Nixon aides recall Perot access in Nixon era
White House logs show Ross Perot met or spoke with Peter Flanigan over 40 times in the Nixon years. Documents reviewed by the AP reveal VIP treatment for Perot and family, with government agencies urged on issues involving his computer company and taxes. Perot says contacts mostly related to freeing POWs in Vietnam.
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Richard Nixon
Peter Flanigan
Ross Perot
White House
Perot
Nixon
Flanigan
Texas
Associated Press
National Archives
Erator
Charles Colson
Nixon White House
Vietnam
Fort Worth publisher recalls pressure tactic by candidate
Fort Worth Star-Telegram publisher Richard Connor recounts an AP report that in 1989 Ross Perot accused the paper of biased coverage over his son’s airport contract bid and hinted at compromising photographs involving a newspaper employee and a city official. He labeled the incident a pressure tactic and not a direct link to the controversy.
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Ross Perot
Richard Connor
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Perot
Connor
Judge denies order to stop collecting Texas school taxes
U S District Judge James Nowlin in Austin refused to halt this year's school property tax collection and declined to set a trial date on the taxpayers lawsuit. Attorney Jim Keahey said an appeal to the Fifth Circuit will follow, while the state AG will appeal Nowlin's findings. He noted the injunction request was temporary and warned a halt could harm students.
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Nowlin
Toni Hunter
Texas Supreme Court
Keahey
Homeless man found dead near Boston City Hall
Joseph Bulens lay on the concrete beside City Hall in Boston for hours before anyone noticed he was dead. Bystanders ignored him despite his plight, prompting a speaker to condemn the disregard for the unhoused in the busy City Hall Plaza.
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Boston Street
Boston
Joseph Bulens
City Hall
Bulens
City Hall Plaza
David Solomon
Solomon
Boston City Hall
Economic signs point to continuing recovery in April
Washington reports show employment, business confidence, and department store sales rising in April. Fed chair Greenspan cautions more progress needed. Labor Dept data indicate initial unemployment claims averaged 409,750 over four weeks ending April 25, with a drop from prior levels and a downshift in new layoffs, suggesting a broadening recovery.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Labor Department
Cattle Accept Cotton Waste in North Carolina Test
North Carolina cows eagerly chew waste cotton fibers from the textile industry as a potential filler for fodder. Farmer Bruce E. Perkinson recalls cattle unloading cotton from a truck and chasing it across the pasture. Livestock agent Ben E. Chase proposed the experiment to two counties, noting old timers' stories of cattle grazing in cotton fields after harvest.
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North Carolina
Bruce E. Perkinson
Perkinson
Ben E. Chase
Board votes to ease TAAS math passing standard
Texas State Board of Education tentatively approves a weaker passing mark for the mathematics TAAS section for this year's seniors to cut the number failing graduation. With an 8-6 vote the count would drop from 8 138 to 6 624 not graduating, as lawmakers weigh fairness and message concerns amid student struggles.
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Austin
State Board of Education
Mary Helen Berlanga
Corpus Christi
John Shields
San Antonio
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