Briscoe outlines ethics bill for Texas government
Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe urged a strong ethics measure to keep bad people out and encourage good people in. He proposed statewide financial disclosures detailing asset categories income sources gains and losses and indebtedness for policy makers and officials including the governor, lawmakers, judiciary, agency heads, and Senate-confirmed appointees with reports filed to the secretary of state and made public. He noted a House bill would send reports to an ethics commission with only partial public access.
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Austin
Tex
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Briscoe
House
Senate
Judiciary
Secretary of State
Ethics Commission
Fire Destroys Vacant House on Fitch Street
Odessa Fire Department answered three calls Monday including a 10 by 40 foot vacant house at 613 Fitch that was unoccupied. Cause undetermined. Minor damage reported at 403 South Muskingum rear and at 104 Santa Rita pile of grass cuttings with investigators noting possible cigarette ignition.
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Fitch
Odessa
EPA
Santa Rita
Sponsors Pull Back License Fee Measure
Texas House halted a bill raising hunting and fishing license fees after an amendment to cut resident fishing fees from 4.25 to 3.25 failed to gain support. Rep. Atwell tabled the bill as recalled after “things to be worked out,” while Rep. Baker urged reductions and warned of tax-increase backlash. Senate actions included an annual legislature pay raise proposal and term limit debate, plus a rules change to keep conference committees from creating new laws. Knives worth 50 dollars were stolen from a north Odessa supper club, among other local thefts as bicycles were also reported missing.
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Andrew Z. Baker
Galveston
Baker
Neil Caldwell
D-Angleton
Atwell
Caldwell
Texas
Leroy Wieting
D-Portland
U.S. Supreme Court
House
Senate
Dolph Briscoe
Conference Committee
Daniel
Pair Facing DWI Charges
One man freed on 750 bond while another remained in custody on 750 bond after DWI charges filed by Justice of the Peace Otis Moore. Raymond Dan Archer, 29, of 6319 Andrews Highway, posted bond after arrest by highway patrol near Odessa. Hugh McLain, 52, of 4902 Locust, held on 750 bond after arrest at Second and Grandview by state troopers. Aaron Gensberg named best speaker at Wildcat Toastmasters. Randy Nunnery runner up. Bill Carlile most improved. Dick Lees best table topic. John Keesey best evaluator.
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Otis Moore
Raymond Dan Archer
Andrews
Odessa
Hugh McLain
Second
Grandview
Aaron Gensberg
Wildcat Toastmasters
Randy Nunnery
Bill Carlile
Dick Lees
John Keesey
Indicted brother in Kennedy case targeted Meir threats
Sharif Bishara Sirhan, 39, brother of the Kennedy assassin, was indicted by a federal grand jury on threatening the life of Israeli Premier Golda Meir. He was held on $50,000 bond after FBI arrest in Pasadena, with the threat contained in a letter to Secretary of State Rogers about a month earlier. Meir had just finished a U.S. visit.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Golda Meir
Sharif Bishara Sirhan
FBI
Pasadena
William P. Rogers
Breakins Probed At Ector County Businesses
Sheriff's officers investigated two breakins at Ector County stores. Prowlers pried a window at Hickman Motor Co. 515 North Dixie to reach an office and stole an impact wrench a cutting torch and an adding machine worth 50 dollars. At Bill Brown Feed Store on Highway 158 Gardendale cash was taken from a register about 43 dollars.
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Ector County
Hickman Motor Co
North Dixie
Bill Brown
Highway 158
Gardendale
Bands Compete in UIL Event at Permian High
Twelve area high schools perform in a two day UIL contest at Permian High School with concerts and sight reading. Ector Fort Stockton Colorado City Andrews Kermit Pecos Monahans Midland Lee Permian Midland Odessa Big Spring bands attend.
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Fort Stockton
Colorado City
Andrews
Kermit
Pecos
Monahans
Midland Lee
Permian
Midland
Odessa
Big Spring
Chess Tourney Winners Told
Allan Emert of 2319 West 15th won the Black Bishop Quadrangular chess title at Odessa College. Runner-up was Nathan Supert of Routel. Other trophy winners include Carl Rutz Midland B Section Mike Matthews Abilene C Section Norbert Cywinski 3214 Tanglewood D Section and Gary Rogers Denton E Section. Twenty players entered. Hobbs NM Staff Glenn E Davis 50 will become Hobbs Chamber EVp April 16 after leading Liberal Kansas chamber since 1965.
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Allan Emert
West
Odessa Chess Club
Nathan Supert
Routel
Odessa College
Carl Rutz
Midland
Mike Matthews
Abilene
Norbert Cywinski
Tanglewood
Gary Rogers
Denton
Dollar Trading Mixed As Floated Rates Begin
The dollar showed a mixed day in world money markets as the new floating exchange rate system began in Paris last Friday. Gold prices stayed near $82 an ounce in London and Zurich, with light trading signaling cautious speculation while markets seek firmer evidence of how floats will work. In London and Frankfurt the dollar dipped early but recovered, closing lower in Paris and Tokyo yet higher in Milan Amsterdam and Madrid. Tokyo finished at 263 yen, down from 264.90, while Frankfurt opened at 2.816 marks. Nearby, two Odessans were treated at Medical Center Hospital after injuries from Monday, Willie Hill. 18, and Tammy K. Poyner, 6, suffered head injuries and possible concussions respectively.
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Paris
Zurich
Frankfurt
Tokyo
Milan
Amsterdam
Madrid
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Willie Hill
South Anderson
Tammy K. Poyner
Larry Poyner
Drury Lane
Iran Oil Takeover Finalized
The Shah of Iran formally nationalizes the oil industry, taking control from a Western consortium. The move places Iran in charge of the largest oil field, refinery, export terminal, and artificial island, transferring 17,827 workers to the national payroll. Foreign staff will remain temporarily under Iranian contractors until replaced.
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Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Shah
Isfahan
National Iranian Oil Co
Critics Blast School Aid Plan Faces House Hearing Clash
Washington AP report on President Nixon's plan to shift federal school aid control to local districts. Perkins warns of loopholes and inequities. Weinberger defends local spending flexibility while Ottina projects cuts to disadvantaged students and higher aid per eligible child.
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Nixon
Congress
House Education Committee
Carl D. Perkins
Dky
Health, Education and Welfare
Caspar W. Weinberger
U.S
John R. Ottina
Weinberger
Forsie Bene
Perkins
Seven Children Hurt In Crash Of Bus And Truck
In CARLOS Texas seven children and a school bus driver were injured when their bus hit a gravel truck on Texas 30. The bus and truck overturned. The driver Bill Smith 23 and one child suffered serious injuries at Grimes Memorial Hospital. Other injured children aged six to fifteen were treated at St Joseph Hospital Bryan. A girl from Anderson Shelly Robinson was transferred for possible neurological treatment after multiple injuries. The truck driver was uninjured.
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Shelly Robinson
Anderson
Houston
St. Joseph
Fort Stockton
Littlefield
Damage Trial Begins Over Water Damage Claim in Odessa
Jury selection starts in 161st District Court for Thomas A. Gee of Odessa against Presley's Appliance Repair over alleged water damage to Gee home floor on Feb 5 1971 from a faulty repair. Plaintiff represented by Alvin Walvoord. defendant by Gloria Svanas. Loree Randolph 65 of Odessa hospitalized after a Tuesday morning fall at home with a fractured pelvis.
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161St District Court
Thomas A. Gee
Odessa
Presley
Gee
Alvin Walvoord
Midland
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