Senator Reports Tax Revision Bill Passes Senate
The Senate approved the 1954 tax revision by 63 to 9. The measure, though not perfect, offers relief for individuals in 1955 amounting to 652 million dollars. Highlights include non taxation of retirement first 1200, up to 600 for child care tax free, broader medical expense deductions, dependents and foster children tax rules, farm soil and water spending tax free, and extended filing deadline to April 15.
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Senate
Farmer’s milk gains garlic note as cows eat chlorophyll
A farmer reports garlic flavored milk after feeding cows chlorophyll, hoping to improve cattle breath. The note touches on human tolerance in politics sports and beverages, urging live and let live attitudes and relaxed social pomp.
Birth of Mary Shannon Fisbeck announced
Pfc and Mrs Stephen Fisbeck announce the birth of a daughter, Mary Shannon, at Renger Hospital at 5 AM on Monday July 12. The eight pound girl is welcomed by grandparents E A Oehl, G G Fisbeck and Mary Allan Oehl, the mother former. Father serves in Germany. 2nd Lt George Spaniel left for Meldon Missouri AFB to be stationed at least six months with the Air Force.
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Pfc
Stephan Fisbeck
Mary Shannon
Renger Hospital
Mary Allan Oehl
Germany
E. A. Oehl
G. G. Fisbeck
George Spaniel
Meldon, Missouri Afb
Air Force
Tax Bill Sidelights and Rio Grande Flood Actions
In the Senate effort to curb the oil depletion allowance Texas focus faced defeat as Proposals were opposed by Senator Daniel and another, preserving a 52 percent corporate tax rate for another year boosting federal revenue by about 1.2 billion. In parallel, authorities organized rapid aid for Rio Grande flood victims with cross border relief from Villa Acuna, Langtry, Eagle Pass, Del Rio, Ozona, She f ield and Laredo as well as Maverick Val Verde and Webb counties.
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Senate
Texas
Daniel and
Rio Grande
Langtry
Eagle Pass
del Rio
Ozona
Sheffield
Laredo
Maverick
Val Verde
Webb
Villa Acuna
State Department
Red Cross
Attacks by CIO Pressure on County Legislator
The piece complains that Fred Neimann, a county representative, is under relentless CIO pressure for voting against their line. It portrays the CIO as aiming to control the legislature and intimidate lawmakers, urging votes aligned with CIO wishes over majority rule.
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CTO
Fred Neimann
CIO
Steel unions win higher pay as prices rise across industry
Workers secure boosts in pay while steel companies push prices up at once. The public bears the cost as inflation keeps advancing with no clear end in sight.
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Steel Workers
Unions Strike Across Industries Amid National Security Concerns
The piece argues unions are striking in atomic plants and elsewhere, urging action by the state education board and legislature before school desegregation changes, while citing President Eisenhower and Herbert Hoover on governance and costs. It emphasizes constitutional limits and calls for swift, decisive leadership amidst civil rights tensions.
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Cen
Eisenhower
Uions
John L. Lewis
Government employment and welfare share rise over time
Twenty years ago one government employee served about 40 people. Now about 2 percent of the population or eight percent of the workforce are connected to government employment or regular government payments. The text urges readers to consider the implications.
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Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Herbert Hoover
United States
New Stainless Form Pazo Ointment Promises Quick Relief
Advert sees a stainless form and claims 90 percent of users see stopped bleeding reduced swelling and quicker healing without surgery. It touts pain relief and itching relief with modern suppositories and tubes, urging readers to get Pazo at drugstores for fast relief.
Better Job or Less Acres in Lavaca County
Professor Wilfred Bailey of the University of Texas argues rural population loss continues in Lavaca County while irrigated districts in the Valley and Panhandle gain. He notes small farm operators seek urban jobs, subsidized farming favors large operators, and rural ownership could edge toward concentrated control with communist risks. he warns about long-term health of large scale farming and advances in food processing.
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Wilfred Bailey
University of Texas
Lavaca County
Valley
Panhandle
Church Centennial Celebrated Sunday at German Wends Church
St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Missouri Synod in Serkin Texas marked its 100th anniversary. Services were in German English and Wendish. The congregation, formed in 1854 by Wends from Saxony, began in a log cabin and later built a church rebuilt after a storm.
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St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Missouri Synod
Serkin
Texas
Kingdom of
Saxony
Germany
Giddings
Helen Kaase
Gus Gummelt
John Killian
Texas church marks centennial with German Wendish services
The church celebrated 100 years with four pastors serving since its founding. Visitors from across Texas attended a barbecue and antique displays as the congregation repaired cyclone damages. A Texas state monument was erected in 1936 on the site.
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John Killian
Herman Killian
Schmidt
A Arndt
Harms
Houston
Zach
Taylor
Stelzer
Thorndale
G. J. Werner
Marlin
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State Board of Education
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Malec Publishing
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Moutten, Texas
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