Essential Conflict Over Law Versus Mob Rule in Global Struggle
A provocative essay argues De Gaulle’s ouster threatens civilization, linking France’s riots to campus protests in the United States. It warns the central clash is rule of law versus mob rule, tracing law’s rise from prehistoric order to modern nationhood and cautioning against anarchist pressures in a nuclear era.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
United States
Europe
United States of America
Vietnam
Vietna
White Prods Hearings On Sunset Limited Discontinuance
Congressman Richard C White reports the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered hearings on Southern Pacifics bid to discontinue the Sunset Limited passenger service through his district. Hearings at multiple points will allow opposition evidence. The move delays the June 24 cessation up to four months, with a possible one year extension after hearings.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific Railroad
Paul J. Tierney
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
Los Angeles
White
Commission
el Paso County Commissioners Court
Passage of the 1968 Crime Control Act Reflected West Texans View
The piece notes Congress debated the Omnibus Crime Control bill amid Kennedy assassinations. It highlights gun control provisions, mail order handgun bans, and national registration, with praise for police aid and court-guided powers while urging robust enforcement by states.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Congress
Los Angeles
House
Senate
America
Kennedy
Finnal
National Rifle Association
Texas
Troled
Supreme Court
Tower warns against Hanoi propaganda impeding Paris talks
Senator Tower argues the Paris negotiations with North Vietnam face a propaganda wall and escalating war. He warns against unilateral concessions and a coalition government for South Vietnam, urging sustained American leadership to pressure Hanoi and preserve international order.
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Paris
Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
South Vietnam
Texas Death Row Reform Spurs Life Backlash
The U S Supreme Court ruling bars excluding jurors opposed to capital punishment in Texas death penalty cases. The decision may invalidate death sentences by jurors with anti death penalty views and requires unanimous verdicts for capital punishment. It could allow appeals for inmates on death row, though applicability to those already sentenced remains uncertain.
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Huntsville
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas
Crawford Martin
Park Sites Accepted to Form Texas Heritage Park Network
Parks and Wildlife Commission accepts 85 acres with four early Texas posts Fort Leaton Fort McKavett Fort Lancaster and Fort Richardson to be added to the state park system. A $14,275 federal grant was approved for Fort Griffin State Park facilities with PW matching funds for a 503 acre park.
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Parks and Wildlife Commission
Texas
Fort Leaton
Presidio
Fort McKavett
Menard
Fort Lancaster
Ozona
Fort Richardson
Jacksboro
PWC
Will Odom
Odom
Fort Griffin State
Albany
Yarborough argues tuition hikes harm access to college
Senator Ralph Yarborough contends higher tuition at Texas state colleges would burden moderate and low income families. He cites rising overall college costs, enrollment growth, and student debt, noting federal aid exists but many capable Texas graduates still cannot afford higher education.
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Texas College
Texas Colleges
Allowable Cut Again in Texas Oil June
The Texas Railroad Commission cut statewide oil allowable for the third consecutive month. June factor set at 45.2 percent of potential, enabling top production of 3,485,366 barrels daily. May production was 3,512,874 barrels at 45.7 percent demand, with buyers nominating 3,025,126 barrels per day for June, down 46,143 from May, slightly above Bureau of Mines June demand forecast.
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Texas Railroad Commission
Bureau of Mines
Public Hearings Schedule on College Question in Texas
Public hearings will be held in Austin from June 15 to July 10 on Higher Education Coordinating Board staff recommendations to create six new state colleges to handle growing city enrollments. The program would cost 201 million dollars for 1973 to 1977 with enrollment restrictions for existing schools after 1972. New colleges would open in 1973 in San Antonio Midland Odessa Dallas Fort Worth area. Dallas Fort Worth would offer upper level work. The full board is set to approve the recommendations at the July or August meeting.
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Higher Education Coordinating Board
Big City
Coordinating Board
San Antonio
Midland-Odessa
Dallas-Fort Worth
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