Texans May Face Choice of Sales or Income Tax
UT economist Dr. Carey Thompson argues Texas must choose between income and sales bases for broad tax revenue. He notes current reliance on severance, selective sales, and license taxes limits growth, while other states use personal and corporate income taxes and general retail sales taxes. The League of Texas Municipalities cites property tax potential and rising city debts, with many cities near debt limits and higher assessed values since 1947.
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Lockhart
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Ranger
Eastland
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
Odessan Wins U T Scholarship To Library Science School
Honor graduate Mrs. Paul Nieball of 2721 North Hancock will attend the University of Texas Library Science program in the second term of summer school. The Ector County Library staff member earned two UT extension courses last year and received the scholarship on faculty recommendation. She has served three years in library duties including clerical, circulation, cataloging, and reference work.
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Odessa College
Paul Nieball
North Hancock
University of Texas
Nieball
Graduate School of Library Science
R. R. Douglas
Beach Front Tensions Rise Over Black Bathers In Delray Beach
Delray Beach, Florida, faces racial tension as landowner Phil Phillips vows to post private beach front against Black bathers after claims of unauthorized weekend use. A 150-foot city parcel north of the beach is reserved for Black residents, and the City Commission moves to petition the Legislature to carve out the Black district from city limits amid escalating conflict. About 2,000 Black residents live in the area.
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Flato
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Phil Phillips
Phillips’ Beach
Father and Son Bi-Party Choice in Montana Primaries
In Helena Montana John C Harrison was renominated as a Democrat for Lewis and Clark County attorney while his father Dr Francis R Harrison won the Republican nomination for state senator from Wheatland County.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
John C. Harrison
Lewis and Clark
Francis R. Harrison
Wheatland County
Minister Quits Singapore Post
David Marshall handed in his resignation to the British governor of Singapore after an all party delegation failed to secure independence. Sir Robert Black accepted Marshall’s advice and would appoint Lim Yew Hock to head a new Labor Front coalition. the entire cabinet would resign under Marshall.
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David Marshall
Labor Front
Reian
London
Malayan
China
Robert Black
Marshall
Black
Jon Lim Yew Hock
Lim
Honor Graduate Overcomes Handicaps at PSU
David Ingerson, 26, will graduate from Portland State College Sunday at the top of his class. He cannot walk or write except by a typewriter, speaks incomprehensible to others, and uses a chair for classes. He earned a 3.8 GPA and dictated answers to exams while typing papers.
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Orc
David Ingerson
Portland State College
Ingerson
Illness Cancels American's Visit
U S Ambassador Max Bishop cancels his Indonesian vacation en route to Jakarta citing slight illness. Bishop, envoy to Thailand and U S representative to SEATO, arrived in Singapore and postponed plans amid Indonesian neutrality and fears he would press the government to join SEATO.
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U.S
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Bishop
Thailand
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Jakarta
Indonesia
SEATO
Vienna delegates convene for international crime commission
More than 120 delegates gather in Vienna for the annual conference of the international criminal police commission to discuss methods of fighting global crime.
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Austria
International Criminal Police Commission
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