Common Cause reshapes Texas reform in 1973 legislature
In Austin the Common Cause citizen lobby pushes ethics and open government reforms after the Sharpstown scandal. The group pilots disclosure measures, lobbies lawmakers, and partners with the Baptist General Convention to press for full financial disclosure, facing mixed reactions from Lt. Gov. Hobby and Republicans.
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Common Cause
Texas
Jack Keever
Associated Press
Austin
National Citizens’ Movement
John W. Garder
Lyndon Johnson
Sharpstown
Price Daniel Jr
Congress
Randall ‘Buck’? Wood
House
Fred Agnich
Dallas
Wood
Agnidh
Christian Life Commission
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Agnid
Agnich
Comemon Cause
Milton Tobian
Katherine Davis
Tobian
Bill Hobby
Hobby
Senate
Ben Barnes
Dick Brown
The
Texas Municipal League
Common
James Nowlin
San Antonio
Soviet civil rights movement endures amid repression
A William L. Ryan analysis traces the postwar Soviet dissident movement from Khrushchev through Brezhnev, detailing early milestones such as the Phoenix group, the All Russian Social Christian Union, and underground samizdat. It notes arrests, trials, and demonstrations signaling a stubborn, evolving opposition despite waves of crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrei D. Sakharov
Alexander I. Solezhenitsyn
Soviet Union
Kremlin
William L. Ryan
United States
West
Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Solzhenitsyn
Ivan Denisovich
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Phoenix Group
Mizdat
Leningrad
All Russian Social Christian Union
Yuri Daniel
Andrei Sinyavsky
SMOG
Operation Clean Sweep Probes Near-Climax Charges
San Diego based prosecutors signal a nearing climax in Operation Clean Sweep. The AP reports intensified charges and developing details in the government led operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Tedrick
Associated Press
San Diego
Calif
Las Huevas
U.S
Tom Coffin
Joseph M. Byrne
Waleter W. O'Donnell
San Yidroe Tijuana
United States
Byrne
Donnell
Leroy Iddlespurger
Norman D. Summers
U.S. Immigration Office
San Luis
Ariz
U.S. District Court
Phoenix
Sumemers
Yuma Ariz
Border Patrol
Rayemond Bond
McAllen
Tex
Mexico
Presidio
Ronald Bishop
Columbus
N.M
Stewart
Williard Laemade
Lamade
FBI
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Pecos Enterprise
Reynolds
Organized Labor
House Committee
Brown
Afl-Cio
Stalin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Natalaya Gorbanovskaya
KGB
Sakharov
Valeniy Turechin
Roi Medve
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Alfred Hantman
U.S. Justice Department
U.S. Attorney’s Office
America
Washington
Harry Steward
Frank Paul Castro
Tijuana Port of Entry
Castro
Fort Worth
Nena
Robert Risso
Justice Department
Risso
Asst. U.S
Howard Frank
Frank
Noel Doran
Southwest Chapter of Immigration and Naturalization Employes Union
Doran
Payette
Idaho
Betty Rice
Boise
Ontario, Ore
White Magic
Johnson
Cascade Dishwasher
Folger
Kraft Jahan
Americ
Bor
Jai
Cale Slaw Re
Tadina Ree
Peter
Welch
Mustard French's
R & F Macaroni
Kraft Spaghetti
Dar
Lucerne
Telrevhing
Jug
Pia
Usda Choice
Chuck Roast
Garine
Safeway
Lowes Id
Cran Orange
Dole
Contadina
Bartlett Pears
Poe
Jusda Choice
Birds Eye
S. Ne
Marc Parkay
New Mexico
Armour's Star
USDA
Aly
Ata
Bell Peppers
Omerve
R Cafe
Mewes
Pecos
Tan
MRS
Vienna
Tela
Libby'sre
Desenex
Trac
Maryland Club Coffee
Hunt's Tomato Juice
Cans
Hi-C
Cragmont Pop
Dan
Campbell's
Cragmont Kids
el Paso
Comet Cleanser
Spic & Span
Ivory Liquid
Safeway Stores, Incorporated
Elaine Handler
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Rio
International Planned Parenthood Federation
Latin America
Benjamin Viel
A&m
College Station, Tex
Texas A&m University
Mars
Ronald A. Schorn
Venus
McDonald Observatory
West Texas
Schorn
University of Texas
Italy
Foundation
Brazezil
Ivan Ferreira
Amazon Jungle
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
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