Texas Legislature Eyes Tax Boosts and Rain Aids
Texas lawmakers push two cent gas tax and one cent cigarette tax while beer tax rises. Governor Shivers proposes a paid special session to finish the tax bill. Rain across the state shifts focus from taxation to moisture, boosting pasture lands and easing drought fears.
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Austin
Texas
Texas J
Allan Shivers
Senate
Shivers
House
Ben Ramsey
Jim Lindsey
Environment Shapes Grass Versus Brush Across Rainfall Zones
The article argues rainfall and climate drive whether tall grasses or trees dominate, noting that undisturbed areas with high rainfall favor forests and tall grasses on meadows, while low rainfall supports short grasses and sparse trees. It credits human land use for shifting balance by grazing, increasing shrubs and trees, and urges cooperation to preserve taller grasses where feasible.
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United States
East Texas
Atlantic Coast
Austin
Junction
el Paso
Fredericksburg
Rocksprings Couple Dines With Roy Roberts Family
Mr. and Mrs. Hardin Tobin of Rocksprings were dinner guests of the Roy Roberts family Friday of last week. Mrs. Ida Kneese and daughter attended Round Mountain commencement exercises with granddaughter Lydia Fay Birch among the graduates. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Forest of Boerne vacationed with W. R. Massey family. Jasper Massey visited his parents. Gillie Pape of Prade Ranch visited relatives at Harper. Paul Lange of Austin spent the weekend with Edwin Lange and family. Other visitors included H. O. Jones and children.
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Ida Kneese
Edgar Ellebracht
Round Mountain
Steve Forest
Boerne
W. R. Massey
Gillie Pape
Prade Ranch
Harper
Paul Lange
Austin
Edwin Lange
H. O. Jones
Local residents visit relatives during weekend
Miss Peggy Smith of San Antonio attended the commencement exercises Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Lange and daughters of San Antonio spent Sunday with his parents in San Antonio. Set. Joseph Lange of South Carolina arrived for a visit with his parents. Rex Fox and two children of Austin spent the weekend with her parents. Jack Jones and children of Rocksprings spent Sunday in Harper with relatives. Earl Walker and children of Midland visited with her parents Gordon Harper and relatives.
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Peggy Smith
San Antonio
Ellis Lange
Edwin Lange
Joseph Lange
South Carolina
Rex Fox
Austin
Mack Scarborough
Jack Jones
Rocksprings
Harper
Earl Walker
Midland
Gordon Harper
Census Supervisor Urges Reports From Area Businessmen
Census Supervisor R H Berry of Galveston Texas appeals to business men to file 1954 censuses of Business Manufacturers and Mineral Industries reports. About 52 000 establishments are processed by 15 staff with 8 000 reports remaining. registered letters warn noncompliers that reports must be filed. Delays cost time and money and census data aids plant location production development and government mobilization plans.
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Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Washington
R. H. Berry
Galveston
Texas
Berry
Census Bureau
Chambers of Commerce
Funds Voted For Refugees Funds Voted For Refugees
The Texas Game and Fish Commission approved about 300000 in federal aid to create new migratory bird refuges and prepared project papers to allocate Pittman Robertson funds by the July 1 1955 deadline. Texas will match about 100000 with no immediate payment possible from the next fiscal year budget starting September 1, as the commission cited a current budget problem.
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Austin
May
Texas Game and Fish Commission
Texas
Harper Heer Atp Expenditures Fund Rollover Pass and Duck Refuge Plans
The Pittman Robertson act funds wildlife restoration via an 11 percent tax on firearms and ammunition. Disbursement by the U S Fish and Wildlife Service allocates to states by area and license sales with a 25 cent match per 75 cents granted. The commission seeks white winged dove refuges in the Rio Grande Valley and Gulf coast waterfowl refuges, while studying rice farming and catfish culture to flood coastal lands for landowners and waterfowl benefits.
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Bolivar Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston Bay
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf Coast
Visitors in the Bob Fritz Home This Sunday
Mr and Mrs Henry Maurer and Miss Gertrude along with Mr and Mrs Edmund Reed and their children were guests at the Bob Fritz home on Sunday for a social visit.
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Henry Maurer
Gertrude
Edmund Reed
Bob Fritz
Elm er Lee Rus sell and Russell clan attend exercises
Mr and Mrs Elmer Lee Russell of Dripping Springs and Mr and Mrs V C Russell with a daughter of Killeen attended the commencement exercises Sunday and Monday night.
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Elmer Lee Russell
Dripping Springs
V. C. Russell
Killeen
Sgt Harold Birt and family visit from Killeen
O0u Sgt. Harold B. Birt and his three daughters spent the weekend with his parents Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Birt. The children had attended school here and accompanied the party home.
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Harold B. Birt
Killeen
J. B. Birt
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