Editorial urges balanced highway funding for Texas lakes and recreation
The Jasper News Boy editors urge the Texas Highway Department to set up special funds linking urban centers with lake and recreation areas. They argue rural and city residents alike travel weekends to countryside sites, needing better routes to lakes and rivers while acknowledging Texas highways' overall strength. The piece weighs Houston Chronicle criticism and urban rural road roles and asks legislators and THC to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Department
Sam D. Logan
Jasper
Texas
News-Boy
Texas Good Roads Association
Texas Parade Magazine
Ap- Piate
Clifton
Lake Whitney
Sam Rayburn
Logan
Houston Chronicle
Deep East Texas Development Association
Center
State Highway Department
Herbert C. Perry Jr
Texas Highway Commission
D. C. Greer
Perry
The
Institute of Traffic Engineers
THC
Houston
Petry
Texas panel seeks new constitution amid Beulah relief talks
The Constitutional Revision Commission in Austin added five senators to its membership but Lt. Gov. Smith contested legality, while Gov. Connally urged profound reforms. The panel plans 14 months of study, eight committees, and a possible statewide vote if lawmakers approve. Also, Beulah relief efforts trigger federal aid and policy clashes over water rights, dams, and flood coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Constitutional Revision Commission
Preston Smith
Senate
A. M. Atkin
Paris
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
J. P. Ward
Meridian
Don Kennard
Fort Worth
Henry Grover
Houston
John Connally
Commission
Connally
Robert Storey
Dallas
Larry Temple
San Antonio
W. W. McAllister
Rio Grande Valley
Small Business Administration
S BA
State Insurance Board
Carla
Railroad Commission
Gulf Coast
Conference On
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Red River
Cooper Dam
Corps of Engineers
Lake Texarkana
Texas Water
Ment Board
Johnson
Lake Texoma
Crawford Martin
Cooper Reservoir
Water Development Board
WDB
Joe G. Moore Jr
Frank Booth
Burton G. Hackney
State Department of Public Welfare
Clifton Gatesville grid classic sets big Friday night clash
Twenty years ago on October 10 1947 Clifton and Gatesville were to meet in a marquee football clash amid high expectations of excitement and action on Friday night drawing local fans and signaling a major regional showdown in the Clifton Record files.
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Clifton
Clifton and
Gatesville
Clifton Record reports football classic and local notes
The Clifton Record lists a City Park football classic at 7:30 with district title implications. Gatesville and Clifton fans debate favorites as Jinx Tucker predicts Gatesville slight edge. Scout troops and Tenderfoot badges shown at Baylor Arkansas game in Waco. Clifton Cubs fall 31 6 to Methodist Home Badgers. Buster Brown top scorer for visitors. Tax collectors urge steady tax payments. Omar Robinson notes 1947 notices exclude poll tax. voting requires poll tax payment.
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Clifton City Park
Jinx Tucker
Gatesville
Clifton
Clifton Boy Scout
Waco
Baylor - Arkansas
Muny Stadium
W. R. Robinson
Bobby Jameson
Morris Outlaw
J. T. Duty
Barney Barton
Russell Wilbanks
Leon Stacha
Tom Parks
Charles Orr
JR. Cubs
Methodist
Clifton High Cubs
Buster Brown
Tennie Robertson
Omar Robinson
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Clifton Record
West Sth Street
Sam D. Logan, Jr
Bosque Publishing Company, Inc
James W. Smith
Bart L. Ivey
Albert G. Smith
Pressman
Ruth Reierson
Juanita Smith
Bosque
Coryell
Hamilton Counties
Bosque County
Viaco Savings
MOME
West Wece Drive
Westview
Westelow Village
Bellmead
Bellmead Rho
Texas Water Rights Commission
J. H. Starley
Pecos
Edinburg
Starley
Clifton - Gatesville
P. O. Box
West 5Th Street
S. Ave. J
S. Ave. Q
Bosque Publishing Co., Inc
West 5Th St
Clifton, Texas
C. M. Hatch
North Wieser St
Hamilton
N. Ave Q
Tom and Pauline Hicks
Bienville Democrat
Arcadia
Sterling J. Edwards
W. Leon
Baylor
Arkansas
J. M. Martin
Lakeside Village
Hwys
P. O
Morgan
Kopperl
Kopperl TU
Sonotone
U.S
Sonotone of
Jack Jones
Cherry Street
Funeral Insurance
Clifton Funeral Home
Trinity River
Choice
Tom Green Co
San Angelo
T. E. Manning
South Irving San Angelo
Roy A
John Deere
Farmalls
Basque Equipment Company
N. Highway
S A
Winston B. Lucas
Irving
City Hall
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