Texas Commission to Hear Public Views on New Constitution
The Texas Constitutional Revision Commission led by former Justice Robert W. Calvert travels to Wichita Falls for a hearing where residents can voice opinions on the upcoming state constitution. The panel was in Abilene earlier in the week.
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Abilene, Tex
Texas Constitutional Revision Commission
North Texas
Wichita Falls
Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Robert W. Calvert
Abilene
Two Pilots Charged With Misconduct From POW Camp Years
Pentagon sources disclose that Navy Captain Walter E. Wilber and Marine Lt Colonel Edison Wainright Miller face formal misconduct charges for actions during their North Vietnamese prisoner of war years. Rear Admiral James Stockdale filed the charges. Wilber, 43, is from Columbia Cross Roads, Pennsylvania. Miller, 41, hails from Tustin, California.
Oklahoma land promoter begins six year Nevada prison term
Merle Zweifel, a land promoter from Oklahoma, started a six year sentence in Nevada State Prison after conviction on 16 counts of filing false mining claims. He reported to the prison after flying from Shawnee with bail set at 32060 dollars.
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Carson City
Nev
Oklahoma
Merle Zweifel
Nevada
Zweifel
Shawnee
Okla
Price freeze forces Texas broiler producers to destroy chicks
Texas chicken producers report heavy losses from the 60 day price freeze on retail foods. Growers like T. C. Moore say they will destroy as many as 200000 chicks this week while raising costs for feed grains remain high. Industry leaders including Gene Biddle and Bo Pilgrim say production cuts loom as farmers contend they cannot cover costs.
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Sylvia Lee
Associated Press
Texas
South Texas
T. C. Moore
Moore
Home Foods
Nixon
Tex
Gulf Coast
Bo Pilgrim
Pittsburgh
Pilgrim Industries
Dallas-Fort Worth
Pilgrim
U.S
Bill Cawley
Texas A&m University Extension Service
Cawley
Biddle
Roy Herider
Herider
Nacogdoches
Court obscenity ruling delights prosecutors and police
Prosecutors and law enforcement praised the Supreme Court ruling on obscenity that expands local standards to ban explicit books, magazines, plays, and films. Officials said communities can determine what is tolerated, while civil libertarians warned of First Amendment setbacks.
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Bernard Cohen
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Florida
Ray Marky
High Court
Larry Salmon
Floyd County
Criminal Law
State Bar of Georgia
Arkansas
Jim Guy Tucker
New York City
Balk Knob
Ark
Melvin Wulf
American Civil Liberties Union
Jack Frantz
National Book Committee
Binghamton
N. Y
Carmel
Calif
Frantz
Tom Ferrell
Esquire Magazine
Chicago
Charles Levy Circulating Co
Playboy
Penthouse
Texas Rail Commission bars La-Vaca gas spot sales plan
The Texas Railroad Commission refused to move industrial plants ahead of power production in the priority order for scarce natural gas from Coastal States Gas Corp. and ordered La-Vaca Gathering Co. to stop spot sales while reviewing its curtailment plan and price request.
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Austin, Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
Coastal States Gas Corp
La-Vaca Gathering Co
Lo Vaca
San Antonio
Austin
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Lo- Vaca
Commission
la- Vaca
UTA Receives World’s Largest Ocean Floor Sample Collection
Arlington Texas The University of Texas at Arlington becomes the national repository for 25 tons of ocean floor samples from the Inner Continental Shelf. Army Corps of Engineers collected the samples over nine years under the Coastal Engineering Research Center program in Washington. University president Wendell Nedderman called the move a major boost to earth sciences.
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Arlington, Tex
University of Texas At Arlington
Army Corps of Engineers
Arlington
Action
Wendell Nedderman
Army
Coastal Engineering Research Center
Washington
Rabies Alert From Texas Health Dept Warns Of Livestock Risk
The Texas Health Department warns sick cattle horses and other livestock may show nervousness digestive trouble or mouth throat infections signaling possible rabies. Livestock contract rabies after attacks by wild animals such as skunks or foxes and there is no practical way to control rabies in the wild. People in areas with these animals should stay alert for possible rabid animal attacks.
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Austin
State Department of Health
Department
Watergate at a glance shows leaks and hearings
The Watergate coverage notes Senate and House inquiries into leaks and access to sessions. It mentions Sen Lowell Weicker criticizing the Nixon administration for suppressing truth and Rep Richard Ichord planning hearings on why a special investigative group was formed. Martha Mitchell leaves her New York apartment amid press presence. A Cox aide hints at a possible special grand jury over fundraising extortion claims.
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Washington
Brei
Weicker
Lowell D. Weicker Jr
Connecticut
Watergate Panel
Senate Watergate Committee
Ichord
Richard Ichord
D-Mo
House Internal Security Committee
Nixon
FBI
Central Intelligence Agency
Mitchell
Martha Mitchell
New York
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Texas Ranger Captain’s Self Defense Upheld
Texas Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling that former Texas Ranger Captain A Y Allee acted in self defense in a Dimmit County case. A jury had awarded Abel Lopez $560, but the court ruling found no damages due after the self defense finding.
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Austin, Tex
Texas Supreme Court
Texas Ranger
Associated Press
A.Y. Allee
Allee
Abel Lopez
Carrizo Springs
Dimmit County
Lopez
Th Supreme Court
San Antonio Faces Critical Shortage of General Practitioners
In San Antonio and Texas, doctors describe a critical shortage of general practitioners. UT Medical School Dean Dr. Stanley Crawford and others warn the 150 to 200 area doctors are far below needs, with Texas needing about 2,500 more family doctors nationwide. Patients struggle to find accepting physicians.
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San Antonio
University of Texas Medical School
Stanley Crawford
Ben White
Bexar County Medical Society
Crawford
Texas Medical Association
TMA
Texas
Irwin Kurtz
Kuutz
Kurtz
Trial by videotape in Vermont criminal case
In Bennington a judge used prerecorded testimony shown on closed circuit TV in a DUI trial. Arthur H. Moffitt was found guilty. sentencing set for Monday. The full testimony was filmed to reduce juror workload, though extra editing time increased court labor.
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Bennington
R. Grant Brady
Brady
National Center of State Courts
Denver
Colo
Arthur H. Moffitt
Arlington
Moffitt
John P. Morrissey
United States
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Postal Service
U.S. Postal Service
Grain Co-Op
San Antonio, Tex
North Dakota
American Grain and Cattle Corp
John Mecom Sr
Houston
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Dublin
Phoenix Park
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
Committee On
Mgr
Sam Granata Jr
France
the Hague
International Court of Justice
South Pacific
Australia
New Zeland
London
Frankfurt
Frankfurt Exchange
University of Missouri
Kansas City
Ralph G. Haddon
Charlotte
N. C
Country
Texas A&m
Anthony Osborne
Watsonia
Captain Hookie
UT Arlington
White
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