Texas voters face April 5 deadline for May primary registration
Texans must register by April 5 for the May 6 primary as Gov. Preston Smith and other candidates monitor registration totals. With under 3.8 million registered of 7.7 million qualified, current numbers trail 1968 and 1970 patterns, while Farenthold and Yarborough cite lower participation and a shift in working class neighborhoods. The state’s residency rules and Supreme Court rulings shape eligibility and potential legislative action.
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Austin
Tex
Preston Smith
Frances Farenthold
U. S
Ralph Yarborough
Smith
Farenthold
Yarborough
U. S. Supreme Court
Texas
High Court
Secretary of State
Bob Bullock
Editors vote in North and East Texas poll results
North and East Texas Press Association members in Palestine last week questioned likely voters on Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates. Barn es led with 25 for governor while Briscoe had 20. Hall topped the lieutenant governor race with 27 and Connally had 14. Sanders beat Yarborough 28 to 19 for U S Senate in the primary. Tower led Sanders 21 to 5 in the 1972 general.
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North and East Texas Press Association
Palestine
Barnes
Briscoe
Smith
Farenthold
Fay
Grover
Reagan
Hall
Connally
Hobby
Sanders
Yarborough
U. S. Senate
Tower
SPEAKER BATTLE LOOMS OVER Mutscher CONVICTION SHIFTS LEAD
House Speaker Gus Mutscher moves aside amid Sharpstown bribery case opening a speaker fight. Governor Smith may call a special session with Rayford Price and L DeWitt Hale vying to lead, Hale as interim and Price eyeing 1973, others backing Hale or McAlister.
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Gus Mutscher
Sharpstown
Smith
Rayford Price
Palestine
L. DeWitt Hale
Corpus Christi
Hale
Price
R. B. McAlister
Lubbock
Democrats Bypass May 6 Daylight Saving Vote Motion
Rep. Hilary Doran of Del Rio and John Poerner of Hondo accuse Democratic Chairman Roy Orr of DeSoto of omitting a May 6 non binding daylight saving ballot. They urge the State Democratic Executive Committee to overrule Orr and restore the resolution.
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Hilary Doran
del Rio
John Poerner
Hondo
Roy Orr
DeSoto
Democratic Executive Committee
Orr
State Supreme Court to hear privacy case on wiretap protection
On April 26 the State Supreme Court will hear a suit alleging invasion of privacy over whether a telephone company must shield customers from a wiretap by an employee. The Court of Criminal Appeals granted a new trial for a Smith County man convicted of raping his sister-in-law. The Supreme Court declined to issue orders in a bid by an Austin investor to depose a San Angelo Savings and Loan Association president, possibly touching on stock scandals. A Houston couple’s $55,500 claim against the city over their son’s drowning in a garbage dump was denied by the Supreme Court.
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State Supreme Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
Smith County
Austin
San Angelo Savings and Loan Association
Houston
Supreme Court
Texas seeks 141.8 million for 1973 mental health plan
The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation will request 141.8 million dollars from the legislature for fiscal year 1973. Major items include a new children’s psychiatric unit in Austin, addiction programs in Big Spring, new Rusk security buildings, a 100 bed drug abuse facility in San Antonio, and expanded MH MR services including state centers, community programs, Medicare Medicaid readiness, and new intensive treatment centers in Houston and Dallas.
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Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Austin
Big Spring
Rusk
San Antonio
Rio Grande State Center
el Paso State Center For
Vernon Center South
Houston
Dallas
Special election set for June 13 in Jefferson County
A special election is scheduled for June 13 in Jefferson County to fill the unexpired term of the late Rep. Will Lee Smith of Beaumont who died March 17 from a heart attack. Smith was dean of the House and was unopposed for a 13th term in the Democratic primary.
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Jefferson County
Will Lee Smith
Beaumont
Smith
House of Representatives
Four named to Texas Council on Marine Related Affairs
Governor Smith appoints Dr. John C. Calhoun Jr. College Station John J. Pepe Houston James J. Flanagan Jr. Port Arthur and Joe B. Harris Austin to six year terms on the Texas Council on Marine Related Affairs. Reappointments announced to the Board of Trustees Texas County and District Retirement System and appointments of Dallas County Judge W L Sterrett County Commissioner A J Ploch Tar rant County Criminal Court Judge J C Duvall Lamar County Judge Lester Crutchfield Paris.
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Smith
Texas Council On Marine Related Affairs
John C. Calhoun Jr
College Station
John J. Pepe
Houston
James J. Flanagan Jr
Port Arthur
Joe B. Harris
Austin
Board of Trustees
Texas County and District Retirement System
Dallas
W. L. Sterrett
A. J. Ploch
San Antonio
Texas study shows housing in poor condition nationwide issue
A statewide survey formed the governor and found nearly 350000 Texas housing units require replacement or major repair. The worst quality areas were rural, some urban centers, with the lowest in suburbs. Mexican Americans and blacks occupy most of the low quality homes. Only 4.5 percent of white households are in inferior quarters.
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Texas
Tax proceeds fuel wildlife conservation, says official
James A. Cross of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department notes that anti hunting trends clash with conservation economics. He explains that an 11 percent federal tax on guns and ammunition funds wildlife programs, through the Pittman Robertson Act, yielding millions since 1937 and supporting research, land acquisition, and hunter safety efforts.
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Austin
James A. Cross
Texas Parks and Wildlife Deparment
Pittman-Robertson
California
Michigan
Texas
Pennsylvania
Bonds cleared by attorney general spark 15 month tally
More than 1.5 billion in bonds were approved by the attorney general in the last 15 months without challenge. Alabama Gov. George Wallace campaigned for Texas Democratic delegate votes in the presidential contest. Texas construction indexes rose to new highs from office bank buildings and apartments. A liberal group threatens to challenge Texas delegation at the national convention unless Democratic rules change. A Welfare Department worker cannot keep salary while campaigning for City council per AG opinion. Public Safety logged 194 complaints from over 3.8 million citizen contacts in 1971. Stanford S. Smith urged the Texas Senate panel on sales tax to present all information to the Travis County Grand Jury.
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Alabama
George Wallace
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Uniformed Services
Stanford S. Smith
Texas Senate
Travis County Grand Jury
Carpet for sale one of a kind colors 12x12
Spring cleaning ad offers new shag and pile carpet in beautiful colors for sale cheap. Average size 12x12. See at 211 Circle Drive. Itp
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Circle Drive
Proclamation for Cancer Control Month in April
The document notes national and state proclamations for April as Cancer Control Month and urges intensified efforts by the American Cancer Society. It highlights projected deaths and the potential to save patients through early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and timely research.
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American Cancer Society
Winters Mayor designates April 1972 Cancer Control Month
In Winters Texas Mayor Wade W White proclaims April 1972 as Cancer Control Month urging citizens to support the American Cancer Society and learn cancer facts for personal protection. Signature dated March 28 1972.
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City of
Winters
American Cancer Society
Wade W. White
Texas
Conquest of cancer prompts annual health checkups
Public health message urges individuals to schedule yearly examinations for early cancer detection and invites broad support for the American Cancer Society through generous donations.
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American Cancer Society
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