Anglo Pupils May Be Minority in Large Texas Districts
Surveys indicate Anglo pupils could be a minority soon in at least three large Texas districts as trends continue. In Houston they are fewer than other races, a shift tied to flight from inner cities and not only race issues. Dallas figures show Anglos about 51 percent with blacks 38 percent and Mexican Americans 10 percent, signaling a continuing decline of Anglo dominance.
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Robert E. Ford
Associated Press
Texas
Houston
Dallas
Nolan Estes
Homer Fuller
Fort Worth
U.S. Health, Education and Welfare Department
Dewey Mays
Fort Worth Public Schools
Mays
Dallas-Fort Worth
San Antonio
Austin
Jack Davidson
Davidson
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Dallas County
McGovern to reveal war plan on TV tonight
Senator George McGovern will unveil his Vietnam war plan on CBS at 7:30 p.m. EDT and 6:30 p.m. CDT, as the campaign enters its final four weeks. He predicts viewers will back the Democratic candidate. The broadcast follows Lopez coverage of Republican and Democrat campaign events with Agnew and Shriver weighing in on issues. Nixon aides stress a light campaign through Election Day.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Sen
George McGovern
Washington
Vice
Spiro T. Agnew
Anaheim
Calif
Sen. McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Nixon
McGovern
Washington Post Today
White House
Ken W. Clawson
Edmund
Muskie
New Hampshire
Clawson
Agnew
Frank Sinatra
John Wayne
Shriver
Pittsburgh
Viet Cong Hold Hamlets North of Saigon Amidst Air Strikes
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces retained a string of hamlets 14 to 22 miles north of Saigon as South Vietnamese command limited counter action. U.S. fighter bombers rained more than 300 strikes over North Vietnam and around Saigon, targeting supply caches, troop positions, and bases including Yen Bai and Dong Hoi. In Saigon, clashes killed 22 enemy troops and wounded 34, amid reports of surrounding operations to prevent enemy movement among civilians.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Bomers
North Vietnam
U. S
Yen Bai
Hanoi
Thai Binh
Haiphong
Navy
Dong Hoi
Demilitarized Zone
Kontum
Quang Ngai
da Nang
Hue
Quang Tri
Holger Jensen
Jensen
le Trung Hien
Tay Ninh
Lusitania Sunk While Carrying War Armaments
New account by Colin Simpson claims the Lusitania carried three inch shells and rifle ammunition and was stripped of its naval escort. A false manifest allegedly concealed the cargo. The May 7 1915 sinking killed 1198 aboard, influencing US entry into World War I.
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NEW York
Colin Simpson
Lusitania
Life Magazine
Liverpool
Simpson
Ice Cream Tragedy: Jet Crashes Ice Cream Shop Killing 22
A Sacramento jet crash into an ice cream shop killed 22 people. The incident shocked residents as emergency crews battled the wreckage and investigators began cataloging the cause amid speculation and mourning.
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Sacramento
Calif
Manson moved to new prison from San Quentin
Manson, convicted of eight first degree murders in the Sharon Tate case, was transferred to Folsom State Prison from San Quentin in a routine transfer. He is in Folsom's adjustment center for evaluation before placement in the general population. Officials will evaluate how the inmate body will accept him and take precautions.
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Taipei
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Taiwan
Chiang
Folsom
Calif
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Los Angeles
Folsom State Prison
San Quentin
Manson
John Ahern
Ahern
California
State Department of Corrections
Texas investors seek Las Vegas style Tortuga island resort
Texas financiers led by Translinear Inc plan a Caribbean development on Tortuga, off Haiti, turning a historic island into an international playground with casinos, hotels, harbors, condos, and an ecologically designed resort core. The project includes no taxes on personal or corporate income, duties, or capital gains, aiming for a 100 million dollar investment over ten years and a 99 year lease on 5000 acres with options.
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Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Dallas
Haiti
Tortuga
Christopher Columbus
England
Spain
France
Napoleon
Pauline
Texas
Las Vegas
Caribbean Riviera
Translinear Inc
C. T. Beckham
Island Paradise
Beckham
Jetset
Bahamas
U.S
Translinear
William H. Crook
Australia
Robert Fanning
Hellmuth Obata & Kasabasm Inc
St. Louis
Dallas-Fort Worth
du- Pont Caribbean Inc
Francois “Papa
Duvalier
du- Pont Caribbean Lock, Stock and Barrel
James L. Terry
Principles of Land and Leasing graduate course offered
The Permian Basin Graduate Center offers a 10 session course for geologists engineers independents and landmen to learn land and leasing. Coordinated by Mark S. Martin with an array of experts, sessions run Wednesdays 7 to 10 pm Oct 11 through Dec 20 at Midland High School Room 129. Fee 100 for all or 20 per session. Contact 104 Gulf Building Midland or call 563-2311.
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Permian Basin
Mark S. Martin
Samedan Oil Corp
Midland High School
Willard Kimball
Permian Basin Graduate Center
Gulf Building
Midland
Washington official to speak at Town and Country Conference
William Erwin, USDA deputy under secretary for rural development, will deliver the banquet talk on Developing Rural Communities at the 27th Town and Country Church Conference October 12-13 at Texas A&M. Reagan Brown says The Progressive Farmer will award Rural Minister of the Year.
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College Station
William Erwin
Washington, D.C
USDA
Town and Country Church
Texas A&m University
Reagan Brown
Extension Service
Progressive Farmer” Magazine
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