Legislators Face Call to Embrace General Sales Tax
Texas House members are urged to act now as public support for a general sales tax grows across the state. Proponents argue it would raise revenue, grow with the economy, be fair to shoppers, and apply to visitors, while critics note campaign stances against taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Texarkana Gazette
Tom Sealy
Midland
Citizens For A
Retail Furniture Association of Texas
Longview Chamber of Commerce
Texas Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
Texas Cotton Ginners Association
el Paso
the Times
Bob Weddle
Menard News
West Texas Today
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
West Texas
Texas
Big Bend Park inspection trip by U S and Mexico officials
High officials from the United States and Mexico traveled to the Big Bend region for a tour of the proposed international park area in Texas and adjacent Mexican lands. The party included Con rad L. Wirth Supt. Roger Toll George Wright and others. The Mexican commission was led by Daniel G Galicia.
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Avalanche
United States
International Park
Big Bend
Texas
Mexico
Conrad L. Wirth
National Park Service
Roger Toll
Yellowstone National Park
George Wright
Wild Life Division
Frank Pinkley
Southwestern Monuments
Herbert Maier
ECW
Daniel G. Galicia
Dept. of Forestry, Fish and Game
New Hat on Sombrero Nuevo and a Brief Spanish Lesson
A conversational Spanish lesson features Mr. George Munoz and his wife Mary at the patio after supper. Mary reveals she is tired and admits shopping with Carmen Lopez yielded nothing after hours of roaming stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Munoz
Mary
Jorge Munoz
Su Esposa
Dona Maria
Menor Importancia
Maria
Ella
George
Jorge
Cansada
Sabenios
Carmen Lopez
Carmen
Alpine City Election Ordered for April 4 1961
City of Alpine Texas orders an election on April 4 1961 at the Chamber of Commerce Building to elect a Councilman. D M Bennett is Judge Rubye Burcham Eunice Pierce are appointed clerks. The City Marshall must post notices thirty days before the vote at the Chamber of Commerce Building City Office County Court House and Alpine Community Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Richburg
Iraan
Guy Crawford
A. C. Spalding
Harrold Spalding
L. F. Buttrill
Roy Decie
el Paso
Ed Decie
Roy Stillwell
Tom Yarbro
San Antonio
Asa Jones
Alpine
Marathon
Terlingua
J. F. Bennett
Elizabeth Weaver
H. C. Spalding
Ethel Skevington
Ernestine Behrens
State OF Texas
Brewster
W. E. Lockhart
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
County Court House
Alpine Community Center
Land Bank Loans Up 30 Percent
The Federal Land Bank of Houston reports a 30 percent rise in loan requests from 1960 levels as farmers shift short term debt into long term land loans. The bank holds over 237 million in loans, serves Texas through 73 associations, and funds via bonds. J Fred La Lanne of Marfa administers the local association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Land Bank of Houston
Hal Weatherford
Weatherford
State of
Texas
Federal Land Bank Associations
J. Fred la Lanne
Marfa
Federal Land Bank Association
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James W. Glasscock
Jean Glasscock Hallie Stillwell
Maribel Miller
Sam D. Adams
Jean Weaver
Charles DeBarbrie
Eeer
Big Bend Park
Fort Davis
West Texas Press Association
Texas Press Association
Major Markets, Inc
Texas Press Service
4Th St
New York
N. Y
San Antonio St
Austin
Jeff Davis
Presidio
Texas House of Representatives
People of Texas
Big Bend-Davis Mountains
Patton's
City Drug Store
P. D. Coulson
Todd Patton
C. E. Slichter
Alpine Drug Store
Livestock Sanitary Commission of Texas
Southern Pacific Railway
del Rio
L. J. Watts
Hussie Gateway
Cal Ory
Henry Glasscock
Eugene J. Benson
Dallas
San Angelo
Benson
Ethelbert McDonald
Alice McDonald
Miles
J. D. Jackson
Fort Worth
Thalia Gillett
F. E. Gillett
Laura Harris
Wink
J. E. Burgess
W. H. Terry
W. W. Collins
Lordsburg
N. M
H. W. Ferguson
Charles Chambers
Phoenix
Ariz
E. S. Cross
Daisy Burke
Meriwether
Goliad
Kelly
T. T. Kelly
Jeff Davis County
William A. Blakley
By Bob McKinley
M. P. Slover
Mr. Slover
KVLF
Una Floreria
Una Libreria
Hammermill Road
Sullivan Ross Jones
Dorris Jones
Paul Knap
Jims
Pohang
Santa Fe
Eo Usl
Bae
Mail Daily
Safeway
Washington
Beatrice Woolley
U. S. No
Colorado
Red McClures
Safeway Stores, Incorporated
D. M. Bennett
Rubye Burcham
Eunice Pierce
City of
Lee Cowell
Brady's
Texaco Service
E. Holland
Houston
Federal Land Bank Loan
Bex
Marfa, Texas
J. Fred Lalanne
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