Senate delays dampen refugee aid vote prospects
House approved 405 million dollars to fund Indochinese refugee camps and new lives while Senate delay risks a conference vote. The article also notes New York officials clashing with Ford over a 90 day city loan, and various other regional updates from Texas and beyond.
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Washington
Senate
House
New York
Hugh L. Carey
Abraham D. Beame
Ford
New York City
Texas House debate on school finance enters third day
The Texas House recessed its debate on school finance after an 80 69 vote against Gov Briscoe's weighted pupil plan. Speaker Bill Clayton seeks a package within Briscoe's no new taxes pledge, aiming for a 600 700 million two year cost. Senators planned to take up a 12.6 billion state budget. Briscoe aides lobbied for the weighted plan until a lobbying rule halted floor activity.
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LEE Jones Associated Press
Austin, Tex
House
Dolph Briscoe
Bill Clayton
Briscoe
Howard Richards
John Poerner
Governor’s Committee On Aging
Clayton
LCRA buys Coastal States gas despite lower bid
BRYAN Texas AP The Lower Colorado River Authority officials accepted a Coastal States Gas Corp natural gas supply bid in 1962 despite a lower offer from another company. R A Luchsinger says officials chose Coastal States, citing factors beyond price.
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Coastal States
Bryan, Tex
Lower Colorado River Authority
LCRA
Texas Railroad Commission
Luchsinger
River Authority
Lo-Vaca Gathering Co
Lo-Vaca
Widow hunts odd jobs to recoup fraud losses
A 67 year old widow in Hialeah seeks odd jobs to rebuild a savings account erased by a large fraud. State officials say the scheme, one of the biggest in history, involved high interest notes secured by fake mortgages on Florida land developments. A federal state and local task force will meet to coordinate actions as thousands face losses believed to total hundreds of millions.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Elizabeth Butler
Hialeah
Fla
Florida
Ray Mond Flores Plays Baseball With One Leg
Miami AP reports ten year old Raymond Flores, born with a leg tumor, uses an artificial leg but often plays baseball and pitches. He runs on one leg, demonstrates speed, and enjoys outdoor games though the limb sometimes bothers him. His mother Magaly praises his happiness and school achievements.
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Miami
Raymond Flores
Raymond
Magaly Flores
Amarillo Slim knocked out of world poker title in Las Vegas
In Binion's Horseshoe Club final rounds, Amarillo Slim Preston folded after briefly viewing one ace in a hold em style game. Twenty one players paid $10,000 to enter. the winner takes $210,000. Notables still in include Johnny Moss and Walter Pearson. Day, Whited, and Alto led the remaining payouts. Also notes on solstice history and ancient astronomy origins.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Amarillo Slim
Binion
Johnny Moss
Odessa
Tex
Walter Clyde
Puggy Wuggy
Pearson
Tennessee
Jesse Alto
Houston
Aubrey Day
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Junior Whited
Austin
Thomas Austin
Preston
Boke
Slim
Police spy network draws praise
A nationwide police intelligence network LEIU drew praise and censure as officials debated its role in surveillance. Cook County planned a probe into Chicago police ties, Dallas and Houston officials said they never heard of LEIU, while a former agent testified he spied on private citizens under LEIU sponsorship.
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San Antonio
Tex
U.S
Henry B. Gonzalez
Bexar County
Grand Jury
Carlos C. Gonzalez
Bexar County Hospital
Donald M. Rothberg
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Cook County
Ill
Chicago
Dallas
Leiu
Dallas Police Department
Atlanta, Ga
Associated
United States
Houston
Senate
Douglas Durham
Des Moines
Iowa
Durham
FBI
AIM
Wounded Knee
S.D
SEIU
Lincoln
Neb
American Civil Liberties Union
Herbert McCoy
Kansas City, Mo
Ost
Atlanta
Ralph Berkowitz
State’s Attorney’s Office
Intelligence Agency
Berkowitz
George Allen
George Schrader
Howard Baugh Sr
Atlanta Police Intelligence Division
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Detroit
Gonzalez Indicted
Bell and
Hill
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Texas Atty
John Hill
Bell
Texas
Court of Civil Appeals
EL Paso
Asarco Inc
Leathy
Bill Archer
Palestine
Anderson County
Roy Harrington
Jerome Coleman
Harrington
Westwood
Coleman
Ray Farabee
Wichita Falls
U.S. District Court
William Sessions
ACLU
Diana Huff
Gaye Henry
Reeves County
Alpine
Texas A & M University
Gaye
Diana
Edward Huff
Trapark
Denson Henry
S. Plum St
Butler
Lewis
Day
Police Spy Network
American Indian Movement
Allen
Jack Moore
Idaho Department of Law Enforcement
Boise
Moore
Los Angeles
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