Connally urges phaseout of Texas property tax to boost local government
Gov. Connally pressed a phased elimination of the ad valorem tax as a state revenue source in speeches to county judges and officials and to the Texas Municipal League. He warned of a difficult readjustment period and urged local solutions to city problems while supporting a municipal sales tax option. The report covers education pay raises, Texas Supreme Court actions, and other state issues.
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Austin
Tex
John Connally
Texas Municipal League
Connally
Municipal League
TMI Board of
League
State Board of Education
Texan Joins National Legislative Conference Executive Committee
Byron Tunnell is named to the National Legislative Conference executive committee as the first Texan on its 15 member panel that meets yearly to discuss legislative issues. The State Selective Service reports a November draft quota of 307 versus 236 in October. about 2,900 single men turning 18 and not in school will face mental and physical exams but not be called immediately. Attorney General Carr rules county warrants cannot be cashed by a public employee or official from an unauthorized change fund.
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Texas
State Department of Mental Health
Texas House General Investigating Committee
Bill J. Parsley
Lubbock
Texas Liquor Central Board
TLCB
Coke Stevenson Jr
Texas Water Commission
Connally
iCopano Bay
Arkansas County
Claude Kenneth Johnson
Brookleland
State Animal Health Commission
Byron Tunnell
National Legislative Conference
First Texan
State Selective Service
Carr
Historical Group Forms to Honor Big Thicket at Saratoga Meet
Lance Rosier of Saratoga chairs a piloting committee to form The Big Thicket Historical Association. The group seeks a museum in the old Saratoga High School gym and charter memberships at 5 dollars. Open meeting set for Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Saratoga Methodist Church to discuss plans and open membership.
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Lance Rosier
Saratoga
Big Thicket
Texas
Big Thicket Historical Association
Ini
Association
Rosier
Peggy ‘Foster
Carl Sory
Saratoga High School
E. L. Unger
First Methodist
Unger
Terréh Buchanan
Silsbee
Saratoga Methodist Church
the Historical Association
Lead Poisoning Hazard From Indoor Exploration In Toddlers
A winter indoor habit of toddlers chewing on woodwork and paint chips can lead to lead poisoning, a preventable, accumulative disease. Keep toys and cribs non toxic, remove peeling paint, and clean fallen plaster. avoid inhaling paint fumes.
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Division of Public Health Education
Texas State Department of Health
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Texas State Teachers Association
Board of Education
State Supreme Court
Melvin Belli
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Belli
Little
Wichita River
Wichita Falls
West Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Jerry Sadler
Taylor County
Trace Mining Company
Doyle Willis
Fort Worth
Starr County
Trial Court Court of Criminal Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Federal
F. Clifton White
Citizens For Goldwater-Miller
General Services Administration
Johnson
LBJ
Eisenhower
Truman
Hoover
Atty
Waggoner Carr
Kennedy
Dallas
Texas Press Association
FBI
Texas Court of
Warren Commission
Silsbee Exes
S&h Cafe
Minimax
Johnnie’s Restaurant
West Avenue
Mrs
J. E. Ashworth
Buffy
Herbert Elmore
Elmore
Miami
Fla
San Francisco Zoo
Arthur Arthur Godfrey
Harrod’s Laundry
Morris
Sth Street
Mirapaca
Reltless Ivy League
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