Texas Bond Sales Rise 2.6 Percent Year Over Year
Statewide savings bond sales for the first half of 1961 show a 2.6 percent increase over 1960. Gillespie County reached 42,500 in sales year to date, 22.4 percent of its 190,000 goal as of June. H bonds, yielding 3.5 percent to maturity, lead the gains with a 20.2 percent higher total than 1960. Kimble County surpasses its quota at 102.1 percent with 81,686 in sales.
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Texas
Gillespie County
M. F. Pyka Jr
Chaiman
Pkya
Kimble County
Conrad Holekamp
Newburgh Budget Crackdown Targets Welfare Abusers
Newburgh New York, with a $3 million relief budget for 1400 residents, enacts rules denying aid to able bodied workers who refuse work, caps aid at the lowest paid city family, limits relief to three months a year, bars payments to mothers of illegitimate children with new births, and excludes recent residents unless offered a city job, signaling a broader national crackdown on relief abuse.
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Newburgh
N. Y
Hudson
Newburg
Washington
Texas screw worm elimination discussed at San Angelo meet
Kindle County agents report an Animal Health Committee session in San Angelo focusing on eradicating screw worms in Texas. Leaders and officials from Kerrville, USDA, and Texas A&M discussed funding, interstate livestock movement controls, and the need for collaborative state action. Plans for future meetings and insecticide trials were outlined, with cautions about unproven products and salesman claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce Hoggett
Ted Holekamp
Bill Miller
San Angelo
Animal Health Committee
Ts&gr Association
Texas
Bushland
Kerrville
Stevens and kin mingle at weekend gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Parker and son Terry visited Mrs. Ruben Bode and joined the Stevens get-together at Mrs. L A Stevens's home. Visiting Sunday were many relatives from Kerrville Doss Fredericksburg Harpper Uvalde and a bridal shower for Janette Rogers as she awaits marriage to Carl Lee Hellkum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Parker
Terry
Ruben Bode
Stevens
L. A. Stevens
Anna Moellendorf
Henry Moellendorf
Ruben Roeder
Edwin Klein
John Molder
Harper
Willie Meijer
Darrell Crenshaw
Kerrville
Theo Moellendorf
Doss
Theo Dietz
Fredericksburg
J. J. Rogers
Phil
Uvalde
E. R. Brown
Jim Hull
Blue Mountain
Mr. Hull
Representative Report on Texas tax plans in 1961 session
A Texas district representative reports on tax survey returns during the 1961 special session. Plan I uses a two percent tax on motorized items, building materials, utilities, alcoholic beverages, jewelry and other goods over ten dollars. Plan II taxes retail sales at two percent with certain exemptions. One thousand one hundred sixty replies favored Plan II, while 122 backed Plan I. The representative discusses House debates, votes for franchise tax compromise and gas reserve tax, and invites local views on taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
House
Senate
Bob Eckhardt
Dees Family Visit Highlights Weekend Gathering
Sergeant and Mrs. W F Dees and daughter Carol from San Antonio spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whitewood and Brown. Leslie Dees of Louisiana and Ken Whitewood with son Todd of Medina joined the gathering with their relatives.
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Sergeant
W. F. Dees
Carol
San Antonio
Leslie Dees
Louisiana
Ken Whitewood
Todd
Medina
Fred Whitewood
Brown
Sfc
Joseph B. Lang
John Hughes
Dorothy Ann
Austin
Norman Sullivan
Edwin Lang
Births drive relief reform debate in Newburgh
The discussion notes a high birth ratio among whites and links it to relief policy. Newburgh faces a potential hearing as New York State Welfare Board questions the strict rule. The federal government might cut relief funding if laws clash with the reform. If state or federal rules block the reform, officials urge changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburgh
New York
State Welfare Board
Judge Urges Safety Checks For Unchecked Cars In Evanston
A Evanston Illinois traffic judge urged drivers to service unchecked cars for safety amid past high Fourth of July fatalities. Judge Harry H. Porter noted most states lack compulsory inspections and stressed windshield wiper condition as critical to visibility. He called for voluntary safety checks at service stations and auto dealers to reduce accidents this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Ill
Harry H. Porter
Porter
Auto Industries Highway Safety Committee
Aevice
Orter
Xisioy
Odaenghon
National Safety Council
Terracing Progress Highlights in Gillespie Soil District
Terracing work is advancing rapidly in the Gillespie area with Emil Crenwelge building about 5,000 feet of field terraces and four diversion terraces to shield cropland. Roy Jacoby plans to reroute an old terrace system to a grassed waterway, while M J Dinar Jr completes about 5,800 feet of terraces extending an existing system.
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Gillespie Soil Conservation District
Emil Crenwelge
Pecan Creek
Soil Conservation Service
Crenwelge
Roy Dacoby
Nebgen
Stonewall
Jacoby
Roy
M. J. Dinar, Jr
Fredericksburg
Tivydale Road
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Wees
Kindle County Agent's Column
Angelo
Isaacks
Ranchmans Fire Fighting Assn
Iawa
Community Foundation
Noah Smithwick
Nash
San Justo
Teas Rangers
Webbers Praise
Fort Croghan
Phoacom
the Harper
Harper, Texas
Glen Hopf
Menard
Wurthowe
Lisa
Mit
Ray Bierschwale
Fred Bierschwale
Alvin Lange
Harper Baptist Church
Rollie Peril
van C. Brown
New Mexico
Donnie Bade
Lampasas
Mrs
Ruben Bade
Ove Ceeany
Soil Conservation District News
Water Street
Kerrville, Texas
Hill Country
Mia UH
Connally
Jim Looker
Lucille Looker
Don Schumacher
THE
Tayton Motel & Cafe
Ingram
Eras
Winona
Duke and
Alzizas
Junction, Texas
Dry Goods Department
Hill Crest
Gene Harper
Admiral Radio & Sales & Service
Arly
Gene Harper Harper
Sport Shop
Wader St
Lehne Lumber & Hardwere
Mal
Roberti Lehne
H. Welge Lewis Independent
Mansfield
P. O
Texa
John Deere Quality Farm
Botatrie
Krauskopf Bros
West Main St
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