Budget Board favors new Texas constitution over old by fiscal lens
The Legislative Budget Board, led by Lt Gov Bill Hobby and House Speaker Bill Clayton, finds the proposed constitution more favorable fiscally than Comptroller Bob Bullock, who deems it costlier but uncertain. A 6-0 vote notes no net cost figure due to unknown future legislative actions. Opponents Tom Creighton and Bill Heatley left during voting.
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Legislative Budget Board
Bob Bullock
Bill Hobby
House
Bill Clayton
Tom Creighton
Bill Heatley
Scandal in US grain inspections cited in Senate record
Senator Hubert Humprey cites New Republic article on a broad USDA grain inspection scandal. Indictments total 57 individuals and firms across New Orleans Houston Philadelphia Baltimore Duluth with bribe theft tax evasion and other crimes linked to ships and grain certificates.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
New Republic
New York Times
Department of Agriculture
USDA
Department
Rand
New Orleans
Houston
Des Moines Register
U. S
Gerald J. Gallinghouse
Porters
Palmisano
Micholas
Nassau
Bahamas
Old Philosopher Lampoons Politician’s Phrases
A reader letters page mocks political double speak and worn out phrases used by politicians. The writer highlights assorted lines about foxes guarding hen houses wheels and pigs in pokes with sharp irony, ending with a jab at costly rhetoric.
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East First Street
Cameron
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Usda Grain Inspection
Philadellhia
Baltimore
Duluth
All
Bank of Nova Scotia
Cook Industries
Honduras
CARE
Cooperative For American Relief Everywhere
Crump
Dateline Austin
Austin — Insurance
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Seacoast
Central
North-Northwest
Galveston
Austin
Lubbock
VRA
House Elections Committee
U.S. Department of Justice
Navy
Elections Committee
Rep
Luther Jones
el Paso
Inexco Oil Company
Monsanto
Houston Oil and Minerals Corp
Exxon
Kilroy Company of Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Jefferson County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Rio Grande Valley
Ity
State Supreme Court
Third Court of Civil Appeals
University of Texas
Supreme Court
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Congressional Record Daily
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Washington
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Ford
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