Texas Economy Commission launches overhaul of state government
The 537 member Texas Economy Commission opened a survey to root out waste and duplication, form a 50 year corporation, and propose reorganizing the administration. Gov. Shivers urged thrift and education drives as 300 members heard notes on revenue and services alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Brooks
Texas Economy Commission
Allan Shivers
John Redditt
Charley Ward
Louise
Gov. Shivers
Austin
Texas
Gov
Shivers
Griffenhagen
House
Legislative Council
Gilmer-Aikin Joint Legislative Committee
Special Election Delayed Over Park Land Deal
Mayor Taylor Glass postpones a special election to sanction transfer of 400 acres of Austin Metropolitan Park on Lake Austin to Texas Vacation Villages Inc for a $4.5 million resort. City Attorney Trueman O’Quinn ruled the city lacks authority to sell park land without voter consent, tying election to the planners’ deposit of earnest money.
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Austin Metropolitan Park
Lake Austin
Taylor Glass
Texas Vacation Villages, Inc
25 New Citizens to Join Uncle Sam in Austin
Naturalization officials announce 25 new citizens from Australia, Czechoslovakia, Peru, Turkey, Austria and Poland will be sworn in Friday at 2 p.m. in the federal courthouse. Judge Ben Rice, with Major Horace Shelton in charge, will lead the ceremony.
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Uncle Sam
Australia
Czechoslovakia
Peru
Turkey
Austria
Poland
Ben H. Rice
Horace H. Shelton
American Legion
Taylor Chandler
Austinites Report Night Time Saucers Over City Skies
Mrs H E Shoemake of Scott Crescent in Tarrytown reports seeing post midnight flying saucers on Sunday and Monday nights. She plans a vigil to observe if the luminous sphere reappears. She and her husband saw it again at 4 30 a m Monday in the same sky area and it shifted from greenish blue to pink, appearing four times larger than a star and much brighter.
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Austin
H. E. Shoemake
Scott Crescent
Tarrytown
Shoemake
Legion Leader to Speak on The American Flag Meaning
Major Horace Shelton state chaplain of the American Legion will deliver an address on The American Flag and Its Meaning Wednesday at 4 15 p m in a radio broadcast observing Flag Day.
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Horace Shelton
The
American Legion
City Council invited to Corps of Engineers project visit
The City Council Tuesday was invited to visit a corps project in Texas, as the corps marks its 175th anniversary. The nearest project is at Belton, where a large reservoir on the Leon River is under construction.
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US Corps of Engineers
Texas
Corps
George Washington
Corps of Engineers
Belton
Leon River
City Looks to Ban Pit Toilets in New Homes
Mayor Taylor Glass said an ordinance to ban future pit toilets and cess pools will go to the City Council with a recommendation for quick adoption. Drafted by a special committee, the measure revises the 1931 building code and requires indoor kitchen sinks lavatories baths or showers and water closets in all new homes with septic tanks near absent city sewer lines and approved by the health department.
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Taylor Glass
Robbie Douglas crafts dolls and pottery at home
A four year old girl in Barrow Street learns clay modeling from her mother Pauline Douglas who runs a ceramics shop. Robbie pours heads and limbs from molds, then sends pieces to California for assembly and finishing before receiving complete dolls. She plans to start first grade at Ridge top Elementary in September.
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Robbie
Pauline Douglas
Mrs. Douglas
California
Lee McAdams
Miss Robbie
Inez Jeffery
James Douglas
Douglas
Barrow Street
Jimmy
Ridgetop
Robbie Douglas
Neal Douglass
Minors and Liquor Bring Key Issues to Texas Board
John Hilliard, supervisor of the Texas Liquor Control Board enforcement division, reports 152 cases last year of minors buying beer and 14 cases against package stores. He notes harsher fines for minors and dealers have reduced illicit sales. most moonshine is in northeast Texas. The division, with 109 inspectors, captures several stills monthly and enforces penalties ranging from 100 to 1000 dollars. several federal-state actions are common. Hilliard and his family live at 3286 Stevenson Street.
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Texas Liquor Control Board
John Hilliard
Hilliard
Lavaca
12Th Streets
Hillard
University of Texas
Longhorn
Texas
Longview
Sand Exhibitions Scheduled Today
Sandcraft exhibits will be judged Wednesday at 3 pm at Gillis Playground South First and Oltors Streets. Beverly Sheffield of the city recreation department announced the events with judges Mesdames Stuart Long F C Strong and Henry Speckwall. Exhibits feature sand designs judged for originality neatness and detail with ribbons awarded to winners.
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Beverly Sheffield
City Recreation Department
Mesdames
Stuart Long
F. C. Strong
Henry Speckwall
Gillis Playground
South First
Oltors
Sheffield
Health Department Files Five Charges
The health department pressed five complaints in corporation court for unsanitary sewerage facilities. Complainants named Alice Warren, Ollie Walker, Steve Mendoza, Yanaci Espinosa, and Tony Alba, with offenses including failure to connect or repair plumbing. Judge Joe Roberts noted many charges are dropped if repairs are made. fines apply otherwise.
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City Health Department
M. H. Strickland
The
Health Department
Alice Warren
Peoples Street
Ollie Walker
Hamilton Street
Steve Mendoza
East Ninth Street
Yanaci Espinoza
East Eighth Street
Tony Alba
East Eighth
Corporation Court
Joe Roberts
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John Ben Sheppard
E. P. Cravens
Ike Ashburn
Walter E. Long
C. C. Welhausen
Yoakum
Dave Blackburn
Victoria
William J. Harris
Dallas
Robert S. Varice
Texarkana
Richard W. Blalock
Marshall
Tom Asker
Jacksonville
J. B. Morris
Beaumont
John D. Rogerts
Navasota
Lowell R. Estes
Corsicana
Brady Gentry
Tyler
Byron B. Black
Clarksville
H. A. Byron
Bonham
George Apple
McKinney
Paul Carrington
Fred Stroop
Waxahachie
Harlon M. Fentress
Waco
E. L. Angell
College Station
Gus Wortham
Houston
David Leavell
Galveston
Roger W. Moore
Seguin
Guy Draper
Temple
W. O. Cross
Mineral Wells
C. P. MceGaha
W. T. Decherd
Sam Lichenstein
Ivan Stout
Naturalization Service
James H. Hart
Legion
Pamph
Pamphria
Lois Fugler
American Gold Star Mothers
Immigration and Naturalization
P. J. Pung
Howell Norwood
Chandler
Joe E. Steiner
Abilene
del Rio
San Antonio
Bryan
la Grange
Roy W. Cowan
Route 7
Cowan
Peter Jackson
East 51St Street
Keith
Peter
Wurzburg
Germany
Manchester
England
Austinite
Council
Tor
Jimmie
Stevenson Street
Frank
Ann
James
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