crawford chains in Big Sprinz. Services will be held Friday in Dallas.
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Santa Monica
Dallas
Frank Hofoes
Hofner
Kemp and Holt Hotels
Moto
Snt
Wichite Falls
Settles and
Crawford
Big Sprinz
Polish students clash with police in Stettin riots
Hundreds of Polish students clashed with police and troops in Stettin as anti Soviet demonstrations escalated. Windows were smashed at the Soviet consulate and streetcars overturned as workers militia and army units moved in to quell the unrest. many students arrested with no official injury count released.
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Stettin
Radio Warsaw
Warsaw
Berlin
West Berlin
der Abend
Stmy
Navy
Nists
Soviet Union
Hungary
Hiad
Bele
Uber
Nots
Iran
Missing boat Tramp near Galveston sparks Corpus sees crew
Report says the shrimp boat Tramp vanished since Oct 2 near Galveston. Ten men aboard include Capt Thomas Parks aged 26 and Chick Ward aged 4, both from Corpus Christi. Local Browerville and Bascom Cox searches continue for the missing vessel Ace.
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Brownsville
Bascom Cox
Con Sud
Galvesom
Thomas Parks
Chick Ward
Corpus Cinsti
Texas Cities In Water Fight Hearings Begin
The State Water Board opens hearings on three large Texas cities over water rights. Southern Canal Ga of Houston seeks 224 119 acre feet annually from the Trinity River, a plan Dallas Fort Worth and others oppose. The Trinity River Authority and others argue no water is available and that the master plan should precede permits.
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Austin
State Water Board
Texas
Southern Canal Ga
Houston
Trinity River
Canal Company
Dallas
Fort Worth
Gulf
Trinity River Authority
Tle
Clinton School Integration Tests Start In Clinton Tennessee
In Clinton Tennessee the integration effort at Clinton High School resumes amid tensions as eight Black students join the 700 member body and a police watch is planned. Knoxville faces federal enforcement questions while 18 people are arraigned on interference charges. FBI agents monitor daily classroom access as the case widens to involve state and federal authorities.
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Clinton, Tean
Tennessee
Clinton
Knoxville
Clinton High
Clinton High School
FBI
Austin
John Ben Shepperd
Con- United Nations
N.Y
Tenn
Ingh School
Gotendame
ULM
Hunt
Hungarians Face Martial Law as Soviet Tanks Uproot Strike
In Budapest hundreds of Russian tanks ring the capital as a nationwide strike grinds Hungary to a halt. Rail and postal services stop, factories idle, and refugees flood toward Austria while martial law is declared and Soviet troops tighten the grip on the city.
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Vienna
Budapest
Hungary
Strike Paralyzes Hungary as Budapest Sealed by Tanks
Vienna reports the Hungarian government says property of residents who fled since the rebellion on October 23 will be seized. The regime moves to end a 48 hour general strike by the Budapest Central Workers Council, with mass mobilization of workers and as 130,000 refugees in Austria face transfer rules before March 31, 1997. Janitors ordered to name those who left, authorities to inventory remaining property.
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Vienna
Budapest
Hungary
Snce
Terrorist Band Kidnaps Briton In Port Said
A British lieutenant who led a raid on an apartment to capture seven Egyptian commandos was kidnapped in Port Said by a strongarm band. British and UN officials denounced the act while Egyptian informants alleged Brotherhood plotting to pressure Nasser during the withdrawal.
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Port Said
Egypt
Leutenant
Hugh Stockwell
Mo ‘Hammed Riad
Stockwell
E.L.M. Burns
United Nations
Brotherhood
Gut
Nasser
Suez Cana Zone
Blast Clue Emerges In Missing Trans-Canada Flight
In British Columbia a blast report near Liverip mountain emerged as the strongest lead in the missing Trans-Canada Airlines plane with nine witnesses hearing an explosion Sunday night. Air Force search crews scoured the Livertp area, while the RCAF expanded aerial efforts and warned of harsh weather conditions. If confirmed, the disaster would rank as Canada's worst air tragedy, with hopes fading for 2 crew and 16 passengers.
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Varcouver
B.C
Liverip
British Columbia
Trans-Canada Airlines
Gorton Dowding
Boush Columbia
Air Force
George Sheehan
Sheehan
RCAF
Lwo Foot Peak
Livertp
Erath
Canada
Vancouver
Torholett
Cparcely
Canadian Pacific Airlinec
Kax
Vancouver Arcs
Bruno Due For Return To Italy
Angelo Brun known as Wilbur Frank faced deportation in Houston after an FBI fingerprint check revealed he is Angelo Bruno. He arrived with about 40000 dollars from Detroit interests and reported 100 stolen from his apartment while he and his wife traveled. Immigr ation authorities say Bruno has been a fugitive since last August when a deportation order was issued in Kansas City.
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Houston
Angelo Brun
Mary
Bruno
Detroit
Mich
Wilbur Frank
Angelo Bruno
Immigration Service
Angelo Breno
Frank Bruno
John Owens
Kansas Gtr
Legislator to Seek Lobby Curbs in NASSETTA
Legislator Will Seek Lobby Curbs as NASSETTA moves to tighten influence rules. TextRep Zexe Toranek of Chambers and Liberty counter says he is ready to push a new registration bill. Doranek disclosed a home statement claiming strong allied support and financing details for the proposed reform.
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Nassetta
Zexe Toranek
Chambers and Liberty Counter
Doranek
Peporte
Jersome
Howe and
Senate
Packaged Liquor Sold On Bases
The Defense Department disclosed that packaged liquor is sold to servicemen at 48 military installations nationwide. Assistant Defense Secretary Robert Tripp Reeves released a list of the bases after the United Press sought the names, noting the data project had begun and become available to personnel seeking it.
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Washington
Defense Department
United Press
Defense
Robert Tripp Rees
Department
Pea
Killed in Tractor Crash Near Amarillo Farm Road
Amarillo UPH report says Georget Tay Helderson 47 of Colorado Springs Colorado was killed late Monday when his car collided with a truck driven by Weeks 24 of Bovhart corded near farm road three miles east of Amarillo Weeks was injured in the crash authorities said the investigation continues
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Amarillo
Tay
Helderson
Colorado Springs
Coln
Weekes
Bovhart
Farm Road
Mercertum
Britain Receives IMF Aid Amid Suez Crisis Fallout
The International Monetary Fund approved a half billion dollar loan to Britain and a standby credit of 728.53 million dollars to bolster reserves during the Suez crisis. The measures aim to steady Britain’s finances after the canal blockade and it must still decide on UN ties and interest payments.
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Washington
Britain
International Monetary Fund
Suez
Egypt
Biitain
United Kingdom
Botam
Himever
Wayne Hart
Doha
Foregg Alles
Iraqi Troops Withdraw From Jordan After Pact Pressure
Baghdad reports Iraq forces will leave Jordan after Amman rejects Iraqi troops under Egyptian command. The move heightens regional strains as Egypt and Syria push propaganda against Iraq for staying in the Baghdad Pact that includes Britain.
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Baghdad
Traq
Jordan
Iraq
Egypt
Syria
Britain
Sinai Peninsula
Amman
Jury Charged In Parr Trial
Houston reporters describe final arguments and jury instructions in the federal case against George B. Parr a South Texas political figure and eight associates accused of using the mails to defraud the Benavides Independent School District of thousands. The government presented 62 witnesses and 173 exhibits as the defense claims political motivation.
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Houston
South Texas
George B. Parr
Rean Traud
Parr
Benavides Independent Scheal
Allen B
Malcolm Witkey
Jay Ome
Percy Foreitman
Pars
John Ben Shepperd
West Has Big Opportunity Says Dulles at NATO
U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told NATO ministers that the West holds its greatest chance to lead in world affairs and aid Eastern Europe’s liberation. He cited Soviet trouble with satellites, urging expanded NATO political and economic cooperation amid Middle East tensions and past rifts from Suez.
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U.S
John Foster Dukes
West
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Dulles
Russia
Seoioe
Informmants
Middle East
Council
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United States
Aw. Shepperd
Horvath
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Assembly
India
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Mottow
Saeppera
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