Constitutional amendment on insanity trials urged in Texas
The article covers proposed House Joint Resolution No. 11 adding Section 15-a to Article I, requiring competent medical or psychiatric testimony for commitment of persons of unsound mind and outlining trial, appeal, and jury waiver provisions. It notes the election date November 6, 1956, and details ballot language and voting method. Also lists local visitors and social notes from Tennyson.
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HOUSE
State of Texas
State OF
Texas
Texan
Texas Proposes Oath Amendment for State Officers
House Joint Resolution 46 proposes amending Article XVI Section 1 to require a new oath for members of the Legislature and all elected and appointed officers of Texas. It sets the form of affirmation and prescribes voter ballot language for a November 20A6 election and directs the Governor to issue the proclamation.
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HOUSE
State of
Texas
State of Texas
United States
MEL Estado
Texas House Joint Resolution No. 9 on bail denial amendment
Proposes adding Section 11a to Texas Constitution to allow denial of bail for felons with two prior convictions after a hearing, with 60 day trial deadline and right of appeal. Sets election timing for November 1954 and requires gubernatorial proclamation and publication.
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HOUSE
State of Texas
State of
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas Proposal to Expand Veterans' Land Board Bonds
Senate Joint Resolution No 2 proposes amending Section 49 b to enlarge the Veterans' Land Fund bond authority to 200 million dollars and set terms for board composition, bond sale conditions, and use of funds for land purchases for World War II and later veterans with an election to be held in November 1956.
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Senate
Texas
Veterans’ Land Board
Veterans’ Land Fund
State OF
General Land Office
Veterans’ Affairs
Veterans’ Land Program
State of Texas
United States
United States of America
General Revenue Fund
Attorney General of
Texsa
Asid
Visit Tells Of Local People Friday Evening Meetings
Idus England of Muskogee Oklahoma visited with the John Gastons Friday evening. Mary Corley has gone to Stephenville to visit with the M. C. Lowery family.
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Idus England
Muskogee
Oklahoma
John Gastons
Mary Corley
Stephenville
M. C. Lowery
Methodist Church Ushering In New Pastor At Sunday Services
The church announces Sunday School at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. worship led by the new pastor Rev. Lynn Loefer. All members are urged to attend and visitors are welcome.
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Lynn Loefer
McCutchen Family Visits Grand Prairie After Heart Attack
Mr and Mrs L F McCutchen and Mrs M O McCutchen along with Mrs Dink Beaver traveled to Grand Prairie for two days after word reached them that W F Saunders, brother in law and son in law, had suffered a heart attack.
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L. F. McCutchen
M. O. McCutchen
Dink Beaver
Grand Prairie
W. F. Saunders
Weck
Local Visits Highlight Weatherford Family Gatherings
Novelee Littlefield of Weatherford stayed with her uncle J. M. Rippe toe and was joined by nephew Jimmy Bernard from Arlington. Claude Ward, Mrs. Billy Joe Luckett and others visited J. O. White’s home in Lamesa, meeting sister Mrs. J. W. Stone of Long Beach and returning with Mrs. Gerald Stroud for a visit. Mrs. Frank Pope of Denton spent time with her son-in-law Joe Rawlings and family.
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Novelee Littlefield
Weatherford
J. M. Rippetoe
Jimmy Bernard
Arlington
Claude Ward
Billy Joe Luckett
Lamesa
J. O. White
J. W. Stone
Long Beach
Calif
Gerald Stroud
Frank Pope
Denton
Joe Rawlings
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Tennyson
Mrs
John Gaston
Davy Corley
Bronte Hospital
Ben Brooks
James Cotten
Rosemary Dorley
Hollywood
J. A. Prugel
Eden
Hoyt Craig
Eileen
Ann King
Miles
Bill Brooks
Baby
Sterling City
Ray Johnson
Kansas City, Kans
Ben Murphey
Marvin Corleys
Herman Archer
Erve Little
J. W. Latham
O. L. Pittmans
Bronte
John Clark
G. B. Gunn
San Angelo
Hervey Latham
Suzanne
Noodle
Tommy
Otto Finck
Mrrs
B. D. Dunn
Jack Corley
C. D. Derricks
Martha Clark
Duane Tuckers
Betty
Marvin Corley
Peggy
Benny
Gussie Thomas
Kansas City
Jack Sharp
William and
Margaret
Big Spring
Buck Weaver
Granite Shoals Lake
Kingsville
William Jesse Green
Douglas Ditmore
Bud Hurst
Tom Green
Floyd Gibson
Joel Webbs
Nolan
Eris Miller
Apn
Dole
Winslow Asparagus
Stokely’s
Brown Beauty Macaroni Dinner
Free Frontier
Bronte Ice Co
Salt Park
Cello
Franks
Ade
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