A Commonsense View on Fiscal Irresponsibility and 1973 Debt
Editorial argues the fall off year election is crucial due to rising federal spending under a Democratic Congress and the Nixon budget. It warns that persistent deficits will raise inflation and taxes, increase interest payments, and urges deep cuts to spending to reduce the debt and fund goals like clean air, housing, medical care, and hunger elimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Nixon
Lawrence G. Williams
Pennsylvania
Academic freedom and ROTC clash on campus
The piece argues that preconceptions kill free inquiry while criticizing New Left backers of communist faculty and anti ROTC activism. It defends ROTC on state campuses, urges strengthening volunteer military training, and opposes moves to remove ROTC and end the draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela Davis
Black Panther Party
Communist Party
ROTC
Congress
Vietnam
Students For Democratic Action
College Rotc
Noted Bank Heist Echoes Western Film Scene in San Antonio
In Brackenridge Park a staged style robbery unfolded as two young men wearing black stockings approached a train car and forced an engineer to stop. They robbed passengers of wallets and purses before fleeing by a jet like the film Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The haul totaled about $500 and an elderly passenger refused to surrender his wallet, laughing at the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butch Cassidy
Brackenridge Park
San Antonio
Boyle's Column on middle age and quirky world facts
HAL BOYLE surveys middle aged Americans dominating income and influence while noting global oddities. He imagines a National Middle Age Day, cites Hong Kong junks, convention trends, sleep aid spending, chimpanzee encounters, and quotes Frost and Dobbin. He notes horses rebound to seven million and birds sing long hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
U.S
Hong Kong
New York City
Robert Frost
United States
Dobbin
Houston president recalls nonstudents in campus disturbances
University of Houston president Dr. Philip Hoffman says nonstudents participated in four incidents last year including tree removals and a brief threat to seize the administration building. He cites need for fairness and firmness, supports peaceful dissent, and outlines plans for policing, dialogue with faculty and students, and Afro American programs as enrollment nears 25 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
University of Houston
Paul Recer
Associated Press
Houston
Philip Hoffman
Hoffman
Efficiency study urged for state agencies by business leaders
House Committee on Efficiency and Economy asked Speaker Gus Mutscher to form an outside expert committee to study 12 agencies. A Chicago consultant proposed seven study teams to conduct in depth surveys aiming to save tax dollars while recognizing future funding needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On
Gus Mutscher
Chicago
Russell Cummings
Houston
Cummings
Texas Research League
League
James W. McGrew
Coordinating Board
Texas College and University System
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Wilson E
Pat) Speir
MARCH
New Braunfels
John Connally
Preston Smith
Joe K. Butler
Texas Board of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Smith
Texas Turnpike Authority
J. Frank Holt II
Dallas
Nimitz Memorial Naval Museum Commission
W. B. Weisel Jr
Sweetwater
Governor’s Advisory Council of Aging
Charles Ballard Dryden Jr
Whchita Falls
Southwest
Joe Kilgore
Austin
South Texas
Texas Industrial Commission
Patrick A. Williams
Allan Shivers
Texas Warm Spring Foundation
Gonzales
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Aransas Pass
Bastrop
Dell City
Jayton-Kent County
Throckmorton County
Follett
Winnsboro
Commission
Vega
Commerce
Rock Springs
San Augustine
Miami
Pleasanton
Nocona
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Bob Moore
Orb Rowden
Bonnie Dearley
South
Cedar Street
Pecos
Breath of the
Boyle
Robert A. Smithey
Smithey
Elmer Redd
Lufkin Dunbar
Association of American Colleges and University
Senate
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
A. E. Sicard
West Warwick
West Frase St
Cleveland
Ohio
Texas Water Quality Board
Board
Office of Economic Opportunity
Taft Independent School District
Crawford Martin
State Banking Commission
Wilcrest State Bank
Stafford
Amisad Airlines
Brazoria County
Lake Jackson
Parks and Wildlife Department
Dover
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