Voter Registration Rules and UIL Participation Highlight TX Issues
The column explains voter eligibility after registration and changes to primary dates and filing deadlines in Texas. It notes campaign cost pressures, and details the University Interscholastic League participation, with 118,363 students in varsity events and football leading participation.
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The
University Interscholastic League
Texas
Texas Uil
Wacil McNair
Communists Free 49 More POWs in Hanoi Release
The Communists freed 49 more American POWs in Hanoi, including charter pilot Ernest Brace the longest-held civilian, and two Laotian captives. Ten went to Clark Air Base aboard two flying hospitals, after a 20 minute runway delay caused by a tire blowout.
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Robert Liu
Associated Press
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Hanoi
U.S
Laos
Fig
Pathet Lao
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Clark Field
Air Force
Walter M. Stischer
Austin
Tex
Century-Span of History Highlights for March 28
On this date 1939 Madrid fell to Franco ending the Spanish Civil War. In 1792 Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patented his washing machine. In 1930 Constantinople became Istanbul. In 1942 British raids hit St Nazaire harbor. In 1971 West Pakistani troops crushed Dhaka uprising. Other notes mark earlier reigns and regional protests.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Raphael
Urbino
George I
England
Nathaniel Briggs
New Hampshire
Constantinople
Istanbul
St. Naziare
East Pakistan
Dacca
United States
Soviet Union
Washington
Berlin
National Guard
Panam
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Weather Outlook for Texas Regions
A detailed forecast covers Snyder and broader Texas: highs 52 to 77 across Panhandle and Northwest zones with showers, cool nights near 32 to 48, and mainly clear skies in North Central areas. South regions expect cloud cover, drizzle mornings, and highs from 70 to 84 with mild Thursday conditions.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
North Central
Nixon proposes Drug Enforcement Administration to unify drug crackdown
President Nixon seeks to create a new Drug Enforcement Administration under Attorney General Richard Kleindienst. The plan would abolish the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and absorb drug investigations from the Bureau of Customs along with related law enforcement offices.
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Washington
Nixon
Justice Department
Congress
Drug Enforcement Administration
Richard Kleindienst
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Bureau of Customs
Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement
Office of National Narcotics Intelligence
Banks Stop Loans To Chile After Allende Victory
Treasury official John M. Hennessy told a Senate subcommittee that international banks have halted lending to Chile since President Allende's 1970 election amid poor credit and debt issues. World Bank and IDB loans have largely dried up with only two IDB educational loans in 1971.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury Department
Chile
Salvador Allende
John M. Hennessy
The
Treasury
Hennessy
Senate Foreign Relations
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Allende
World Bank
International Finance Corp
Inter-American Development Bank
World Bank Group
IDB
Anaconda Kennecott Copper Co
ITT
Chile Telephone Co
Court To Rule On Park Land Sale In Austin
Texas Supreme Court agreed to hear if Austin may sell 32 acres of park land to the local school district without voter approval. Hearing set for April 25. Sierra Club sued to block the use of land on the Colorado River north bank for a new high school after a district court ruling favored the city and district and was overturned by the third Court of Civil Appeals.
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Texas
Austin, Tex
Texas Supreme Court
Austin
Supreme Court
Sierra Club
Colorado River
James Meyers
3Rd Court of Civil Appeals
Nixon Veto Sparks House Senate Clash Over Rehabilitation Bill
Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford says Republicans may sustain President Nixon veto of a 2.6 billion vocational rehabilitation authorization bill. The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday to seek a two-thirds override.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
House
Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
Senate
Alan Cranston
Dcalif
Congress
Talks on four party panel falter in Paris
North Vietnamese spokesman Bui Tin said secret talks in Paris aimed to extend the four party Joint Military Commission to secure a ceasefire in South Vietnam but a U S source later said negotiations fell through. Delegations planned to return Friday and Saturday as the ceasefire panel faces continued stalemate. The piece also notes U S House votes on a veto related to disability grants and budget concerns raised by President Nixon.
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Saigon
United States
Hanoi
Paris
Vietnam
U.S
North
South Vietnam
Bui Tin
Builin
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Customs Chief Slain in Reynosa Shooting
Lauro Izaguirre, head of Reynosa customs, was killed when a gunman fired three shots from a moving yellow car as Izaguirre left his home. He died at the Pemex clinic in Reynosa. Further details were not immediately available.
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Reynosa
Mexico
Lauro Izaguirre
Pemex
Revision Panel Approves Ray As New Executive Director
The Texas Constitutional Revision Commission approved James F. Ray 32 for the 30000 annual post after a public session. Judges Calvert and Jefferson debated secrecy while minority representation and recruitment plans were discussed alongside a 900000 staff budget for the year.
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Rod Davis
Associated Press
Austin, Tex
Texas Constitutional Revision Commission
James F. Ray
Robert W. Calvert
Leroy Jefferson
Houston
Calvert
Ray
Jefferson
Earl Lewis
San Antonio
Malcolm Milburn
Austin
Texas Advisory Commission
Jack Woods
Texas A&m University
Victor T. Lewis
Bill Hollowell
D-Grand Saline
Woods
Flood Warnings Issued for Four Texas Counties
The Associated Press reports heavy rains in ranch country northeast of Del Rio and northwest of San Antonio prompted flash flood warnings. Radar shows 2 to 3 inches in Kimble County with heavy rainfall also in Edwards and Real counties as the downpour moves northeast. Residents near headwater areas of the South Llano Nueces and West Nueces rivers urged to stay alert.
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Associated Press
Ranch Country
del Rio
San Antonio
Weather Service
Kimble
Edwards
Real
Kerr
Llano
Nueces
West Nueces
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British Columbia
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Kingkok
Ernest C. Brace
Indochina
Brace
Atlanta
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Clay R
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New Drug Agency
Gaylord Shaw
Carl Albert
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Price Construction Co
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