Texans weigh annual sessions in new constitution vote
A November constitutional vote would set annual Texas Legislature sessions with 90 day limits on even years and a transition plan to enact laws implementing new articles. If key amendments pass, a January return is possible. failure of annual sessions but approval of other articles could trigger a special session before July 1 1976.
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Texas
Austin
Sissy Farenthold
HOUSE
Fred Head
Billy Clayton
Houston
Craig Washington
Mickey Leland
Leland
Insurance Board
Joe Christie
Texas Medical Association
TMA
Ace Pickens
Sam Stone
HMO
Texas Medical Fraternity
Hmo's
Texas Health Department
Hmo’s
Subcommittee On
Public Health
Insurance Commissioner
Christie's Board
Health Department
Don Odum
Insurance
NCTE condemns Scholastic Aptitude Test English usage rules
At its New Orleans convention the National Council of Teachers of English rejects the test section as linguistically invalid and biased against dialects. They urge discarding the section linked to college admissions, arguing it harms nonstandard English speakers and erodes merit standards.
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New Orleans
National Council of Teachers of English
NCTE
Education USA
Cooperation push urged for Texas beef co-ops
Gordon Leith of Farmland Industries urged expanded cooperative activity in beef cattle, noting 1973 national beef sales at 22.7 billion dollars despite limited coop participation. He cited Texas ranking fourth in agricultural production but seventh in coop volume, and urged organized feeder cattle co-ops linking producers with consumers during a Texas A&M seminar on food and fiber marketing.
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Texas
Farmland Industries, Inc
Gordon Leith
Co-Operative
United States
Leith
Texas A&m University Agricultural Economics Department
May 9 in History Highlights Across Centuries
On May 9 1936 Italy annexed Ethiopia with Victor Emmanuel proclaimed emperor. Col umbus began his fourth voyage in 1502 from Cadiz. In 1954 the first American newspaper cartoon appeared in Franklin’s Pennsyl vania Gazette. Byrd and Bennett flew over the North Pole in 1926. Sevastopol was recaptured in 1944 by Soviets. Ngo Dinh Diem spoke to Congress in 1957. A Birmingham racial violence halt was agreed in 1963. The Soviet military show marked the 20th anniversary in 1957. Five years ago the Nixon era drive into Cambodia was declared a success. One year ago Nixon inquiry began in House Judiciary.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Victor Emmanuel
Christopher Columbus
Cadiz
Spain
New World
America
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania
U.S. Navy
Richard E. Byrd
Floyd Bennett
North Pole
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Vietnam
U.S. Congress
Washington
Birmingham
Ala
Soviet Union
Moscow
Nixon
Cambodia
House Judiciary Committee
Richard Nixon
Congress Faces a Convicted Member in a House of Censure
The piece notes Idaho’s George Hansen as a court convicted violator while Congress may prefer censure to expulsion or removal. It contrasts historical expulsions with present practice, and cites a broader FBI probe into 85 congressional investigations, arguing political self interest shields harsher action.
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Washington
NEA
Congress
George Hansen
Idaho
House of Representatives
George
Hansen
Matthew Lyon
William Greaves
House Standards of
House
Adam Clayton Powell
New York
Powell
Supreme Court
Joe McCarthy
Tom Dodd
FBI
Remembering American aid in South Vietnam and faith in change
Ray Cromley recalls experiences near the Cambodian border and in rural South Vietnam where Americans helped villagers build schools and farms, trained nurses, funded crop improvements, and supported land reform. He notes local elections showing growing self determination and enduring spirit despite war.
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Washington
NEA
South Vietnam
PTA
United States
Hanoi
South
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Bay City
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E.L. Short
Tohoka
Nub Donaldson
Gatesville
Bill Presnal
Bryan
Nabers
Pete Laney
Hale Center
Texas Joint Human Resources Committee
Bob Hallenbeck
Citizens Conference
Kansas City
Price Daniel Jr
Billie Carr
Bob Bullock
Billie
Bullock
Pecos Enterprise
O’ferrall Pauly
Texas Press Association
Tom Tiede
Ray Cromley
Vietnam
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