City hall reshapes finances with Roberts exit in economy plan
Observers note Elmer Roberts resigns as finance director as the city inches toward an economy program. Warren Sawyer steps in for department finances while critics say the move reshapes power, affecting water department oversight and council dynamics in Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Sawyer
Sawyer
Roberts
Water Department
10Th
Columbus
J. B. Lefevers
W. B. Lenamon
Poll Tax Payment Urged Ahead of January Deadline
GEORGE NOKES, Democratic Executive Committeeman for the 11th Senatorial District, urged Central Texans to pay poll taxes before the January 31 deadline. He noted that unpaid taxes disqualify voters from the upcoming Presidential Election and emphasized voting as a civic duty. He highlighted Texans will vote for a fellow Texan president in 1964 and mentioned state and local elections that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nokes
Nokes
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Jaycees Launch Poll Tax Campaign in Waco
The Waco Jaycees led a Pay Your Poll Tax Campaign to urge voters in Waco and McLennan County to pay the poll tax ahead of the January 31 deadline. Jaycee President Wallace Brooks and others paid their tax to a League of Women Voters team as bills and posters promote the effort. In 1959 McLennan County poll tax receipts reached 42 312 and organizers hope to top that figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco Jaycees
Jaycee
Wallace Brooks
League of Women Voters
Waco
McLennan County
Texas
Jaycees
Brooks
McLennan
Waco Ku Klux Figure H S Miller Dies at 62
Horace Sherman Miller head of the Aragan Knights of the Ku Klux Klan with Waco headquarters at 1401 North 13th street died at 62 after years of illness. He faced frequent postal inspection inquiries but no legal charges were filed. Funeral at Compton's 2 p m with burial at Waco Memorial Park officiated by Rev. Dean Costley. Survivors include his mother Mrs. Lema Skinner of Waco and brother Harry Miller Sr. of Brownwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aragan Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Waco
North 13Th Street
Horace Sherman Miller
Compton’s
Waco Memorial Park
Dean Costley
Miller
Nug Skinner
Lema Skinner
Harry Miller Sr
Brownwood
Poll Tax Push Precedes Waco City Hall Elections
Editorial urges timely poll tax payments by January 31 to vote in April 7 city elections. It notes tension at the Waco City Council over budget cuts and economy measures and questions councilman Raymond Chunn's conduct amid inflammatory reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenamon
Raymond Chunn
W. L. Parrett
Chunn
A. M. Goldstein
Roger Conger
Ernest Fardo
Slam
Texas Sales Tax Inquiries Highlighted By IRS Officer
The IRS at Waco notes one in four taxpayer questions involve Texas state sales tax cigarette tax and gasoline tax. A Texas State Sales Tax Table for 1963 aids itemizers by simplifying deduction calculations. Also deductible are the gasoline tax of 5 cents per gallon and the cigarette tax of 3 cents per pack, plus motor vehicle sales tax changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
Texas
Walter H. Hill
Waco
District Courts Report Busy Texas Year 1963
Pete Middlebrook and District Sterk present the 1963 annual Texas Civil Judicial Council report. Three district courts filed 2333 civil and 180 criminal new cases, totaling 2513. divorces led with 937 cases while other civil cases reached 1063.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Middlebrook
Sterk
Texas Civil Judicial Council
Austin
Bill Logue
19Th District Court
D. Y. McDaniel
Vic Hall
Otis Whatley Celebrates New Granddaughter
Mrs Otis Whatley and family passed out cigars to announce the birth a daughter at the home of their son and his wife. The celebration spread through Otis Bar at South 3rd and Bankers Alley on the city square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Whatley
Otis’ Bar
South 3Rd
Bankers Alley
City Square
John Cabaniss Seeks Re-election for Precinct 1 1 Office
Justice of the Peace John Cabaniss filed for re-election to precinct 1 place 1 at the courthouse, paid a $50 filing deposit in County Clerk Floyd Mitchell's office, and seeks a second four year term. He was appointed to complete an unexpired two year term after Vic Hall moved to county judge. Cabaniss, 44, lives at 5713 Roberts Drive and was raised in Moody, where he graduated high school.
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Justice of the Peace
John Cabaniss
Cabaniss
Floyd Mitchell
Vic Hall
Roberts Drive
Moody
Bert E. Roberts Retired From City After Sick Leave
The notice corrects a misprint stating Bert E. Roberts retired on March 18 while on sick leave from the city of Waco. Employed nine years, he did not qualify for full retirement pay. council awarded half pay for 27 days of confinement earned as sick leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert E. Roberts
Waco
Roberts
Red Cross Center Opens With 49 Pints Blood Drive
The Waco Regional Red Cross Blood Center opened Monday night and collected 49 pints. Donors included Edwin Ladd, Shelby Scott, Joe Kendrick, Frank Browder, Lorena Browder, and Charlie Ray, with several completing their first or fourth gallons. The center at 523 North Eighteenth Street will be open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and seeks a large turnout.
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Waco Regional Red Cross Blood Center
Edwin Ladd
North Nineteenth Street
Shelby Scott
Barnard Avenue
Joe Kendrick
Maple Avenue
Frank Browder
Route 1
Lorena
Charlie Ray
LaSalle Avenue
North Eighteenth Street
Postal Clerks Federation To Meet In Waco
The Texas United Federation of Postal Clerks will hold its Annual Executive Board Meeting and District Meeting in Waco. About two hundred officers and members from across the state attend the all day event at the Raleigh Hotel. The agenda lists a General Assembly, Executive Board Meeting, State Wide Banquet and District Meeting, and a dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas United Federation of Postal Clerks
Waco
Reginald H Hughes
Raleigh
General Assembly
Indigent Care Plan Discussed With Bellmead Lions Club
County Judge Raymond Mormino explained a joint city county indigent care program to the Bellmead Lions. Action committee director Jim Miller outlined funding and board structure, with 70 percent operating cost financed by the county and 30 percent by the city. The plan, under Article 4447A, calls for a nine member Board of Health and unites out patient and in patient services in a hospital setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Commissioners Court
Bellmead Lions Club
Raymond Mormino
Jim Miller
T. E. Tabb
Sixth
Columbus
Mormino
Board of Health
State of Texas
Junior League
Medical Society
Oral Sabin
Raymond Mormine
The
Lions Club
Hamilton New DWU President
A. S. Hamilton of Hamilton's Inc. was elected president of Downtown Waco Unlimited, taking over immediately and paying tribute to past president Stan ley Strum. Other officers elected include Joe Lewis as President Pro-Tem, Jack Jeffrey and W. B. Schwarzing as vice presidents, Robt. Armstrong as Secretary-Treasurer, and Mrs. Salley Johnston as assistant treasurer. A sight seeing charter trip to Grand Junction, Colorado is planned for members to view DWU problems and results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Hamilton
Hamilton’s, Inc
South 8Th
Waco Unlimited
Hamilton
Stanley Strum
Lou Gernstein
John Greene
DWU
Grand Junction
Colp
Waco
Joe Lewis
Jack Jeffrey
W. B. Schwarzing
Jack Adams
Robt. Armstrong
Sec
Treas
Salley Johnston
John Cawood
Lee Shirley
Elmer Donaldson
Jfrey
Funeral held for Miss Nellie Buck Waco educator
Funeral services for Miss Nellie Faulkner Buck longtime Waco Academy teacher and owner were held at Wilkinson and Hatch Chapel. Dr. Joe Weldon Bailey and Rev. M Williamson officiated. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery. She died at Haven Manor in the 500 block of North Seventeenth Street. She is survived by five nephews two nieces and two sisters in law including Mrs Sadie Buck of Waco.
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Nellie Faulkner Buck
Waco Academy
Wilkinson and Hatch Chapel
Joe Weldon Bailey
M. ©. Williamson
Oakwood Cemetery
Buck
Haven Manor
North Seventeenth Street
Sadie Buck
Waco
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Elmer Roberts
Elmer
Southwest Waco
Goldstein
Austin Avenue
South Side
Ernest Pardo
Cooper Foundation
Westview
H.S. Miller
Erd K. Armstrong
Armstrong
Red Cross Center
Postal Clerks Federation
David Kultgen
Hamilton New Dwu
McGregor
Rocketdyne
North American Aviation
Nellie Buck
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