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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1966
Page
4
The 30th annual Race Meet and Billy Sale take place in Junction this weekend. A street parade occurred Thursday morning. Seven races are set for Thursday, six for Friday, and seven for Saturday including the Junction Derby. The Billy Sale runs Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. with 100 head sold each day. Hank Thompson and the Brazos.
W C Henderson announces a big week in Junction featuring the Hill Country Fair Association annual three day affair. Valley Play Boys provide music for dances at night as K Consert president and Wm R Allen secretary treasurer welcome all to attend statewide event.
State agencies request 1.2 billion dollars from the general revenue fund for the next biennium, doubling current appropriations and covering education, health, housing, water, and prison needs. Officials anticipate tax increases, with forecasts suggesting a 290 million dollar bill and a possible 1 percent sales tax hike, while Connally weighs a life sentence proposal for insane killers.
The governor orders a study of life imprisonment for insanity pleas and directs the State Public Safety to compile all facts on sniper Whitman. A medical brain study is planned at Anderson Heist and Tumor Institute in Houston. Lt. Gov. Smith also directs a feasibility study on life terms for killers pleading insanity. Congressmen Rogers and Satterwhite decline Democratic nominations for reelection.
Final judgement in an 11 year dispute over Rio Grande water rights is expected soon. Judge J H Starley issued a 100 page decree splitting water among Hidalgo Cameron Willacy and Starr counties on a priority basis. The ruling could raise land values and influence irrigation districts and independent pumpers.
Executive Officer Hutchison of the Nimitz Museum Project will visit Honolulu next week to publicize the Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz Memorial Naval Museum. He will address Governor Burns and speak at the Seabees Veterans of America National Convention at the Ilikai Hotel. The Seabees served under Admiral Nimitz in World War II and are linked to Hawaii and Guam.
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