Legislature Nears End of 57th Texas Session
Highlights from the 57th Texas Legislature as it nears adjournment. Bills pass and stall with major measures debated in committees. Proposals include liquor by the drink limits, private club regulation, milk import rules, and a $650000 emergency allocation for corrections.
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California Senate urges TV improvements
Sacramento Calif The California Senate adopted a unanimous resolution urging President Kennedy and Congress to take immediate steps to improve television. Senator Stanford Shaw said states cannot control intrastate TV and condemned network programs as lowering morals and taste.
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Kennedy
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Texas Teachers Face Pay Raise Dead as Session Ends
The $810 yearly raise for Texas teachers is deemed dead after the regular session ends without a financing tax. House and Senate bills died with no tax measure passed. House members expect a selective, narrowly captioned tax package in a July called session.
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Senate
Austin
James Turman
D. Richard Bowles
Texas State Teachers Association
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Bowles
Wardlow Lane
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Lane
Jim Cotten
Weatherford
House Appropriations Committee
Paper Slippers Save Floors At Portland Luncheon
In Portland Oregon Mrs. Fred Leonetti hosted 90 women for a church luncheon to protect floors from spike heels. After coordinating with chairwoman Mrs. Howard Fox she supplied 90 paper slippers from a motel supplier. Guests swapped their shoes for the soft coverings and praised the comfort.
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Ore
Milady
Fred Leonetti
Howard Fox
Leonetti
Veteran Questions And Answers Clarify VA Pension Rules
A Q and A outlines widow and child eligibility for death pension based on income limits, and explains that minor children may qualify if widow is ineligible. It notes a veteran with a later dishonorable discharge remains eligible for medical benefits but not burial in a National Cemetery. Also covers peacetime veterans' potential VA domiciliary eligibility and cites an estimated 22,475,000 veterans in the U S as of 1960.
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