House okays casual dress in Texas chamber
A proposal to allow Texas House members to wear turtle neck sweaters and sports shirts without coats or ties was sent to a subcommittee for study. Rep. W. C. Sherman and Rep. H. C. Nichols led the push, citing comfort and modernity for lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
House of Representatives
Statehouse
Rep
W. C. Sherman
D-Fort Worth
H.C. Nichols
D-Houston
Nichols
POWs Repatriated POWs Call Home From Vietnam Front Base
POWs returned from North Vietnam are processing at Chick At Base hospital. Daughtrey, shot down in Vietnam, used long-distance to call his wife Sandra at Goluride Springs, the cost covered by the U S government. The report notes Reagan and Wallace involvement in postwar coverage and mentions General Jolson’s retirement forthcoming at month’s end.
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Walter Reed Ardry Medical Center
John Stennis
Stennis
Nixon
White House
Hob Daughtrey
Philippines
Sandra
Goluride Springs
Air Perce
Daughtrey
Arth Vietnam
Sam
North Vietnam
Chick
Base Hospital
United States
Reagan signals coastal land buy using surplus funds
Gov. Reagan backs a firm commitment to spend up to 850 million of California’s budget surplus to acquire coastline sites. Assemblyman Bagley says the plan funds a 20 percent tax rebate and a seven month sales tax delay, totaling 587 million for capitalization and 50 million for coastal acquisitions. Two Democrats push 850 million earmark as part of surplus use to protect coast.
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Sacramento
Reagan
John Dunlap
Dnapa
Alan Sieroty
Beverly Hills
California
Bagley
R-San Manuel
Coastal Fund
Capitol
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
Jet crash probe shifts to air base at Lemore
Hearings into the Alameda apartment jet crash that killed 10 shift to Lemora Naval Air Station home base of Lt. Robert L. Ward. Witnesses described a loud bang before the impact and experts cited a two to three second loud sound recorded near Oakland International Airport.
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Lemoore
API
Navy
Alameda
Lemocora Naval Air Station
Robert L. Ward
Ward
San Francisco Bay Area
Tahoe
Alameda Naval Air Station
Maurice A. Garbell
Oakland Internationa
Durathon
Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center
Brian D. Woods
Lemore
Calif
Maj
Glendon Perking
Orlando
Fla
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Hanoi
Mother kept POW secret for 2 1/2 years
Rose Tellier recounts that in 1970 a military officer told her her Marine Sgt. Dennis A. Tellier was alive in a Communist POW camp. She hid the information from family and even close friends, fearing jeopardy to her son and a double agent, as Americans began returning prisoners.
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Woonsocket
Rose Tellier
Hye
Vietnam
Mrs. Tellier
Dennis A. Tellier
Kitty Hawk white acquitted by special court martial
In San Diego a three officer jury acquitted the white sailor of assault aboard the Kitty Hawk after 23 minutes of deliberation. Eight black sailors were convicted and 11 await trial for the two day Vietnam era mutiny that injured 48 crewmen.
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San Diego
Kitty Hawk
Vietnam
Willian Boone
Texas City
Tex
Boone
Rannna Tayward
Huni
Pompui
Biaie Kidker
Hebert Coleman
Anata
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Robert Taylor
Jack Warner
Taylor
W. R. Haldeman
James J. Rowley
Lilburn
KE. Boggs
Ard
B. Keiser
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Secret Survive
Candy Valverde
North Salinas High
Salinas
Wallace
Mohwina Gav
George C. Wallace
Col Robinson Rigner
Akahemia City
Tisner
North and Sound
Cotuiruing
Risner
Nixa Wallisee
Niven
Reazan
Ronald Reagan
Dobre
Kennedy
Henry Rairtie
Ghester Johnson
Chester Jolson
Miotch
Antonie
Vane
Washington
Tellier
Kitty Hawk White
Lakewood
Builost
Bond, Tousy Dame
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