Carter clinches Democratic nomination lead in AP tally
Carter has collected 1510 committed convention delegates, passing the 1505 required for the Democratic nomination. He led all contenders from the start and reached the majority exactly four months after the New Hampshire primary, with the convention 17 days away.
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Jimmy Carter
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Carter
New Hampshire
George Wallace
Wallace
Alabama
Morris Udall
Henry Jackson
Hampshire
New York
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Nurses versus State case awaiting on judge
AUSTIN AP State District Court Judge Jim Myers will meet with lawyers for the University of Texas regents and the Texas Nurses Association before ruling on a suit by the nurses against the university. The regents voted to break up the nursing administration, and the nurses seek to block the action as beyond the regents authority. The university argues no standing and governmental immunity shield the regents. The suit may be amended to name each regent who voted for dissolution, effective Sept. 1.
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Taylor
Charles Babb
Debarred school funding bill would maintain aid program
A Texas finance official said a 1977 school money bill will largely continue the existing aid plan with minor changes. Two numbers per district will show total market value and productive value of farm and timber land. intangibles excluded. Some districts seek full state funding, while Poerner notes many districts balance budgets without state aid.
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Austin
Dolph Briscoe
John Poerner
Briscoe
Texas
Poerner
Dan Kubiak
Drockdale
Albany Texas honors Georgia volunteers with fountain monument
In Albany Texas a 11 foot limestone fountain was dedicated to Georgia’s 48th Infantry Battalion who died aiding Texas in 1836. Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson and Brig. Gen. Raymond Grant attended as dignitaries, with Govs Briscoe and Busbee represented. The 7000 pound memorial marks a Bicentennial effort to repay Georgia for arms and volunteers.
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Texas
Georgia
Mexico
Lyndon B. Johnson
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James Fannin
Goliad
Raymond Grant
George Busbee
Dolph Briscoe
Otto Sherz
Texas National Guard
Grant
Lone Star State
Harry Holder
Sherz
Dyess Air Force Base
Abilene
Barbs and quips on work lunches and licenses
A humorous column by Phil Pastoret questions men bringing lunches to work and affording brief cases, jokes about hair styles called per manents, notes that annual license plates rust, and asks how airlines schedule flights to prevent TV jiggling during commercials.
Jacobsen fraud case dismissed by judge
Dallas AP. U.S. District Judge Robert Hill dismissed the embezzlement charge against former milk lobbyist Jake Jacobsen after an appeals court upheld a government plea bargain. Jacobsen faced an 825000 loan misapplication charge tied to testimony against John Connally.
Firefighters gain upper hand against California grass fires
Exhausted firefighters appeared to have gained the upper hand today in fighting grass fires that have blackened about 25,000 acres or 40 square miles since Tuesday near Los Angeles.
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California
Los Angeles
Plymouth
Sierra Foothills
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Val Verde
El Paso acquires former Ft Bliss gunnery range
The City of El Paso has taken 19 acres of land formerly used as a gunnery range for Ft Bliss soldiers, part of the Legacy of Parks program transferring 11 federally owned parcels to local governments. The Castner range was valued around 116000 dollars.
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el Paso
Ft. Bliss
Castner Range
Ford
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