Milam County Faces Tax Base Strains and Finances
In Milam County the aging tax base and cuts to early payment discounts prompt calls for ambulance service funding, a Milam Museum in the old jail, and higher pay for investigators and law enforcement. Officials note Alcoa's Rockdale Works revived the economy in the 1950s, but 1970s revenue sharing and Washington debates threaten future revenue.
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Milam
Cameron
Alcoa
Rockdale
Washington
Milam Co
Festivals of Justification and Bicentennial Reflections
This essay introduces a series on American issues exploring how national holidays shape unity and dissent. It recalls 1826 celebrations, Jefferson and Adams deaths, and the tension between ideals and reality in U S history while foreseeing Bicentennial debates and the role of later writers in re interpreting national values. The next piece focuses on work in America.
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Smith College
Republic
Continental Congress
Richard Henry Lee
Great Britain
Congress
Jefferson
Lexington Green
Minutemen
United States
John Quincy Adams
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Virginia
Massachusetts
Adams
America
Daniel Boorstin
New Republic
France
Soviet Union
China
South
Georgia
Ford
Robert Heilbroner
Paul Samuelson
Walter LaFeber
Neil Harris
Texas Eyes NYSE Rift as New Lone Star Finance Hub
An article in Texas Parade notes Texas could lure the New York Stock Exchange as a bold, feasible step in reshaping national finance. It argues Houston or Dallas Fort Worth could host NYSE operations, with Texas leveraging its petroleum, manufacturing, and tech leadership to build required financial capacity.
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Texas
Texas Parade
New York Stock Exchange
Dudley Lynch
New York City
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Dudley
NYSE
Rome
Athens
Houston
Fort Worth-Dallas
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Ed Allison
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Cameron Herald
Prank M. Luecke
Clydell Seaton
University of California Extension
San Diego
National Endowment For the Humanities
Regents of the
University of California
Andrew Jackson
Robert L. Heilbroner
National Newspaper Association
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