Midland Mayor Clashes With HUD Over Airport Parking Rules
Midland Texas mayor Ernest Angelo Jr mocked HUD by demanding a lengthy, rule heavy parking space application. He outlined 6 strict requirements including copies, wage compliance, genealogical data, EEOC certification, safety gear, and an environmental impact statement. HUD has yet to respond, prompting local humor and frustration.
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Midland
Texas
Dallas
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HUD
Ernest Angelo Jr
EEOC
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Commission
Angelo
Editorial: Jails fill with status offenders in juvenile system
A NAJC study of 1,837 youths in correctional programs finds over a third are status offenders such as skippers of school or curfew breakers, yet housed with arsonists and robbers. The report urges removing status offenders from institutions and reducing facility size, arguing only serious delinquents belong behind closed doors.
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America
National Assessment of Juvenile Corrections
NAJC
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
University of Michigan
Readers defend Pecos Cab drivers and chide columnist
A Pecos Cab Co owner argues cab drivers are safe and praises two drivers with million mile certificates while a letter recounts a theft at a garage sale. Another writer, Rafael Hernandez, defends Spanish heritage against columnist Gene Douglas and urges bilingual understanding amid 1976 language debates.
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Pecos Cab Company
Erma Bombeck
The
Pecos Cab Co
International Taxicab Association
Mexico
Balmorhea
Texas
National Guard Army
Douglas
Rafael Hernandez Pecos
This Day in History August 20 1976 Highlights
On this date events include Vitus Beering discovering Alaska in 1791 and Benjamin Harrison born in 1833. World War I saw Brussels occupied in 1914 and 1941 notes the Dnieper Dam blown by Russians. Other items cover Morocco Algeria riots in 1955, East German border wall in 1961, Ford naming Rockefeller VP in 1974, and Libya Egypt Syria federation talks in 1955. Birthday: Al Lopez. Thought by Sherwood Anderson. Bicentennial note on Franklin and Howe.
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Associated Press
Vitus Bering
Alaska
Benjamin Harrison
North Bend
Ohio
Brussels
Belgium
Dnieper
Ukraine
Morocco
Algeria
East
West Berlin
Gerald Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
U.S
South Vietnam
Libya
Egypt
Syria
Mars
Cape Canaveral
al Lopez
Sherwood Anderson
Benjamin Franklin
Richard Howe
Readers urged to sign letters to editors column
Brief letters are welcomed and signed to be considered for publication. Names may be withheld on request if necessary. The edition will not print letters that are libelous or in poor taste.
Bicentennial insight on colonial newspapers growth
In 1764 there were 23 American colonial newspapers, rising to 37 by 1774 as cited by The World Almanac. Letters from rural areas show expanded circulation, with papers circulating in taverns and spreading public discourse during the Revolutionary period.
Meanest man in Congress Wayne Hays ends feud in scandal saga
Rep. Wayne Hays of Ohio resigns after a publicity saga with Elizabeth Ray, who alleged an affair and secretarial services for pay. Hays confronted by reporters, faced pressure from colleagues, and cites a long Washington Post inquiry into his in law as a factor in retirement.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Congress
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Hays
Elizabeth Ray
Jack Cloherty
Bob Owens
Pat Peak
Capitol
Ray
U.S
Liz Ray
Democratic Party
Paul Pendergast
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Pendergast
House
Carol Clawson
Washington Post
Leonard Peak
Peak
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Public Works Department
City Attorney's Office
West
By Roger Bollen
Harold Harris
Pecos
Gringo P.S
Gringo
Wink
Doris Kelton
Gene Douglas
Perro EH
Merry
Virginia
Annapolis
Delaware
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
O’ferrall Pauly
Texas Press Association
Mannegata
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