Governor Threatens Special Session Over Insurance Board Reform
Gov Preston Smith vows to seek a special session to abolish the three member State Insurance Board, blaming a "powerful insurance lobby" for Senate rejection of his ally Larry Teaver. He will deliver reform plans and may convene this year or in January. Dallas Sen Oscar Mauzy challenges immediate action. Smith also vetoes 19 items totaling 6.35 million in the 1973 appropriation.
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Preston Smith
Senate
Larry Teaver
Smith
Dallas
Oscar Mauzy
Teaver
A & I University
Corpus Christi
Capitol
Fort Worth
New Branch
Coleman
Lubbock
Haskell
Palestine
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
James McGrew
Texas Research League
University of Texas
McGrew
Reunion Day Saturday Welcomes Wellington High Ex-Students
Former Wellington High School students return for the first alumni reunion in two years. The piece notes strong hometown ties, shared memories, and the hosts among Wellington residents who welcome back visitors and families to a day of reunion and nostalgia.
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Wellington
A Mighty Man Is He Like the Village Smithy
An editorial praises U S Department of Agriculture data showing farm productivity rising sharply last year. It credits weather and farmer know how, noting each farm worker fed 48.2 people vs 25.8 in 1960, and argues farmers deserve higher incomes to sustain production.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
Crossroads letter on changing language use in society
The writer D.E. Scott from Crossroads, U.S.A. laments how words once considered obscene are now common in everyday speech and writing, leaving traditional readers with few shock words to vent frustrations.
Poets and Philosophers Echo in Verses and Verse
A collage of quotes from Emerson Herrick Procter Dykes Shelley Keats Bryant Carlyle Drake and others reflecting on courage faith speech power and freedom. The selection pairs classical lines with modern musings to contrast nature virtue and human striving.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Strictly Fresh Grumpy Boss and Oddities in July Mirth
An assortment of quips about a grumpy boss, a tiny klipspringer joke, lawn disorder, midsummer economy waves, dogs digging up shrubbery, dubious gambling, glowing fireflies, candlelit dinners, and a plant timekeeper noting overtime usually misses bowling league night.
Supreme Court to Hear October Case on Divorce Settlement and Damages
The Court agreed to hear an October argument over a Wichita Falls doctor divorce settlement granting the wife a $40,000 community property share in his medical practice. Other rulings include allowing water shutoffs for unpaid garbage fees and a Houston doctor awarded $134,150 for medical negligence in a broken leg case.
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Supreme Court
Wichita Falls
Houston
Court of Criminal Appeals
State Insurance Board
Ned Price
Dallas
Mike McKool
Crawford Martin
Martin
House of Representatives
Constitutional Amendment 4 On Ballot in 1972 Election
Public notice outlines Texas constitutional amendment 4 HJR 61. It establishes a constitutional revision commission in 1973, outlines staff funding, a 1973 report deadline, a 63rd Legislature constitutional convention in January 1974, compensation rules, and procedures for drafting or revising the state constitution to be voted on November 7, 1972.
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State OF
Texas
State of Texas
Gard
Supreme Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
General Revenue Fund
Greens
Texas Constitutional Amendment 13 Ballot Proposal
Public notice details Texas Constitutional Amendment Number 13 to be voted at the November 7 1972 general election. It adds Section 65 to Article III authorizing bonds to bear interest up to a 6 percent weighted average annual rate and repeals conflicting provisions. The proposal asks voters to approve a six percent rate for bonds issued under constitutional authority.
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State OF
Texas
Constitutional Amendment 5 on Ballot Texas General Election
Public notice details the proposed amendment to Section 2 Article VIII of the Texas Constitution. It outlines exemptions for public property, religious and educational institutions, and tax relief provisions for disabled veterans and surviving spouses and children, including specific disability thresholds and property value limits.
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State OF
Texas
State of Texas
Armed Services of
United States
Veterans’ Administration
United States Armed Forces
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Texas Press Assn
NAC
Fenisdle Press’ Association
By Bill Boykin
Apudlf
Crossroads Report
D.E. Scott Crossroads, U.S.A
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Robert Herrick
Archimedes
Adelaide Anne Procter
Niether
R.W. Emerson
Earth
Keats
William Cullen Bryant
Thomas Carlyle
Joseph Rodman Drake
Strictly Fresh
Noah
Texas Credit Union Department
State Law Library
State Law Library Fund
Justice of the Peace
Commissioners Court
Dee P. Teller
Texas Water Quality Board
Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
Houston-Galveston
Europe
Japan
Texas Industrial Commission
Chet Brooks
Pasadena
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Texas Welfare Board
Cerele
Agen Esht
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