Texas Forts Shaped Early Development Across Regions
Highlights four early military posts Fort Leaton Fort Mc Kavett Fort Lancaster and Fort Richardson and notes their roles in Texas development. Also covers a lawmakers push for a state police academy in memory of Homer Garrison and legal opinions on recount rules and bidding. Campaign finance totals and a list of Texas civic issues follow with sports and licensing updates.
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Texas
Fort Leaton
Peesidio
Fort McKavett
Menard
Fort Lancaster
Ozona
Fort Richardson
Jacksboro
Jen Barnes
Connally
Fresh Fellows Plan Thumber Vacations Amid Publicity Glare
A youth cohort known as Strictly Fresh Fellows plans hitchhiking trips as publicity for love-ins and sit-ins grows. A district questionnaire on a proposed BOS year bill circulated, detailing community views and potential measures for the upcoming session.
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Bos
Washington Move to Shift Holidays for Three Day Weekends
A proposed change to move four national holidays to Mondays, creating three day weekends, drew mixed reactions. The House approved the plan 212 to 83, with Independence Day and Thanksgiving kept on fixed dates, while Washingtons Birthday Veterans Day and Columbus Day would shift if the Senate agrees.
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Washington
West Texas
Chambers of Commerce
Senate
Monahans Post Office Plans Progress Amid Tax Receipts Rise
Thirty years ago prospects for a new post office in Monahans looked favorable as postal receipts rose by 20 percent. Congressman R. E. Thompson noted Monahans posted the district’s second highest gross receipts last year. Tower Theater, leased by M. A. Sanders, was formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Baird who return to their citrus farm in the Rio Grande Valley. The State Railroad Commission ordered oil-field shutdowns continue on Saturdays and Sundays through June.
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Monahans
R. E. Thompson
Tower
F. R. Baird
M. A. Sanders
Lubbock
Mrs. Baird
Rio Grande Valley
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Martin
Bee County
Preston Smith
Don Yarborough
Smith
Yarborough
Dolph Briscoe
Eugene Lock
de Smith
Short Sports Railroad Commission
East Texan
Parks & Wildlife Department
State Securities Board
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Water Control Board
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Ines
Telephone Book New
Southwestern Bell
Strictly Fresh
Doc" Stevenson
Ag Tour
Richard C. White
District of Columbia
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Anvah
Jerry Lewis
Janet Leigh
O Glass Inn
Whitlow's ‘Upholstery Co
Auto & Furniture
Luther Whitlow
KVKM
ABC
Peyton Place
the Rogues
Alfred Hitchcock
Joey Bishop
Will Sonnett
Judd
Zane Gr
Lawrence Welks
South Pole
Mr. Mort
Tex McGregor
Catalina-Dalton
Shagmoor
Master Cleaners Corner
South Alice
Larry
West Highway
Larry Low
KMID
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Lronside
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Highway Patrol
Dean Martin
KOSA
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Smothers Brothers
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Lobo
Wes Beatit
Bonnie
Clyde
Warner Bros -Seven Arts
Fonda Strasberg
Texan Art House
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