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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1968
Page
3
Rural Texas counties show a 3.5 percent voter gain in the first reports to Comptroller Calvert, while Dallas Harris and Bexar counties report larger gains. Many rural voters over 65 in small towns must now register, boosting qualified voters toward an estimated 4,000,000.
Conferences discuss boosting industry with five panels led by leaders from Aluminum Company of America and Ling-Temco-Vought. A Spanish cattle breeders directory aims to lure Latin buyers. Water monitoring expands with 802 sites to 1,000, plus plans for Lake projects and federal land acquisitions. Texas Tourism hosts travel writers to study Lone Star regions.
Gov. John Connally backs training programs to trim welfare rolls and raise taxes. He endorses a $9 million federal grant for a Harlingen technical institute and proposes a permanent state agency to run it after next year’s legislature. He also urges A&M University and James Connally Air Force Base to initiate the state’s first program of this kind. Barrera named state secretary. Hill resigns to run for governor. Courts announce several, including sit‑in fines at Cafe Raven and the Wessels rape conviction with new trial. Industry leaders slated for Governor’s Conference on Industrial Expansion.
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