Sovereign Immunity and Texas Law on State Suits
The article explains how sovereign immunity limits suing the government, noting historic shifts after the American Revolution and wartime tort liability. It describes Texas practice where the Legislature must permit suits against the state or state officials, and explains the process of obtaining permission, pursuing judgments, and securing funding to pay them.
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George
Colonies
Tes
Congress
Texas
Texas bill bars eight cylinder state cars with AC
The 308 page appropriations bill before the House prohibits state officials from driving high powered air conditioned cars. State Highway Department cars may not have eight cylinders automatic transmissions or air conditioning. Khaki is a Hindustan word meaning dust colored.
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Austin
Texas
House
State Highway Department
Tips on Touring by Carol Lane
A safety expert urges beginning driving education at home and reinforcing it in schools from kindergarten. Emphasizes modeling good driving, early exposure to signals, and driver training in high school as essential to shaping responsible motoring habits in children and preventing poor habits learned from dads.
Texas TB Code Approved By House Panel
A Texas tuberculosis code measure HB 421 by Rep. Kennard Fort Worth won approval from the hospitals and special schools committee and was sent to the floor. The bill would rewrite diagnosis and treatment laws, require isolation of contagious cases, and grant officials power to compel treatment for those who refuse.
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Austin
Hospitals and Special Schools
Kennard
Fort Worth
Type B Flu Reported Across Twelve States
Public Health Service notes Type B influenza found in a dozen states including New York Georgia Utah Illinois Iowa Michigan Maryland Indiana California Massachusetts and Alabama. Asian flu Type A also identified in New York Florida and California.
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Public Health Service
New York
Florida
California
Georgia
Utah
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Maryland
Indiana
Massachusetts
Alabama
When It Began Jones-Who started the 40-hour week
Smith quotes Robinson Crusoe to illustrate the joke that characterizes modern work rhythms. The line playfully assigns tasks to Friday, reflecting workplace morale and time management in a timeless quip.
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Smith
The Spice of Life and Texas Tales Parade
A collage of short vignettes from Texas life and humor include a decorated soldier recalling a risky DSC mission, a barber price joke, a migrant granddad’s piney woods tale, a Heaven tour with Texans chained to anchors, Ozark misreadings and many regional quips. Texas sarcasm and stubborn frontier pride thread through.
Social Security Dependents Eligible Under New Act
Charles J Campbell of the Sherman social security office explains a recent act change allows monthly checks for dependents of a disabled person aged 50 to 65. Benefits may extend to a qualifying child, disabled adult child, wife over 62, or a dependent husband if the primary earner is disabled, with applications advised promptly.
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Charles J. Campbell
Social Security
Sherman
Campbell
Copper wire kite death shocks Millbrae boy
Fourteen year old Robert Satrap died after a reel of thin copper wire used as kite string touched a high voltage power line. The Millbrae California incident occurred while he flew a kite, with his mother Mrs. Eugene Satrap noted as the parent.
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Millbrae
Calif
Robert Satrap
Robert
Eugene Satrap
San Francisco
Vitamin pill fad criticized by AMA leader
Dr. Louis M. Orr, president elect of the American Medical Association, calls the vitamin pill craze nutritional nonsense. He says the public spends about a billion dollars yearly and that the food supply already provides all necessary vitamins and minerals.
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Memphis
Tenn
Louis M. Orr
The
American Medical Assn
Orr
Orlando, Fla
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