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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1955
Page
7
Governor Allan Shivers presents a plan to raise gasoline by two cents per gallon and cigarette tax by one cent per pack to help Texas finances. The proposal would add funds to highway and school programs and boost the general fund, with tuition increases for state colleges, while facing conservative opposition and potential general fund deficits. New House Speaker Jim Lindsey of Texarkana is noted.
Kana becomes Speaker on the first day of the 1955 session after unanimous election. The Serth Legislature orders a complete task into the Veteran's Land Program as its first act. Senate investigations resume. a Feb 15 deadline is set. Dennis Wallace now acts as executive secretary of the Board after temporary leadership. Col J Earl Rudder announces resignations of two key staffers U S McCutcheon and H Lee Richey. Conservatives head key House committees as lawmakers face a $135 million state operations budget. Rep Max C Smith and Rep Stanton Stone chair appropriations and revenue panels. Prison Board declines extra building funds despite high population and needed facilities. A bill to allow women jurors is proposed with exemptions for nurses and mothers. A disguised fair trade bill may surface to curb discounting, though Texas anti trust law blocks unfair competition. Dan Moody Jr. is mentioned in brief.
A Con could travel to the United States as a private plane and did so. A woman in Dallas faced possible deportation after entering the country illegally and being a racket victim. Her uncle Sella Herzfeld, a Fort Worth clothing manufacturer, is mentioned. A Washington paper listed six young GOP prospects for 1960 including Robert Anderson, deputy secretary of defense, noted for Texas state service and Waggoner ranch manager duties in Vernon.
Lt. Gov Ram sey names a Senate parliamentarian while Rep Jerry Sadler proposes legislation to expand state junior colleges to fifty one and ends UT system instruction after two years. U S District Attorney Charles F Herring notes Texas as a national gateway for bootleg drugs as narcotics cross the border from Mexico. Trinity Improvement Association outlines plans for lakes and seven locks on the Trinity River to turn it into a navigable canal between the Gulf Coast and Dallas Fort Worth.
Refuge staff report only a small portion of the objective achieved as conservation education draws public to the Jackjack Penninsula. Fall flight totaled twenty one cranes, down from twenty four last spring. officials fear continued losses from hunting and uncertain wintering in Mexico remains possible.
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