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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1960
Page
10
An editorial argues Americans should focus on solving national problems, urging sacrifice in facing communism, reducing entertainment decadence, adjusting economic priorities, and shifting attitudes on school integration to align personal interests with the national good. It stresses leadership and collective action.
A Texas voting issue shows voters misread scratch ballots, causing invalid votes for Prohibition Party candidates. Proposals favor a box system, counting only marked boxes. The piece then critiques polls and surveys, mocking their effects on elections and gender roles.
Texas election critics push to revise the scratch out voting method after a close general election. Disagreements over ballot counting led GOP leaders to seek changes while noting no proven fraud. Resignations and upcoming appointments affect the state insurance board and merit rating plan debates.
The House General Investigating Committee will study holding a veterans land bond sale on December 5. Veterans Land Board plans to sell 12.5 million dollars in bonds, but Jerry Sadler argues for waiting until next year due to expected lower interest rates after a federal administration change. Voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing up to 3.5 percent interest. the previous ceiling was 3 percent.
State Supreme Court reversed a prior decision ruling that shock from watching a fire caused accidental death. An accountant died of a brain blood clot about a month after his office burned, affecting insurance double indemnity. The court again split 5 to 4 that the death was not accidental. Insurance Board vacancy awaits Governor Daniel’s new appointment.
State Finance Advisory Committee may back a payroll tax borne by both employers and employees. The plan envisions a 10 percent levy split evenly, raising about 100 to 110 million dollars annually. It would still fall short of funding needs for schools and elderly medical care. The tax, an income tax on firms and individuals, faces objections to its lack of progressivity.
A plan backed by the Commission on Higher Education seeks a $50 annual tuition rise for state colleges. It would boost nine month tuition from $100 to $150 and generate about $5 million yearly for college support. The commission also urged admitting the University of Houston into the state college system, conditional on not reducing current college funding.
Beginning January 1 the Liquor Control Board requires Texas private clubs to offer food service meet basic expenses from dues and fees not liquor sales and be run by elected officers. The rules aim to prevent operat ion of open saloons disguised as private clubs.
Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Stephens traveled to Galveston for Thanksgiving to visit their son David and his wife. David is enrolled in medical school there.
Article covers church installations and leadership changes at First Presbyterian Bowie and Cumberland Presbyterian Bowie. Junior Class resignations and new student editors. 1940 All-District 11-A team selections. a 500 fan trail to Bowie Chillicothe game. local business relocations including Russell's Department Store. Park Shaw relocates tin shop. Arlington State College choir member Jimmy Vaughan. 4-H and FFA activities. Sheriff Dick Lawrence deer incident. Gillett’s Department Store management change with Carl H Russell as new manager.
The Bowie firm of Joe and Lynn Garlington announces enlargement and new equipment as it marks one of the area's oldest businesses. A new industry, a broiler plant by Orie Garrett, will open next week with capacity for 4,000 broilers per batch in Garrett’s North Mason and Pecan streets building, site of Garrett Produce and Feed.
Capt. E. M. Sprott, director of law enforcement for the Game and Fish Commission, explains three types of cow shootings by deer hunters. He notes hunters misidentify targets and sometimes shoot moving objects, with concerns raised over farm cattle being mistaken for deer.
The Bowie News lists one year subscriptions at $3 and six months at $1.75 for a Texas zone including Montague Wise Clay Jack Wichita Cooke and Denton counties and Jefferson County Oklahoma. Elsewhere $4 per year. Paper stops at expiration. Established February 9 1922. Entered at Bowie Texas post office as second class mail under 1879 act. Consolidated with Montague County Times on April 3 1953.
The captain says three hunters are a menace to wildlife and all hunters. He notes night shooters glare with a flashlight into cows, then fire. Some landowners would permit hunting if livestock safety is assured, but wardens are increasingly informed about livestock shootings.
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