Capitol overhaul to begin amid tourist season
Massive emigration from the state capitol leads to a six point six million dollar renovation of the State Finance Building. After July first the treasurer and controller move, with offices expanding for lawmakers and new committee rooms as remodeling runs into next January.
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Austin
State Capitol
State Finance
State Treasurer
Lrgest
Capitol
Wor
Senate Chamber
Senators
Senate
Branch Post Office
Finance
Texas
Bar
Proper land management and reforestation reduce flooding
A report notes that proper land management including reforestation lowers the frequency and intensity of flood events, suggesting forest restoration as a preventive measure for flood mitigation.
H Ross Perot Named East Texan of the Month
The June East Texan magazine honors H Ross Perot of Texarkana as East Texan of the Month. Born June 27, 1930, he rose from Naval Academy leader to founder of Electronic Data Systems after IBM work. He funds POW efforts, Dallas public schools, Boy Scouts, and Girl Scout camps, becoming a prominent Texas benefactor.
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Longview
H. Ross Perot
East Texan
Ross Perot
Texarkana
Texas
East Texas
East
Electronic Data Systems, Incorporated
EDS
United States
Perot
U. S
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Dallas
Boy Scouts of America
Electronic Data Systems, Inc
The Upper Room Devotional and Profiles Highlight Faith
The page mixes a devotional on Timothy from Second Timothy with a personal profile of H Ross Perot. It notes a family faith legacy from Lois and Eunice shaping Timothy and reflects on parental influence. It profiles Perot as a self made East Texan leader balancing wealth, family life, and advocacy via United We Stand.
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Paul
Timothy
Christ
H. Ross Perot
Salary boosts for over 100000 public employees nationwide
Federal Wage-Hour Administrator Robert D. Moran reports that more than 100,000 public workers gained pay increases two years after the Supreme Court upheld federal regulation of state wages. He notes 41 states plus Puerto Rico paid back wages totaling over 8 million dollars to about 93,000 employees, with many cases showing overtime pay and higher minimums. Moran cites examples of underpaid workers in public hospitals and schools and says enforcement may target noncompliant states.
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James A. Wilson
Austin
Texas Mass Transportation Commission
Robert S. Weddle
Menard News
Texas Criminal Justice Council
John White
Uvalde
Nueces River
Jerry Sadler
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Public Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Railroad Commission
Chevron
Louisiana
Commission
State Health Department
Martin
Alamo State Bank of Pasadena
Department of Banking
Gordon H. Lloyd
Highway Department
State Employees Retirement System
Texas Highway Department
Washington
U. S Supreme Court
Robert D. Moran
Supreme Court
Maryland
Moran
States
Puerto Rico
Labor Department
Soldier Ronnie Howell is promoted in Vietnam duty
Sgt. Ronnie Howell son of Mr and Mrs Jimmy Howell of Diboll is promoted to his present rank while serving with Headquarters Forces Logistic Command Comptroller Da Nang He is due a July leave in Okinawa A Lumberton High School 1968 graduate and nephew of Mrs C S Lee and Mrs Lena Garrett of Lumberton
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Ronnie Howell
Jimmy Howell
Diboll
Headquarters Forces Logistic Command Comptroller
da Nang
Howell
Okinawa
Lumberton High School
C. S. Lee
Lena Garrett
Lumberton
Nola Boyett Named Outstanding Camper at SFA
Nola Boyett of Silsbee was voted outstanding camper at the Tumberjack Twirling Camp held at Stephen F. Austin State University. Forty performers earned medals from 320 competitors across Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma, with Carlotta Nicholas of Carlisle as runner up.
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Nacogdoches
Nola Boyett
Silsbee
Stephen F. Austin State University
Mel Montgomery
SFA
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Carlotta Nicholas
Carlisle
Linda Carey
Port Neches - Groves
Donna and
Linda Vining
Midwest City
Okla
Port Neches-Groves
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University of Texas Law School
Page Keeton
Galveston Island Park
Maco Stewart
Galveston Island
Maco Stewart Jr
Ihis
Parks and Wildlife Commissions
Gulf Beach
Galveston County Clerk's Office
U. S. Supreme Court
Martin Dies Jr
Atty
Crawford C. Martin
U. S. District
Reynaldo Garza
Brownsville
Platoro Ltd
Padre Island
Garza
Abilene
Charles H. Locklin Jr
William G Gibbs
Preston Smith
John C. Taylor
Seguin
Joseph Patrick Kelly
Victoria
Guadalupe-Blanco River
Sabine Monument Works
Grand Avenue Beauront
Hardin County
Hardin, Jasper
Tyler
Jefferson Counties
New York
Lois
Eunice
God
Grace H. Churchill
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
Congress
America
Silsbee Area
Joke Roberts
Kountze
Greece
Carravelers’ Checks Business Loans Investment Counsel
Stechestationat Bank
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