Texas lawmakers push tax plan to fund state programs
Rep. Mace Stewart proposes repealing the corporation franchise and motor vehicle taxes in favor of a 10 by 10 percent on corporate income and a business invoice tax aiming to raise 430 million in two years. Fellow Rep. Charles Wilson seeks a 3 percent tax on billboards to add up to 15 million. House committee actions target Gov. Price Daniel’s deficit plan, with hearings on fire insurance gross premiums tax and private utilities tax rates, plus education and welfare proposals. A night session will hear a state water commission bill as Daniel recommends.
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Austin
UPI
Mace Stewart Jr
Galveston
Stewart
Texas
Annapolis
Rep
Charles Wilson
Trinity
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Price Daniel
Daniel
General Revenue Fund
Highway Fund
House
Franklin Spears
Max Carriker
Roby
Leon Thurman
Anson
Bremond
Iinn
Doyle Willis
Fort Worth
Senate
Constitutional Amendments Committee
House State Affairs Committee
San Antonio
Board of Water Engineers
Texas Highway Department
AFL CIO rejects stewardess charter split
The AFL CIO Executive Council turned down a request by airline stewardesses for a separate charter from pilots. President George Meany said further investigation would be done to address the internal issue. Kennedy urged labor unity while Goldberg outlined administration plans to restore the economy and meet neglected needs.
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Miami Beach
UPS
Afl-Cio Executive Council
AFL- Cio
George Meany
Kennedy
Labor Council
United Front
Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
General Council
Congress
Goldberg
Council
School Board To Meet With City Council Tonight
Members of the Childress Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet the City Council at 7 30 p m to discuss tax valuations between the two subdivisions.
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Childress Independent School District
Rabbits Turn to Snake Hunt Two Workers Fight Rattlesnakes
Two Index employees planned rabbit shooting on a warm Sunday but found rattlesnakes basking on a cliff den southwest of Childress. About 31 snakes were killed as Mickey Parnell helped dig them out and Allen Lacy did most of the shooting.
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The
Index
Childress
Mickey Parnell
Allen Lacy
Kennedy Aid Bill Backed by Ways and Means Panel
The House Ways and Means Committee planned to approve the second part of Kennedy's emergency program offering up to 305 million dollars in public assistance for needy children of unemployed parents.
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Washington
UPI
House Ways & Means Committee
Kennedy
Texas Man and Woman Detained in Houston Real Estate Case
FBI agents arrested Leslie Douglas Ashley a 23 year old impersonator and Carolyn Ann Lima a 19 year old in New Orleans bound up with a Houston real estate broker killing. They face charges of transporting a stolen car tied to Fred Tones 42 who was shot six times and burned February 6.
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New York
UPI
Texas
Houston, Tex
FBI
Leslie Douglas Ashley
Carolyn Ann Lima
West Side
Charlies Scott
Ashley
Miss Lima
Houston
New Orleans
Fred Tones
Tones
John Thornton
J. W. Kindred
Slaying of 4 year old Edith Kiccorius prompts nationwide hunt
Police seek a toothless drunken man described as 5 3, in his early fifties, renting a room under the name Fred Thompson. About 20 000 face sketches and a nationwide alert issued after Edith Googie Kiccorius was found murdered in a Manhattan rooming house. The medical examiner says the child was sexually assaulted and killed the day she disappeared.
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United Press International New York
UPI
Edith
Googie) Kiccorius
Fred Thompson
Googie
Thompson
Robert Gallati
Manhattan
10000 Now Homeless in Mississippi
A Texas born storm blankets New Mexico Texas and Kansas with snow while threatening heavy snowfall from South Central Kansas to central Illinois and Indiana. President Kennedy declares parts of Mississippi a disaster area and offers federal funds as Indiana reports five deaths and power and communications outages.
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Kennedy
Mississippi
U.S. Weather Bureau
Kansas
Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Alabama
Georgia
Ross Barnett
Missile Launch Program In Mess Costly Revisions Delay
A House subcommittee report says missile launcher construction at about 20 Air Force bases is now costing about 992 million dollars versus 899 million planned. Chains of changes and behind schedule work have driven up costs with 119 required launcher changes at Ellsworth and 1,214 added drawings at Lincoln.
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Washington
UPI
House
Harry R. Sheppard
D-Calif
Defense Department
Unitd Press International
Air Force
Army
Ellsworth Air Force Base
S.D
Atlas
Lincoln Air Force Base
Neb
U N Peacekeepers Attacked in Congo Uprising
In Leopoldville the U N faced a wave of violence as Congolese soldiers injured a white UN secretary and attacked four Canadian UN troops. UN chief Dayal warned Congo army against brutal acts while civilians and Lumumbist columns stir tensions near the capital.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Kasai
Girl Knocked In River Presumed Dead Near Burkburnett Bridge
A 16 year old girl, Dottie Mae Hall of Burkburnett Texas, was knocked from a bridge into the Red River and is presumed dead after the Sunday accident near Burkburnett. Rescue teams planned to resume at daybreak while authorities reported the body not yet found.
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Press International
Red River
Texas
Oklahoma
Dottie Mae Hall
Burkburnett
Tex
Burkburnnett
United
Vohnneal Brawdy
Gainesville
Vohnneal Brawdy Jr
Cat Stuck on 35-Foot Pole Rescued by Helpers
In Pittsburgh a cat perched 35 feet high survived a tornado like storm and gave birth to two kittens while stranded. UPI photographer Jim Herrmann and retiree John Burgess used a cardboard box and bait to coax the cat into a retrieval box and bring it down. The two newborns reportedly died falling from the pole though the mother was saved and adopted by eight year old Mike Adrian.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Mike Adrian
Animal Rescue League
Jim Herrmann
John Burgess
Herrmann
Burgess
Mike
Michael
Bond Sales Start Slow in Childress County
Bond sales in Childress County began January at 4.5 percent of the yearly quota. Castro led the district at 40.5 percent, followed by Swisher at 23.6. Other counties ranged from Palmer 18.8 to Floyd 4.1, with Gene Frisbie the county chairman and Jim Willson Sr. the district chairman.
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Childress County
Jay Taylor
Amarillo
Castro County
Swisher County
Palmer
Briscoe
Hall
Hale
Bailey
Motley
Lamb
Cottle
Floyd
Gene Frisbie
Jim Willson, Sr
Floydada
Snow Storm Strikes High Plains Amid Warm to Cold Swing
Snow and gusty winds up to 50 mph hit the Texas Panhandle as part of a February cold front. The U S Weather Bureau warned of a developing system from New Mexico and West Texas bringing more snow and heavy rain potential from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley. Up to four inches could accumulate in the southern Panhandle and upper South Plains with drifting conditions and small craft advisories stretching from Morgan City to Brownsville before winds ease by Tuesday. Temperature ranged from 25 in Dalhart to 63 in Corpus Christi as a springlike weekend gave way to a cold snap.
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Texas Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
New Mexico
West Texas
Panhandle
Upper South Plains
Gulf Coast States
Ohio Valley
United States
Morgan City
Brownsville
North Texas
Texarkana
Fort Worth
Dallas
South Plains
Dalhart
Corpus Christi
Presidio
Amarillo
Kennedy Begins Sixth Week in White House
President Kennedy returns to Washington to start his sixth week at the White House after a weekend at the family estate in Middleburg Virginia. He traveled by helicopter, arriving at 9 25 a m ahead of a planned session with science and technology advisers.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
White House
Middleburg
Postpone Meeting of Junior High PTA
The Junior High PTA meeting has been moved from Wednesday March 1 to Wednesday March 8. The Junior High Band will provide the program, announced publicity chairman Mrs. Herbert Clift.
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PTA
Herbert Clift
Conrad Leaves On Trip Around The World
Max Conrad nicknamed Flying Grandfather launched a 2,000 mile around the world flight from Miami at 8 67 am aiming to set new records. The 58 year old pilot will fly a westerly route via Long Beach Honolulu Wake Manila Singapore Bombay Lagos Dakar Trinidad returning to Miami with a passenger.
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Miami
UPI
Grandpa
Max Conrad
Conrad
Winona
Minn
Conroad
Richard Jennings
NBC
Long Beach
Calif
Honolulu
Wake Island
Manila
Singapore
Bombay
Nairobi
Lagos
Dakar
Trinidad
Pacific
Senior Class Play Curtain Time Change
Curtain time for the Senior Class Play is 7 30 p m Friday. The production Pride and Prejudice is a romantic comedy directed by Miss Nellie Agnes Kennedy of the High School Speech Department.
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Nellie Agnes Kennedy
Free Whitewall Tires At Phil Lips Stations
An offer to register for free white wall tires is advertised at Phil Lips stations, inviting customers to sign up for a promotional tire giveaway.
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Phillips Stations
Trimester plan aims to cut college time at Pitt and beyond
The trimester plan at University of Pittsburgh, begun in 1957, would let a bachelor’s degree be earned in two and two thirds years with 15 week terms. It drew rapid rollout to nearly 100 institutions and boosted enrollments beyond expectations. early adopters included lower income students and older learners.
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New York
UPI
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt
Edward H. Litchfield
Litchfield
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United Nations
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