Texans adopt year round voter registration and new appointees
A new year round registration law took effect October 1 allowing registration anytime with a 31 day cutoff before elections and automatic renewal through participation. Eighteen to twenty one year olds gain eligibility, deputies can register voters broadly, and turnout is expected to rise toward five million in 1972. Gov. Preston Smith names several appointees to state boards including Dorsey Hardeman to the Water Rights Commission and others to Industrial Accident Board and more.
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Austin
Texans
U. S
Texas
Texas Seeks Supreme Court Victory Over Padre Island Treasure
The Texas Antiquities Committee aims to obtain title to all artifacts from Spanish galleons sunk off Padre Island after a 400 year delay in a Brownsville federal case. Platoro Ltd. proposes a 50 50 split with the state which seeks full ownership. An underwater archaeologist will assist a new Padre Island recovery program next year.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Padre Island
Texas Antiquities Committee
Brownsville
Platoro Ltd
Gary
Ind
Supreme Court Dismisses Barrow Relatives Appeal
The Texas Supreme Court dismissed relatives of Clyde Barrow in their defamation suit against Warner Brothers Studio over Bonnie and Clyde. The term included varied rulings such as a November 17 review of a San Antonio district court on liquor license suspensions, an injunction against a dentist alleged to claim cancer cures, and the Railroad Commission’s power to adjust natural gas prices under public interest. It also covered Azle’s challenge to Sanctuary incorporation, a Denton County negligence case, prenatal damages, a charter appeal for Modern Savings and Loan in Pasadena, a reversed Dallas robbery conviction, an unconstitutional lottery exemption proposal, incidental travel expenses limits, and peace officer standards for special state wide ranger groups.
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Clyde Barrow
Warner Brothers Studio
Bonnie and Clyde
High Court
San Antonio
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Tarrant County
Texas Railroad Commission
High Plains Natural Gas Company
Perryton
City of Azle
Sanctuary
Parker County
Azle
Denton County
Branting
Modern Savings and Loan Association
Pasadena
Court of Criminal Appeals
Dallas
Laymen's Day Observed by Winters Area UM Churches
The United Methodist Churches in Winters Parish plan Laymen's Day on Sunday October 17 with laymen leading services. Speakers include Jerry Lawrence of Sweetwater at Winters First United Methodist Church with Joe Emmett Gary Boyer and James Brown also participating. Herman Baker speaks at Wingate Church and Dr T L Russell at Crews Church. Mrs F R Phil Anderson speaks Sunday night in Winters as WSCS sponsors services at 7 p m.
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United Methodist Churches
Winters
Jerry Lawrence
Sweetwater
First United Methodist Church
Joe Emmett
Gary Boyer
James Brown
Herman Baker
Wingate United
Mission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
A concise report outlines a mission focused on improving standards and education for law enforcement officers. It highlights certification goals and training program enhancements aimed at professionalizing policing and ensuring consistent qualifications across agencies.
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Mission On Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
Mutscher Pleads Not Guilty as Bribery Case Goes to Trial
House Speaker Gus Mutscher pleads not guilty to bribery charges and a jury trial is set for January 10. Rep. Tommy Shannon and S. Rush McGinty, indicted for conspiracy to accept a bribe, will be tried with him. John Osorio also pleads not guilty to making false statements with a January 24 trial.
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House
Gus Mutscher
Tommy Shannon
S. Rush McGinty
Mutscher
John Osorio
National Bankers Life Insurance Company
State Board of Insurance
Muts
State adopts guidelines for private schools and more
State Board of Education adopts guidelines regulating privately owned business technical vocational and home study schools. Texas National Guard units reorganize. Marvin Watson keynote at Governor's Conference on Industrial Expansion. Five industries receive expansion awards. Veterans Day observed October 25. Banks and public offices close under federal law. Pink bollworm precautions urged in 22 South Texas counties. Veterans Loan Program posted 614 warrants totaling 6 051 000 last month. Texas Medical Association protests new vendor drug welfare program. Manufacturing firms plan 244 new plants and 181 expansions in January September. Mrs Lyndon B Johnson to present 1500 prize to outstanding highway maintenance man October 15.
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State Board of Education
Texas National Guard
Marvin Watson
Agriculture
John C. White
South Texas
Bexar
Atascosa
Bee
Calhoun
DeWitt
Dimmitt
Frio
Goliad
Jackson
Karnes
Kinney
LaSalle
Live Oak
Maverick
McMullen
Medina
Refugio
Val Verde
Victoria
Wilson
Zavala
Texas Medical Association
Lyndon B. Johnson
Highway Department
Card of Thanks for Mil dred Gooch
The family expresses heartfelt thanks for comforting sympathy, service, flowers, and kindnesses shown during their sorrow for Miss Mildred Gooch.
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Mildred Gooch
Former Stamford Teacher Earns National FFA Honor in KC
Weldon Holbrooks vocational agriculture teacher at Stamford High School earned the Honorary American Farmer Degree at the National FFA Convention in Kansas City on October 14. He is among 67 nationwide recipients and one of four Texas honorees, with a 23-year teaching career and numerous student achievements.
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Weldon Holbrooks
Stamford
Kansas City
Texas
Voag
Holbrooks
Wilson Holbrooks
Pumphrey
Winters High School
Texas A&m
A&m
Wharton
American Farmer
Lone Star Farmer
National
FFA Association
Peggy Ruth Jones
Texas Petroleum Industry Provides Jobs Across the State
The Texas petroleum industry employs about 197000 people, roughly one in sixteen workers, with annual wages around 1.4 billion dollars.
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Texas
Social Security film wins festival award in New York
A 28-minute color film titled After the Applause produced by the Social Security Administration received the Red Ribbon for excellence in consumer education at the 13th Annual American Film Festival in New York City. J. M. Talbot, social security manager, said the film uses circus performers to dramatize retirement and disability protections. The San Angelo Social Security Office has a print of the 16mm.
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Social Security Administration
New York City
J. M. Talbot
San Angelo
Film festival picks 350 films for final judging
Mr. Talbot announced that After the Applause was among 350 films chosen for final judging from 1,000 entries in the Educational Film Library Association festival. The article notes a motion picture for schools and organizations to show without charge and on public service TV. Texas wells: 82 percent must be pumped, 6,000 oil producing firms in the state.
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Talbot
Educational Film Library Association
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