Corporate Surcharge Drives Texas Tax Plan Draft
House tax writers settled on a 208 million package combining cigarette sales and corporation taxes for a possible 1969 70 budget. Gov. Smith agreed with the plan while Mutscher noted a corporation gains tax option alongside a 4 cent cigarette hike and a 3 percent services sales tax. Talks aim to delay new taxes for one year if possible with a large 100 million spread between house and senate appropriations, teacher pay raises, and injured worker benefit increases from 35 to 49 dollars weekly.
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Lawmakers advance bills amid budget impasse and reforms
The House passed a local insurance agencies incorporation measure and a November election absentee ballot timeline with mailed absentee rules and a notary requirement removal. A constitutional change proposal seeks a uniform productivity based assessment for farm ranch and forest land, amid budget talks.
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Texas lawmaker advances absentee voting reform in House
Representative Lom bardino of San Antonio pushes a bill to simplify absentee voting removing notarization and requiring mailed ballots to U S outside points 30 days before elections. He gains House approval to two more measures raising County Clerk salary to 22500 and UTSA land for campus site.
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Bernal proposes county civil service plan in Texas Senate
Sen. Joe Bernal of San Antonio backs SJR 29 to let counties adopt tenure and job security rules but the amended measure spans statewide scope and lacks clear county limitation. The resolution failed to reach the 21 vote threshold needed to advance to the House after a 16 to 7 engrossment vote and eight absentees.
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Smith signs bill to delay workers compensation hike
Gov. Preston Smith of Texas signed a law delaying the workers compensation increase from May 6 to May 18. The measure won swift approval in the House and Senate.
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Farm Tax Would Tax Land by Production Value
Texas voters may decide on a constitutional amendment to tax farm ranch and forest lands by production value instead of market value if the Senate approves. Sen Christie and allies push the measure citing lagging assessor practices and inflation driven land prices.
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Lawmaker seeks tighter Texas disorderly conduct rule
Rep. Jim Nugent of Kerrville pushes a bill to restrict boisterous behavior in residential areas and violent disruption in public places. The measure follows a Waco fed eral court challenge and awaits action after Nugent’s illness delayed proceedings. The bill also targets profane language or gestures and insults aimed at provoking fights during lawful assemblies.
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del Rio
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Texas Lawmaker Proposes Study on Oilfield Seismicity
Rep James R Nowlin of San Antonio calls for a five member legislative committee to investigate potential seismic effects from large injection programs in Texas oilfields. He cites Denver Colorado activity linked to waste injections and asks Texas Tech Texas A&M and University of Texas agencies on earthquakes to assist hearings.
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Texas House stalls two union bills in deep freeze
Two labor bills by Rep. Jim Clark would bar use of professional strikebreakers and ease organizing for about one million Texas workers not covered by the Federal Labor Relations Act. The measures were sent to a deep freeze subcommittee after hearings before the House Labor Committee in Austin.
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UPI
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Houston
National Forecast Showers Continue Across City
The forecast notes yesterday's high of 77 and a low of 71 in Los Angeles. Humidity stood at 94 percent at 6 a.m. with an east-southeast wind at 9 mph. Rainfall totals show 0.06 inches in the past 24 hours and 2.31 inches for the month, 11.79 inches for the year. Sun and moon times and tides are listed for Tuesday through Wednesday.
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Trujillo Brother Gen Arizmendi dies in Puerto Rico
National Weather Truillo UPI reports Gen. Jose Arizmendi Trujillo brother of the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo Molina died today in San Juan Puerto Rico.
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Texas Areas Hit by Storms
United Press International reports violent storms sweeping Texas from the Panhandle to the Rio Grande with tornado sightings near Morton and Andrews. Funnel clouds, heavy rain, and scattered hail affected Midland Amarillo Dalhart Lubbock and Del Rio as fog lingered in Mineral Wells San Antonio Austin Victoria and Tyler. A tornado near Andrews prompted a resident to evacuate with no confirmed damage.
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Swearingen Award Named for Texas Expansion Firm
The Governor’s Industrial Expansion Award of the Texas Industrial Commission will be presented to E. J. Swearingen Jr. in Austin at Memorial Auditorium on Wednesday. Five statewide awards go to firms with the greatest expansion in 1968. Swearingen Aircraft Co. began as a one man operation in 1959 and now employs 978 at International Airport, up from 346 in 1968.
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Austin
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International Airport
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