Senate Discusses Amendments and Tax Exemptions in 1956 session
The Senate moved toward two thirds Legislature submission for proposed amendments and debated a bill to allow trial in local or nearby counties in labor dispute cases. Seldomly, S.J.R. 5 passed on constitutional changes to the Teachers Retirement Act and a tax exemption for veterans groups. The chamber also moved to ban obscene literature sales in Texas and to strengthen vaccine distribution plans with private practice use planned for seven months later.
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Senate
Travis County
Port Arthur
Ion
American Legion
Texas
Funeral Rites Held For John L Fort In Weimar
Attendees from Moulton Shiner San Angelo and Eagle Lake area gathered in Weimar to mourn John L Fort age 60 husband father and brother. The service followed by interment with his wife Julie and siblings among the survivors. The text also notes a separate reference to state actions on insurance and securities laws and a Senate bill proposing a Water Control and Improvement District in Colorado County near Eagle Lake.
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Weimar
Willie Fojt
Harvey
Henry Smetana
Leonard G. Darilek
Moulton
Oscar Buesing
Shiner
Erwin
W. Fojt
San Angelo
John L Fort
Julie
Senate
Colorado County
Eagle Lake
Democracy and farmers in Texas town clash over Bell scrutiny
In Cuero, the writer defends Hon. John J. Bell against alleged charges while denouncing attacks tied to attorney fees and fraud accusations. The piece links Communist fears to farm consolidation, praises religion for democracy, and critiques labor and urban migration. It also notes political moves by Agriculture Commissioner John C. White and Lt. Governor hopeful C. Ty. Johnson.
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Texas
Cuero
John J. Bell
John C. White
C. Ty. Johnson
Austin
Moulton
Warrant Officer Valek Commended for Meritorious Korea Service
Chief Warrant Officer Leonard Valek of Shiner receives the Commendation Ribbon from Col. James W. Davis at Fort Leavenworth after serving as supply officer with the 231st Transportation Truck Battalion in Korea. He is the U S disciplinary barracks property officer and a 13 year Army veteran. His wife Jewell accompanies him at the fort.
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Leonard Valek
Shiner
James W. Davis
U. S
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Korea
Valek
Adolph L. Valek
Jewell
Fort
Moulton News Briefs Reflect Boom Town Growth 1902
A 1902 Moulton column notes a Tennessee coal mine disaster killing 22 and others including a highway derailment and a lynching in Lynchburg. It also mentions a growing Moulton with water needs, a fatal horse incident, and a local cotton platform sale.
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Burt
Wagner
Joe's Chevrolet
BELL
Telephone
Southwestern Bell
Col. A. H. Bell
Galveston News
Samitees Bell
Lone Star State
Texas Telephone
Cot. A. MH. Belo
Galveston
Houston
Dallas
Europe
Texans
Southwester Bell
Gunter W. Koetter
Marlingen
Valley
All- Southwestern Bell Telephone
Vic
FHA
Walter Malec
God
San Antonio
John Bell
Gus Strauss
Commissioner White
Cwo Valek
Tennessee
A. M. Kotzebue
Chicago
Waelder
Lynchbourg
James Carter
John Crouch
George von Lienen
F. T. Fehrenkamp
Ferdinand Guenther
Amarillo
St. Mary’s
University of Texas
Vienna
Paris
David W. Jones
R. H. Schodde
London
England
Lavaca County
Jalufka
DIAL
Moulton, Texas
Texaco
FFA & 4H
LIONS
Monlton
Front Street
Adolph Migl Orchestra
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