Tax committee weighs compromises for looming special session
The governor presides over a planning panel that includes policy boards and the Texas State Teachers Association. The sub committee led by French Robertson will consider economies and spending reviews before the July 10 special session seeks a fair tax proposal, with Hinson proposing a 2 percent retail tax and other measures as possible compromises.
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Dante
Reb
Sertson
French Robertson
Abilene
State Board For Hospitals
Robertson
Dh Demversauwhsen
Texas State Teachers Association
Daniel
Tax reform debate unsettled during Texas regular session
Austin senator Charles Herring urged not to blame individuals for tax problems and called for a broad coverage tax to replace reliance on few items. Lawmakers grappled with Gov Daniel’s report and debated retail sales taxes while criticizing his shifting positions and proposals on beer taxes and other revenue sources.
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Daniel
Dariel
George Hinson
Mingola
House
Hinson
Tony Konioth
Sherman
Franklin Spears
San Antonio
Austin
Charles Herring
Herring
Texas
Price Daniel
Terry Townsend
Brady
Wilson Foreman
Uets
W. H. Pieratt
Giddings
Louis Crump
San Saba
Mansfield Field Clash Sees Taylor Defend Texas Line
The report recounts the Mansfield battle where Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor commands 12,800 men facing Gen. Nathanael Banks's Union force of 40,000 near Pleasant Hill Louisiana. Taylor's defense and Green's Texas Brigade slow the Union advance as Confederate and Union losses are described with details of commanders and key actions.
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Erigites
Edmund Kirby Smith
Shreveport
Taylor
Sioupht
Barks
Pleasant Hill
Joluer
Mansfield
Richard ‘Taylor
Zachary Taylor
U.S
Nathaniak Banks
New Orleans
Gorner
Massachusetts
Banks
Oreat
Hind
Pieas
Ant Hill
Thomas
Green
Texas
Sam Houston
Clark
Houston
San Jacinto
Sibley
Valverde
NUM
Santa Fe
Joseph Sayres
William Reds
Birty Shirt Bhd
Manfield
Trains Collide Killing Dozens Near Stuttgart
A high speed collision between two commuter trains near Stuttgart killed 35 and injured at least 47 as rail authorities blamed a signal failure on one train. The wreck occurred just outside the city limits in heavy passenger traffic.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Twestday
Eightien
el Siglo
Stevenson
Cuba
Santiago
Aggies Lose Eligibility For Two Players
Texas A and M halfback Eddie Van Dyke of San Antonio and second baseman Terry Cobb of Beaumont failed to pass enough hours to meet athletic eligibility under the conference rules, athletic director Jim Myers said Tuesday. Van Dyke lettered as a junior last season and Cobb was a sophomore on the Aggie baseball team, and Cobb led the club with a .388 batting average.
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College Station
Tex
Texas A&m
Eddie van Dyke
San Antonio
Terry Cobb
Beaumont
Jim Myers
van Dyke
Cobb
Aggie Hasefll
Husband Finds Wife Shot to Death in Dallas
William Dean Cupp reported finding his wife Pauline 37 shot to death at their Dallas home on a kitchen door with a nearby note. A verdict of death by own action was returned. The report mentions the University of Miami opened in 1926 and now has three campuses and over 50 buildings in the United States.
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Pleasant Hill
Clark
Marshall
Colt Clark
Dallas
Pauline Over
William Dean Cupp
University of Miami
United States
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