Briscoe predicts no special sessions if lawmakers perform well
Governor Dolph Briscoe spoke at an impromptu news conference predicting no need for special legislative sessions over the next biennium if lawmakers act well in the next 10 days. He backed ethics and drug law bills, favored a school finance proposal, and urged compromise on the drug bill while criticizing the House’s long range plan. The adjournment dates are May 25 to 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Briscoe
Senate
Hovealla
Clemency offer described in San Antonio killings case
The husband of one of two people shot to death in southeast San Antonio was freed on habeas corpus after being questioned in the killings. Augustin Zulaica, 34, was released from custody. the victims were Zulaica’s wife Belen Naica, 30, and Arturo Bevider, 28, found shot on Dumarton Drive. Police connected a second car and a Tin Ball Club owner to ongoing investigations. A deputy sheriff was wounded in a related shooting. Billy George Stewart and Joseph Craig Godley face assault to commit murder charges with bonds set at 25,000 each. Esquivel, wounded during a residence shootout, was in fair condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Augustin Zulaica
Portsmouth
W. Harlan
Dumbarton Drive
Benavides
Ann
Ain Aula
Zulaica
Jaids
Bexar County
Billy George Stewart
Layer
Joseph Craig Godley
Laverne
Lloyd Kirkpatrick
Peter Esquivel
Marbach
Samta Rosa Medical Center
Samta Rosa Medical Center, With Wounds In the Face and Dies Esquivel
Esquivel
Harry Bridges Stricken After Breakfast Collapse
West Coast longshoremen's union leader Harry Bridges collapsed at a breakfast for Mayor Joseph Alioto in San Francisco. Physicians diagnosed exhaustion and ordered a weekend of rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPS
Harry Bridges
Joseph Alioto
Bridges
Readings To Be Warm Readings To Be Warm by United Transpert
Showers dotted North and East Texas Friday with generally fair to partly cloudy skies statewide. The National Weather Service forecasts Saturday temperatures in the 60s and 70s across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Transpert
Texas
National Weather Service
Harvard Law Professor Named as Watergate Prosecutor
Harvard Law professor and former U S solicitor general Architald Cox was named as a special government prosecutor for the Watergate case by Attorney General-designate Hot L Richardson. The selection, praised by current Solicitor General Erwin Griswold, will face Senate Judiciary Committee questioning to ensure independence. Cox, a New Jersey native and Harvard graduate, has voted for both parties and previously led the Wage Stabilization Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aittorney
Hot L. Richardson
Architald Cox
Harvard Law
U.S
Richardson
Cox
Senate
Justice Department
Boston
Erwin N. Griswold
Watergate
New Jersey
Supreme Court
John F. Kennedy
Watervale
Starvard
Harvard Law School
Wage Stabilization Board
Harry Truman
Brezhnev Opens West Germany Visit With Peace Pledge
In Bonn Brezhnev began his West German trip with a pledge to seek peace in Europe. He toured under heavy guard as security forces rivaled two army divisions. Chancellor Brandt greeted him while pro Soviet German Communist supporters staged a rally in downtown Bonn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Leonid J. Bri Wy
West Germany
Europe
Willy Brandt
Tions
Brezhnev
Breshnev
Communist Party of Germany
McCord Testifies Of White House Clemency Pressure
James W. McCord Jr testified before the Senate Watergate hearings that a former White House aide pressed him at three secret meetings to accept executive clemency. He said Caulfield claimed the President was aware of the meetings. Caulfield denied fully recalling the events and said McCord’s statements were not complete. Other sources noted potential clemency suggestions from E Howard Hunt Jr, his wife Dorothy, and attorney Gerald Arch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
James W. McCord Jr
White House
McGord
Watergate
Senate
Nixon
Tnal
John J. Caulfield
Treasury
Metord
Caulfield
Potomac River
United States
McCord
Caul
Mudang
II Fe
MecCord
E Howard Hunt Jr
Dorothy
Gerald Arch
Sen
Herman Jaimadgr
D-Ga
Mrr. Caulfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Action Line
P.G
Schertz
Brackenridge Park
Care Humane Society
W. Jones
Animal Defense League
Nacogdoches Road
Monterrey
Mexico
Laredo Bridge
M.G
Viola Sanchez
Federal Building
Sam Ervin
D-N
C. Ervitt
Amusements Church News
Home Guide Society
Ft. Sam
Rose
Bailey
N. Sam Ervin
Whteman
The
Judiciary Committee
Kennedy
Archibald Cox
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!