Suzuki faces crisis as Japan’s ruling party fractures
Japanese Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki struggles to hold the Liberal Democratic Party after Foreign Minister Ito quit over the Washington summit communique. A former U.S. ambassador’s claim that nuclear armed ships visit Japan fuels anti nuclear tensions, challenging Suzuki’s goal of harmony and reform.
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Suzuki
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U.S
Japan
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Japanese Socialist Party
Tion
Inafu
Washington
Sunao Sonoda
Ito
Edwin O Reischauer
Reischauer
Sanada
Diet
Masayoshi Ohira
Zenko the Buddha
United States
Amherst Student Tramps Rail Ride For Thesis Study
Amherst College senior Ted Conover rode freight trains for 10 000 miles across the West to study hobos for his anthropology thesis. He rode for three months, learned the hobo code, observed 460 tramps, and found a complex society of middle aged men and Vietnam veterans seeking belonging and survival in improvised camps.
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Associated Press
Amherst
Mass
Ted Conover
Amherst College
Conover
Denver
American West
John Steinbeck
Nevada
Wealth and assets disclosed by Texas Congressmen in 1980
The report lists assets and incomes for several Texas lawmakers. Gonzalez shows no assets, and de la Garza also reports none. Hightower records 1,000 to 5,000 in assets with loans above 50,000. Collins reports assets over 4.6 million, potential total over 4.6 to 5 million, plus large stock income. Brooks holds 1.6 million across 38 properties with 1980 earnings around 215,000. Sam Hall assets exceed 1.5 million with 43,500 income from 29 sources. Ralph Hall shows 296,548 earnings as a lawyer and 323,527 in 1980 earnings across 22 ventures worth 1.7 to 2.7 million, plus the largest liabilities from bank loans.
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Kika de la Garza
D-Mission
Jack Hightower
Dvernon
Hightower
Texas
Collins
Brooks
Sam Hall
Ralph Hall
Washington
Texans Reagan budget and the Bull Weevils coalition
Rep. Charles Stenholm leads a Texas contingent nicknamed the Bull Weevils forming a conservative bloc of about 40 Western and Southern members. The group strengthens a Texas delegation noted for unity amid ideological breadth and a history of strong committee influence.
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Democratic Forum
Senate Armed Services Committee
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George Bush
Houston
Texas
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Dallas
Rayburn
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Congress
Stenholm
Bull Weevils
Redneck Caucus
Jimmy Carter
West Texas
Richard C. White
Texans Hold Strong Pride as House Service Remains Central
The piece contrasts Texas lawmakers with larger states like California New York and Pennsylvania noting Texas voters favor seasoned representatives. It highlights figures such as Edward Koch John Lindsay Hugh Carey and local leaders while contrasting career incentives in Texas with New York where many seek higher office. It cites party dynamics in Texas and remarks from Rep. Charles Wilson on Texan electability.
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New York
Pennsylvania
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John Lindsay
Hugh Carey
Brooklyn
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Frost
Wright
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Texas
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el Paso
Sam Rayburn
Charles Wilson
Louisiana
Reagan Reacts to Defense Letter Flap Resigns Not Final
Michael Reagan, president’s son and vice president of a California firm, appears to reconsider quitting after a dispute over his reference to his father in a letter seeking business from Tinker Air Force Base. In Fresno, William Saroyan dies at 72 from cancer after a storied career. In Oakland, a 70-year-old woman is robbed stabbed tied to a bed and a home set on fire. attackers flee.
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Oklahoma City
Michael Reagan
California
Reagan
Tinker Air Force Base
Fresno
Calif
William Saroyan
Saroyan
Veterans Administration Hospital
Robert Adnan
Oakland
Ralph Lacer
Lacer
Texas House redistricting plan sparks partisan clash
Rep Tim Von Dohlen chairs the redistricting committee as Democrats debate a plan that would create districts allowing a Hispanic candidate in South Texas and a Black district in Dallas County while maintaining compliance with the Voting Rights Act and one man one vote. Critics say Republicans engineered three new GOP seats, defeating two Democrats, with a conference fix planned.
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U.S. House
Tim von Dohlen
D-Goliad
Dallas County
South Texas
Congress
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D-E Paso
U.S
Jack Brooks
D Beaumont
Ron Paul
Lake Jackson
von Dohren
House-Senate
Texas
Coleman
Weather Dodge the tumbleweeds it will be windy
Midland Regional Airport forecasts winds up to 30 mph southeast on Wednesday with fair weather today and tonight. Partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures expected Wednesday, with winds 5 to 30 mph. No violent weather mentioned in state forecasts. Extended outlook calls for possible thunderstorm chances Thursday and Friday across West Texas, with highs in the 70s to 90s and lows mainly in the 50s and 60s.
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