Gasoline tax burden trends noted by industry committee
The American Petroleum Industries Committee reports the average annual gasoline tax per vehicle rose over the decade. In 1990 it stood at $18 while projections show a burden above $56 by 1940. Federal tax collections through 1989 matched all other excise taxes, with a 50 percent tax rate increase and future gasoline revenue about one third higher than other manufacturers taxes. Mrs. John S. Whitewood and children visited Harper Tuesday evening.
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United States
American Petroleum Industries
Mr and Mrs Bob Rogers Visit Fredericksburg Family Trip
Mr and Mrs Bob Rogers and their son traveled to Fredericksburg on Wednesday for a family outing.
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Bob Rogers and
Fredericksburg
GasolineTax Revenue Grows Faster Than Road Spending
Figures from the American Petroleum Industries Committee show last year’s gasoline tax and motor vehicle fees rose by about half a billion dollars over a decade earlier, while state road maintenance and construction spending increased by only 11 million dollars. Dr. Mrs. Louise Merritt, Mrs. J. B. Birt, and Ellis Granville traveled to Fredericksburg on Wednesday.
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American Petroleum Industries Committee
Louise Merritt
J. B. Birt
Ellis Granville
Fredericksburg
Center Point Woman Drowns in Swollen Creek
Comfort News reports Mrs. Emma Walcott of Center Point drowned when her car was carried by floodwaters in Spring Creek. Her body found three hours later two miles away in Verde Creek. She had just taken her sons Edward and Eldon to school and failed to notice the dangerous torrent. Two men nearby attempted a rescue as the vehicle was washed downstream.
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Comfort News
Kerr County
Emma Walcott
Center Point
Spring Creek
Verde Creek
Uncle Sam Army Salute Echoes in Wartime Verse
A veterans poem contrasts home sickness with service life in the U S Army. It reflects the harshness of camp life and the demand for discipline while highlighting a former Big Springs resident Mrs. Walcott and her kin. The piece blends humor and patriotism in a wartime voice.
Inexpensive Appliances Add to Comforts of Electrified Farm
Farmers increasingly embrace electricity as a long term benefit and use low cost fixtures and deferred payment plans to fund major and small appliances. From kitchen to bathroom, devices such as clocks mixers irons heaters radios and grooming items promise health ease and profit while bringing town comforts to rural homes.
Making a Christmas family photo album at home
A narrator explains plans for a yearly Christmas album capturing tree decorating, gift opening, and children growing up. They detail staging scenes with cameras, lighting, and props, including a bicycle and a toy loom, to create a vivid, chronological family memory.
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Jack
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