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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1965
Page
10
An editorial urges Bowie to craft a memorable identity via bold visual ideas. Options include whitewashed trees, a downtown park with a statue, pink petunias, a city choir, candy striped lamp posts, and a modern district plan intended to attract visitors and boost local revenue. The piece emphasizes imagination and public effort.
Field assessors would expand the property rolls and improve valuations, population counts, and local data. They are part time retirees using simple forms, providing employment and home ownership information while boosting attractiveness to new industry. They can reduce annual tax office costs for multiple units.
The writer argues Texas voters will vote on 25 amendments across three elections over two years. Many proposals seek specific governance changes, while others demand a new state constitution. Reading the current document is impractical. the legislature should handle technical edits, but the constitution blocks this, making a new constitution desirable and urgent to begin tomorrow.
The piece argues that spending money locally in Bowie strengthens the community and boosts home values. It links local shopping to higher business prosperity, more tax revenue, more jobs, better services, and a growing real estate market, urging residents to buy locally to support economic growth.
After the session ends in Austin, Waggoner Carr leads Democratic candidate talk to challenge GOP Senator John Tower next year while other names like Jim Wright of Fort Worth surface for governor and potential senate bids. Constitutional amendments are proposed for 1965 66 with elections set. legislative reforms center on conference committees and spending oversight. Boundary work and reapportionment shape congressional races as districts shift and new districts form.
Miss Inez Rudy attended the Centennial Exposition in Dallas riding in a special car as President of the Texas Federation of Music Clubs. She was accompanied by the federation vice president and the Dallas Club president. Wedding bells and local events fill a busy Bowie area weekend.
Emerson Lynn Jr editor and publisher notes Bowie Texas paper published each Thursday at 205 Smythe Street since February 9 1922. Entered postal second class under 1879 act. Consolidated with Montague County Times on April 1 1953.
The Bowie News offers one year subscriptions for 4 in zone covering Montague Wise Clay and Jack counties in Texas and Jefferson county Oklahoma. Six months cost 2 25 within the same area. Elsewhere the annual rate is 5. The paper ends when the current subscription expires.
Public notice outlines a constitutional amendment to increase State Senate membership from 31 to 39 while keeping the House of Representatives size. It requires Senate apportionment by population and removes the one Senator per county limit. Election date September 7 1965 and governor to issue proclamation.
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