Texas Voters Face Big Election Amendments and Tower Carr Race
In a 1963 style preview Texans would vote November 8 on Amendment Seven repealing the poll tax, alongside a Senate contest between John Tower and Waggoner Carr. The article lists 16 amendments, detailing voting reforms, regional authorities, school and county measures, and other fiscal and governance changes pending voter approval.
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Texas
U. S. Supreme Court
John Tower
Waggoner Carr
U. S. Senate
Tower
Texas Department of Corrections
United States
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas Water Development Board
Texas Water Development Fund
Arlington State College
Harris
Notes on garden pests and chrysanthemums care in the South
The article describes August insect pests in gardens including Black Blister Beetles and chinch bugs attacking Aralia Spinosa English Ivies and Bermuda. It advises DDT or Dieldrin sprays, discusses webworms cutworms and their control, and offers chrysanthemum care tips pinch pruning staking feeding and autumn spraying for Septoria leaf spot. It also mentions Peenderanthemum Atropurpureum tricolor Dutchman's Pipe Artistolochia elegans Calcico Flowers as attractive plant options.
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Augustine
Gulf States
Bermuda
Miss Escoubas Departs for Teaching Post in Littlefield
Miss Sherri Escoubas, a graduate of Sam Houston State College Huntsville in June, leaves Sunday for Littlefield to teach in the public schools. Her mother Mrs John Escoubas accompanied her to Littlefield by car and returned home by plane.
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Sherri Escoubas
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
Littlefield
John Escoubas
Items Of Interest From Benchley Mrs Sam Rice
A lively reminiscence column notes Sammiee's Boling school starting Monday while Effie Ram bo plans Mumford work tomorrow. Albert returns to Austin for railroad work. Sam works six days a week leaving Cookie Brown the maid at home. The piece names Vaughan Monroe songs, family visits, and a Gatesville wedding Sept 3 1966.
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Sam Rice
Sammiee
Boling
Effie Rambo
Mumford
Albert
Austin
Sam
Cookie” Brown
Clark Bolt
Hugh Downs
Bill Cullen
Pat Godejohn
LaNelle
Jeannie
Cleveland
Roe Bowman Doerge
Pency Bowman Baker
Bryan
Henry Bowman
Bowman
Marguerite Peyton
Franky Johnson
Vaughan Monroe
Forrest Haltom
Roger
Robert
Louise
Carole
Charles Rice
Shreveport
Arch Cowgill
Vivian
Will
Sammie Rambo
Albert Rambo
Carlos Jackson
Bryan Andson Jones Jr
Marguerite Myers
Sammie
Charles
Houston
Gatesville
Mary Martha Morgan
Donald Oliver Pratt
Mary Martha
Ernest Doyle Morgan
P. X. System
Fort Hood
Doyle
San Antonio
First Baptist Church
Dwayne Jernegan
Dianne
Frank Johnson
V. A. Hospital
Temple
T. T. Walton
Rice
Charles Ray Horn
The Reasonable Man as a Legal Benchmark
A public service feature explains the Reasonable Man, a centuries old English court standard used to judge negligence. It blends average personal traits with societal balance, guiding courtroom outcomes by comparing conduct to an imagined typical person. Written by Will Bernard for ABA and State Bar of Texas.
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American Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Will Bernard
Power struggle costs budget director McGee 20,000 job
A battle between House and Senate leaders over the Legislative Budget Board ends with the board voting 6 3 against rehiring Ver non McGee as budget director. Speaker Barnes seeks a larger House role and tighter conference committee powers while Lt. Gov. Smith favors McGee. McGee served 17 years processing Texas biennial budgets before his discharge.
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Austin
House
Senate
Legislative Budget Board
Vernon McGee
Ben Barnes
Barnes
McGee
Veteranstate
Preston Smith
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Homer Garrison Jr
DPS
Treasury
General Fund
Jesse James
James
Dorseys to accompany son to East Texas Baptist College
Mr and Mrs C L Dorsey will accompany their son Kenneth to Marshall on Friday where he will resume his studies at East Texas Baptist College.
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Kin
Mexia
Richmond
Big Spring
Kerrville
Rusk
San Antonio
Terrell
Wichita Falls
Rio Grande Valley
MH/MR
Joint Commission On Accreditation
Texas Legislative Council
Texas Municipal League
Steve Mathews
Connally
John Connally
New Braunfels
C. L. Dorsey
Kenneth
Marshall
East Texas Baptist College
Weekend visitors of Mrs Westbrook and guests
Weekend visitors of Mrs Alice Alen Westbrook and her house guests Capt and Mrs Robert A Westbrook and family of Florida were her niece and nephew Mrs Bernard Gregory of Paris France and Geneva Switzerland and Leonard Volk of Dallas.
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Alice Alen Westbrook
Robert A. Westbrook
Florida
Bernard Gregory
Paris
France
Geneva
Switzerland
Leonard Volk
Dallas
Monte visit highlights Labor Day family trip in Texas
Mr and Mrs Joseph A Monte of Houston visited her mother Mrs Dorothy Corona and other Hearne relatives during the Labor Day weekend.
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Joseph A. Monte
Houston
Dorothy Corona
Hearne
David Ely Heads to Fort Worth for TCU Rush Week
David Ely left Sunday for Fort Worth to attend rush week activities at Texas Christian University before starting his third year of study there.
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David Ely
Fort Worth
Texas Christian University
Lastor Family Host Dove Hunt Guests From Houston
John Lastor enjoys a short furlough at home with parents Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lastor and other Fort Polk relatives and friends. Weekend visitors for a dove hunting visit were Bill and Kenny Tinsley from Houston.
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John Lastor
W. W. Lastor
Fort Polk
Louisiana
Bill
Kenny Tinsley
Houston
Holiday Guests Visit Bobbitt Family in Bryan Area
Holiday guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Bryan Bobbitt included Dr and Mrs Ed Bobbitt of Hillsboro and Mr and Mrs Drummond Hamilton and Mr and Mrs Bill Patterson of Bryan. Dr Bobbitt and Mrs Hamilton are Mr Bobbitt s brother and sister.
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Bryan Bobbitt
Ed Bobbitt
Hillsboro
Drummond Hamilton
Bill Patterson
Bryan
Bobbitt
Hamilton
Mr. Bobbitt
Otts family spend Labor Day in Houston with relatives
Mr and Mrs Joan Otts traveled to Houston for the Labor Day holiday to visit their daughter and her husband Mr and Mrs W W Hall Jr The gathering included Otts relatives and their grandson during the holiday weekend.
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Joan Otts
Houston
W. W. Hall Jr
Weekend Visitors With Mr and Mrs Ramby
Weekend visitors included Mr and Mrs Ramby and their son and family Mr and Mrs Bertram Ramby with Rhonda and William from Houston visiting the Ramby household.
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V. D. Ramby
Bertram Ramby
Rhonda and
William
Houston
Sawyer Family Vacation Visit to Shreveport
Mr and Mrs 8 V Sawyer and their two sons met Mr and Mrs Richard Brown and their children in Shreveport Louisiana over the past weekend for a fishing trip and a family visit with relatives.
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8. V. Sawyer
Richard Brown
Shreveport
Louisiana
Reed Family Hosts Holiday Guests From Houston and Victoria
Holiday weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Reed Jr. included Mrs. Charles Hirdlick Jr. and daughters Kimberley and Elizabeth from Houston, and Mr. and Mrs. Byron Covey with their two sons from Victoria.
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P. A. Reed Jr
Andy
Charles Hirdlick, Jr
Kimberley
Elizabeth
Houston
Byron Covey
Victoria
Readership habits of a weekly newspaper audience
Seventy one percent of readers on a weekly newspaper study the paper page by page while twenty seven percent skim by scanning. This snapshot highlights different engagement styles among readers.
Food remains good buy despite price hikes says specialist
Extension meats specialist Frank Orts of Texas A&M University notes that despite recent gains in food prices the average consumer still spends about 18 percent of disposable income on food. He emphasizes affordability amid changes in the market.
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Frank Orts
Texas A&m University
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