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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1955
Page
3
Brady folks praised Matthews brothers enterprise at Peg Leg ranch in Menard County. They plan 100 acres irrigation, dam across the San Saba, and a rock-dumping trolley scheme. A San Saba waterwheel supplies running water, and Jim Matthews built a 100-chick incubator.
Texas Senator Jimmy Phillips set a national filibuster record during 22 hours of debate but failed by a 14 to 11 vote to secure an extra one million dollars for John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. The administration pushed a 1.5 billion general appropriations bill, the largest in Texas history, through both chambers amid tax discussion and probes of veterans land deals.
Vernon L. Burge and Capt. Harold Roy appear in a wirephoto image with Tom Powell, president of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, as background context.
The School Land Board plans to auction 186000 acres and offer leases on 160000 acres of other land. Gov. Al high Shivers will attend a May 4-5 Washington conference of Democratic governors invited by National Committee Chair Paul M. Butler. A gas conservation bill to regulate wellhead prices advances with an 89 to 52 vote to print after committee deadlock. Two city annexation measures move through the legislature seeking first rights to incorporate areas within five miles and state board oversight.
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