Texas Legislature approves Shivers program and taxes
Gov. Allan Shivers wins passage of pay raises for public school teachers and state employees, plus funds for state buildings. A new tax package increases gas, corporate, and beer taxes to raise about $26 million annually, with gas slated to rise to 9 percent then step down. The session also debates an anti Communist bill, aggressive appropriation tagging, gas for irrigation, a Green Belt water authority, and public notices about insurance concerns.
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Austin
Tex
Allan Shivers
Rain water rights and soil conservation actions in Gillespie County
The article highlights farmers obligations for rainwater on their property and soil and water conservation efforts in Gillespie County. It notes legal considerations, storage strategies, and the role of the Soil Conservation District in guiding landowners to maximize water use, plus recent field work by Soil Conservation Service technicians aiding local landowners.
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Gillespie County
Gillespie County Soil Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
Willie Hahn
Meusebach Conservation Group
Erwin Ottmers
Rheingold
Johnny Wendel
Cherry Springs
Martin Dittmar
Cherry Spring
Franz Pressier
Grote Conservation Group
Edna Hahne
Stonewall
Harry Schlueter
Luckenbach
Emil
Sterling Wendel
Fredericksburg
Cherry Mountain
Emil Crenwelga
Pecan Creek
Eddie Ottmers
Cave Creek Conservation Group
Three Die In Head On Crash Near Johnson City
Three people including a New Braunfels family member and her child died when their car struck a detached trailer on Highway 281 near Johnson City at 3 p.m. The trailer belonged to a Dallas driver Carroll Ray Schuler. Mrs. Joy Faye Brady 25 her son Daniel and her mother Ruth Childress of South Plains died in the wreck. Brady was visiting Curtis Allen Brady Jr. in the area before overseas service aboard the USS Boxer in California. The crash remains under state patrol investigation.
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Joy Faye Brady
Schmidt Avenue
New Braunfels
Daniel
Ruth Childress
South Plains
Texas
Carroll Ray Schuler
Dallas
Brady
Curtis Allen Brady, Jr
California
H. H. Frye
Johnson City
New Braunfels Herald
Ida Warner Hosts Barbecue for Lou Moellendorf Confirmations
Mrs Ida Warner entertained with a barbecue dinner Sunday at the Henry Moellendorf home honoring Lou Moellendorf on his confirmation day. About 30 relatives and friends attended. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Sherman Comstock of Kerrville and other local couples visiting Harper area families.
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Ida Warner
Henry Moellendorf
Lou Moellendorf
Chas. Rogers
Mrs. Sherman Comstock
Kerrville
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Waco
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Tpa
Panhandle
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Grouth
Nocona
Garland A. Smith
Texas Board of Insurance Commissioners
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Robert B. Anderson
Defense
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United World Life of
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Joseph McCarthy
San Jacinto
Houston
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Niversity of Texas
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Cullen
Boo Kenny
Ronnie Dugger
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Texas Supreme Court
Jim Wells
South Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
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el Turbo) Lopez
Jacob S. Floyd Jr
Alice
Parr
Duval County
Department of Public Safter
Lyndon Johnson
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Beeville
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Coke R. Stevenson Jr
Texas Liquor Board
Stevenson
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Too
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Walter W. Williams Fill
Franklin
Wilame
Bergetrem Air Base
Wm. Keen
Mrs
Kittle Schrier
Junction
Watkins Tarr
Dod
Lon Parker
Round Mountain
Narper
Weslie Sagecer
Christi
Antonette Freeman
Colorado
J. D. Farmer
John Deere
Fairbanks Morse
Krauskopf Bros
Fredericksburg, Texas
Texaco
Elbert Feller
Mgr
Jersey Lilly Station
Albert Moellendorf
Texaco Gas and Oils
Your Merchant Marine
Ameria Machat Marine
Tommy Harlan
Richard
Eddie Reed
Francis Fritz
Max Grana
Mary Roeder
Henry Maurer
Bob Fritz
Castell
Walter Rothmann
Robert Maurer
San Antonio
James Kelly
Harper
Anita Thurman
Mobil Gas
Mobil Oil
H. Welge Lewis
P. O
Gulf Service Station
Harper, Texas
Richard Roeder
Gulf Gas & Oils
T-Bones
Elmo Baethge
Wwe
Farmers Grain Co., Inc
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