Texas Comptroller outlines tax role and taxpayer focus
The state comptroller emphasizes tax collection as a core duty and pledges to make rules clearer and more efficient. He notes 240,000 businesses participate as citizen tax collectors and that 2.8 billion dollars in sales tax is collected annually, planning rule rewrites for clarity and efficiency.
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Comptroller
Comptroller's Office
Texas
Gladewater Kiwanis hears Boy Scout program talk
Gladewater High School junior Ricky Fair spoke on the Boy Scout movement from its 1900s origins to the BSA 65th birthday. He outlined Cub Scouts Webelos and Explorer tracks, merit badges, and the George Pirtle Scout Reservation at Lake Murvaul.
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Ricky Fail
Kiwanis
Johnny Dishman
Fail
Gladewater Kiwanis Club
Gladewater
Ricky Fair
Ricky
United States
London
England
Boy Scouts of America
Cub Scouts
Webelos
Boy Scouts
A !d
Explorer Scouts
George Pirtle
Lake Murvaul
The
Order of the Arrow
Scouts
Gladewater High School
Billie Sol Estes Convicted in Texas Mail Fraud Case
March 28 1963 Billie Sol Estes known as wizard of farm finance is convicted of mail fraud and conspiracy by a Texas jury. The brief item notes the outcome of a major financial case linked to Estes.
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Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Jack Benny
Ed Sullivan
Seward
Russia
Alaska
Planning a Budget for Your Household Finances
A guide to evaluating yearly car costs gas and oil maintenance insurance depreciation and more. It explores public transit major finance charges and which months were most expensive. It asks how last year compares to prior years and how to prepare for upcoming increases. It suggests budgeting plans and automatic savings through payroll deductions.
Population of nesting bald eagles rises in Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife biologist John Smith reports five nesting eagle pairs in Texas after a February survey. The nests in Victoria and Houston areas plus a new Orange County site yield several fledglings, with diets shifting from fish to birds and small mammals, possibly reducing pesticide intake. The U S Fish and Wildlife Service funded fixed-wing flights, TPW D financed helicopter surveys.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
John Smith
Louisiana
Smith
Texas
Victoria
Houston
Orange County
Florida
California
Parks and Wildlife Department
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Tp&wd
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