Editorial optimism amid troubled times and cautious peace
The editorial highlights cautious gains in global diplomacy and domestic economics. It notes reduced draft calls, easing inflation signs, a stabilizing stock market, and hopes for arms limits with Russia. It also mentions pollution, crime, and the potential for smogless cars as industry advances, ending with a call for continued optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Russia
Concord
Germany
Vietnam
Federal Reserve
United States
Detroit
Policemen Under Fire but Still Guard Public Safety
A reflection on police work highlighting the dangers officers face daily, from assassination and booby traps to controversial responses to crime. The piece argues for public support of police, noting many are tragically killed or underpaid while protecting life and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Germany
Judge Frazier Brown named to national crime council post
Judge Joe Frazier Brown of San Antonio, executive director of the Texas Criminal Justice Council, joins the national executive committee and chairs the discretionary grants committee for state criminal justice planning agencies. A new report shows Texas Youth Council drug use among committed youths rising from five to seventy percent over three years. Civil suits target governor and DPS over alleged spying by state police. Mrs. Gwendolyn Craddock becomes administrative technician in the Texas Office of Economic Opportunity. Stafford State Bank seeks a charter. Texans travel 66.1 billion vehicle miles, second to California's 111.7 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Frazier Brown
San Antonio
Texas Criminal Justice Council
Texas Youth Council
South Texas
United Farm Workers
PASO
MAYO
Colonias del Valle
Department of Public Safety
Gwendolyn Craddock
Austin
Texas
Office of Economic Opportunity
Signs you are slipping in the rat race
HAL BOYLE lampoons insecure readers with a mock list of prestige failures. The column mocks social stereotypes, noting odd habits and petty humiliations from FBI lists to wallet moths and creepy nicknames, ending that status is low and you should drop out of the rat race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
FBI
Stupe
Alcoholic Anonymous
Texas Senate Race Plays Out As Nixon Johnson Backed Clash
Texas Democrats and Republicans sharpen for the November showdown led by George Bush in a bid for the U.S. Senate while Lyndon Johnson and Nixon rally supporters. Spreading across the state Bush campaigns after a May defeat of Len Yarborough, with Bentsen and Eggers challenging Gov Preston Smith in a multiway bid. Political operatives cite polls, shift focus to minority voters, and plot intensive September October drives as Bush visits NAACP Austin Texarkana and Tejano events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garth Jones
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
George Bush
R-Tex
Houston
U.S. Senate
Senate
Bentsen
Rio Grande Valley
Bush
Eggers
Smith
Eggerites
Johnson
Spiro Agnew
Tentaive
Dallas
San Antonio
Agnew
GOP
Timely quotes and political notes from 1970s coverage
A collage of quotes and political roadmap notes from 1970 era figures. Includes comments by Fifi D Orsay and Lt Ed Marse on public reactions, pollution cost discussions by John T Middleton, reflections on the atomic bomb anniversary by David Lawrence, and various Texas political campaigns featuring Bush, Bentsen, Eggers, and Nixon. Mention of polling, fundraisers, and campaign plans through September with Johnson and Barnes in Dallas.
Texas lawmakers weigh sweeping court reform plans
A House judiciary subcommittee heard judges and attorneys propose major changes to speed up courts. Recommendations include strong court administration, redistricting power, unified systems to balance workloads, and penalties for contempt. Supreme Court justice urged timely reform as October Galveston briefing outlined proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State Bar
Galveston
House Judiciary
Capitol
Court of Criminal Appeals
Supreme Court
Jack Pope
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Fort Bend County
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Thorn
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NEA
National Association For Advancement of Colored People Naacp
East Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
Texarkana
Tejanos Con
Fifi D’orsay
Ed Marse
Clinton, S.C
John T. Middleton
National Air Pollution Control Administration
David Lawrence
U.S. News and World Report
Japan
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Angelo Cardinal Rossi
Bishops’ Conference
Brazil
NAACP
Laredo
Ben Barnes
John Tower
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
World Almanac
Texas Railroad Commission
Ben Ramsey
Commission
Texas Water Quality Board
Federal Water Quality Administration
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Diamond-Shamrock Chemical Company
American Smelting and Refining Company
State Board
Houston Ship Channel
Lavaca Bay
Texas Employment Commission
Atascosa
Aransas
Live Oak
McMullen
Bee
Jim Wells
Nueces
San Patricio
Refugio
Goliad
Karnes
Wilson
Welfare Region
State Department of Public Welfare
M. J. Raymond Jr
Webb
Duval
Jim Hogg
Zapata
Starr
Preston Smith
Dave Smith
Employees Retirement System of Texas
Paul G. Veale
McAllen
W. M. Bell
Donna
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Padre Island
U. S
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Brownsville
State
Platoro Ltd
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Atty
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Austin District Court
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Tom Gordon
Abilene
ABC
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Tyler
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