Ford Weighs Legislation to Limit Busing and Court Power
Ford considers congressional action to create a national council to mediate local desegregation plans and limit federal judges. The proposal would curb city-wide integration orders, require courts to assess segregation caused by official acts, and allow busing only if illegal government discrimination caused area wide segregation.
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Ford
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White House
Ron Nelsen
Nessen
Ional
Atty
Edward H. Levi
Justice Department
David Mathews
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Labor
Supreme Court
Alien Airlift Still Being Negotiated
Houston AP reports negotiations continue between the United States and Mexico over a $2 million pilot to airlift illegal aliens from interior towns back to Mexico to reduce reentries. Mexico has refused landing rights, with officials noting 17,000 potential beneficiaries and ongoing border-bus flows at $15 per head.
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Houston
United States
Mexico
American Airlines
R.W. Heston
US. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Texas
Heston
Guadalajara
Mexico City
Merida
Pan American Airlines
Miami
Fla
Gonzalez de Leon
el Paso
Brownsville
San Diego
el Centro
Calif
Weather Eases Across Texas
Spring showers dotted parts of West Texas and the weather cleared across the rest of the state today. There were even a few thunderstorms during the night in the moisture belt from the Panhandle into the mountains of far West Texas, but nothing to match the violent weather of recent days in many sections.
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Associated Press
West Texas
Panhandle
Texas
Reagan Sees Rhodesia Action and Busing Policy
Ronald Reagan said if elected he might send troops to Rhodesia if asked to help preserve peace and would push legislation to end court ordered busing. He suggested a UN force could be better than a full American deployment and warned against misinterpretation of his Panama stance. He spoke in Sacramento and Cupertino amid GOP primary campaigning in California.
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Mike Deaver
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National Council
Justice Department
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Republican Party
Market Lacks Action As Investors Grow Bored
John Cunniff notes a dull, directionless market with Dow near 970 to 980 as rising rates threaten earnings. Insider selling and depleted institutional funds deepen lethargy while volume hits four month low and Texaco stays flat, leaving traders to consider drastic moves.
Yarbrough Faces Fraud Trial Over Bank Stock Funds
Texas Supreme Court nominee Donald B. Yarbrough continued testimony in Houston in a suit filed by Rex L. Cooper and Douglas W. Ford. The plaintiffs allege Yarbrough defrauded them of 117,500 dollars in 1974 by using money given to buy stock to seize control of another Texas bank.
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Houston
Texas Supreme Court
Donald B. Yarbrough
Court of State
William N. Blanton Jr
Rex L. Cooper
Douglas W. Ford
Yarbrough
Texas
Judge Curry to Attend Settlement Talks in CPS Gas Suit
State District Court Judge Peter Michael Curry will sit in on settlement talks in San Antonio between City Public Service CPS and Coastal States Gas Corp. CPS seeks $200 million in damages over alleged price increases in the gas contract.
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San Antonio
Tex
Peter Michael Curry
Public Service
Curry
Coastal States Gas Corp
CPS
UN mission urges funds to move South Vietnam population
A United Nations mission in New York recommends that U N members provide 432 million dollars to help South Vietnam relocate about half of its 21 million people from crowded urban areas to the countryside as the new government takes shape.
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United Nations, N.Y
United Nations
U.N
South Vietnam
HL&P Hit With Strike
About 2 600 union employes struck Houston Lighting Power Co and pickets lined its 10 Houston area power plants. A union spokesman said up to 200 Local 66 members would walk picket lines at more than 22 service centers and offices in the first walkout against HS&P. Workers will vote Friday by secret ballot on the companys final contract offer.
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Houston
Houston Lighting & Power Co
Electrical Workers Union Local 66
Hs&p
Gene Sledge
Bank Examination Reforms Advised By Accountants
A Texas study finds the State Banking Department fails to examine many banks and neglects key areas. It calls for a reorganization, three regional offices, annual full examinations, quarterly problem-bank follow ups, improved pay, and new job classifications to attract qualified examiners and enhance regulation. The plan, prepared by Haskins and Sells, will be reviewed in 45 days by a commission committee.
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Austin, Tex
State Banking Department
State Finance Commission
Houston
Haskins and Sells
Texas
Dallas
Austin
Complaints Halt Bayport Tanker Port Plans
In Houston AP dispatch complaints by bayshore residents halted Atlantic Richfield Co plan to build a 150000 ton tanker terminal at Bayport in upper Galveston Bay The Army Corps of Engineers Washington said it was holding in abeyance while protesters lawyers warned of possible court action The corps paused due to concerns over environmental impacts and shipping delays in the Houston Ship Channel as one way traffic would be required during tanker operations Arco seeks other sites but aims to reach an agreement while not abandoning Bayport
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Bayshore
Bayport
Galveston Bay
Army Corps of Engineers
Washington
Atlantic Richfield Co
Arco
Corps
Houston Ship Channel
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Babe’ Schwartz
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