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Highlights From Your State Capital in Austin
In Austin lawmakers debate a tax bill to fund state coffers while legislative expense funds shrink. A Lyndon Johnson dinner in Austin honors leaders and Gov Daniel with Garner as honorary chair. Short items note tax receipts, boat registrations, traffic deaths, and session costs. Gas severance tax cases move through courts as pipelines challenge the levy.
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Austin
Tex
Legislative
Legislative Library
Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Municipal Auditorium
John Nance Garner
Uvalde
Tom Miller
Homer Thornberry
General Revenue Fund
Jesse James
Texas
Department of Public Safety
C. H. Cavness
Senate
House
Texas Research League
Commission On State and Local
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Tennessee Co
U. S. Supreme Court