Daniel Proposes Tax Plan Facing Mixed Reception
Governor Daniel outlined a pay as you go approach to balance the deficit and a targeted 800 dollar raise for teachers. He endorsed a broadened excise tax if payroll taxes are dropped and invited wider plans without a general sales or income tax. He called for 24 criminal code reforms and stricter DUI laws along with local water aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Finance Advisory Commission
General Revenue Fund
State Board of Water Engineers
Sen
Frank Owen
el Paso
Owen
Henry Gonzalez
San Antonio
Gonzalez
Sheldon bank embezzlement shocks Iowa town and nation
In Sheldon Iowa the bank embezzlement case centers on Mrs Geiger the former assistant cashier as FBI and FDIC agents search for missing funds. Authorities estimate deposits at risk include $87 000 to the county board and $56 000 to the school district with speculation the missing money may be near Four Corners in Sheldon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Cox Jr
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
FDIC
Washington
Des Moines
Sheldon
O’brien
FBI
Geiger
Sioux City
Iowa
U.S
F. E. van Alstine
John F. Kennedy
Dakotas
Four Corners
Mrs. Geiger
Stevenson Sees China Bid At UN Any View Highly Optimistic
The article notes Stevenson’s warning that admitting Red China to the United Nations may be needed and could be difficult to prevent. It also reports a Senate committee vote approving Stevenson and Rusk, Hodges’ confirmation after a lengthy hearing, and discusses stock sales and other cabinet confirmations amid a Calcutta truck death mob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Stevenson
China
Texans Inauguration Crowd Pack Capitol for Johnson Open House
In Washington Texans flood the Capitol for the Kennedy Johnson inaugural events as Rep Wright Judge Hughes and Mrs Yarbrough visit. Johnson and Kennedy appear together at State Society reception with 200 Hollywood notables. Texas guests from Lubbock Plainview Sudan and other towns join mass reception and open house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep. Wright
Blakley
Sarah Hughes
Dallas
Ralph Yarbrough
Jud Collier
Mumford
Sen. Johnson
Capitol
Dale Miller
Washington
Johnson
Mead
Mayflower Hotel
Miller
Price Daniel
Gov
Daniel
Carl Phinney
National Gallery of Art
Fred Gibbons
Houston
Charles [Bailey
Becky Alexander
Fort Worth
Sen
Stephen Smith
Jean Kennedy Smith
Kennedy
Roy B. Davis
Solon Clements Jr
R. H. Fulton
Clark Schooley
Lubbock
Lon Hefner
Beverly Kercheval
Sarah Beth Rhodes
Charles W. Woods
Slaton
Frank Moore
Harold Hinn
Plainview
W. P. Holland
Amherst
Robert Masten
Rollie
Donnie Cowart
Sudan
K. W. Wells
Anton
W. Arnett Bynum
Brownfield
Sybil Mitchell
Lamesa
Henry Cook
Juanita Woodul
Colorado City
Claude Hearne
Joe Anderson
Seagraves
Lubbock Area
George Mahon
Fort Worth Briefs: Births Burglaries Accidents and a Shooting
Fort Worth area items include the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs E L Baker at Harris Hospital weighing eight pounds in the early hours Wednesday. Funeral services for A R Lex Hanna of Melrose New Mexico will be held at Steed Funeral Home Clovis with burial in Melrose. Fred Vance of Shaftowater remains in satisfactory condition after a fractured hip from a fall. Justice of the Peace F R Land remains in West Texas Hospital after a heart attack. Police report a burglary at M W H McMaster’s home with multiple garments cameras and a television stolen after the owner was away. Karen Grant eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Grant is in fair condition after a neighborhood shooting accident in the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Baker
Fort Worth
Harris Hospital
A. R
Lex) Hanna
Melrose
N. M
Temple H. Morrow
23Rd St
Steed Funeral Home
Clovis
Hanna
Veteran’s Hospital
Amarillo
Fred
Vernon
Jd. F. Vance
Shaftowater
West Texas
F. R. Land
56Th &J
Justice of the Peace
West Texas Hospital
Karen Grant
Clarence Grant
16Th St
Methodist Hospital
J. W. Duckworth
3Rd St
Helt's Sporting S
Don Reed
Aberdeen
Texas Tech
Maurice Whitehead
Slaton
Dan H. Aguirre Jr
Ave
Farmer's Co-Op
M. W. Searcy
Conoco Petroleum
James RR
Cromer
43Th St
Peerless Pump Co
B. Dixon
Seagraves
Texan Compress and Warehouse
A. L. Latimer
Rt. 3
Lubbock
Kcbn-Tv
Three Cuban Union Members Executed
Three members of the Cuban electrical union were executed in Havana for saboteur charges. The executions at La Cabana fortress brought the unofficial total since Castro’s rise to power to 584, with three more deaths reported on Tuesday for counterrevolutionary acts. A separate note says Rheinmetal will fund a 13.8 million dollar LD oxygen steel plant in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuban Electrical Union
Fidel Castro
la Cabana
Castro
Rheinhausen
Germany
LD Oxygen
Wind Fueled Blaze Destroys City Residence and Damages Two More
A wind driven fire destroyed a three bedroom home at 6318 21st Street in West Lubbock shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday, owned by Donald R. Stewart and occupied by Charles R. McCain and family. Firemen, aided by Citizens Randher Club volunteers, battled high winds. A couch fire at 308 FE 19th Street caused smoke and heat damage to a apartment owned by E. C. Seruges and occupied by Dorothy Gibson at 9:18 a.m. A separate fire heavily damaged a room in an unoccupied house at 2614 29th Street during remodeling efforts at 6:50 a.m. These blazes followed a Wednesday with multiple fires reported citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Lubbock
Donald R. Stewart
23Rd St
Charles R. McCain
21St St
Stewart
McCains
Wolfforth
Citizens Randher Club
James Wylie
44Th St
19Th St
E. C. Seruges
Dorothy Gibson
29Th St
James E. Collier
Andrews Men Suffer Severe Burns In Oil Field Blast
Two Andrews men aged 29 suffered extensive burns after an oil field explosion 18 miles southwest of Andrews. Earnest Linton had about 60 percent burns and Arthur Gooch Jr. about 73 percent. They were hospitalized in critical condition at Methodist Hospital after driving there with Gooch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Methodist Hospital
Earnest Linton
Arthur Gooch Jr
Linton
Gooch
Ed Lee
Thurman Carter
Lubbock
Port Arthur Officials face criticism over crime policy
About 25 citizens testified at a Port Arthur city commission hearing criticizing handling of vice and crime. James Morrison alleged officials knew of gambling. a man lost 12000 dollars in a gambling place. The commission voted 4 to 3 to keep City Manager Charles Brazil. Brazil had been discharged last summer and rehired five weeks later. He accused police policies of being set by the police department prior to meetings. He also urged discharge of Police Chief G B Douglas after a recent Texas House probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Charles Brazil
Brazil
G. B. Douglas
Texas House General Investigating Committee
Beaumont
Lumumba Locked in Katanga Jail After Beating
Patrice Lumumba was moved to Katanga's secure prison after a severe beating by Katanga police. Tshombe's government said his transfer aimed to prevent escape from Thysville. Rations and unrest accompanied the move as Kasavubu ordered the transfer for safety. Thailand bans import of some American plants to curb pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacotville
the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Lumumba
Thysville
Leopoldville
Joseph Kasavubu
Thailand
Move Scored By Turman State Urged To Do Away With Board Of Regents
State House Speaker James Turman denounces a plan to let University of Texas regents govern six teachers colleges. The Legislative Budget Board urged abolishing the board of regents and using a single governing body. The action follows previous criticisms of regents spending on presidents homes and a March 1 renegotiation over campus governance. The regents oversee Southwest Texas State, Sam Houston, Stephen F Austin, East Texas, Sul Ross, and West Texas State Colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Board of Regents
Austin
UPT
James Turman
Legislative Budget Board
Texas
University of Texas Regents
Turman
Texas Colleges
Texas State College For Women
Texas Women's University
California
Commission On Higher Education
Teachers’ College Board
Henry Sears
Hereford
Sam Houston State College
Legislative Committee On
Regents
Southwest Texas
Stephen F. Austin
West Texas
Sam ‘Houston
Leutenant
C. S. Ramsey
San Augustine
Regents’ Board
Southwest Texas State College
San Marcos
Huntsville
Stephen
Birth notices for many families in Methodist and area hospitals
A long list of birth announcements records mothers and babies at Methodist Hospital and several others. It notes weights from 5 to 9 pounds, times of birth, days, and the parents’ names and occupations, including ties to General Electric, Pioneer Natural Gas, Conoco Petroleum, and Texas Tech. Many entries name the delivery hospital and local addresses in Lubbock and nearby communities.
Inaugural Festivities Preview Across Washington
The piece describes a wide array of inaugural events and preparations for the new Democratic president. Activities include a National Gallery of Art reception, governors’ events, an inaugural concert, and a multi‑section inaugural ball. The parade will feature bands, drill teams, and unusual entries like a mountain lion, timberline huskies, and various animals, with preventive bird deterrents in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive
Union Station
Truman
Eisenhower
Washington
Iskip
National Gallery of Art
Capitol Building
Pennsylvania Avenue
Nevada
Maine
Death Sentence Of Woman Is Affirmed
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals unanimous affirmed Maggie Morgan's death sentence for the pistol slaying of Mrs. Joseph Selby in Houston. The court rejected claims the trial lacked sufficient evidence and upheld the conviction. Decisive testimony linked Morgan to the plan with a massage parlor operator testifying involvement and motive.
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Budget Board
Sheedy
General Fund
Cannor
Wade Spilman
McAllen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Rusk
Hodges
Senate Commerce Committee
North Carolina
Commerce Department
Vance Hartke
New Hampshire
Norris Cotton
Everett Jordan
Dillon
Ribicoff
Senate Finance Committee
Justice Department
Senate Judiciary Committee
Byron R
Whizzer) White
Archibald Cox
William Horsley Orrick Jr
Department
Orrick
San Francisco
Calcutta
Senate
Jimmy Durante
Frank Sinatra
Milton Berle
Texas State Society
Wichita Falls
Retalbulou
Guatemala
Cuba
Fredericka
Bobo) Sigrist Juarez
London
Frederick Sigrist
Bobo
M. W H. McMaster
37Th St
Wayne Love
Tue Powells
June Allyson
Dick Tavell
Beverly Hills
Powell
Europe
Maurice Baumgarten
General Electne
Gilbert Pena
Ist’ St
Urquhart
15Th St
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co
Richard Windsey
36Th St
St. Mary's Hospital
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
N. C. Shattuck
Mt Auburn
Goodnight Hospital
Johnson Service Co
George Redrick
Lauf Clinic
Juan DeLeon
Laut
Jose Alonzo
Shallowater
Billie J. Marek
Reese Air Face Bage Hospital
Rar
A.2.c
Ronald C. Brown
10Th St
Reese Air Force Bam Hospital
Afb
Stittman
Millington
Roos
Reese Air Force Base Hospital
RAFB
Eugene White
Mra
Jessie
Wann
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