Fair Youth Stock Show Opens Sept 7 At Am arillo Street Barn
The Collingsworth County Free Fair hosts a youth livestock show Saturday morning September 7 with beef and dairy cattle and hog classes. Judges begin when animals are ready, with all in place by 9 30 p.m. Danny Garcia chairs cattle division assisted by Donte Martin. Frank Kennedy chairs swine division with Cecil Regier assistant. If weather is hot, judging ends early and animals may be returned home.
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Youth Project
Amarillo Street
Danny Garcia
Donte Martin
Frank Kennedy
Cecil Regier
DPS predicts Labor Day traffic deaths in Texas
Austin DPS and partners warn of up to 31 traffic deaths during the Labor Day weekend while hoping the figure proves too high. Col. Homer Garrison Jr urges safe driving as agencies join the Operation Motorcide campaign with the Texas Safety Association and others. The piece also lists local social visits and rural community notes about families in Town Park Plainview and Mangum with brief travel mentions and personal notes.
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Homer Garrison Jr
Department of Public Safety
Texas
Garrison
DPS
Texas Safety Association
Texas Association of Broad- Clrlers
Junior Chambers of Commerce
Texas Council of Safety Supervisors
Texas Motor Transportation Association
Public Notice on Proposed Constitutional Amendment Two
A public notice outlines Constitutional Amendment Two for Texas voters. It details eligibility for state aid payments to needy aged citizens, disabled adults, blind persons, and dependent children, plus funding limits and acceptance of federal funds, with election on the first Saturday after the first Monday in November 1963. The measure includes provisions on residence requirements and annual state expenditure caps and requires gubernatorial proclamations and publication.
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Highway Patrol Seeks 100 Applicants For Patrol Jobs
Texas DPS announces about 100 vacancies in the Highway Patrol with age 27 to 34 as of Sept 14. Training starts Nov 19 at the Law Enforcement Academy in Austin. New hires get a pay rise to 412 per month, two weeks vacation, holidays, sick leave, and retirement benefits. Applicants urged to apply early via patrolmen or DPS offices.
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Texas
County Records One Rural Accident in July
The Texas Highway Patrol reports one rural highway accident in Collingsworth County during July, with $1,050 in property damage. For January through July 1963 the county shows eight total crashes, five injured, and $5,490 property damage. District 5-B logged 196 accidents, seven fatal, 131 injured, and $164,296 in property damage. Social notes mention visits by Mr and Mrs Richard Fourmentin and Mark in Wheeler, and Graham Bowen's trip to Mangum to see Danny McMahon.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Colligsworth
Spt
J. W. Wilson
Childress
Cottle County
Donley
Hall
Proposed Texas constitutional amendment on Jefferson County retirement plan
A renumbered measure proposes adding a new subsection to Article XVI to authorize Jefferson County political subdivisions to create a Retirement Disability and Death Benefit Fund. It details contributions, investment rules, eligibility, and limits, and directs the amendment be placed on the general election ballot with specified wording. The governor would issue a proclamation and publish notice.
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Constitutional amendment authorizing Veterans' Land Board bonds
Public notice outlines proposed Texas constitutional change to Section 49-b creating authority for the Veterans' Land Board to issue up to 380 million dollars in bonds to fund the Veterans' Land Fund. It details board composition, appointment terms, and supervisory roles, plus bond terms, sale, and legal approvals. The notice references election timing and declarative provisions for adoption.
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General Land Office
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Placis
Attorney General of
Constitutional Amendment Four on the Texas Ballot
A lengthy text outlines Constitutional Amendment Four proposing changes to the Veterans Land Fund and related trusts in Texas. It details fund management, bond retirement, and the use of revenues to purchase lands for Texas veterans, with provisions for the Veterans' Land Fund and related educational and permanent funds. The amendment includes adoption conditions and voter referendum wording for the November election.
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Wellinton Leader highlights family reunion and travel notes
Mrs Travis Burke Miss Nora Mae Buske and Mr and Mrs Neil Davis and son attended the Mellwain family reunion at Gaines County Park near Seagraves over the weekend with 90 present. Mr and Mrs Doug Barker and sons Johnny and Tim recently returned from a two week vacation at Rose Lake Idaho visiting his parents and sightseeing in Washington.
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Nora Mae Buske
Neil Davis
Gaines County Park
Seagraves
Doug Barker
Johnny
Tim
Rose Lake
Idaho
Jay Barker
Washington
Texas amendment vote on poll tax repeal and voter registration
A proposed constitutional amendment would repeal the poll tax for voting and empower Legislature to enact voter registration rules. It would require a statewide vote in November 1968 with printed ballots showing For and Against the amendment. The Governor would issue a proclamation if approved.
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