Texas tax friction sparks talk amid early sales plan
In Austin during the first week of Texas almost general sales tax, shoppers and clerks voiced protests over the new levy and its exemptions. State Comptroller Calvert faced heavy inquiries while merchants sought clarity. Amid coffee shop schemes to beat the tax, Attorney General Wilson announced an antitrust probe into poultry pricing as Broiler costs pressures Texans.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Robert S. Calvert
Comptroller
Calvert
Will Wilson
District Court Civil And Felony Dockets List For 1961
The district court schedule lists civil cases for fourth and fifth weeks with multiple dockets including Willis Brooks, Gulf, Santa Fe Railroad Co. and Liberty Mutual Insurance, plus ordinary felonies in weeks six to nine with cases of assault, theft, embezzlement and murder. Proceedings set for October 1961 and November 1961, detailing defendants and opposing parties.
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Willie Brooks
Traders & General Ins. Co
B. L. Moreland
Crockett & Gilchriest Groc
Willow J. Parks
Carl Lindsey
Jasper Lewis
Liberty Mutual Ins. Co
Joe N. Kelly
Biela Ford
Lamar Creamery, Inc
Jerry Lynn Williams
W. T. Arrington
Edgar A. Eaves
City of
Chester Gray
Jodie Dixon
J. W. Phillips
A. G. Mott
Andrew J. Mott
J. H. West
Leroy H. Baldwin
Joe E. Snider
K. C. Gilder
Richard W Towry
A. D. Hooks
Garland B. Gore
Joe N
K. M. Kirby
Carl Neal Cole
Leon Sims
Louis P. Powell
Zalah G Burriss
Joseph E. Griffin
Jack Baker
Steven Thebedeaux
Local hunting rules vary by county guidance advised
Special hunting regulations may differ from county to county, so consult a Game and Fish Law Digest or your local game warden before entering the field.
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Game and Fish Law Digest
Pine Island Bridge and Approaches Contract Notice
Sealed proposals for 0.894 miles of Pine Island Bridge and approaches from 0.4 miles south to 0.4 miles north of Pine Island Bayou on Highways 69 and 96 in Hardin and Jefferson counties will be received at the Texas Highway Department in Austin until 9 00 a m September 12 1961 and publicly opened. Plans and specifications including minimum wage rates are available at the office of Lester P Landgraf Resident Engineer Silsbee Texas and the Texas Highway Department Austin. Usual rights reserved.
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Texas
Pine Island Bridge
Pine Island Bayou
Hardin & Jefferson
Highway Department
Austin
Lester P. Landgraf
Silsbee
Texas Highway Department
Silsbee Texas votes on whether to floridate water supply
City Council of Silsbee Hardin County Texas set an election for September 23 1961 at City Fire Hall to decide if the city water supply should be floridated. Election judge E J Dietrich oversees polls from 8 am to 7 pm. Mayor SF McClanahan and City Secretary Cesar Dominguez sign the notice.
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E. J. Dietrich
SF. L. McClanahan
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Syvern Sanford
Ben Ramsey
JO. W. Hayes
Temple
James A. Turman
Gober
Crawford Martin
Hillsboro
A. M. Aikin Jr
Paris
Preston Smith
Lubbock
Bob Baker
Houston
Don Yarborough
Yarborough
Ramsey
Padre Island
Jerry Sadler
School Land Board
Sadler
Price Daniel
French Robertson
Abilene
Gatesville
James Turman
Texas Youth Council
Mountain View School
Gatesville School
Robert W. Kneebone
Internal Revenue
Mortimer M. Caplin
Lux
Mack
Josie B. Mitchell
T. V. Watson
Joe E. Gates
First Pentecostal Church
Jake
Hattie Spurlock
Columbia Casualty Co
John Winston Lee
Edith Faye Lee
Sam Denman
Erma Lee McGalin
Downey Bros. Inc
of Hardin Co
J. D. Daniels
Gulf, Colo
Santa Fe R. R. Co
Hull Telephone Co
Alvin J. Ragan
George E. Glover
John E. Leonard
Bill Vernon
Arped Ballar
Hampton Co
Jerry Mac Anderson
Western Bell Telephone Co
Martinsburg
West Virginia
State Health Department
University of Texas
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Victoria
San Antonio
Waco
West Texas
Jesse James
UT Ex-Students Association
U. S. Navy
John B. Connally
Wallace Benjamin
Fidelity & Cas. Co
Henry F. Nichols
Fidelity & Guaranty Co
Willie James White
Coal Operators Casualty Co
Cecil Clyde Moore
Travelers Ins. Co. (J
Southern Neches Corporation
L. A. Bates
Fast Texas Pulp & Paper Co
Carlton G. Ferguson
Jimmie F. Y. Lee
L. H. Parsons
Assn
Bobby Joe Clark
Ins
Lennie L. Nash
Texas Employers Insurance Assn
W. Leo Wallace
Oak Farm Dairies
A. T. Gibson
Pacific Employers Ins. Co
Browns
Texaco
N. P. Thomas
Britton - Cravens Lumber Company
Ave
3Rd St
N.C. Brown
Theresa
Kirby Addition NO
Jake Contra
Aste Cesar Dominguez
Silsbee Bee
Silsbee State Bank
Grady Tarver
Pines
Highway
Emmett
Helen
Pancho
Jersey
Orion
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