Tennessee Right To Fish in 'Lost' Brazos Cleared
Governor Allan Shivers responds to a Tennessee inquiry on Brazos River fishing rights noting the question misdirected and joking that if a Tennessee license were valid on the Brazos, a Tennesseean would need clemency from Gov. Browning.
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Tennessee
Allan Shivers
Brazos River
Texas
Volunteers
University of Texas
C. B. Foster
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Brazos
Ror Browning
Bococ
Erinven
Gov. Browning
Measure Would Raise Pupil Totals in Austin Schools
Superintendent Irby B. Carruth warned that a bill allowing children born between September 1 and December 31 to start school without a year's wait would push Austin enrollments higher. He estimated about 866 more children would become eligible, necessitating 58 additional classes even with current half day sessions. Representative E. Nimitz of Orange introduced the bill.
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Austin
Bec
Prion
E. ©. Nimitz
Orange
Spoonless Gis Fat Bean by Bean in Korea Shipment
A January dispatch from the Western Front notes a mix up in a late Chicago Quartermaster Depot shipment causing a shortage of plastic spoons. Soldiers like Corporal Edward Sheoham of Rockland Mass are urged to carry a spoon and a pistol, amid supply confusion and missing rations in the field.
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Korea
Atria
Hilipere
Edward Sheoham
Rock
Land
Beats- Seer
Chicago
Etex Legislator Leads Oil and Gas Tax Review
Representative Bill Woods of Tyler chairs the oil and gas taxation sub committee and sits on the revenue and taxation panel as Texas lawmakers study current oil taxes amid rising revenue. His group will report recommendations over five weeks as five votes shape the final rate before Governor Shivers’ desk.
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Capitol
Bill Woods
Tyler
House
Big East Texas
Reuben Senterfitt
Jim T. Lindsey
Wood
National Ee Eee
East Texas
Allan Shivers
Senate
Highway Commission Receives Six Construction Pleas
Six local delegations asked the Highway Commission to fund or advance road projects. Plans include completing State Highway 70 from Pampa to Perryton and constructing a bridge on the route costing about 1.1 million dollars. Additional asks covered urban improvements in Port Arthur and a four lane extension on US 87 from north of Lamesa to Woody.
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Associated Press
Highway Commission
Neces
Hardin County
Pampa
Perryton
Fred Thompson
A. A. Delee
Port Arthur
Houston Avenue
Avinger
Lone Star Steel
Daingerfield
Howard Carney
Atlanta
Kilmer Corbin
Lupbhock
Lamesa
Woody
Embalmer Bills Seek Licensure Without Exam in Texas
Senator Gus Strauss of Halletts ville proposed two bills allowing a person to be licensed as an embalmer or funeral director in Texas without an exam if he holds two out of state licenses, one for 25 years, another for his own funeral home for three years, has lived in Texas three years, and is at least 47. He did not identify the beneficiaries of the legislation.
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International News Service
Gus Strauss
Hallettsville
Texas
Strauss
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