Bowie Industrial Victory Highlights Growth Drive
The Bowie community celebrates securing the Haggar plant location after a broad effort led by the Chamber of Commerce and the Bowie Industrial Development Corporation. Volunteers conducted a house to house labor survey, while the town touts its transportation, labor supply, water, railroads, highways, taxes and schools as attractive for industry. The piece urges continued effort to attract more business and to keep Bowie on a growing path through the Soaring Sixties.
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Bowie
Haggar
Joe Hawkins
Magnolia Station
Joe
Mr. Haggar
Jack Lovette
Lovette
Bowie Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Bowie Industrial Development Corporation
Haggar Corporation
Dallas
Temple
Oklo
North
Texas
BIDC
First National Bank
Bowie Industrial Development Corporation drives growth appeal
The Bowie drive funds have topped $50 000 with hope for another equal amount as organizers urge all property owners, business workers, and firms to invest in BIDC stock. Proceeds finance site purchases, expansions, and industry recruitment to bolster Bowie's economy and tax base.
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Bowie Industrial Development Corporation
Bowie
Capital State Sidelights on Texas Tax Debate
Vern Sanford notes Texas tax debate broadening beyond the legislative session with voices from legislators and constituents. A major tax bill expected July or August aims to raise 341 million dollars via a broad coverage tax. Some lawmakers oppose selective taxes arguing fairness concerns at the district level.
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Texas
Price Daniel
Lawmakers Face Tax Plan Timing Across Sessions
The As Presb Association cites revenue loss from a missed tax bill in the regular session. It notes bills pass by simple majority take effect 90 days after session end, delaying new taxes. It questions two-thirds vote in both houses to take effect immediately and the impact on business readiness.
Interim Texan tax ideas merge with new study panel
Lawmakers refine several tax concepts including a linked 2 percent corporate income tax and a 2 percent levy on sales over five dollars while food and drugs stay exempt. Gov Daniel creates a tax study committee led by agency chairs to map compromise paths ahead of a special session.
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Charles N. Wilson
Trinity
House
George T. Hinson
Mineola
Ben Atwell
Dallas
Daniel
Texas
Texas GOP eyes wider power after Tower victory
Exultant Texas Republicans foresee a two party state with GOP influence in Congress and state offices. Voter support spread across most major counties and West Texas, except where a strong Democrat holds. Bexar County will test the shift as Paul Kilday resigns to join the Court of Military Appeals, with a one shot high man election likely next fall. A run off in special elections could curb GOP gains.
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John Tower
U. S
Texas Republican Party
Texas
Travis
Tower
West Texas
Congress
Bexar County
Paul Kilday
Court of Military Appeals
Kilday
Court of Criminal Appeals Limits Contempt In and Out Court
The Court of Criminal Appeals held a person cannot be held in contempt for an act committed outside the courtroom. The ruling concerns a district judge who previously held a man in contempt for assault allegedly occurring away from court.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Bowie News Publisher Listing and Rates
A historic Bowie Texas publication notice lists the office at 205 Smythes Street and credits Emerson Lynn Jr. as editor and publisher. Subscription prices are $3 a year or $1.75 for six months within limited Texas counties and Jefferson County Oklahoma. elsewhere $4 per year. The paper notes it will stop when the subscription expires and was established February 9, 1922.
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Smythe Street
Bowie, Texas
Emerson Lynn, JR
Bowie News
Montague, Wise, Clay
Jack Wichita
Cooke
Denton
Texas
Jefferson County
Oklahoma
Bowie
Consolidated with The Mon tague County Times
The Mon tague County Times reports a consolidation arrangement dated April 1953 indicating a merger or sharing agreement between two local newspapers for operational efficiency and sustained publication.
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Montague County Times
May Patrol Reports 13 Rural Crashes in Montague County
The highway patrol logged 13 rural crashes in Montague County during May, injuring eight and causing $5,580 in damage. Through the first five months of 1961 the county had 51 rural crashes, with one killed and 29 injured, $23,315 in damage. The sergeant urged motorists to use lights at dusk and in low visibility, noting many accidents occur then and advising turning on lights when objects are unseen at about a half mile.
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Highway Patrol
Montague County
F. E. Webster
Bowie Area Personal News Lists Vacation Trips and Moves
Mr and Mrs J J Green depart Sunday for a week long vacation visiting relatives in Marysville La Commerce Center and Center with Mr and Mrs Billy Green and their baby from Wichita Falls joining them Also Freddy Couch and Sa ee of ae Frokgh travelled with the Greens The Couch family and Capt and Mrs Russell Scott left Bowie for Edwards Air Force Base in California where Capt Scott will be stationed They visited Capt Russells parents Mr and Mrs P J Scott since last Wednesday
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J. J. Green
Maggie Lawrence
Marysville
Lena Faulkner
Commerce
Billy Green
Baby
Wichita Falls
Greens
Freddy Couch
Sa Ee
Ae Frokgh
Tr. Couch
Sam Couch
Russell Scott
Bowie
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Scott
Capt
Judge Overturns 72 Hour Jail and 100 Dollar Fine
An appeals court ruled that the judge erred by imprisoning the assailant for 72 hours and fining 100 dollars in a filling station case. Contempt of court must occur in the courtroom.
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Appeals Court
Bowie News Highlights Improvements and Local Events
Parker Food Store upgrades include new freezer counter bins and self serve features. Local reports note a rat kill tally at a Stoneburg barn and a Sunrise breakfast by the Bowie Garden Club. Crosley Shelvard showcased at Griffins Rexall. dewdrops of news cover a medicine show, a wedding, volleyball league, summer training for guardsmen, rodeo planning, Homemakers camping trip, and a new funeral home manager.
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Clarence Newsom
Parker Food Store
Orth Vowell
Stoneburg
Bowie Garden Club
Speake-Meyer
Crosley
Carl Richey
Charles Ford
Dalhart
Bowie
49Th Armored Division
L. Jett
Montague County
the Homemakers of America
Quanah Parker Lake
Oklahoma
W. T. McWilliams Jr
Fort Worth
Owens- Brumley Funeral Home
Ruthe
Gregory
William
E. V. Harris Dies In Amarillo
E V Harris 83 of Amarillo former Bowie resident died Tuesday June 6 in Thurman Convalescent Home Amarillo He was a retired railway mail clerk and had lived in Amarillo since 1913 Funeral services were held Friday June 9 at 2 p.m. at Blacka Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev Winfred Moore officiating Burial was in Llano Cemetery Survivors include his widow Pearl Harris two daughters Mrs Leo Dove and Mrs J B Bechtel a son Ed Harris of Atchison Kansas two brothers Robert B Harris of Denton and George H Harris of Riverside California ten grandchildren nine great grandchildren plus several relatives and friends
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E. V. Harris
Amarillo
Bowie
Thurman
Harris
Pearl Gilliand
First Baptist Church
Retired
Civil Service Association
Golfers’ Association
Kentucky
Blacka Shaw Memorial
Winfred Moore
Od Baptist Church
Llano
Benny
David
Richard Bechtel
Billy
Bobby
Ralph Harris
Pearl Harris
Leo J. Dove
J. B. Bechtel
Ed Harris
Atchinson, Ka
Robert B. Harris
Denton
George H. Harris
Riverside Calif
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