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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1958
Page
3
The article notes farmers including Gordon Donop and Clarence Hasse plan deferment of pasture use to protect native grasses. Schneider plans water impoundment and grazing adjustments to improve pasture and reduce erosion near Llano and Prairie Mountain.
Seaman 3/C James Nobles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Nobles of Llano, returned July 31 to port in San Diego aboard the USS Prairie after a Far East tour that included Hong Kong Subic Bay and Japanese ports. His mother traveled to San Diego to greet the ship.
Local social page records guests visiting Kingsland residents from Abilene Austin Omaha and San Angelo Enlists church events a revival set for mid August new business building opens and a family gathering lists births vacations and travels across multiple Texas towns with several named families and individuals.
Texas voters will decide in the November 1958 general election on a proposed amendment authorizing creation of hospital districts coextensive with Amarillo and Wichita County, with Potter County aid, Jefferson County districts, and related taxing powers subject to voter approval. The measure outlines district formation, tax rates up to 75 cents per hundred dollars, bonding, and limits on maintenance funding, with further provisions for anticipatory enables.
Texas voters will decide HJR 31 at the November 4 1958 general election on a proposed constitutional amendment to stagger four year terms for county and district officers and require resignations if candidacy for a different office is announced with more than one year remaining.
Amendment to Section 66 of Article XVI allows the Legislature to appropriate funds and set procedures to advertise Texas resources. Requires matching private funds. prohibits using living state officials’ names or pictures. Voted on at the general election November 4, 1958, as SJR 4 Number Seven.
Constitutional amendment offered to let home rule cities and general law cities extend terms for officers to up to four years by charter or majority vote. Provisions cover elections, ballots, civil service, resignations on candidacy, and governing body vacancies with special elections. Vote set for November 1958 general election with proclamation duties for the governor.
A Texas joint resolution calls for an amendment to require that vacancies in County Judge and Justices of the Peace offices be filled by the Commissioners Court until the next general election. The measure would be voted on November 4, 1953, with the governor filling higher court vacancies until the next general election.
Constitutional amendment HJR 17 proposes a new Section 66 to authorize a pension system for retiring Texas Rangers and their widows. The plan sets a maximum of eighty dollars per month and funds pensions from a Confederate pension fund. The amendment is slated for the November 1958 general election across Texas.
Proposal to amend Subsection (hb) of Section 62 Article XVI to allow counties to create retirement disability and death compensation funds for appointive and elective officers and employees with voter approval and required election procedures. Specifies funding limits investment rules eligibility and publication for 1953 ballot.
Voters will decide on a constitutional amendment to require annual legislative sessions in Texas. The proposal also changes member compensation and expenses, sets per diem limits, allows temporary Capitol residence for the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker, and specifies ballot form and publication. The measures, if approved, would apply to future sessions beginning January 1959 and 1960.
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