Redistricting Plan Reaches Key Compromises and Contests
The article details legislative maneuvers on Texas congressional redistricting, noting rural areas gaining weight to protect incumbents, East Texas plans, and shifts in districts around Houston. It mentions lawmakers Barnes Dowdy Patman and Jordan, plus legal challenges by Craddick and ongoing Supreme Court cases on multi member districts. The special five member board will oversee any unresolved Senate redistricting.
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House
Senate
Barnes
George Mahon
Lubbock
Appropriations
Wright Patman
Texarkana
John Dowdy
Athens
Patman
Dowdy
Houston
Fort Bend
Brazoria County
West Texas
East Texas
San Augustine
Sabine County
Cans
Ohth
Tom Craddick
Midland
U.S. Supreme Court
Mississippi
Jackson
High Court
Indiana
Texas
Midland Votes Today on Liquor Proposals
Midland County voters go to the polls in the first liquor election in nearly 30 years with campaigns by wet and dry factions. If approved, liquor by the drink could be available at public bars within weeks as state processing and local permits follow certification.
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Midland
Midland County
Leonard Howell
H. S. Harris Jr
Texas
Ito Ector County
County court marriage licenses issued in court notices
Marriage licenses issued to David Douglas McGuire and Ann-Lise Gundersen. Charles Vincent Sterling and Mary Jo Gilley McCullough. Noel Stephen Horton and Linda Carat Bowen. Billy Paul Webb and Carolyn Ann Jordan. Bruce Wayne Mabry and Rita Jean Lisenbee. District court divorce case filed Wilson Wayne Sensinstaffar vs Ardena Elizabeth Sensinstaffar. Civil cases Charles Winburne vs H F Parish on purchase agreement. City traffic accidents list multiple drivers and injuries in Grandview and 1lth Redbud and 21st and other intersections. several pairs involved with damages from minor to heavy. one incident at Russell and East 1th with two injured passengers.
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David Douglas McGuire
Ann-Lise Gundersen
Charles Vincent Sterling
Mary Jo Gilley McCullough
Noel Stephen Horton
Linda Carat Bowen
Billy Paul Webb
Carolyn Ann Jordan
Bruce Wayne Mabry
Rita Jean Lisenbee
District Court
Wilson Wayne Sensinstaffar
Ardena
Elizabeth Sensinstaffar
Charles Winburne
H. F. Parish
West Eighth
Helen C. Manley
Crockett
June O.snelson
East Aist
Grandview
Bradley D. Detmars
Redbud
Diana
King
Kenwood
North Golder
Freeman J. Moore
North Century
Ida O. Bethel
Bruce E. Bowman
East
Randall D. Halbe
Dover
Russell
Wil
Unsolved Area Killing Connected to Odessa Slayings
The case centers on the death of Mrs. Mitchell whose body was found along a States 302 route near a lease road. An autopsy is pending. authorities suspect foul play but have no solid leads. Investigators note barefoot prints and a possible link to other Odessa area deaths but lack concrete evidence.
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Justice of the Peace
C. O. Jones
Odessa
Wray Storey
Storey
Eddins
Austin
Department of Public Safety
Mitchell
Monahans
State 302
Linda Cougt
Ruth Maynard
Cougar
Maynard
Eula Mae Rogers Miller
Governors fiscal rider threatens research funds at stake
In Austin AP report Governor Preston Smith rejects the rider in the general appropriations bill that would cut off organized research for state colleges on Sept 1 1972. Smith told Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes funds for fiscal 1973 must wait for a special session. Barnes says $7.3 million would fund two years but the rider could revert this year’s money to the general revenue fund if a special session occurs before Aug 31 1972.
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Austin
Preston Sith
F Riday
Smith
Ben Barnes
General Revenue
Barnes
Three Breakins Probed By Police
Burglars stole two portable radios worth 32 dollars each and several shirts from Sears Roebuck and Co at 1010 East Eighth. Entry was gained by breaking a rear window. A rock was used to break in at Odessa Roller Rink on East Eighth, taking a cash tray with 12 dollars in change. C Stan Pulley reported someone entered his home through an unlocked bathroom window and took a woman's wig.
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Sears Roebuck Jand Co
East Eighth
Odessa
Stan Pulley
Amhurst
Odessa American masthead data and rates notice
The Odessa American lists publication details, address, and postal status. It includes daily and Sunday publication, newsroom contact lines, and subscription rates for home delivery in Odessa and Ector County as well as retail trading zone pricing and single copy costs.
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Odessa
Texas
Eest 4Th Street
Odessa American
Ector County
Regents Give Choice To Publication At UT
UT regents offer Texas Student Publications the option to amend The Daily Texan charter to align with the journalism department or have a new charter filed. A June 11 decision deadline was set, with possible editor election changes if rejected. Bill Bellamy led an advisory committee backing LeMaistre’s recommendations and praised fair handling.
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TSP
Charles A. LeMaistre
LeMaistre
Texan
Bill Bellamy
San Antonio
Regents
Bellamy
Repatriation talks cancel as 13 prisoners refuse
North Vietnam and Hanoi news agencies declared the repatriation agreement canceled after only 13 of 660 disabled prisoners offered for return chose to go home. Saigon condemned the move as bad faith while South Vietnamese commanders reported 300 casualties at Snuol and expected continued reliance on U.S. air support.
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da Nang
Bien Hoa
Saigon
Bien Hoa i
Paris
Hanoi
International
Red Cross
Washington
Foreign Ministry
North Vietnam
U.S
Four Vandalism Acts Reported To City Police
Police Friday investigated four vandalism cases. Melvin Gore of I Gomes Westside Shell reported windows smashed from a car owned by Roger Langford at 1415 West 24th while parked at the station. At Zavala Elementary School, Clifford and Pine, a classroom floor was strewn with supplies. A window at the South Grant 66 station, 1417 South Grant, was smashed with a rock. Mrs Ed Collins said vandals drove over the front yards of her home and two neighbors. In Waco Georgia a dynamite truck exploded near U.S. 78 injuring several and triggering fires as rescue crews worked amid telephone outages.
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Melvin Gore
I Gore
Westside
West County Road
Roger Langford
West 24Th
Zavala
Clifford and Pine
South Grant 66
South Grant
Ed Collins
Winchester
Waco
Welders Hurt In Explosion At McCamey Oil Rig
Two welders from a rig servicing company were burned in an oil bed board welding accident south of McCamey. Richard M. Munos, 23, suffered first and second degree facial burns and was listed in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital. Paul Garza, 42, was treated and released.
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McCamey
Medical Center Hospital
Richard M. Munos
Addison
Paul Garza
West 68
Deaths Comedian Joe E. Lewis Dies In New York
Joe E. Lewis a famed nightclub comic died at Roosevelt Hospital New York at 69 after a diabetic coma. once a feared gangland target he rebuilt a career as a headlining performer at Las Vegas and Copa Cabana, earning about 400000 yearly in the postwar era. He battled ulcers and strokes but remained a hard drinking, sharp witted entertainer known for Sam You Made the Pants Too Long.
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New York
Joe E. Lewis
Roosevelt Hospital
Lewis
Las Vegas
Copa‘cabana
Sam
Lower East Side
Eddie Cantor
al Smith
Irving Berlin
Irving
U.S
Abraham Marovitz
Chicago
Two Teens Hurt In Auto Crash At Sides Home
Two young drivers were involved in a Friday afternoon two car collision at 1707 Redbud, damaging a garage. Teens William Miller 16 and Russell King 16 were treated for concussion and facial laceration with possible hip injury, and were listed in satisfactory condition. Bruce Bowman 16 and Randall Halberstadt 18 were the other drivers.
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Artin Sides
Redbud
William H. Miller
Locust
Russell King
East 11Th
Medical Center Hospital
Bruce E. Bowman
Bowmen
Randall D. Halberstatd
Dover
Halberstatd
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Midlland
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
iCourt
Dallas
Kermit
Cooper Funeral Home
Andrews
General Revenue Fund
Happy
John Thomas Cloyd
Circulation Department
UT Regents
Orne
N.Y
Nellie Travland
Beeville
John N. Blackman
Palo Verde
Beeville Memorial Hospital
Galloway
Juan Martinez SR
Stanton
Mathis
McKnight Center
Carlsbad
N.M
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
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