Flesh and Blood Drives Cameron ISD Bond Debate
Pro and con discussion frame the Cameron ISD bond proposal as a matter of student futures rather than bricks. Voters hear of comparable Texas districts like Georgetown Caldwell Rosebud Lott and Travis learning center projects as examples of the potential impact on living conditions and opportunity for the next generation.
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Cameron
Central
Texas
Georgetown
Caldwell
Rosebud -Lott
Travis
Fifth Circuit Vacates Injunction on Laneport North San Gabriel Dams
The Fifth Circuit in New Orleans vacates the injunction blocking construction at Laneport and North San Gabriel Dams clearing the way for bid openings. Bids set for October 17 involve initial embankment and partial excavation of the Laneport spillway as environmental reviews loom in hearings this fall.
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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Laneport
North San Gabriel
Laneport Lake
Austin
Congress
South San Gabriel
Bell County
Corps of Engineers
Circuit Court
Insurance Board battle widens Texas special session
In Austin the rejection of Secretary of State Bob Bullock from the State Insurance Board sparks talk of Ralph Yarborough as the governor’s next choice. Yarborough denies offers while AFL-CIO leader Evans and Sen Mauzy push for his appointment despite opposition. The session widens beyond insurance to fiscal policy, with bills on trailer brakes and offshore ports debated as state officials warn highway funding lags behind needs.
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Austin
Tex
Senate
Bob Bullock
State Insurance Board
Preston Smith
U. S
Ralph W. Yarborough
Insurance Board
Yarborough
Afl-Cio
Roy Evans
Oscar Mauzy
Smith
Mauzy
Bullock
Larry Teaver
Ben Barnes
State Board of Insurance
Secretary
Dallas
House
Texas Film Commission
Readers seek breakdown of tax math in school bond plan
Letter writer questions a $12.00 increase from a $1.40 rate hike on a $5,000 valuation and asks for explanation of the math used in the proposed school bonding program. The page also notes corrections and assorted state finance items related to highways and public offices.
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Luecke
Tower Tours TSTI Campus in Waco During Senate Swing
Sen John Tower visited the James Connally campus of Texas State Technical Institute in Waco during a Central Texas campaign swing. He spoke to about 400 students, discussed Washington conditions, Vietnam, and defense spending, and praised TSTI’s vocational education during a noon luncheon. He endorsed bilingual education bills and noted space shuttle booster power equivalence.
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John Tower
Texas State Technical Institute
Waco
Texas
U.S. Senate
Sen. Tower
James Connally
Baylor University
Roy Dugger
TSTI
J. H. Kultgen
Board of Regents
Jack Tom
Vietnam
Russia
Soviet Union
Tower
Nixon
Paris
Rio Grande
Harlingen
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Aluminum Company of America
John C. White
Omaha
Neb
Kansas City
Art Institute
ALCOA
Roy S. Newton
E. W. Atkinson
Shreveport
Greer
Highway Department
Federal Highway Trust Fund
AG Opinions
Court of Criminal Appeals
Crawford Martin
Martin
U. S. Postal Service
U. S. Government
Sen. John Tower
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