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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1975
Page
9
Austin officials warn funds may run out for new highways as state finance plans falter, prompting calls for emergency budget action and review of highway project priorities.
Commission Chairman Reagan Houston warns of rising costs and inadequate financing for highway construction and maintenance. A new pool plan aims to insure doctors and hospitals by Sept. 1 with July 7 as a target for a working outline. The state merges highways and mass transportation, enlarges Lyndon B. Johnson State Park with a $1 million expansion, and a 40th straight month of oil allowables continues.
The Silsbee Independent School District invites bids for renovating and air conditioning existing school buildings. Bids may be placed per building or per category with due dates for suspended ceilings July 10, 1975, air conditioning July 3, 1975, electrical and plumbing, carpet and hard surfaces July 18, 1975, and roofing July 10. A 5 percent bid bond and 100 percent performance bond are required.
Gov assigns Peggy Gutierrez to the Texas Cosmetology Commission and James M. Bailey to chair the 1975 State Textbook Committee. D. Roy Harrington leads a coastal reefs panel. Agriculture President John C. White named head of Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture. May brings 17 new Texas industries adding 400 million dollars, 1500 jobs, and 250 million in taxes. Communities earning Beautify Texas awards include Tyler Devine Fort Worth Eagle Pass Cameron Mount Vernon San Marcos Smithville Nacogdoches Federation of Women’s Clubs Gray County and the Christian Reinhardt Society of Longview. United Business and Industry Inc opens HQ to promote conservation and free enterprise before the legislature.
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