House Debates Compromise Bill To Solve Texas Finance Crisis
A Texas House committee approved a compromise 168 million dollar tax bill aimed at easing the state’s finances. The plan, backed by Rep. Frates Sceligson, raises 72 million via a two percent luxury sales tax on purchases over 50 dollars and mirrors several Daniel proposals while trimming cigarette tax hikes and adjusting tobacco and corporate taxes. The bill moves to the House floor as the Senate recesses.
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Rains Flood Texas Hill Country With Guadaloupe Near Flood Stage
The Guadalupe River neared flood stage at Comfort as heavy rains across the Texas Hill Country produced up to 7.34 inches upstream. Kerrville and Fredericksburg saw several inches, with scattered towns reporting varying totals while highways remained flooded and temps stayed cool statewide.
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Weather Bureau
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Palacios
Beeville
Corpus Christi
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Mineral Wells
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Big Spring
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Trinidad
Corsicana
Galveston
Alpine
Banking Furnaces Prelude To Strike
New York United Steelworkers and steel companies rejected counter proposals for extending contracts. The industry planned to start banking furnaces today for a nationwide strike of 500,000 workers, with negotiations to resume in the morning and a strike deadline set for midnight Tuesday.
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Kosse Drug Store Burglarized. Cigarettes Missing
The Kosse Drug Store was burglarized Thursday night or Friday morning with the back door pried open. Several cartons of cigarettes were reported missing. Limestone County sheriff's department continues the investigation. Three Thornton stores were burglarized last weekend.
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Autos Collide injuring three at Milam and Red River
A rain soaked two car crash at Milam and Red River left three people treated at Brown’s Hospital. Frances Daniels and Lynda Robinson of Teague and Linda Sawyer of Mexico sustained bruises and scratches. Sawyer was released after back injury suspicion proved unfounded. Police report says Don Caldwell drove the southbound car while Daniels turned east from Milam. Robinson and Sawyer were passengers.
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Brown's Hospital
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Teague
Lynda Robinson
Tehuacana
Linda Sawyer
Mexico
Ed Forrester
Mexia Police Department
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Caution Issued for Weekend Boat Activity at Fort Parker
Fort Parker State Park manager Murphy Walton urged weekend boaters to avoid recklessness and drinking on the lake. He warned against swimming from boats and noted frequent private boats at the boathouse, with 18 to 20 visitors bringing trailers weekly. Walton offered trailer advice including proper wheel bearing care and trailer hitch strength.
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Fort Parker State Park
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Fort Parker
Queen Elizabeth Opens St Lawrence Seaway With Eisenhower
Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower formally opened the St Lawrence Seaway, a 2300 mile waterway linking the Atlantic to the Great Lakes. The ceremony drew about 50 000 spectators as the two leaders praised cooperation and the partnership between nations.
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Senate Votes to Open Payrolls to Public
The Senate, after a 15 hour session, approved by voice vote a resolution to publish names, titles and salaries of all Senate employees. The move ends a decade of secrecy, aligning with the House which already releases payroll data. Critics have pressed for transparency amid debates over hiring practices.
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Vance Trimble
Accidental Death Verdict In Navy Recruit Case
Navy recruit William E. Spruiell Jr. 20 of Denton Texas died after falling from a train near Animas New Mexico A coroner ruled the death accidental and investigators found no foul play A special agent from Southern Pacific also found no foul play and the body was discovered beside railroad tracks near Tucson Arizona The case was closed by naval and civil authorities after investigation.
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Denton
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Dies Thursday Nineteen Sixty Eight W D Stevens
W D Stevens 68 of Mexia died Thursday night at his home between Tehuacana and Datura. He was a lifelong Limestone County farmer and World War II veteran. Funeral services Saturday at 10 a.m. at Northside Baptist Church with burial in Mexia City Cemetery. Survived by his widow two sons and one brother.
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Mexia
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Datura
Joe B
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A. M. Stevens
Limestone County
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W. B. Hammond
Little Rock Mexia
R. R. J School Board
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Faubus
Arkansas
Ban Braceros Looms After Lub bock Fracas
The Mexican Foreign Office confirmed Mexican farm workers will be banned from working in the United States after two Mexicans were refused service at a Lubbock beauty parlor.
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Two Mexia Students Named to Longhorn Band
Ina Cooper and Mike Leary of Mexia are among 52 UT freshmen chosen for the Longhorn Band. They were graduating seniors at Mexia High School and played with the Black Cat Band.
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Mike
Leary
Mexia High School
Black Cat
Occasional Rain Moves Through North Central Texas
Cloudy conditions with scattered showers and thundershowers tonight. Tomorrow remains partly cloudy with widely scattered thunder showers. High near 89 and low around 73. Mexia reports 24 hour high 88 and low 73 with 0.57 inches of rainfall in the last day.
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Mexia
Steve Clay 81 Dies in Groesbeck
Steve Clay 81 died at his Groesbeck home Thursday at 12 24 p m He moved from Bardstown Kentucky to Groesbeck in 1881 and worked as a brick mason for 60 years Funeral services were set for 4 p m Friday at the Groesbeck First Baptist with burial in Faulkenbery cemetery Officiating were Rev Ben Stohler and Rev Olen Waldrip He is survived by two sons Herbert of Groesbeck and Malcolm of Bakersfield California three sisters Mrs Mattie Murray of Waco Mrs Sally Ferrell of Arlington and Mrs Lily Webb of Fort Worth and six grandchildren. The rites were to be held at the Shelton Funeral chapel.
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Olen Waldrip
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Malcolm Clay
Bakersville
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Waco
Sally Ferrell
Arlington
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the Webb
Fort Worth
Shelton Funeral Chapel
Attempted Murder Charges Filed Friday Morning
Coleman Hughes of Freestone County faced assault and attempted murder charges in Mexia court after a late Thursday fracas at the Ruby Oakes tavern on Teague highway. Lester Sawyer sustained a stab wound and was treated at a local hospital. A manhunt for Hughes was underway by Limestone County deputies.
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Freestone County
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Limestone County
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Ruby Oakes
Teague
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Limestone County Sheriff's Department
Rainbow Girl Receives Grand Appointment in San Antonio
Miss Mary Elizabeth Clark daughter of Mr and Mrs Clyde Clark earned a Grand Appointment as a Texas Representative to the state of Pennsylvania during the Grand Assembly of Texas Order of the Rainbow for Girls in San Antonio June 15 17 She has long served Mexia Assembly No 77 in roles including Worthy Advisor and Grand Cross of Color member Also named were Lance Baty Martha Ann Hudson Alma Jones and others as delegates and award recipients from Mexia members and advisory board listed with local leaders and committees
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Grand Cross of Color
Martha Ann Hudson
Alma Jones
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Barbara Kerr
Betty Bunch
Pamela Moore
Gloria Sue Phillips
Willard Bennett
Mexia Assembly
Herman Focke
A. 8. Johnston
Raymond Stovall
Lasca Jones
Tra Lee Matthews
Jerry Miller
Hugh Hardcastle
Pearl Martin
Satchmo Responds Good To Treatment
Louis Armstrong, hospitalized with bronchial pneumonia and heart trouble, shows signs of improvement. Dr. Alexander Schiff reports a temperature spike relented and the jazz king, 59, remains cheerful as his wife Mary Armstrong tends him. Doctors aim to return him to New York soon with close supervision.
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Mary
Louis Armstrong
New York
Alexander Schiff
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Roberson Rites Slated Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Roberson 83 will be held Sunday at 1 30 p m in St John AME Tehuacana with Rev T K Alexander pastor of New Hope Baptist Church Tehuacana Burial in Negro cemetery directed by Dorsey Keatts Funeral Home She died Wednesday at her home on Highway 14 A Robertson County native she was a Baptist and lived in Mexia 75 years Surviving Mil lard Retherford Mexia Staten Retherford Lubbock daughters Sallie Thomas Radie Granville both of Mexia sister Della Jackson Dallas seven grandchildren 12 great grandchildren
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St. John Ame
Tehuacana
T. K. Alexander
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Mexia Negro Cemetery
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Roberson
Highway 14
Robertson County
Mexia
Millard Retherford
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