Berlin stands firm in face of Soviet Berlin pressure
Editorial argues United States will not withdraw from Berlin despite Khrushchev pressure. It credits West Germany's strength, Berlin’s freedom, and the East German refugee drain as proof of the free system’s superiority. The piece urges a clear, steadfast policy to stay in Berlin.
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Russia
Berlin
Khrushchev
East Germany
Mr. K
Kennedy
Vienna
United States
West Germany
East
Germany
West
Ask A Fool Question About A 100 Year Old Man
A 100 year old man tells a reporter he lived long by not dissipating energy resisting temptation. The Amarillo Globe Times denounces the remark as poor advice, arguing old guidance isn’t valuable simply because it is old. The piece contrasts the man with the editor and discusses funds for retirement.
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Amarillo Globe- Times
Joe Miller
Texans Endure Crisis With Popular Governor
A Texas poll suggests Gov Price Daniel has not lost popularity amid the financial crisis. The Keough bill advances for a third time in the House, allowing individuals to set aside 10 percent of income up to 2500 yearly for a tax free retirement fund in their sixties, mirroring company pension practices.
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Texas
Price Daniel
Keough
House of Representatives
Somber Reflection by James D Zellerbach on Free World Duty
Retired U S ambassador to Italy James D Zellerbach warns that democracies risk decay if citizens rely on luck or distant processes to safeguard freedom. He contrasts democratic responsibility with tyranny and cautions against complacent optimism about appeasing Communism.
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James D. Zellerbach
U. S
Italy
Greece
Rome
Hitler
Mussolini
Khrushchev
Mao Tse-tung
Texas Tourism Push and Fiscal Moves Highlight Texas Session
Sidelights note Texas as a travel option with maps from the Texas Highway Department and highlights Big Bend coastlines and state parks. State taxes show declines in corporation and poll taxes while alcohol and cigarette taxes rise. The May deficit falls toward 63 million by August 31. The legislature adds old age hospital aid and a $1000 filing fee for statewide candidates, with fines for blocking emergency lines. Atty. Gen. Wilson urges loan regulation and unemployment benefits expansion for a potential special session.
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Texas
Texas Highway Department
D. C. Greer
Greer
Big Bend
Highway Department
P. O. Box
Austin
Texas governor names 19 to study tax problems
Gov Price Daniel appoints a 19 member committee to study Texas tax problems and propose a plan to raise about 350 million dollars for the next two years. The group includes chairmen of major education welfare and hospital system boards and school associations. They aim to report before July 10 prior to a special legislative session.
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Price Daniel
Texas
Pro sales tax lawmakers clash with governor over labels
Sen Wardrow Lane and four House members rebut the governors report on the failed regular session tax bill. They call the $350,000,000 program a sales tax by another name and urge telling the truth about it. Governor Daniel says mail favors his plan by about six to one, though several legislators dispute the sentiment.
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Daniel
Wardrow Lane
House
Texas Tax Revenue Slump Indicates Oil Tax Drop
Comptroller Robert S. Calvert notes dwindling tax income as oil production taxes for nine months ending May 31 total 92,110,769, down 3,000,000 from the previous year and 12,000,000 from two years prior. Gasoline taxes edge up slowly but forecast to reach 129,000,000, unchanged from the same nine month period last year.
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Robert S. Calvert
Texas
Court Rules District Court Conviction Stands Despite Bar Dues Issue
The Court of Criminal Appeals upheld a 10 year theft sentence, ruling the trial judge’s nonpayment of dues and nonmembership in the State Bar of Texas did not warrant overturning the conviction. The Appeals Court affirmed the lower court’s decision.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
State Bar of Texas
Bowie News Publication Details and Rates
The Bowie News publishes Thursdays at 205 Smythe Street Bowie Texas. Subscriptions run one year for 3 and six months for 1 75 in a zone covering Montague Wise Clay Jack Wichita Cooke and Denton counties in Texas and Jefferson county Oklahoma. Elsewhere 4 per year. Paper stops when subscription expires. Established February 9 1922. Entered at Bowie Post Office as second class matter under the 1879 act. Consolidated with The Monoco County Times on April.
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Bowie News
Montague, Wise, Clay
Jack Wichita, Cooke
Denton
Texas
Jefferson County
Oklahoma
Bowie
Sorority District Meeting Led by Bow ie Lambda Kappa Members
Miss Ermyntrude McNatt and Mmes. Mary Sinks Minnie McPherson Lavella Shackelford and Thelma Kalhoefer of the Lambda Kappa Sorority attended the District IV meeting in Decatur last week. Minnie McPherson chaired the program. The Bow ie Chapter presented on the State School for Retarded Children in Denton. McNatt spoke on Senior Citizens and Sinks on Neurological Research which was named District IV Welfare Project for the coming year. The next district meeting will be in Fort Worth.
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Ermyntrude McNatt
Mary Sinks
Minnie McPherson
Lavella Shackelford
Thelma Kalhoefer
Lambda Kappa Sorority
Bowie
Decatur
Denton
Miss McNatt
Mrs. Sinks
Fort Worth
Judge qualified for office under Texas Constitution rules
The judge was confirmed eligible for his position as per the Texas Constitution requirements and the convictions were upheld.
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Texas
Delegates Bring Fresh Energy to Boys State and Girls State
After the legislature departs, Austin welcomes two new groups of high school seniors. The Boys State and Girls State delegates form partisan groups, nominate candidates, campaign, and establish a mock state government, under sponsorship of the American Legion and its Auxiliary.
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Austin
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Texas cities offered parking under elevated expressways
The Texas Highway Department proposes cities may use space under elevated expressways for parking lots either run by municipalities or under private contract. The State Health Department reports polio cases in Texas up 9 percent from last year and launches a vaccination campaign focused on babies and breadwinners. It also lists safety tips for insecticide use and notes enforcement actions by the Texas Liquor Control Board seizing illegal stills and 2970 gallons of mash and 34 gallons of liquor in April.
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Texas
Texas Highway Department
Commission
State Health Department
Texas Liquor Control Board
Bowie Rotary delegate heads to Denver convention
Dr C J Dodsworth accompanied by Mrs Dodsworth leaves Bowie for Denver to attend the Rotary International convention as a Bowie Rotary Club delegate. Rural route stamp sales now available from carriers and a heavy Newport rain isolates the community for a day.
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C. J. Dodsworth
Dessie Lee Hopper
Navy
U. S. Naval Training Station
San Diego
California
Bowie City
Recreation Park
Bowie
Forestburg
Mrs. Travis Smith Burns in Laboratory Acid Incident
Mrs. Travis Smith, daughter in law of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, was splattered with acid at a Fort Worth clinic while cleaning utensils. Doctors feared eye damage, but prompt treatment at Harris Hospital is expected to lead to a full recovery.
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Travis Smith
John Smith
Fort Worth
Harris Hospital
Minor Ford Sales Sets 1961 May Record in Bowie
Bill Minor of Minor Ford Sales Inc received a letter from Ford executive Lee A Iacocca praising the Bowie dealership for a 1961 May sales milestone the best May in 36 years of Ford sales. May output reached 31 vehicles up 22 percent from April and 12 percent above May of last year.
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Bill Minor
Minor Ford Sales, Inc
Lee A. Iacocca
Ford Motor Company
Ford Division
Minor
Ford
Ford Sales Inc
Bowie
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Monaco County Times
District of Columbia
Canada
Joel Mann
Donald Mann
Bowie Speedway
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