Fort Worth Judicial Ruling Declares Clerk Habitual Drunk
A Fort Worth civil jury ruled Tarrant County Clerk Ed Loftin habitually drunk and unfit to run the office. The unanimous verdict means Loftin will be removed temporarily, with the judge directing a replacement if Loftin appeals. The four day trial heard from officers and doctors about Loftin’s alcohol-related arrests and medical records.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Civil District Court
Tarrant
Ed Loftin
Charles Murray
Loftin
Murray
17Th District Court
Ronald Aultman
Aultman
Mike Moncrief
Jerry Mebus
Attys
Gerald Summerford
Cue Lipscomb
Kerry Armstrong
Jerry Loftin
Jim Calunch
Nelson cancels Gonzales Fourth of July festival
Willie Nelson cancels the three day Gonzales music festival after the Gonzales County Commissioners deny permits for the mass gathering at the July 24 concert. Nelson, on a fishing trip, says he cannot move it due to the invested setup at the current site.
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Gonzales, Tex
Willie Nelson
Nelson
Gonzales County
CLOD
South Georgia
Atlanta
Committee to Get Castro Plot Proof
The Senate intelligence committee will receive FBI documents showing the bureau knew a CIA plot to kill Fidel Castro was underway on Kennedy’s assassination day. The material, possibly withheld from the Warren Commission, could reveal who inside the FBI ordered concealment and whether Castro involvement influenced Kennedy’s death.
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Washington
Senate Intelligence Committee
FBI
CIA
Fidel Castro
John F. Kennedy
Warren Commission
Intelligence Committee
Richard Schweiker
R-Pa
Schweiker
David W. Belin
Nuclear Safe Due Support In South Africa Reactor Sale
Senate African affairs subcommittee Chair Dick Clark says black leaders will be upset by the State Department backing a GE nuclear plant sale to South Africa. The deal involves 1.4 million pounds of enriched uranium and could produce about two million kilowatts by 1982, drawing objections over nonproliferation and apartheid.
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Washington
Dick Clark
Senate African Affairs Subcommittee
State Department
South Africa
Associated Press
Department
Subcommittee
General Electric Co
Clark
Iowa Democrat
United States
Africa
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Western
Europe
Henry A Kissinger
Lusaka
Zambia
Rhodesia
U.S
Government urges agencies to use private mail to cut costs
Federal bulletin from the General Services Administration urges agencies to switch to commercial carriers to save money. United Parcel Service offers rates about 20 percent lower than the Postal Service, with a two pound Washington to New York parcel costing 93 cents by parcel post versus 75 cents via UPS. Rep. Paul Simon criticizes the Postal Service for inefficiency and rising rates.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
General Services Administration
Paul Simon
D-Ill
United Parcel Service
Postal Service
New York
Parcel Post
United Parcel
GSA
GSA Bulletin
Simon
U of HVC Taking Applications for Graduate Study
Applications for admission to graduate study at the University of Houston Victoria Campus for the second summer term are now being accepted. June 1 is the deadline for processing. Information and forms are at the Office of Admissions and Records on the Victoria College campus. Call (512) 578-5211 or write 2302-C Red River, Victoria 77901.
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University of Houston Victoria
Claude F. Gilson
Office of Admissions and Records
Victoria College
Red River
Victoria
Degree Awarded To Phyllis Hranicky In San Antonio
Phyllis A. Hranicky daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard J Hranicky 538 Willowick received a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Incarnate Word College San Antonio.
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Phyllis A. Hranicky
Leonard J. Hranicky
Willowick
Incarnate Word College
San Antonio
Ford Eyes Federal Funds to Curb School Busing
President Ford, denying links to the upcoming primary, weighs using federal money to help districts avoid extensive busing and considers new legislation to limit desegregation driven busing. A White House source notes proposals to curb busing are under review while Levi weighs using the Boston case to seek Supreme Court guidelines.
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Ford
White House
Atty
Edward H. Levi
Boston
Supreme Court
Levi
Justice Department
Robert Havel
Kentucky
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Massachusetts
Michael S. Dukakis
Murder Suspect Report Due In Competency Hearing
A Houston psychiatrist will file a report next week on Fulton Lee Schmidt as to his competence to stand trial for the murder of Willi and Gerta Graeber, a German couple aboard their Freeport sailboat. Schmidt, 31, was examined at Baylor College of Medicine following an order by Justice of the Peace A. L. Lee. The Graebers’ bodies were found aboard their boat after Schmidt’s arrest in Freeport. Cremation plans were announced with ashes to be shipped to Bremerhaven, Germany, per Werner Maier of the German consulate in Houston.
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Houston
Fulton Lee Schmidt
Freeport
Justice of the Peace
A.L. Lee
Angleton
Schmidt
John Nottingham
Baylor College of Medicine
Willi Graeber
Gerta
Graebers
Bremerhaven
Germany
Today in History May 21 1976 and notable events
On May 21 historical milestones include the first hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in 1956, Henry VI's death in 1471, Hernando de Soto's death in 1542, Clara Barton founding the American Red Cross in 1881, Lindbergh's 1927 Paris flight, Truman's Alaska statehood push in 1948, a 1967 Brussels department store fire, Eisenhower’s 1950s proposal, Everest expedition setback, Tehran ambush in 1979, notable birthdays for Robert Montgomery and Harold Robbins, and a Bicentennial footnote on the Continental Congress.
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United States
Bikini Atoll
Pacific
England
Henry VI
Tower of London
Hernando de Soto
Mississippi River
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
Charles Lindbergh
Paris
Atlantic
Harry Truman
Congress
Alaska
Brussels
Belgium
Dwight Eisenhower
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