Texas Legislature Eyes Liquor By The Drink Fight
The current special session nears halfway with votes on Gov. Connally’s liquor by the drink bill and a $2.5 billion 1969 state budget. Key lawmakers shift positions amid demands for ethics and higher license fees, while Senate action looms and tax, budget, and liquor issues rush to week’s end.
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House
John Connally
Texas Liquor Control Board
Clark
Johnson
Senate
House Revenue and Tax Committee
Ben Barnes
State of Texas
Prisoner escapes Ward County Jail then recaptured
Ten years ago a prisoner escaped Ward County Jail on Sunday and was recaptured in Pecos Monday. Another man was arrested for aiding the escape. Odell Davis, 42, claimed he just wanted to feel the sunshine. Ernest Jones faced charges of aiding the escape. Davis, a former mental patient, was held on a car theft charge. Lt. Garland O’Quinn Jr., Monahans High graduate, joined the West Point staff after graduation and was training as a gymnast for possible 1960 Olympics. Rev. Robert A. Thrift arrived to pastor Calvary Baptist Church, formerly of Freer.
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Pecos
Odell Davis
Ernest Jones
Garland O’quinn Jr
Monahans High
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Robert A. Thrift
Calvary Baptist Church
Freer
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