Texans Seek Tougher Laws on Shoplifters in Texas
Texans pay about 15 million annually due to shoplifting across cities and towns. A new bill from Senator Robert Baker and Representative Carl Conley would stiffen penalties, allow detainment in stores, and loosen identification of habitual thieves. University of Houston Law School study notes kleptomaniacs are rare and profits motivate theft.
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Robert Baker
Houston
Carl Conley
Raymondville
Texas
Ralph Poling
Council of Texas Retailers
Dallas
Corpus Christi
Austin
Lubbock
Waco
University of Houston Law School
Dimes Dollars and Demagogues
Fort Worth Press column warns that continued deficit spending and inflation erode real wages. It argues 1939 dollar value falls, cites historical depreciation, and urges readers to write Congress to demand a balanced budget and an honest dollar. It singles out high pressure lobbies as driving wasteful spending and urges action from both representatives and senators.
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Congress
Pioneers Brought Irish Potato and Tennis to U S
Historical note credits Bermuda settlers with introducing the Irish potato to the United States in 1621 and the game of tennis in 1874. Separate legal notice concerns Louise Brown suing H C Brown for divorce on cruelty grounds in Grayson County Texas with court dates set for July 20, 1959 and publication in The Whitewright Sun.
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Bermuda
United States
Notice of Petition for Receiver in Denison Land Case
Plaintiffs Mrs. Unn Moseley and Mrs. Sue Bell Morris seek appointment of a receiver for Lot 12 Block 21 Perry’s First Addition Denison Grayson County Texas 605 E Woodard Street. The court to determine ownership interests of multiple heirs and distribute sale proceeds after paying costs. Hearing set before the 15th District Court in Sherman Texas by June 29 1959.
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State OF
Texas
Betty Perkins
Eddie Langford
Reece Alexander
Lucetta Brown Carpenter
Lute Alexander Carpenter
Willie Kelly
Berry Langford
Roy Langford
Travis Langford
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Unn Moseley
A. W. Moseley
Sue Bell Morris
H. C. Morris
Perry
Denison
E. Woodard Street
A.D
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Europe
Hungary
East Germany
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Atlantic
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Western
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