Texas income gains lift minority families in 1970s
AP reports census data showing Texas median family income rose to 12 672 in 1975 up 1.6 percent since 1970. Black Texas families gained 882 annually boosting their 1975 median to 8 791 an 11.1 percent rise. A separate note from Glen Rose says a bomb threat evacuated about 4 000 workers from the Comanche Peak nuclear plant site near Fort Worth. no device found.
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Washington
Texas
Glen Rose
Comanche Peak
Fort Worth
Suspended Sheriff Taylor Sentenced in Racketeering Case
Tyler AP reports Fannin County Sheriff Raymond Taylor was sentenced to 29 years in prison and fined 25000 dollars in federal court on three counts of racketeering. He pleaded guilty June 13 to accepting bribes to permit prostitution gambling and drug trafficking in his Northeast Texas county.
Fort Worth Millionaire Cullen Davis Wins Ruling On Testimony
In Fort Worth a district court judge barred trial testimony about the 1976 Davis mansion slayings in Cullen Davis divorce proceedings. Judge Joe H Eidson Jr also refused to consolidate the divorce with Priscilla Davis personal injury suit.
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Fort Worth
Cullen Davis
Davis Mansion
Joe H. Eidson Jr
Davis
Priscilla
Nursery rhymes fall to TV, Hart warns in SDN column
The SDN Column laments nursery rhymes fading from use as television hypnotizes children. Tommy Hart of the Big Spring Herald blames TV for reduced numeracy and vocabulary, urging mothers to preserve songs while noting school readiness hinges on rich language and rhythm. Stephen Henry of the Levelland Sun News calls for integrity and shared ambitions, and Speedy Nieman of the Hereford Brand jokes about a “little boy” in Congress.
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Tommy Hart
Big Spring Herald
Hart
Stephen Henry
Levelland Sun- News
Speedy Nieman
Congress
Wacil McNair
Bowlin Named Scurry County Democratic Chairman
Gene Bowlin a 43 year old Texas Electric Service Co employee and election judge was chosen Thursday to fill the late Hilton C Lambert's term as Scurry County Democratic chairman. Bowlin won 4 2 on a secret ballot over M W Pilcher in the courthouse meeting. Lambert had held the post about two years and died June 9 the term runs to 1980. Lambert was the county delegate at large to the state convention next September in Fort Worth Shirley Pate to serve as alternate. Del Hirst presided as temporary chairman.
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Gene Bowlin
Texas Electric Service Co
Box 20
Hilton C. Lambert
Lambert
Bowlin
Scurry County
Democratic Party
M.W. Pilcher
Fort Worth
Shirley Pate
New County
Center
Charlie Morrow
del Hirst
SDN
Courts Limit Prison Punishment and Costs in Supreme Ruling
The Supreme Court by an 8-1 vote upheld that federal courts may curb time inmates spend in special punishment cells and by a 5-4 vote allow prevailing prisoners to recover lawyers’ fees. Arkansas had claimed 30 days was too long, while New Jersey’s ban on dumping trash was struck down as a commerce clause violation 7-2.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Arkansas
New Jersey
Hospital project bid trimmed in Austin meeting
Cogdell Memorial Hospital seeks at least 100000 in bid reductions from architect Page Southerland Page and contractor C B Thompson Construction Co to fit a 4 million bond funded wing. Low bid was 3799000 with 50 new beds planned as officials meet in Austin to finalize details. May census averaged 61 patients. year average 69. Overflows noted this week with no single illness source.
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Austin
Scurry County Hospital
Cy Miller
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Page Southerland
Page
C.B. Thompson Construction Co
Lubbock
Hospital Board
Tal Board
Miller
Cost of consumer goods to rise after dollar decline
A White House official says the cost of consumer goods will rise from one half to one percent as the dollar falls against other currencies in world money markets. Nordhaus testified Thursday before a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee.
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Washington
White House
Nordhaus
Senate Foreign Relations
Blood Drive Here Fills Urgent Need
Snyder Shrine Club held a blood drive at the Chamber of Commerce Building that collected 73 pints for the Galveston Burn Center. Paul Sizemore reported an urgent Thursday call to forward the blood as soon as possible, with Dub Buchanan flying the 73 pints to Galveston.
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Snyder Shrine Club
Galveston
Paul Sizemore
Shrine Organization
Chamber of Commerce
Shriners
Sizemore
Dub Buchanan
D&d Auto Supply
Snyder
Mercy Mission
Galveston Burn Center
Max Stephens
D&d
Joe Williamson
Shrine Club
SDN
Carter visits Texas to push energy and inflation curb
President Carter embarks two day Texas trip seeking converts for his energy and anti inflation programs. He meets with civic groups in Fort Worth and attends a Democratic fund raiser in Houston while protests from beef import critics flare outside his first speaking site. He plans appearances with black business leaders and 1976 campaign workers in Houston before visiting Beaumont Fort Hood and returning to Washington.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Texas
Fort Worth
West Texas
Houston
Dolph Briscoe
John Hill
Briscoe
Carter Energy
Hill
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
White House
Rex Granum
Beaumont
Fort Hood
Jim Wright
Jack Brooks
Brooks
Congress
Earth tremor unlikely to affect underground propane store
Local assessment says the recent tremor would need a much greater force to cause any appreciable change in the underground propane storage here. Officials note storage integrity remains intact and no leaks or shifts are detected.
Special Session Chances Dim
Gov Dolph Briscoe remains unconvinced a special session on tax relief would succeed. House Speaker Bill Clayton met Briscoe in the morning and then consulted aides. Clayton’s secretary says Briscoe still sees problems in the legislation and will not announce a session until he is certain of success.
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Lee Jones
Associated Press
Austin
Dolph Briscoe
House
Bill Clayton
Briscoe
Clayton
George Works
Weather and political notes from a Texas briefing
The bulletin reports Snyder weather with highs near 98 degrees and no precipitation, plus West Texas staying hot with highs 96 to 110 and lows 65 to 75. It covers Briscoe aides debating calling a special session, Bullock's Amarillo speech, and Hill outlining tax reform ideas including repealing the 4 percent sales tax on residential utilities, taxing ranch land by productivity, raising inheritance tax exemption, and exempting $5,000 of senior homeowners from school taxes.
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Snyder
West Texas
Upper 50S
Hill
Texas
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League of United Latin American Citizens
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Amarillo
Texas Press Association
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