FBI Conference to Aid West Texas Law Officers
A Pecos event reports a Monday FBI conference directed by J Edgar Hoover and led by D A Bryce El Paso FBI. It is one of 11 in the region to reassure citizens law enforcement works with agencies during national defense efforts. The item notes a Lions club conflict shifting a Lions Legion softball game to Wednesday nine PM to accommodate prayer meetings.
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FBI
Pecos
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Roosevelt
National Defense Investigations
West Texas
New Mexico
D. A. Bryce
el Paso
Lions Club
Lions
American Legion
James McCain
Lions-American Legion
Democrats erasing law and voter choice in 1972 primaries
The piece notes a surge of binding laws in 12 states plus D C binding delegates to primary results for the 1972 convention. It details how PENNSYLVANIA and others permit binding and how several states retain full binding or moral binding rules, shaping delegate votes and voter influence. It warns delegates may override voters and mocks campaigns chasing “committed” delegates.
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Washington
NEA
National Democratic Party
Chicago
District of Columbia
Florida
Tennessee
North Carolina
Michigan
Maryland
Rhode Island
New Mexico
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Indiana
Oregon
California
Miami Beach
Nebraska
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Illinois
New Jersey
Ohio
D.C
New York
West Virginia
Alabama
Brain death ruling confirms transplant death definition
A Virginia jury ruled Bruce Tucker was dead at heart transplant time, endorsing brain death as the decisive criterion. The 1968 case highlighted a legal medical split, with judges instructing on both classical and brain death standards and experts urging formal statutes to guide such determinations.
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Bruce
Tucker
Medical College of
A. Christian Compton
Henry Beecher
Harvard University
Willam Curran
Proess
Harvard
Kansas
Maryland
Curran
Americans in Australia find opportunity
Margaret Faulkiner, a Virginia native now publishing the Trading Post in Frankston, Australia, explains how American immigrants seize chances here. She built a classifieds paper with no news and a pay-on-sell model, employs 20+, and champions environmental work while preserving American citizenship and Virginia ties despite deep roots Down Under.
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Frankston
Australia
Margaret Ruffin Faulkiner
Virginia
Norfolk
Faulkiner
United States
America
U.S
Hemisphere
Trading Post
Customs of
Britain
Italy
Greece
Yugoslavia
Heaven changes with a man through the years says Boyle
In a reflective column HAL BOYLE explores how heaven shifts across life stages from a child pounding a pan to a veteran's golden anniversary. The piece highlights personal milestones, rewards, and evolving joys as a man ages, concluding that heaven is where one has chosen to live.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Heaven
Genevieve
Valhalla
Taxpayers shrinking as welfare burden grows in NYC
New York Assemblyman Andrew Stein warns the city is running out of taxpayers. He cites a 1960 ratio of 97 private taxpayers per welfare recipient, vs. 2.6 to 1 today. He argues the system would be manageable if the taxpayer carried his full load.
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New York
Andrew Stein
Manhattan
New York City
Letters to the Editor Guidelines Noted
A public notice outlines that letters to the editor may be printed if they bear the writer’s signature and address, may be withheld on request, run up to 500 words, address general interest, and avoid poor taste.
Today in History Highlights for June 16 1972
On June 16 1972 notable events include Valentina Tereshkova’s orbital launch in 1963 the settlement Harrodsburg Kentucky founded in 1774 Lincolns quote in 1858 the Alaska gold rush in 1897 and the League of Nations first public meeting in 1920 Other items note WWII events Eisenhower Kobe Kosygin Paris talks Laos princes and Vietnam withdrawal votes plus birthdays and a thought for today from Pope Leo XII.
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Associated Press
Vanetina Tereshkova
Soviet Union
Kentucky
Harrodsburg
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
Alaska
Bananaza Creek
Council of the
League of Nations
St. James Palace
London
Energy policy changes urged to boost gas and oil supply
Natural gas shortages in the past two winters forced utilities to turn away new customers and some plants to close. Congress considers legislation to protect producers from FPC rollback after contract approval and to ease leasing royalties on oil shale lands, aiming to spur capital and tech to expand energy supplies.
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Federal Power Commission
Congress
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Pecos Enterprise
Mike Oestreicher
Linda Oestreicher
South Cedar Street
Texas
É — *Ress Association
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Japan
Laos
Alexei Kosygin
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
Israel
U.S. Senate
Vietnam
Helen Traubel
Leo XII
New
SCRA
Ders
Hiai
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