Texas Senate and House Tax Battle Shapes 1961 Budget Path
Texas lawmakers edge toward a unified tax package to close a large deficit. House passage includes higher taxes on natural gas franchise, tobacco, liquor, and autos, while senators push for a full plan over piecemeal measures. Conference talks stage a weeks-long budget compromise ahead of mid June adjournment.
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Senate House
Price Daniel
Texas
House
Senate
Sen
Crawford Martin
Hillsboro
House Taxation Committee
William S. Fly
Victoria
Bill Heatly
Paducah
Senate’s. Conference Committee
State Board of Insurance
Floyd Bradshaw
Weatherford
Ray Roberts
McKinney
Wardlow Lane
Center
John Huebner
Bay City
Truett Latimer
Abilene
B. H. Dewey
Bryan
Jesse Osborn
Muleshoe
Harold Parish
Taft
Tidwell Leaves For Glorieta Baptist Assembly Post
Sandee Tidwell the daughter of Mr and Mrs John O Tidwell of 1306 NW 8th Place heads first to Mountainair New Mexico to visit her aunt and uncle Rev and Mrs J M Beckett before joining Glorieta Baptist Assembly staff in Glorieta New Mexico for six weeks starting with a three day visit.
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Sandee Tidwell
John O. Tidwell
N.W
J. M. Beckett
Mountainair
N. M
Glorieta, N. M
Glorieta
New Pressbox Underway at Tech Stadium
Texas Tech moves forward with a new pressbox at Jones Stadium to be finished by fall. The project replaces the old setup and will double as a lighted upgrade with 206 bulbs this season and 576 bulbs when the 1961 expansion completes. Athletes’ offices and dressing rooms are being built as the 3,000 end zone seats are moved to the track, funded by option sales on premium stadium seats and press box seating.
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Texas Tech
Jones Stadium
Jimmie Wilson
Athletics
Delegates at Texas convention back Johnson critique but avoid nomination fight
At an Austin gathering delegates vented strong opposition to Johnson and criticized recent legislation. They applauded Adlai Stevenson when mentioned, while AFL-CIO head Jer ry Holleman blocked a resolution and DOT shifted to Democrats of Texas Clubs to avoid name confusion.
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U. S
Lyndon B. Johnson
Austin
Afl-Cio
Jerry Holleman
DOT
Democrats of Texas Clubs
DOTC
Texas
Democrat Party Organization
Adlai Stevenson
U.S
Johnson
Local cool fronts push temps to new lows this month
Cloudy skies and cool fronts bring unusually low daytime highs for early in the month. Last year at this time highs reached about 105 degrees with nights near 72, while this period sees cooler conditions and intermittent afternoon showers.
Temperature Streak with Warm Weekend Heat
The week saw a high of 96 and an early Sunday low of 69 as June began cool. Readings from May 28 to June 3 show daytime highs from 90 to 97 and lows from 62 to 69 amid a 12 degree range, with notes of pleasant nights for sleep and outdoor work.
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Mercury
Permian Basin Pipeline Co
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Texas Press Association
Texas Election Bureau
National Committee
Ways and Means
Latimer
General Revenue Fund
Richard Slack
Pecos
Highway Department
Neveille Colson
Navasota
Farm Bureau
Democrats
Association For
Ladies Shorty
Hight’s
Andrews
Libby’s
Star Kist
Hunt
Double Thrift
Pet Tytn
LFOR
Peyton
California
Bell Peppers
West Broadway
Tech Stadium
Red Raiders
Luke
Bill Pearcys
David
Cheryl
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