Troubled Astrodome wins tax relief on lease deal
Houston City Council, by an 8-1 vote with Mayor Welch dissenting, denied a plan to raise taxes by 385000 dollars. The measure would have increased city taxes on the lease of the Astrodome by Roy Hofheinz's Houston Sports Association, a county owned facility.
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Houston
Houston City Council
Louie Welch
Astrodome
Roy Hofheinz
Houston Sports Association
HSA
Hofheinz Family Trust
McGuire
Welch
David N. Lewis
Hofheinz
Fred Hofheinz
County Commissioners Court
Askanase
Astrodomain Corp
Astros
Astroworld
Acupuncture Seen Through a San Diego Doctor's Eye
A San Diego acupuncturist Dr. Tomson Liang offers free treatments in a clinic near a busy main street. Liang, an electronics engineer with a PhD, studied in Taiwan and aims to fund a research institute while charging patients little or nothing. He uses the Tiger's Mouth point and reports calm, four-hour effects, attracting patients from across the country.
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San Diego
Calif
Tomson Liang
Taiwan
Liang
China
Zsa Gabor
James Reston
David Adest
Adest
Los Angeles
Salmos
Sci
Ence
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Lorne Greene
Miss Gabor
FDIC sues Sharpstown bank officials for $4 million
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp sues 22 former Sharpstown State Bank officials for 4 million dollars claiming negligence in approving 18 major loans led by a March 1970 1.3 million loan to Mr. and Mrs. W T Duncan. The suit names Sharp, Novotney, Beyer, Lane and others with loans to Timewealth Corp Jamaica Resort Corp and Sharpstown Realty Co. It seeks to recover funds after the bank failed in 1971 following stock manipulation charges against Frank W. Sharp.
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Houston
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Sharpstown State Bank
Sharpstown Bank
Frank W. Sharp
Securities and Exchange Commission
FDIC
Sharp
Bank
Joe Novotney
Melvin Beyer
Douglas Lane
W.D. Hadden 11
Houston Port Commission
Morgan Baker
J.S. Bennett
Charles W. Blanton
David M. Daum
Gene Gatlin
Svend Hansen
R.T. Herrin Jr
W.H. Hinton
H.P. McMahon
Paul Medlin
J.M. Richardson
Alonzo R. Shilling
C.E. Sneiven
Carl Lundquist
Pasadena
Arthur W. Beck Jr
Dallas
Carl D. Meek
Kerr
Timewealth Corp
Galveston
Jamacia Resort Corp
Sharpstown Realty Co
Oak Forest Investment Co
Duncan
Bryan
San Antonio
House Banking Committee
Nixon
Banking Committee
Nixon Committee
Harlingen School Board Told to Correct Civil Rights Violations
A federal civil rights investigation found Harlingen schools failing to meet guidelines for Mexican American pupils. A 45 day plan was ordered to address exclusions from education, language support, and minority participation, with improvements urged in staffing and class placement.
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Harlingen, Tex
Harlingen
James Littleton
Civil Rights Division
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Littlejohn
Joe Garza
Gay
James I. Thigpen
Thigpen
United Nations ends 27th General Assembly
The 27th UN General Assembly finished after three months with a quiet close and a final one minute of silence. George H. Bush signed autographs as he left to become Republican National Committee chair. John Scali was named successor. The assembly toned down Middle East disputes and focused on detente while labeling the session the Assembly on Terrorism after the Munich massacre.
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U. N. General Assembly
Assembly
Assembly Chamber
America
George Bush
U.S
Bush
Washington
Republican National Committee
John Scali
White House
Associated Press
American Broadcasting Co
Middle East
U. N
Israel
Yosef Tekoah
United States
Coahoma Rebuffs Federal Revenue Sharing Donation
Coahoma Texas mayor and council reject a 1889 dollar revenue sharing payment citing burdensome rules and separate accounting needs. The 3 to 1 vote returns the funds to the U S Treasury reverse citing excess instructions and required public expenditure reporting.
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Coahoma, Tex
West Texas
U.S. Treasury
Jack Cauble
Treasury
Cauble
Hell's Angels Leader Claims Alibi in Texas Dealer Slaying
Ralph Sonny Barger testified he was asleep at his Oakland home during the killing of a Texas drug dealer. He said he directed police to weapons and drugs in exchange for other gang members’ release. He claimed to be in bed around midnight on May 20 when Servio Agero was found shot in a burning Oakland home.
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Oakland
Calif
Hell’s Angels
Ralph
Sonny
Barger
Texas
James Crew
Servio Agero
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Richard Anthony Mayes
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Toni Rochelle
Herman Short
Mal Kasanoff
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Rio Grande Valley
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Jim Ross
U.N
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Stanislaw Trepczynski
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Coahoma
Goodyear
Hillside Singers
JO Stafford
Frank Sinatra
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Tony Bennett
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Doris Day
Andy Williams
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