County Histories of Relief Era Roads and Courthouse Plans
The record recounts Pecos County governance in 1933–1936 focusing on relief programs, roadwork by relief labor, and facility upgrades. It notes Ted Johnston as County Agent, gas in the jail, a 50 year power franchise, beer elections, courthouse and jail obsolescence, and bond votes including a Dec 1936 double ballot to fund a new courthouse and jail.
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Ted Johnston
A&m Extension Service
Texas and Louisiana Power Company
Pecos
Justice
Greyhound Lines
U.S. 80
Continental Stages
Continental
Trost
Velcher
Dixon
Woolfolk
Nixon Signals 60 Day Price Freeze With Phase Four Plan
Editorial argues Nixon imposes a 60 day price freeze excluding wages, targeting food and gasoline, with ceilings set from June 18 levels. It calls the move a political holding action to curb inflation, warns against overreach of government controls, and urges broader fiscal restraint and production gains.
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Richard M. Nixon
Congress
Nixon
Institutions urged rules to curb market power and protect small investors
AP report details Paul Kolton urging four guiding areas for big funds to ease price swings and improve transparency. Trading limits, portfolio haircuts, disclosure of holdings, and nonpublic information guidelines aim to reassure small stockholders and avoid government mandates. In Mineola NY, rock concert page notes 16 500 fans left after incidents with 1 larceny 26 narcotics arrests.
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John Cunniff
New York
Paul Kolton
American Stock Exchange
Kolton
Mineola
N.Y
Nassau Coliseum
Congress debates education bills and reform
Congress weighs a restructuring of federal elementary and secondary grants under H R 5823 Better Schools Act of 1973. It aims to consolidate funds into five areas while questioning the need for continued funding and evaluating program outcomes.
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Congress
Boyle's column and London youth service proposal
Hal Boyle vents about everyday annoyances from plastic wrap to traffic. The piece ends with a London report: Young Conservatives urge one year of community service for all school-leavers and creation of a Department of Community Service.
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London
Government
Department of Community
Greater London
Agnew Fires Back in Watergate Debate at St Louis
Vice President Spiro Agnew accused the Ervin committee of perverting justice and turning hearings into a national stage. Senator Weicker and others fault the executive branch, while Byrd questions fair trial guarantees amid ongoing Watergate fallout.
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Spiro Agnew
Agnew
St. Louis
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Connecticut
Democratic
Washington
Watergate
Ervin Committee
United States
Weicker
Daniel Ellsberg
Detroit
Camden
Miami
Executive Branch
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Teapot Dome
Senate
Mansfield
Sen
Robert C Byrd
West Virginia
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Sirhan Sirhan
Rosie Greer
Robert Kennedy
Byrd
Fine art of humor still alive in DC
A Washington speech in the House lampoons Watergate and politics with jokes about procrastination, lobbyist bill collages, and a Perry Brock feud. The piece notes Bob Hope quotes and recalls Roger’s humor as a reminder to lift the spirit amid crisis.
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Washington
New York
House of Representatives
Capitol Hill
Bob Hope
Watergate
White House
Brock
Percy
Percy Kenshuns
Will Rogers
Rogers
Capitol
Robert
Hope
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Just Musin
By Alton Hughes
Commissioners Court
PWA
WPA
C.C.C
Securities and Exchange Commission
Jim Thorpe
South Africa
Soviet Union
Canada
O'Ferrall
PALLY
South Cedar Street
Texas
Telephom
Press Association
By Gill Fox
People’s Republic of China
Boyle
Hal Boyle
By Don Oakley
House
Charles Percy
Billiams
William Brock
Tennessee
New Zealand
New
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