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Identifier: e_cle_005421
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Phone company urges Legislature revise part of wiretap law," July 8, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Phone company urges Legislature revise part of wiretap law," July 8, 1981, by Roland Lindsey, San Antonio Light, regarding request by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company to change provisions of wiretapping statute.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Nabers, Lynn
Subject Topic: Wiretapping, Telecommunication
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005362
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Prison funding budget additions not needed now, White says"
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Prison funding budget additions not needed now, White says," by the Post Austin Bureau, undated. Article describes Attorney General Mark White's assertion that Texas will not need to appropriate more money for prison funding, and that the state will contest U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice's ruling against the Texas prison system.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Justice, William Wayne, 1920-2009, White, Mark, 1940-
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Criminal Justice, Administration of
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_005394
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Panel OKs bill to close shock probation loophole," March 11, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Panel OKs bill to close shock probation loophole," March 11, 1981, by Bo Beyers, Houston Chronicle, regarding a bill by Texas Senator Chet Brooks to limit terms of "shock probation" as previously applied to District Judge Garth Bates.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Byers, William Bowling, 1920-
Subject Name: Bates, Garth, Brooks, Chet
Subject Topic: Criminal Justice, Administration of
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005384
Title: Model Drug Paraphernalia Act, October 31, 1980
Description: Model Drug Paraphernalia Act. Includes bill analysis and draft of the legislation. This bill is intended to have the Texas Controlled Substances Act conform to the federal Model Drug Paraphernalia Act so states address the subject in the same manner.
Page Count: 7
Subject Topic: Drug control
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005359
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements' proposal strongly endorsed," March 20, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined,"Clements' proposal strongly endorsed," by Holly Wood, San Antonio Light, March 20, 1981. Clements is applauded at the New Braunfels' Lion Club for his take on taxes, water, the bureaucracy, and nuclear waste radiation.
Page Count: 1
Subject Topic: Water, Radioactive wastes, Intergovernmental tax relations, Budget
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_005382
Title: Amendment of Sexual Offense Laws, undated
Description: Amendment of Sexual Offense Laws, undated. Includes a bill analysis with background information and a draft of the bill. The bill is intended to "change the language of the aggravated rape and aggravated sexual abuse statues so that rape or sexual abuse accomplished through acts of extreme violence will be prosecutable as aggravated offenses regardless of the precise means through which the offense is accomplished."
Page Count: 5
Subject Topic: Sex crimes
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005396
Title: Letter from William P. Clements to Joe Greenhill regarding shock probation, March 20, 1981
Description: Letter from William P. Clements to Joe Greenhill regarding shock probation. Governor Clements asks Justice Greenhill to push the use of shock probation with judges across the state.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Greenhill, Joe R.
Subject Topic: Judicial power
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005389
Title: Letter from David A. Dean to Mark White regarding memorandum brief for Shock Probation Bill, February 19, 1981
Description: Letter from David A. Dean to Mark White regarding memorandum brief for Shock Probation Bill. Dean provides a memorandum brief to assist White in writing opinion about the Shock Probation Bill, which was requested by Senator Mauzy.
Page Count: 6
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Contributor: Carlin, John, 1940-
Subject Topic: Constitutional law
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_007169
Title: Group of documents related to The Figgie Report, a crime research publication, September 1982-October 1982
Description: Group of documents related to The Figgie Report, a crime research publication, September 1982-October 1982. Included are the 1982 publication "The Figgie Report on Fear of Crime: A 14 City Profile," an introduction to the publication, Harry E. Figgie's letter to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., and Clements' reply to Figgie.
Page Count: 205
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Constituent communication, City planning, Crime
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_005408
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements gives DAs an earfull," September 19, 1980
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements gives DAs an earfull," September 19, 1980, by Sam Attlesey, Dallas Morning News, regarding Governor William P. Clements, Jr.'s, support of strong crime enforcement legislation, including wiretapping and oral confession bills. Clipping describes Clements' speech given at the Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Attlesey, Sam
Contributor: Texas District and County Attorneys Association
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas District and County Attorneys Association
Subject Topic: Criminal Justice, Administration of, Wiretapping
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005402
Title: Press release regarding Texas Crime Poll, January 6, 1981
Description: Press release regarding Texas Crime Poll. The press release describes the poll methodology and gives its results. Such topics include wiretapping and sexual assault: More than two-thirds of respondents believed legal wiretapping when law enforcement suspected any criminal activity should be permitted and nearly seventy-five percent of respondents are in favor of first degree felony charges in rape cases where attempts to cause bodily injury occurred.
Page Count: 3
Subject Topic: Wiretapping, Sex crimes
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_007173
Title: Letter to William P. Clements From Peter Flawn, August 3, 1981
Description: Letter to William P. Clements From Peter Flawn, August 3, 1981. Letter is regarding Jim Michener's visit to University of Texas at Austin.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Flawn, Peter
Subject Name: Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997

Identifier: e_cle_005406
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements backs DPS wiretapping," March 30, 1980
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements backs DPS wiretapping," March 30, 1980, by Scott Ticer, Beaumont Sunday Enterprise-Journal, regarding Governor William P. Clements, Jr.'s, support of wiretapping to counter drug trafficking.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas. Department of Public Safety
Subject Topic: Drug traffic, Wiretapping
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005374
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Here's the status of major legislation," May 24, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Here's the status of major legislation," May 24, 1981, by the Associated Press, in the Dallas Times Herald.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Associated Press
Subject Name: Texas. Legislature
Subject Topic: Criminal Justice, Administration of, Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005380
Title: Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas, regarding vetoing House Bill 590, June 12, 1979
Description: Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas, regarding vetoing House Bill 590, June 12, 1979. Proclamation is in regards to denying people convicted of crimes access and opportunity to get various licenses for certain occupations.
Page Count: 7
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Criminals--Rehabilitation
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005360
Title: "Clements requests $18 million for TDC plans", Houston Post, April 25, 1981
Description: "Clements requests $18 million for TDC plans", Houston Post, April 25, 1981. Governor Clements is requesting $18 million dollars for the Department of Corrections, and the Legislature is considering it.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Texas. Department of Corrections, Texas. Legislature
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_007171
Title: Letters from John M. Fisher to Texas Governor William P. Clements, Jr., and Nebraska Governor Charles Throne regarding the American Security Council, December 1981-January 1982
Description: Letters from John M. Fisher to Texas Governor William P. Clements, Jr., and Nebraska Governor Charles Throne regarding the American Security Council, December 1981-January 1982. Fisher's letters encourage Republican governors to join his organization.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Fisher, John M.
Contributor: Thone, Charles, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: National security
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_007170
Title: Group of documents regarding Ku Klux Klan activity in Galveston Bay, March 1981-April 1981
Description: Group of documents regarding Ku Klux Klan activity against Vietnamese fishermen in Galveston Bay, March 1981-April 1981. Documents include a letter to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., from constituent Janice Finnerty of Kemah, Texas, requesting protection from Ku Klux Klan activity in the Texas Gulf area. Includes Clements' response to Finnerty and newspaper clipping describing Klan activity near Seabrook.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Finnerty, Janice
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Finnerty, Janice
Subject Topic: Constituent communication, Vietnamese, Racism
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_005399
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Stricter sex-abuse measures await Clements' signature," April 22, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Stricter sex-abuse measures await Clements' signature," April 22, 1981, by John C. Henry, Austin American-Statesman. Article describes Texas Legislature's passage of a bill tightening sexual abuse laws.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Henry, John C.
Subject Name: Schlueter, Stan, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Criminal Justice, Administration of, Sex crimes, Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005413
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements says he's happy with legislature--so far," January 31, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements says he's happy with legislature--so far," January 31, 1981, by Sam Kinch, Jr., Dallas Morning News, regarding Governor William P. Clements, Jr.'s legislative agenda.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Kinch, Sam
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas. Legislature
Subject Topic: Wiretapping, State governments
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform

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