Legislature stalls on school finance reform and calls for hearings
In Austin the 63rd Legislature fails to agree on a stopgap school finance aid prompting House members to urge a special session. Governor Briscoe calls the idea premature while Rep. Dan Kubiak chairs hearings set for June 18 as 700 of 1,149 districts face financial trouble.
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Austin
House
Price Daniel
House Education Committee
Dolph Briscoe
Daniel
Briscoe
Dan Kubiak
Rockdale
Legislature Passes Ethics and Campaign Finance Disclosure Bills
Closing hours of the 63rd Legislature saw ethics and campaign finance disclosure bills approved with the secretary of state to handle filings. Governor Briscoe signed open meetings improvements and the new public access to information act is touted as a leading model. Overall output was down from 1971 with 688 bills passed and 2,746 introduced, including constitutional amendments.
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Secretary of State
Briscoe
Senate
House
State Supreme Court
Gulf Oil Corporation
Crane County
Permian Basin
Railroad Commission
Mid Town Mayor Faces Disillusionment and Reform
A city official navigates personal disappointment shaping leadership. The narrative examines how adversity tempers one figure while provoked resentment tests others within the municipal sphere.
Community Voices on Depot Loss and Local Influence
A town resident laments the planned demolition of the depot by the Railroad Commission and urges regional coalitions to influence decisions. He recalls rose beds revival under City Manager Bill Mitchell, praises local leadership, and muses on civic power and small towns banding together.
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Railroad Commission
The
Texas and Pacific
Ancel Nunn
San Marcos
Lyndon B. Johnson
Janice Walker
Oklahoma
Highway Department
Longview
Carthage
Port Arthur
Tyler
W. E. Mitchell
Bill Langford
Fred Alene
Martha
John Marshall
Elegant British Scandal Outshines Watergate Say Critics
Column argues British ministers resign with flair while American Watergate is dull and unromantic. Writer praises the British lord Privy Seal scandal for style and intrigue and laments the lack of similar elegance in U.S. politics.
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Deep East
Texas
Washington
Watergate
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Bill Hobby
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