Traveling salesman pulls trouble from trash in Hillsboro
A Burleson man stopped to discard a bottle near Hillsboro Texas and was arrested after a bank extortion trap. Police watching the scene found a Citizens National Bank bag with money and receipts in a trashcan. He was polygraphed in Waco and released after passing the test. Authorities kept watch on the bank executive who received the extortion call.
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George Bonner
Burleson
Hill County
Ray Pettit
Hillsboro
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Texas Rangers
Sheriff's Deputies
Fort Worth
Waco
Department of Public Safety
Pettit
Bonner
Nuclear policy delayed and political shifts across Washington
The Ford administration pauses a new nuclear proliferation policy to let President elect Carter shape plans. A London conference shows Soviet support outpacing allies for Ford's control package. Ford seeks GOP unity with a White House summit. Also noted are labor union views in the armed forces and a search for a marijuana haul near Grand Isle. Potential cattle scabies increases and a 60 day gas sale plan are reported amid other financial and legal notes.
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Ford Administration
Carter
Ford
Soviet Union
America
London
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White House
Lebanon forms postwar cabinet of eight nonpoliticians
Premier Salim el Hoss announces a new cabinet of eight nonpolitician ministers for Lebanon, with equal representation of Christians and Muslims. President Elias Sarkis stresses Lebanon as a homeland for both faiths without privilege.
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Beirut, Lebanon
Salim el-Hoss
Lebanon
Elias Sarkis
Mexico inmates join hunger strike over parole policy
About 100 American prisoners in Mexico City along with Mexican and other Latin American inmates have begun a hunger strike at Reclusorio Norte and Santa Marta to protest a bill allowing drug offenders to be eligible for parole. Reports say 150 of 154 dorm residents refuse food at Reclusorio Norte, and inmates in Santa Marta, including Phillip Millard, share the protest as officials discuss the new administration’s stance.
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Mexico City
Reclusorio Norte
Santa Marta
Hispanic family income declines in 1975 study
The Census Bureau reports Hispanics face higher unemployment and lower incomes than whites but better than blacks. Median Hispanic family income in 1975 was 9,551 dollars, with 11.1 million Hispanics in the United States. Unemployment stood at 11.5 percent for Hispanics, 6.8 percent for whites, and about 13 percent for blacks.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Teacher gives $100,000 gift to university fundraiser
Dr. D L Ligon a 72 year old retiree and longtime Midwestern University educator who earned about 12 000 a year donated 100 000 to the university fund drive with his wife. He now works part time as the sports information director earning 2600 annually and said the donation reflected decades of teaching and coaching at the university.
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Wichita Falls, Tex
D.L. Ligon
Ligon
Midwestern
Associated Press
Carter urged tax cuts to spur economy in early plan
President elect Carter faces near unanimous advice from staff business and labor for a tax cut to revive growth. A group led by REGINALD JONES outlined a 15 billion dollar tax cut 3 billion in investment tax credits and 5 billion for job programs with focus on youth welfare recipients and long term unemployed. Carter returns to Plains Georgia after talks in Washington and endorses rapid action to combat recession.
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Carter
Pentagon
Plains
Reginald Jones
General Electric Co
Thomas B. Lance Carter
Jones
Dying girl's gifts jeopardize aid
In Virginia a dying 15 year old Melinda Darnell suffers an inoperable brain tumor. Generous gifts from strangers may cause the family to lose food stamps Medicaid and AFDC benefits counting more than 400 dollars as income. A Sunday benefit is planned and Melinda Day was proclaimed by Gov Mills Godwin.
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Navy
Army
Marine Corps
Air Force
Alexandria, Va
Douglas Darnell
Melinda
Mary Darnell
Virginia
Mills Godwin
Darnell
Briscoe's school aid plan sparks criticism in Texas
Jim McGrew of the Texas Research League attacks Governor Dolph Briscoe's plan to raise the Foundation School Program share to 90 percent. He argues the proposal would widen gaps by giving the 275 poorest districts less per pupil than the 272 richest, despite the overall $850 million two year infusion.
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Dolph Briscoe
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Texas Research League
Jim McGrew
Fl Paso
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