Briscoe Proposes $9.6 Billion Texas Budget Outline
The 1974-75 plan includes a $300 million contingency margin as a cushion for unexpected strains. It shows a budget that is about $100 million under the Legislative Budget Board proposal and roughly $200 million below Preston Smith's earlier plan.
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Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Legislative Budget Board
Preston Smith
Cameron TX Mall Parking Arena Undergoes Final Phase
Work began this weekend on the downtown Cameron mall parking area marking the last step before a full-scale streetscape redesign. The plan centers the mall with a walkway fountain and benches, while the outer thirds will hold paved parking and extra spaces, creating an open downtown space for events.
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Downtorn Cameron
Texas
Chinese Evasive When Asked To Reveal Airports
In Britain, China’s purchase of 20 Trident jetliners worth about 170 million drew praise for discernment and occasional evasiveness. Beijing disclosed ranges and airport heights but not exact locations, while questions about internal versus international use remained unclear. Hawker Siddeley highlighted the oddities of Chinese requirements and China signaled possible buys of Concordes and VC-10s, with Boeing 707s also on the table to diversify suppliers.
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Patrick Massey
London
Britain
Hawker Siddeley Aviation
Hawker Siddeley
Pakistan International Airways
Girl Scouts Week Planned Banquet By Local Troops
The Cameron neighborhood Brownie Troops 370 and 323 observe Girl Scout Week from March 11 to 17 with a banquet on March 15 at 7 p.m. in Methodist Fellowship Hall. The theme is Today's Vision Tomorrow's World as families attend. Founders Day falls on March 12 marking the 1912 start by Juliette Gordon Low.
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Cameron
Methodist Fellowship Hall
Juliett Low
Six Candidates Seek Three Seats on Rogers City Council
Six candidates run for three Rogers City Council seats in the April 7 city election with no mayoral contest. Dean Gommert current mayor. candidates include Walter McChrystal Elmer Don Williams Bill Reid Lloyd Ezzell and Lloyd Warwick. Former mayor Bob Persky filed for mayor, as noted on page 1.
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Rogers City
Bob Persky
Dean Gommert
Walter McChrystal
Elmer Don Williams
Bill Reid
Lloyd Ezzell
Lloyd Warwick
Gommert
Austin lawmakers begin budget work in no new tax plan
Top Texas legislators start budget writing as Gov. Briscoe proposes a $9.6 billion biennial appropriation with no new taxes and $300 million in unobligated funds. He aims to boost education and state agencies while keeping a cushion for court rulings and welfare needs. Editor events and ethics conference plans follow as courts issue rulings on land claims and motorist benefits.
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Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
House
Senate
Preston Smith
Legislative Budget Board
Texas
Austin
Bill Hobby
Price Daniel Jr
Mark White
John Hill
Jack Strong
Longview
Hobby
Strong
Supreme Court
San Patricio County
Fort Worth
Corsicana
All Kinds Of Job Printing For Your Business Needs
Local ad notes a printing service offering a variety of job printing for businesses. Contact 697-6671 for estimates and services.
Alcoa Plate Goes To Norway For LNG Tank project
Alcoa will supply seven million pounds of 5083 alloy aluminum plate for six spherical tanks on an LNG super tanker built for Gotaas Larsen Shipping. Plates produced at the Davenport Works will be shipped to Moss Rosenberg Shipbuilding Yard Norway, with delivery starting this summer.
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Alcoa
Texas
Kvaerner Brug A/S
Oslo
Norway
Aluminum Company of America
Davenport
Iawa
Kvaerner
Moss Rosenberg
Stavanger
George E. Herrman
LGN
Lafayette
Ind
Massena
N.Y
Gotaas Larsen Shipping
New York
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