UT Students Boycott Amid Protest Over New President
UT Austin students rallied on the South Mall to protest the selection of Dr Lorene Rogers as university president. Classes varied in attendance as 4000 attended the noon rally, with calls for her resignation echoed by a Amarlillo student and critics of regents. Rogers, 61, was in Washington for a National Medal of Science ceremony and scheduled for a Princeton GREB meeting. supporters claim regents ignored faculty input and that opposition is political.
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Lorene Rogers
UT Austin
South Mall
Rogers
Washington, D.C
Ford
White House
Princeton
N. J
Graduate Record Examinations Board
Amarillo
Tom Collier
UT Regents
Gonzalo Barrientos
Austin
House Higher Education Committee
Sarah Weddington
Texas Observer
Ronnie Dugger
Dugger
Dolph Briscoe
Boondocks State University
Word Puzzle Ledger: Cryptoquote and Clues
A cryptic word puzzle list shows clues with coded letter mapping and a daily cipher key. The sample includes definitions for several numbers and a final quote attributed to Herbert Hoover used as yesterday's Cryptoquote.
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Herbert Hoover
Land use law spurs debate in Texas forest hearing
Houston AP reports ranchers fear a new national forests law could allow private land confiscation via back door tactics amid 14 public hearings on eight long term plans. Forest Service officials deny condemnations exist for mismanagement. surveys and recommendations to Congress are outlined.
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Houston
Forest Service
Hilmar G. Moore
Richmond
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Forst Service
John Ragsdale
Fort Bend
Leroy Bond
Atlanta
Forester
Jay Hughes
Washington
Forest Service Planning Group
Congress
Benavides officials accused in phony invoices tax case
Carrillo brothers and Zertuche allegedly conspired to file false tax returns and hide sales through Zertuche General Store and Farm and Ranch Supply. Couling testified he prepared phony invoices and forged endorsements, delivering money to the Carrillos. He faces state charges and has agreed to plead guilty to one count with a probated term, in exchange for testimony.
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Corpus Christi
Benavides
O.P. Carrillo
Duval County
Ramiro Carrillo Rodolfo Couling
Benavides Independent School District
Carrillo Brothers
Arthuro Zertuche
Varrillo Brothers
Zertuche
Carrillo
Couling
Oliveira Implement Co
Judge Carrillo
First State Bank
Officials indicted in Orange County Texas political smear claim
West Orange officials face separate indictments for official misconduct alleging illegal use of a city mechanic for personal vehicles. Mayor Glen F Seale Police Chief Toney Taylor and Public Works Director Walter K Schexnyder deny wrongdoing and vow not to resign. Bonds set at 1000 or 2000 dollars. Indictments detail dates of alleged acts in 1974 and 1975.
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West Orange
Tex
Texas
Glen F. Seale
Toney Taylor
Walter K. Schexnyder
Orange County
Grand Jury
Schexnyder
Seale
Taylor
State Bar urges judiciary article for Texas constitution
A State Bar of Texas committee warns the state court system faces slow death by caseload strangulation. It urges passage of the judiciary article of the new constitution to reassign overworked judges, allowing backlog relief for Houston and San Antonio dockets and better workload distribution. The panel urges proposition by proposition approval.
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Austin
Tex
State Bar of Texas
Lloyd Lochridge
Houston
San Antonio
Supreme Court
Lochridge
The
Texas Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Tom Vandergriff
Red Chinese in Houston visit to oil, petrochemical plants
A 12 man trade delegation from the People's Republic of China toured Houston oil and petrochemical facilities on a one day visit that began in Washington. Christopher H Phillips led the group, which spoke little English and declined press access. He said the delegates were observers, not negotiators, seeking to gain an impression of the United States amid ongoing discussions on MFN trade treatment. Phillips doubted China would become a major near term oil supplier to the US.
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Houston
APA
People’s Republic of China
China
United States
Washington, D.C
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Christopher H Phillips
The
National Council For United Sttes China Trade
United Nations
Phillips
Washington
Freer School Chief Trial Goes To Jury
In Edinburg Texas former Freer School Superintendent Eunice Powell faces abuse of office charges linked to 12000 dollars in district tax money for ranch home improvements. The defense rested Wednesday without witnesses and the jury began deliberations before adjourning until this morning.
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Edinburg, Tex
Freer School
Eunice Powell
Powell
Duval County
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