Texas lawmakers seek private college tuition relief and UIL overhaul
Rep. Lyon Nabers of Brownwood proposes three bills to aid private college students by equalizing tuition at state and non-state schools, funding private schools per Texas graduate, and a new tuition scholarship program. Other actions include traffic citation reform, UIL abolition efforts under state board control, court rulings on Sunday closing laws, and COPSE tax equity findings.
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Lyon Nabers
Brownwood
Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System
Texas
Maurice Angly
Austin
Angly
U.N
University Interscholastic League
Burke Musgrove
Breckenridge
UIL
State Board of Education
Musgrove
Bill Swanson
Houston
House Public Education Committee
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Fort Worth Sundaco Inc
State Supreme Court
San Antonio Discount Houses
Bexar County District
High Court
Cameron ISD Leads in Valuation Accuracy Five Years On
Cameron Independent School District shows progress a COPSE survey says 2 percentage points shy of claimed valuation, with CISD at 25 percent claimed versus 23 percent actual. The report notes many districts miss by 10 to 25 percent, and praises Cameron area leadership in education progress statewide.
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Cameron Independent
Committee On Public School Education
COPSE
Austin
Dallas
Tex
Milam County
Point
Cameron
Texas
Paris
Eisenhower’s Gift: The Inability to Hate
Dwight D. Eisenhower is praised for an extraordinary capacity to refrain from hate. The piece notes his leadership in World War II and as president, his humility, and the lasting respect shown by figures like President Nixon after his burial in Abilene, Kansas. It emphasizes his self knowledge and spiritual integrity as defining traits.
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Dwight David Eisenhower
Europe
Nixon
Ike Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Abiliene
Kansas
Dwight Eisenhower
Inflateable dummy scheme sparks rural safety thoughts
A reader cites urban crime fears and recalls a 1930s style inflatable dummy to deter would be thieves. The letter mentions SMU honor students and a wish to obtain a life sized decoy for a tractor seat to create the impression of work while reading inside.
Thank you note from Joe Lewis on sales clinic meeting
A letter to Mr. Luecke expresses gratitude for a sales clinic meeting attended by Mrs. Lewis and the writer. It compliments the meal at The Texan and praises the constructive training value, noting the event may need limits as word of mouth spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Luecke
LeMans
Pontiac
Perrin Ivey Win Science Awards At Central Texas Fair
Two Yee High School seniors earned top honors at the Central Texas Regional Science Fair held in Waco. Bill Perrin won the U S Army award and the Central Texas Society of Professional Engineers award for Computer Assisted Integration. Tom Ivey received a special award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics for Aerodynamics in the senior division. More than 320 students from an 11 county area entered projects across two divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Texas
Bill Perrin
U. Ss. Army
Central Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Tom Ivey
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Texas
Waco
Haines on Leave Visiting Cameron Couple
UT3 Roy Haines is on leave visiting Mr and Mrs Roy Barmore in Cameron. He will return to Vietnam where he serves with a U.S. Navy Seabee unit.
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Roy Haines
Roy Barmore
Cameron
Vietnam
Legal duty when lending a car to others
Courts say loaning a car carries liability if the owner knew of defects or failed to warn of risks that a borrower could not reasonably detect. Foreseeable dangers to the public or third parties can trigger responsibility, while owners are not required to perform exhaustive inspections or warn about obvious issues.
Texas Senate crafts $5.8 billion budget with 63.3 million tax rise
In Austin the Senate advanced a $5.8 billion appropriations bill for 1970-71, proposing at least 63.3 million in new taxes to fund state agencies. The plan would add 150 highway patrolmen 50 narcotics agents and 10 intelligence staff plus an Austin police training academy expansion. House leaders push for a no tax increase budget including medical dental and college planning funds.
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Austin
Senate
State Department of Public Safety
Homer Garrison Jr
House
Gus Mutscher
Preston Smith
Confernee
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Herald and
Public Service
Walter Williams
Milam
East First Street
Frank M. Luecke
Don Scarbrough
Intecrarres
Toe
Ben Milam
Peet
Troms
Court of Criminal Appeals
Little Josephine
Big Houston
Leon Jaworski
Wlouston
Joe W. Burkett Jr
Kerrville
Tom Gordon
Abilene
Texas Liquor Control Board
Leslie R. Neal
San Antonio
Water Rights Commission
Dorsey Hardeman
San Angelo
William S. Blakemore LI
Midland
CISD
Steve Smith
SMU
Southern Methodist University
Stephen W. Smith
Ilam
McFarlin Memorial Auditorium
Smith
Niley Smith
Institute of Technology
J. A
Perrin
Ivey
Haines
Suet Nic
Dateline Austin
By Vern Sanford
House Lasved
University of Texas Medical School
Trivate College
Texas College
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