Texas constitutional revision moves forward in Senate countdown
Lt Governor Bill Hobby leads smooth Senate action on a modernized Texas Constitution package. Key figures include Ray Hutchison in the House, Speaker Bill Clayton, and Senator Bob Gammage. Debate centers on a voters’ document, Education funding and governance powers, with Price Daniel Jr. weighing in on process.
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Senate
Texas
Bill Hobby
Constitutional Revision Committee
Ray Hutchison
House
Bill Clayton
Clayton
Jon Ford
Oscar Mauzy
Bob Gammage
Houston
Organized Labor
House of Lords
Price
Daniel, Jr
Chubbin
Alor
Price Daniel, Jr
Clarion
Bill Meier
Daniel
Liberty
Capital Eye
Austin
Arthur Mitchell
George Parr
Mitchell
Clint Manges
Parr
Duval County
Carrillo
O.P. Carrillo
Paris
John Connally
Washington
Jake Jacobsen
Jacobsen
Texas Savings and Loan
Connally
Fagan Dickson
Lyndon
Brunet
Roberta
Bobbie’’ Dickson
Roy Minton
Frank Erwin
Ed Clark
Arthur
Westgate
Nat Henderson
Nat
Editorial: Standing up to the oil cartel
A editorial argues the United States should consider quotas on oil imports and secret bids from producers to spur competition and pressure OPEC. It cites economists John Perry, M A Adelman, and John C Sawhill testifying before a Senate subcommittee, noting limits but potential benefits of testing the cartel.
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OPEC
John Perry
Brookings Institution
M.A. Adelman
MIT
Federal Energy Administration
John C. Sawhill
Senate
United States
Perry
ERA hearing set Monday in Texas on ERA rescission
Rep. Ray Hutchison chairs the Constitutional Revision Committee with strict rules for a Monday hearing on a House resolution to rescind Texas 1972 ratification of the federal ERA. Testimony will run 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. with demonstrations and gallery recognitions banned.
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Hutchison
Bill Hilliard
D-Fort Worth
Texas
Today in History Highlights for April 9, 1975
On April 9 1865 General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Court House marking the Civil War end. Other events noted include La Salle reaching the Gulf of Mexico in 1682, Peterborough NH founding the first municipally taxed public library in 1833, Marian Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial concert in 1939, Germany’s invasion of Norway and Denmark in 1940, Bataan fall in 1942, Churchill's US honorary citizenship in 1963, the Astrodome opening in 1965, Osaka gas explosion deaths in 1970, Nixon touring Xenia tornado damage in 1974.
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Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Appomattox Court House
Virginia
la Salle
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Peterborough
New Hampshire
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
Marian Anderson
Constitution Hall
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Bataan
Phillippines
Winston Churchill
United States
Lyndon Johnson
Astrodome Stadium
Houston
Texas
Osaka
Japan
Richard Nixon
Xenia
Ohio
South Vietnam must take bold measures to win the war
The piece argues South Vietnam has grown capable and better equipped, with strong American and allied support, yet is losing the fight. It contends the North holds logistical advantages and warns that without bold, decisive action by Saigon and sustained aid, northern victory becomes almost inevitable.
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Washington
NEA
United States
South
Robert Thompson
Saigon
America
U.S
Paul McCloskey
California
Southeast Asia
McClosky
South Vietnam
McCloskey
Vietnam
Hefner’s Religious Rage and a Century of Change in Playboy
A reflective, critical column surveys Playboy’s past decade of religious clashes and cultural battles. It notes Hugh Hefner’s eclipse amid real estate woes, drug scandal fallout, and shifting moral currents. It cites figures like Graham, Nixon, and Hatfield, and endorses Abernethy’s warnings about aging and marriage, urging Old Is Not A Four-Letter Word for immediate guidance.
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Playboy Magazine
Malcolm Boyd
William Hamilton
Martin Marty
Berrigans
Hugh Hefner
Hefner
Playboy
Washington
Capitol
Watergate
Charles Colson
Herbert Kalmbach
Egil Krogh
Ford
Billy Graham
Richard Nixon
Harold Hughes
International Christian Fellowship
Mark Hatfield
Saul
St. Paul
Abingdon Press
Johnny Carson
Jean Bea
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Midlothian Mirror
Bill Poe
Southwest Texas State University
STSU
LBJ
Kennedy
Jones
Highlander
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CBS
Dan Rather
New Orleans
Time, Inc
Warren Commission
Pecos Enterprise
O’ferrall Pauly
Texas Press
Association
Tom Tiede
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