Dual Office Employees Being Double-Checked
The Texas state comptroller, after a recent court ruling, surveys judges district attorneys and state agencies to identify state employees holding two offices in violation of the constitution. Comptroller Robert S. Calvert is withholding paychecks for 10 state workers awaiting review.
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Texas Constitu
Robert S. Calvert
Austin
Texas Supreme Court
Calvert
High Court
David H. Brown
Sherman
National Mediation Board
The
Nation Railroad Adjustment Board
Brown
Charles B. Watson
Sharon Tate
California
Herman Jones
Texas A&m University
College Station
Jones
United States
Christmas Firsts By Clark Kinnair
A historical survey traces native and colonial toys across the Americas from Powhatan region dolls to carved boards and tops. It notes toy evolution through early settlers in Virginia and references Carl Drepperd on American toy origins and the Crandall family's craft.
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Powhatan Confederacy
Florida
Mexico
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Central America
South America
America
Carl Drepperd
Mansfield Proposes Federal Violent Crimes Compensation Commission
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield introduced a bill to create a federal Violent Crimes Compensation Commission to provide direct money awards to victims injured in crimes under federal jurisdiction. He urged swift action when Congress returns next year.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Violent Crimes Compensation Commission
Congress
America
Mansfield
Allaboard safety device touted for boatmen
Charley Russell of the American Red Cross describes an Allaboard, a home built safety and utility board eight by sixteen inches, fiberglassed on one side. It serves as a ladder, gang plank, fender, and recovery aid to help boatmen, fishers, and sailors reboard, rescue, or stabilize craft in rough water.
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James N. Miller
Central Press Association
Washington
Red Cross
Charley
Red) Russell
American Red Cross Safety Program
Russell
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Tion
Clark Kinnair
London Company of Adventurers
Virginia
Jamestown
John Smith
Crandall
King Features Syndicate
Federal Mediation Board
Cuero
Daily Record
DeWitt County
Cuero Daily Record
Cuero Record
the Record Office
Cuero, Texas
DeWitt
Post Office
Victoria
Jackson
Lavaca
Karnes
Gonzales
Goliad
U. S. Mail
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