Texas Book Bootleg Sparks Capitol Scandal and Tourism Boom
An Associated Press piece reveals a legal bootleg operation at the Texas Capitol involving a glossy travel book titled Texas. The division aimed to push outside travel dollars, touting the 202 page volume with photos and guides of Texas sites while printing millions of copies at low cost.
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Robert E. Ford
Associated Press
State Capitol
Jim Garner
Capitol
Garner
Texas
Texas Highway Department
John Connally
Houston
Bangor
Maine
Olney
Tex
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Monetary settlement near as crisis eases by year end
International monetary frictions edge toward resolution with hints of a dollar devaluation and uprevaluation of other currencies ahead of a December meeting. Trudeau after talks with Nixon signals removal of the ten percent U S surcharge by year end if crisis settles.
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Rome
Pierre Trudeau
Canada
Nixon
Washington
U. S
Trudeau
Welfare rhetoric vs aging Americans and inflation
A column critiques demands for government gifts as inflation fuels the cost of senior benefits. It notes President Nixon’s pledge to expand elderly support and a conference call for a $4500 annual couple benefit, warning such guarantees risk astronomical costs and worsen inflation for taxpayers and neighbors.
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Nixon
White House Conference On
Censoring Science Abroad and at Home
Russian biochemist Z A Medvedev exposes how Kremlin censors sanitize hundreds of foreign scientific journals including Science. Articles are clipped or hidden from contents pages and indexes, with issues delayed or suppressed. He notes censorship targets News and Comment pieces critical of U S policy and argues Kremlin blocks knowledge of its budget. Medvedev was briefly jailed as a schizophrenia diagnosis drew protests from peers.
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Kremlin
Z. A. Medvedev
Medvedev
Britain
Science
American Association For the Advancement of Science
U.S
Russia
Welfare shoe racket exposed in New York
Welfare officials reveal an epidemic of flat feet used to obtain free orthopedic shoes. A city official, posing as a client, attended welfare meetings and heard claims about free shoes from a group pushing a scheme involving Dr.
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New York
Today in History Highlights Dec 15 1971
On December 15 1791 the Bill of Rights took effect after Virginia ratified. Other noted events include Sitting Bull’s 1890 death in South Dakota and Verdun’s 1916 French victory in World War I.
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Associated Press
U.S
Virginia
Chatham
England
Sitting Bull
South Dakota
Verdun
U.S. Supreme Court
New York
State Department
Alger Hiss
Adolf Eichmann
Jerusalem
Israel
John F. Kennedy
Puerto Rico
Mickey Mouse
Walt Disney
Boyle's column highlights varied bits of trivia and social notes
HAL BOYLE surveys mailinspired musings from five years of readers notes about marriage ages, work life, and happiness. He touches on noise affecting sex life, hotpants bans, aging, stamps, mistletoe myths, boots risks, vintage car down payments, and presidential nicknames in brisk, witty vignettes.
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Hal Boyle
New York
U.S
National Geographic Society
Styx
Hades
Sweden
England
Fabius
New Orleans
Prince Arthur
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
James Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Hawaii's Tropic Location and Mild Year Round Climate
The Hawaiian Islands lie within the tropics south of the Tropic of Cancer. Cool trade winds keep temperatures mild year round, ranging from 57 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Hawaiian Islands
Pecos Calendar Highlights Local Happenings And Plans
Events include Elsie Lou Hamiltons eleventh birthday party and Pecos Sub-station expansion talks by A M College delegates. Mabel Crum named Pecos Princess for Sun Bowl ride January 1. A court case includes a signed confession from Mentone youths. Jane Honeycutt weds H G Burkhalter in Pecos. Federated Clubs district meeting at First Methodist Church. Engagement announced between Elizabeth Lou Merrill and Billy Ray Morgan. Reeves Loving United Community Fund reports 65 percent of quota. Balmorhea Lake hosts large fishing crowd. PT A delegates return from Houston convention. Pecos City Council approves Pecos Volunteer Firemen pay totaling 15 256.50 for year. Judy Welch to marry Dr Ronald Guthrie with pre nuptial shower in Pecos.
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Pecos
Japan seeks larger trade share as Europe and China loom
Tokyo faces tough European reception and limited gains from Europe while hoping Connally will push for more access. China offers cautious potential, with Fuji bank chief predicting gradual year by year growth, yet China’s low output and political demands constrain Japan’s exports.
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NBA
Japan
Europe
Asia
China
United States
U.S. Treasury
Connally
Sato
Keidanren
Federation of Economic Organizations
America
Britain
Economist
Peking
Yoshizane Iwasa
Fuji Bank
Taiwan
U.S
George Ball
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Giurgia Stroud
South Cedar Street
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West Tekas Press
Venus
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George
Ethel
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C.H. Hamilton
Elsie Lou
State Experiment Farm Bureau
A&m College of
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el Paso
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Pecos Motor Company
Mentone
Artesia
New Mexico
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S.P. Honeycutt
H.G. Burkhalter
J.E. Burkhalter
Lindale
Eighth District of Federated Clubs of Texas
First Methodist Church
Don Merrill
Odessa
Elizabeth Lou
Billy Ray Morgan
Reeves- Loving County
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David J. Gough
Richard Sims
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Judy Welch
Ronald Neal Guthrie
Green Bay
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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