Texas showcases state sights and tax debate in early summer
Texas Highway Department offers maps and guides to Big Bend coastlines forests parks and roadside rest areas as lawmakers debate tax policy and state revenue. Youth leaders arrive for Boys State and Girls State programs sponsored by the American Legion and its auxiliary.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Highway Department
D. C. Greer
Greer
Big Bend
Highway Department
P. O. Box
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Recipe for home brew leads to $100 fine in Fort Worth
County Criminal Judge J. C. Duvall fined Tom Edwards, a 23 year old ex sailor from 1917 W. Daggett, who delivered a home brew recipe. The article cites the instruction to mix raisins prunes apples malt sugar yeast and water to yield four cases. Edwards asked about social security benefits. The piece ends noting French as the official diplomatic language.
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Fort Worth
J. C. Duvall
Tom Edwards
W. Daggett
Judge Duvall
Ozark
Tom
Secondary oil recovery expanding nationwide in U S
The Industrial News reports oil firms are injecting 27 000 barrels of alcohol followed by water to free about 150 million barrels of trapped petroleum in a Pennsylvania field. About 2 700 such projects exist, boosting recoverable oil and lowering costs.
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Pennsylvania
Thomas W. Bush
The
Wall Street Journal
Citation for Defendants in Denison Real Estate Suit
Legal notice commands defendants including Jack Mires and others to answer by July 17 1961 in Grayson County Court. Plaintiffs Benton Vaughan and Frances Vaughan seek title and possession to Lot 13 14 in Block 6 West End Addition Denison Texas with case No 67533. citation issued May 29 1961 and published June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 1961 in Whitewright Sun.
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State OF
Texas
Jack Mires
Dortha Lee Mires
Carl McKelvey
Blanche Drew McKelvey
Joel Harrison Clark
Mary Helen Clark
Ada Torbert
Susan Nix
F. L. Nix
B. E. Lovelady
M. E. Torbert
James Lovelady
Helen Torbert
Dorothy Lee Torbert
Daisy Alma Propeck
Nola Alma Propeck
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Benton K. Vaughan
Frances Yvona Propece Vaughan
West End
Denison
One Drink Drivers Proposed for Drunken Driving Convictions
Virginia's chief medical examiner urged a bill to classify drivers with even one alcoholic drink as drunken drivers. Dr Geoffrey T Mann told a legislative study committee that one drink should trigger conviction, highlighting enforcement and safety concerns.
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Richmond
Virginia
Geoffrey T. Mann
Human Life Span Seen Slipping Despite Medical Advances
New York report questions rising life expectancy as cancer and heart disease strike earlier. Insurance data show 1900 birth expected to live 47. today 70. If lifespan extends further, private insurers predict a surge in demand and a crowded market for life coverage.
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New York
U.S
U. S
Institute of Life Insurance Companies
Institute
Continental Assurance Co
Census Bureau reports Texas family size tops national average
The Census Bureau released figures from the 1960 census showing the average Texas family has 3.72 persons, higher than the national average of 3.65. It tallied 44,670,000 family units and 53,021,000 households nationwide, with Florida recording the smallest average and Hawaii the largest at 4.29 persons per family.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Texas
Bureau
United States
Florida
Hawaii
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State Capitol
Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Daniel
Sen
Wardlow Lane
House
Robert S. Calvert
Evangelist Dan Vestal
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Houston Garner
America
Pirates
Beavers
S. V. Earnest
Wmoawnae
Gladys Hamilton
Whitewright Sun
the Sun
Ward Cannel
Champlin
Dawson Propane Co
Whitewright, Texas
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