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...some political quarters there was open defiance: Democrat Preston Smith, John Connally's successor as Governor of Texas, announced that he had ordered state officials to proceed with scheduled 6.8% pay raises for teachers and other state government workers. There are problems with teacher contracts elsewhere. Most of them take effect at the start of the school year. Nixon took Smith's defiance calmly. "I think Governor Connally can take care of him," Nixon said. The Justice Department intends to ask for an injunction against Smith this week...
...unanimous decision, the court held that states cannot jail a man solely because he is too poor to pay a traffic fine. At issue was the case of Preston A. Tate, a Houston laborer and chronic scofflaw who had been fined $425 for nine traffic offenses. Unable to ante up, Tate was sent to a prison farm to work off his fine because, he said in a habeas corpus petition, "I am too poor...
Others think that the decline in drug use at Harvard is more permanent. Dr. Preston K. Munter, associate director of the University Health Services (UHS), said, "The apex of the sociological phenomenon 'drug abuse' was reached and passed...
...against 15 individuals and 13 Texas companies, the conspiracy involved fraudulent manipulation of stock prices, trading in unregistered stock, and arranging bank loans and stock trades beneficial to politicians. Though not named as defendants in the suit, a number of the highest Democratic state leaders are implicated, including Governor Preston Smith. Amidst the debris...
...curl up in front of the TV with our dog to watch Lassie save Timmy from forest fires, Mack trucks, and child molesters. The feats of Rin Tin Tin and Rusty are still fresh in our minds. And what of those special words at the end of Sergeant Preston? "Well, King, this case is closed...