Rep Smith questions tax deduction with government dependent costs
California Republican H Allen Smith compares the $600 dependent deduction to government spending. He cites $800 yearly for Aid to Dependent Children, $2,300 to maintain a federal prison inmate, and $11,000 to train a Job Corps youth. The Chamber report says the comparison is like sauce for the goose and gander.
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H. Allen Smith
Calif
Uncle Sam
Washington Report
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Smith
Easy as pie? Senator laments FDA pie rules
Sen. Carl Curtis criticizes FDA regulations that mandate a specific cherry count per ounce for cherry pie. The Washington Report notes taxpayer irritation at federal spending and calls for smaller, more readily trimmed programs.
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Sen
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Senate
Sen. Curtis
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Washington Report
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Enforcement Must Start Somewhere
Guest editorial argues that Chicago politics and police action set a precedent for enforcing law during the Democratic National Convention. It contends protesters flouted park curfews and permits, police used force, and calls for discipline and lawful conduct to restore order.
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Fort Worth
Michigan Ave
Thut
Lenin
Chicago
Texas Crime Rate Rises in First Half of 1968
Colonel Pat Speir of the Texas Department of Public Safety reports the statewide crime rate for January through June 1968 rose about 15 percent from the same period in 1967. Major categories show increases from 6 to 24 percent, with urban areas up 15 percent and rural areas up 11 percent.
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Wilson E
Pat) Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Speir
Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police
DPS
Congress expands High Speed Ground Transportation Act
Rep White reports House approval and presidential signing of a two year extension to the High Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965 aimed at easing travel congestion. Projects include New York Washington rapid service and New York Boston demonstrations with rail investments and suburban station plans in Lanham Maryland and New Jersey.
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Texas
Jake Pickle
House
Harley M. Staggers
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Congress
Secretary of Transportation
Alan S. Boyd
Penn Central Railroad
New York
Washington
Manhattan
Boston
Lanham
Maryland
Washington Beltway
Garden State Parkway
New Jersey
Department of Transportation
el Paso
Dallas
Los Angeles
America
Richard C. White
Yarbrough presses 18 year old voting rights extension
Senator Yarborough urges a constitutional amendment to grant 18 to 21 year olds the right to vote, arguing 18 signals responsibility, military draft eligibility, and full citizenship. He cites support from President Johnson and mentions state trends and a Houston Post endorsement. He co sponsors with Senate Majority Leader Mansfield.
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Kentucky
Alaska
Hawaii
Nebraska
North Dakota
Texas
TCU
Fort Worth
Johnson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
The
Houston Post
Wallace campaign headquarters move stirs Texas politics
In Texas the American Independent Party relocates Wallace campaign offices from Austin to New Braunfels near San Antonio. State chair Bard Logan defends the shift amid intra party disputes, as Wallace eyes a Dallas fund raiser and a state convention. Lt. Gov Preston Smith distances from Chicago notional events, while Paul Eggers challenges him for governor at Fort Worth convention.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
George Wallace
American Independent Party
New Braunfels
Bard Logan
San Antonio
Wallace
American Party
Jane Sumner
Jack Zengler
Sam Rains
Margaret Bacon
Jewell Lemons
Miss Sumner
Congress
Logan
Birchers
Bacon
Alabama
Ernor. Wallace
Dallas
Preston Smith
Chicago
Smith
John Connally
Waggoner
Ben Barnes
Fort Worth
Paul Eggers
Eggers
Eisenhower Calls for Youth Voice in Destiny
The speaker affirms faith in young men and women who will lead the nation tomorrow and argues they should have a voice in shaping their destiny.
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Ident
Eisenhower
Letters to the Editor on rioting and gun control debate
Readers discuss Chicago riots with claims of paid protesters and media roles. They fault sponsors and officials while defending police actions and call for targeted crime control over broad gun laws. A second letter argues gun regulation is not the answer, urging citizen involvement and responsible enforcement.
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Chicago
Pecos Rifle and Pistol Club
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Georgia
Pecis Enterprise
Pecos Enterprise , Inc
S. Cedar Street
Pecos
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Lloyd Smith
Wayne Grable
Charles Gann
Pecos Rifle, Pistol & Trap Club, Inc
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Blackwall
Old Tire
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