FBI crime reports show 1967 nationwide increase in serious crime
Attorney General Ramsey Clark released the FBI Crime Reports 1967 detailing a nationwide rise in serious crimes, with total offenses above 48 million and violent crimes up about 16 percent. Auto theft, burglary, and larceny led property crime gains while crime-rate measures highlighted regional growth and calls for stronger prevention and information sharing.
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Ramsey Clark
FBI
J Edgar Hoover
United
Rowbery
Hoover
North Central
United States
National Crime Information Center
Johnny Cash to Headline Prison Rodeo Showdown in Huntsville
The Texas Prison Rodeo returns this October with Johnny Cash performing September 6 at the Dallas Sportatorium. The lineup features inmate bands, Loretta Lynn and other Western stars, plus Candy Barr. Net proceeds fund inmate rehabilitation services.
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Johnny Cash
Ray Priceson
Loretta Lynn
Texas Department of Corrections
Cash
David Price
Se Huntsville
Texas
Dallas
Candy Barr
DPS Estimates 46 May Die Over Labor Day Weekend
DPS acting director Pat Speir warned 46 Texans may die in traffic crashes during Labor Day weekend. The state launches Operation Motorcide from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight with all officers deployed and public safety partners joining in. Volunteers from TMTA, safety councils, Jaycees, and Junior Chamber members will run holiday road patrols and rest stops across Texas.
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Austin
Wilson FE
Pat) Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Texas
Speir
Department of Public Safety
Sheriff's Department
The
Jaycees
Texas Motor Transportation Association
Texas Council of Safety Supervisors
Jack Bryan
TMTA
Jaydes
Texas Safety Association
W. F
Bill) Leonard
Chamber of Commerce
Texas Highway Department
Signs from God in Everyday Life
Meditation urges keen watch for divine messages in daily events. A 1967 World's Fair sign once spoke to one person amid crowds, asking readers to recognize God's language in ordinary signs. Prayer seeks open eyes and ears for Good Samaritan actions. From Ethel Tilley North Carolina.
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Victor Hugo
Ethel Tilley
North Carolina
FTC clamps down on free film offers by processors
The FTC will bar labeling film as free if the processed price exceeds the regular processing charge, effective Sept. 3. Introductory free film offers are allowed, but repeated deals must avoid misleading pricing by clearly stating the total package.
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Federal Trade Commission
Texas A&m University
Breakthrough in Fight Against Pine Beetle Reported
A major breakthrough in eradicating the southern pine beetle is announced by O K R Crawford of Jasper, president of the Southern Forest Research Institute. Institute sponsored tests show chemical messengers attract and aggragate beetles and may signal a path to eradication.
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O. K R. Crawford
Jasper
Southern Forest Research Institute
Windbreak stock program offered by Texas Forest Service
The Texas Forest Service at College Station announces 1968 69 windbreak stock applications for nineteen species including cottonwood and black walnut. Orders must be for 100 trees or more with price 1.50 per hundred plus tax. tax rises to 3 percent on Oct 1 1968. Shipments run mid February to mid March with guides included.
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College Station
Mason Cloud
Texas Forest Service
Bounty Agricultural
Soil Conservation District
Cloud
Conmnry Agricultural
Pine beetle research advances field control efforts
Dr J P Vite and Crawford report isolation of a hindgut chemical messenger from female southern pine beetles that attracted beetles under field conditions. The findings, from Boyce Thomson Institute and Southern Forest Research Institute work near Beaumont, may sharpen targeted control as East Texas pine losses exceed 220 million board feet in a decade.
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Crawford
J. P. Vite
Boyce Thompson Institute For Plant Research
Southern Forest Research Institute
Texas
East
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