Texas Legislature Opens With Unanimous Speaker and Early Probes
Kana is elected Speaker on the first day of the 1955 session as lawmakers push quick business. The Veterans Land Board orders a complete review of the Veterans Land Program with a Feb 15 deadline. Dennis Wallace becomes acting executive secretary after Lawrence C. Jackson resigns. two other senior staff depart. Conservative leaders take key House committees as they authorize scrutiny of a $135 million state operation. Rep. Max C. Smith remains House appropriations chair. Rep. Stanton Stone leads revenue and taxation. Prison Board resists extra building funds despite high populations and needed facilities. Rep. DeWitt Hale proposes women jurors and exemptions for nurses and mothers. A disguised fair trade bill may surface to curb discounting, though Texas bans unfair competition. Short Snorts mention Dan Moody Jr. of Austin.
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Lawrence C. Jackson
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Austin
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Shivers Seeks Tax Hikes To Solve Texas Finances
Governor Allan Shivers urged a two cent per gallon rise in gasoline tax and a one cent per pack cigarette tax to boost state funds. The plan would funnel millions to highway and school funds and general revenue, with support and opposition from legislators amid looming general fund shortfalls.
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The piece describes a woman who fled to the United States by private plane, married, and lived in Dallas with her husband and child. She faces possible deportation after learning her husband entered illegally, with the tale tying into a racketeering scheme affecting immigrants. It mentions an uncle, Sella Herzfeld, a Fort Worth clothing manufacturer. A Washington article lists six young Republicans as GOP 1960 presidential possibles, including Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Anderson, noted for Texas state service and Wagginer Waggoner Ranch ties in Vernon.
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Ram sey names Senate parliamentarian and Texas reform plans
Lt. Gov Ben Ram sey appoints a Senate parliamentarian while Rep Jerry Sadler drafts legislation to expand state junior colleges to 51 and cut two years from UT instruction. U S District Attorney Charles F Herring criticizes Texas as a national gateway for bootleg drugs. Narcotics expert W E Naylor cites millions in narcotics moving from Mexico over the Rio Grande. Trinity Improvement Association envisions lakes and seven locks to turn the Trinity River into a navigable canal between the Gulf Coast and Dallas Fort Worth.
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Percilla
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Texas
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Whooping Cranes Seen Near Refuge Amid Migration Woes
The article notes only twenty one Whooping Cranes migrating to the refuge this fall, down from twenty four last spring, with officials fearing some may have been shot by hunters misidentifying the birds. Refuge staff cite limited observer expertise and ongoing conservation education as factors in public interest. Authorities point to nesting near Great Slave Lake and a historical wintering in Mexico, but no young birds were seen this season.
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Great Slave Lake
Buffalo Woods National Park
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