Ten More Texas Cities Okay Sales Tax Vote
Del Rio and Rockwall narrowly rejected the two percent sales tax measure while San Angelo, Denton, Duncanville, Balch Spring, Farmers Branch, Merkel, Alvin, Van Alstyne, Gilmer and Beeville approved. Denton also passed a 2.5 million bond for a municipal power system and other city improvements. Thorndale residents approved the tax, bringing totals to 101 successful elections and 15 failed. The tax targets items taxable under state law and excludes housing groceries drugs cars alcohol and tobacco.
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Dallas
Rockwall
del Rio
Sano Angelo
Denton
Duncanville
Balch Spring
Houston
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Fire at Lubbock garage causes burn and damage
A gas leak ignited by a dropped drop light caused a small explosion and fire at a garage on 1917 Ave H. The blaze damaged about $2,000 worth of property while an unknown man received a first degree burn. Firemen extinguished the fire by 11:30 a.m.
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Ave. H
Seattle Woman Plans Marriage to Dave Beck This Month
Miss Helen L Reynolds of Seattle says she will wed former Teamsters Union president Dave Beck this month. Beck, 74, has not announced a date or location. The couple, who plan a trip to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and to Hawaii, know Beck’s late wife Dorothy who died in 1961.
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Beck
Helen L.reynolds
Seattle
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Tragic Sea of Japan outing leaves seven dead
A U.S. missionary family and companions perish after their 22 foot motorboat sinks off Iwakuni. The Bowman couple their four children ages 9 7 6 and 6 months died from shock and exposure. A U.S. Marine Corporal and a Japanese maid died later. The lone survivor Corporal Herb Christiansen 22 from Minnesota helped save the Japanese woman and other passenger before aiding his own evacuation. The maiden voyage boat was bought for “Gods work” and sank about 25 miles from the mainland after taking water.
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Iwakuni
Japan
UPI
Sea of Japan
U.S. Navy
Donald Bowman
Idaho City
Idaho
U.s.marine
Cpl
Herb Christiansen
Northfield, Minn
Bowmans
Atada Island
Bowman
Minnesota Marine
Japanese Maritime Agency
Christiansen
U.S
Patric Christiansen
Kyoiko Hayashi
Theresa
Gary
Joe
Danny
Arab minister clash over date for Arab summit in Rabat
Arab foreign ministers failed to agree on a date for a Rabat summit to press Israel to withdraw from Sinai, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights. Morocco urged a definite date in December as Omar el Sakkar of Saudi Arabia urged delay for broader discussions with Gunnar Jarring.
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Israel
Rabat
Morocco
Ahmed Ce Iraqi
Omar el Sakkar
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Gunnar Jarring
U.N
U Thant
Arab League
Nile-side
League
Syria
Algeria
el Iraqi
Sinai Peninsula
West Bank
Jordan River
Syrian Heights
Bayh seeks arrest of Stoke Carmichael for alleged illegal acts
Sen. Birch Bayh said he asked the Justice Department to prosecute the militant Negro leader for statements abroad as violative of federal law. He urged immediate federal investigation and arrest on return to the United States calling Carmichael a violent extremist not a legitimate voice of protest. The remark follows Carmichael's overseas remarks in France and Cuba.
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Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Justices Department
Stoke‘y Carmichael
Indiana
Carmichael
France
Cuba
Carmiichael
United States
Ameriya
Stokely
Bayh
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