HERE and THERE: local notes and opinions on taxes and events
A column mixes social gossip about Adam Clayton Powell and his wife with local notes. It covers a chili supper fund raising for a new fire truck, sewer plant progress, a price-marking anecdote, cotton acreage incentives, editorial views on Washington influence, Oklahoma liquor spending, and a proposed Texas wholesale sales tax.
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Adam Clayton Powell
D-Ny
Puerto Rico
Whitewright
Penalty Sought For Dog Thieves
Austin Senator Doyle Willis introduces a bill proposing up to two years in prison and a $500 fine for dog thieves. The measure targets theft and exploitation of hunting dogs used in season and applies to mongrels or any pets.
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Austin
Doyle Willis
Fort Worth
Willis
Tarrant County
Coon
Alternate Plan Adds Sales Taxes
The finance advisory commission proposes eight new sales taxes and increases on existing ones to raise about 113 million dollars annually for Gov. Price Daniel. New levies include 3 percent on restaurant meals and 2 percent on parts, appliances, jewelry, business machines, building materials, and furnishings with varying revenue estimates. Existing hikes cover gasoline, motor vehicles sales, air conditioning tax, cosmetics, boats, beer, liquor, and wines, totaling substantial added revenue.
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Austin
Price Daniel
Finance Advisory Commission
Daniel
Flight engineers emerge after World War II era
New York reports flight engineers arose with four engine planes after the war. They strike over a National Mediation Board ruling that would merge the Flight Engineers International Union with the Air Line Pilots Association, seen as a death blow to their union.
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New York
National Mediation Board
Flight Engineers International Union
Air Line Pilots Association
NME
Wholesale level sales tax preferred by retailers
Retailers favor a tax at the wholesale level arguing it would reduce collection costs and states losing 20 percent of sales tax to nonpayment. They claim a wholesale tax would lessen state tax enforcement burdens on retailers and keep more revenue in the general fund.
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Texas
Whitewright City Election Set for April 4
Mayor Russell Summers orders a city election for April 4 to elect two city commissioners. Rolla C. Vestal is appointed election judge. Filing for candidates closes 30 days before election. filings at the city secretary office. An April 1 school board election will choose three members for the Whitewright Independent School District with terms for Walker and Wilson expiring this year.
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Russell Summers
Whitewright
Rolla C. Vestal
Board of Education
Whitewright Independent School District
Dick Walker
Wallace Wilson
L. H. Durham
Manuel Alexander
Louis Franklin
S. D. Blackerby
R. M. Faison
Earl Blanton
Cap-Char gun promises sleep inducing immobilizer
A Dallas News excerpt describes a patent for a nonlethal syringe gun called Cap-Char. Powered by compressed gas, it fires a drug charge to immobilize animals or humans, sparking debate on potential abuse and the moral implications of a device that could bypass murder charges.
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Dallas News
Freeman raises 1961 U S cotton supports
Washington announces 1961 cotton support prices lifted 62 cents per pound above 1960 levels. Middling one inch cotton set at 33.04 cents per pound, boosting most growers about $3 per bale. Export subsidy raised to 8.5 cents per pound for the year beginning Aug. 1.
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Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Deaths Glen da Murphy 16 month old dies after heart surgery
Funeral services were held at Sedalia Baptist Church for Glen da Marie Murphy 16 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Murphy of Pilot Grove. She died Friday in a Dallas hospital following heart surgery born Oct 2 1959 in Sherman Burial in Pilot Grove Cemetery Survivors include sister Betty Jean grandparents Mr and Mrs C W Murphy Whitewright and Mr and Mrs W L Dodson Van Alstyne great grandmother Mrs S H Murphy Howe
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Sedalia Baptist Church
Westminster
Glenda Marie Murphy
Ray Murphy
Pilot Grove
Dallas
Sherman
Betty Jean
C. W. Murphy
Whitewright
Rhudy Funeral Held for Mrs. Nannie Rhudy at Wilson
Mrs. Nannie Rhudy died Monday and funeral services were held in Wilson yesterday attended by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rhudy. Surviving relatives include Clarence Rhudy Daniel Rhudy of Sherman Mrs Raymond Taylor of Dallas and Mrs Jim Parker of Wilson.
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Clarence Rhudy
Nannie Rhudy
Wilson
Rhudy
Whitewright
Daniel Rhudy
Sherman
Raymond Taylor
Dallas
Jim Parker
Texas oil and gas share in U S energy output
Texas produced 983,840,000 barrels of crude oil in 1959, providing 38.2 percent of the nation’s fuel energy output. The data highlight Texas as the leading crude oil producer in the United States.
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Texas
U.S
Uncle Dan laments Congress talk and jokes about debt plan
A country store letter from Uncle Dan mocks Washington writers and Congress while recounting Ed Doolittle’s debt plan using taxed envelopes. Local opinions critique a tax tracking system, automobile debt, and Kennedy’s peace efforts versus England’s one man approach.
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Washington
Congress
Ed Doolittle
Zeke Grubb
Clem Webster
Bug Hookum
Bug
Kennedy
England
Uncle Dan
House Refuses Public Vote on Tax Bills
In Austin the Texas House defeated a bid to put a public vote on April 4 for a sales income or payroll earnings tax. Rep. Wesley Roberts sought to add a tax choice to the U S Senate special election ballot but failed 65 to 81 and warned the measure faced a committee bottleneck.
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Austin
House
Texas
Wesley Roberts
Seminole
State Affairs Committee
Roberts
U. S
Revised Defense Cost Exceeds GOP Estimate
The Kennedy administration revised the next fiscal year's defense budget toward or above wartime highs. The initial Eisenhower figure for the year starting July 1 was 42.9 billion dollars, with speculation of up to 2 billion more. A boost could top 43.7 billion dollars, beating the 1953 peak.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Eisenhower
President Kennedy seeks multi billion aid to education
President Kennedy urged Congress to approve a multi billion dollar education package covering elementary, secondary, and college aid. The plan includes 2.3 billion in grants for schools, 577 million for college scholarships, 1.5 billion in loans for facilities, and 1.25 billion for student housing loans over five years. Early hearings begin amid resistance over federal involvement and desegregation issues.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House
Senate
Price support loans no longer capped by USDA changes
The Agriculture Department resumes its old practice with no size limit on regular price support loans for most 1960 crops after Congress did not renew the previous $50 000 cap. The change follows the current fiscal year funding bill and ends the ceiling. Michigan becomes the 33rd state to legalize blood tests for drunken driving.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Congress
Michigan
Whitewright C of C Plans March 2 Dinner Meeting
The Whitewright Chamber of Commerce holds its monthly dinner meeting on Thursday March 2 at 7 pm at the Firemen's Hall. Dinner costs 1.25 with Mrs Gladys Cook serving. The 7:30 pm business session will proceed for members not dining. Discussion centers on a proposed monthly trades days series.
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Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Gladys Cook
Whitewright PTA meeting February 28 features Boy Scouts Court of Honor
The Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association will hold its monthly meeting in the school library at 7:30 PM next Tuesday February 28. Wallace Mynatt minister of the Church of Christ leads the program and the public is invited.
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Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association
Boy Scouts Court of Honor
Wallace Mynatt
Church of Christ
Fourth Sunday Singing Convention at Savoy Methodist
The 4th Sunday Singing Convention will be held at the Savoy Methodist Church Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. All singers and listeners are invited. Vernie Caraway is in charge of the event.
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Methodist Church
Savoy
Vernie Caraway
Economists See Prolonged Recession With Modest Depth
Washington economists expect the downturn to last longer than the 1957 58 slump but not hit its depth. They project a June bottom, about 13 months total, and unemployment around 6.6 percent now, still below the 1957 58 peak of 7.5 percent. The GNP hovers near 503 billion, with plant and equipment spending weak but not collapsing.
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Washington
Kennedy
New York
Chicago police build modern skill catalog for officers
Chicago police are creating a punch card like system to identify officers by special skills and hobbies. The catalog lists extra duty abilities such as artist electrician helicopter operator holster painter printer and baker, and hobbies including boxing billiards auto racing hypnotism and magic.
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Chicago
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Dear Mister
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