Texas High Court Strikes Down Local School Finance Plan
A three judge federal panel in San Antonio ruled Texas public school finance unconstitutional, saying funding via local property taxes violates equal protection. The decision sets two year deadlines for lawmakers to craft a new system, with potential shifts in taxes and welfare costs at stake.
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San Antonio
Texas
Ben Barnes
Eydewood Independent School District
Bexar County
Preston Smith
Smith
Senate Committee On Occupational Education
Texas Research League
J. W. Edgar
Dallas
Houston
Tyler
Austin
Texas News Briefs Highlight Appointments and Environmental Rules
A Texas briefing notes James F. Warren named 12th district judge, several appointments to state commissions, DDT household ban starting August 31, extended unemployment benefits, retroactive state raises urged, and a pending pollution quota plan for Houston Ship Channel. Also covers tax revenues, school texts hearings, bank charters, price display rules, and redistricting cases.
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Texas
State Board of Education
Sugar Creek Bank
Sugar Land
Houston Area
Texas Water Quality Board
Gulf of Mexico
Second State Bank
Clear Lake City
Second LaPorte State Bank
Harris County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Grimes County
Funeral Held For Joel Bonner In Fairfield
Sneed Bonner of Franks lin and Mr and Mrs B J Bonner were in Fairfield January 4 to attend funeral services for Joel Bonner 77 who succumbed in a Dallas hospital January 2.
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Sneed Bonner
Franks
Lin
B. J. Bonner
Fairfield
Joel Bonner
Dallas
Wencks Return From Hearne Holiday Visit
Mr and Mrs Fred R Wenck and children Laurie Carla Marsha Andrea and Frederik return to Columbus Ga after a holiday visit in Hearne with his mother Estelle Wenck Others in the Wenck home in Hearne for the holidays include her daughter and family Mr and Mrs Bob Holmes and their daughters Sally Ann and Vickie Jan of Bryan
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Fred R. Wenck
Laurie
Carla
Marsha
Andrea
Frederick
Columbus
Hearne
Estelle Wenck
Wenck
Bob Holmes
Sally Ann
Vickie Jan
Bryan
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Atty
Crawford Martin
Martin
U. S
U. S. Senate Finance Committee
Commission On Children and Youth
Hoyt’s Pharmacy
Odis
A. Hoyt
W.S. Hoyt Jr
Hearne Municipal Electric System
University of Texas Law
George Schatzki
Schatzki
Democratic
Roy Orr
Leon Jaworski
Texas International Trade Office
Mexico City
James F. Warren
Navasota
Reginald Bracewell
Marie H. Winters
Dan Hemphill
Odessa
Don L. Scarbrough
Georgetown
Texas Library and Historical Commission
Walter E. Long
Ernest A. Emerson
Commission On Fire Protection
Hugh W. Keepers
Richard Russell
Richardson
Agriculture
John C. White
White
First Savings and Loan Association of Bowie
Gainesville
Internal Revenue Service
University of Texas “Business News
Lyndon B. Johnson
Waggoner Carr
Frank W. Sharp
A. C. Gordon
Jae
Greece
Hearne Lumber CO
Cedar Street
Bankmore
Robert L. Peters JR
D. C
West Taylor
Round Rock
Russell’s Furniture & Appliance Furniture Mart
Fourth Street
Planters and Merchants State Bank
P&m
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