Texas Legislature Budget Problems Loom in Special Session
Texas lawmakers face a looming budget crisis with potential cuts to welfare, the kinder program, a 6 percent state employee pay raise, and the Vernon drug treatment center to close a gap of about 89.2 million dollars in new taxes. Budget writers warn the next legislature must address a 39.2 million dollar deficit and fund welfare for five months if revenues do not materialize, while veteran leaders who could steer cuts will not be returning.
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Vernon
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Guv Smith
Ben Barnes
Rayford Price
Bill Finch
D-San Antonio
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Primaries Drive McGovern Volunteers for California Ballot Push
The McGovern campaign mobilizes 20 000 volunteers to canvass doors and 400 volunteers to handle phones from detailed lists. Canvassers identify McGovern supporters and those leaning, while unions counter with mailers and calls for Humphrey. Black and Jewish communities show inroads for Humphrey as King telegrams urge vote for McGovern. Nixon absentee ballots filed in California as the presidential race heats up.
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Bob Keefe
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McGovern mi
Rurphrey
Shta
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Paul Cobb
MeGovern
Martin Luther’ King
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King
Tation Bond
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Eugene McCarthy
Robert B. Kennedy
Wisconsi
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Minis
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New Jersey Delegates Headed by McGovern in Primary
In New Jersey McGovern was favored to win a majority of the state's 109 delegates as 800000 of 34 million registered voters eyed the presidential and other races. Crossover voting is permitted after a federal court overturned the prior restriction allowing Democrats to vote in Republican contests and vice versa.
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McGovern
Avmn
New Jersey
McGovern and Humphrey campaign in New Mexico primary
In Albuquerque, George McGovern and Hubert Humphrey pressed last minute bids to win 18 national convention delegate votes. George Wallace was expected to place close to third as McGovern aimed to sway the results with his only personal appearance in the state.
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Senator James Fastland Triggers Mississippi Primary Duel
James Fastland, 62, a Democratic lawmaker and chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, seeks a sixth term in the Mississippi DM primary. He is opposed by Taylor Webb, 44, a Leland attorney, and Stace, in a race shaping up as a solid contest for the party nomination.
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UPI
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Senate Judiciary Committee
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Leland
Stace
Dakota Pierre Voters Choose Nominees in Mundt Seat Primary
South Dakota voters held a non primary for the U S Senate seat held by Republican Karl Mundt selecting nominees. The process marks a pivotal local political event as residents cast ballots on candidates amid statewide interest.
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Pot of Gold Plan Faces Private Sector Unease
The article discusses a housing project funded by taxing private corporations at five percent of each employee’s salary to build units financed over 20 years. President Echeverria n invites business leaders to his home for breakfast to press reforms, signaling openness to criticism from the commercial community.
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