Ballot amendments set for Texas 1972 election slate
The Dallas area report outlines 14 proposed constitutional amendments to appear on the November 7 1972 ballot in Texas. Proposals include a constitutional convention, four year term limits for officials, veteran tax exemptions, a minimum elder homestead tax break, and equality protections by sex race and origin along with other governance reforms. Major party developments include a Democratic chaired selection dividing factions and a series of state appointments and court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Lamar County
Justices of the Peace
Soil and Water Conservation District
Dallas
Democratic Executive Committee
Roy Orr
DeSoto
Preston Smith
SDEC
Dan S. Petty
Texarkana
Smith
Ollie A. Green
Texas Employment Commission
South Texas
Aransas
Bee
Brooks
Duval
Nueces
Refugio
San Patricio
Jim Wells
Hidalso
Starr
Willacy
Jim Hoge
Live Oak
Calhoun
U. S. Labor Department
Texas Railroad Commission
Veterans Land Program
Bob Armstrong
Texas
U. S. Secretary of Transportation
John A. Volpe
Volpe
Nixon Friends and Enemies Split Over China Trip Funds
The piece notes 11 conservatives led by William F Buckley Jr disown the Nixon administration over concessions for a China trip, with Sen Hugh Scott among lawmakers seeking limits on presidential war powers. It also cites Barry Goldwater opposing a federal loan bill for Lockheed and summarizes FCC data showing campaign ad spending in 1970.
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Washington
Nea
Nixon
Witness
William F. Buckley Jr
China
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Senate
Congress
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Secretary of the Treasury
John Connally
Buckley
Scott
Goldwater
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Dale Bumpers
South Dakota
Chee E F. Kneip
Frank Ferrar
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Arthur Goldberg
Bentsen seeks looser rules on evidence admissibility
U S Senator Lloyd Bentsen pledges legislation to amend the exclusionary rule to give courts more latitude in admitting evidence. He argues current strict application allows criminals to evade justice on technicalities while stressing constitutional safeguards and checks and balances.
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Jackson
Public Notice of Sale of Western Auto Store at Sour Lake
Miles T. Tucker sellers store Western Auto Associate Store Sour Lake Texas to Wayne Lessman. Creditors must present claims to Western Auto Supply Company Wholesale Operations Department Kansas City Missouri by November 1971 to be considered liens against Tucker assets. Signed Miles T. Tucker and Wayne Lessman.
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Miles T. Tucker
Western Auto
Western Auto Associate
Sour Lake
Texas
Wayne Lessman
Western Auto Supply Company
Grand Avenue
Kansas City
Miles T Tucker
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Silsbee
Highway 96
Hardin
Jasper
Tyler
Jefferson
Detet
University of Houston Board of Regents
J. Davis Armistead
Lubbock
Robert Lee Grainger
Mack H. Han
Pecos
State Board of Barber Examiners
Thomas J. Hallum
Burnet
Joe Reeder Jr
Knox City
Lewis Williams
State Supreme Court
High Court
Odessa
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Court of Criminal Appeal
R. L. Read
Tommy Read
Leona Whitman Lee Kelly
Doris Woolley
Mechanical Department
Harold Leigh
John S. Basye
James Johnson
Billy Joe Williams
Michael Minton
Ralph Novak
By Ralph Novak
Cis
Montgomery
ALL America
North 5Th Street
Dacron
Silsbee, Texas
Lloyd Bentsen
U. S
Legislative Board
House of Representatives
School
John W. Berry
Conroe
Lady Bird Johnson
White
Atty
Crawford Martin
Bexar County
Gerald McCathern
Hereford
Worth Jones
Hart
The
Grain Soreham Producers Association
Silsbee Stats Bank
Federal Reserve System
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