Texans press for state water plan to avert federal take over
Amid record heat Texans push for a statewide water plan with a May 1 1961 deadline. Gov Price Daniel urges updated master plans by Nov 1 and river authorities to lend engineers, while farmers endure drought and crop losses near Austin. The drive faces rising future costs and possible higher state fund returns. A July Fourth holiday warning forecasts 27 traffic deaths with extended patrols on duty.
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Austin
Texas
Price Daniel
Ter
The
Water Board
Commission
Daniel
State Senate
Hubert Hudson
University Permanent Fund
Permanent School Fund
Teachers Retirement System
State Employes Retirement
Department of Public Safety
Homer Garrison Jr
DPS
LBJ Buttons Bring in 300 in Grayson County
Grayson County sells 350 of 700 Lyndon B. Johnson lapel buttons at 1 each to back the Democratic candidate. The county committee reports $300 raised so far and outlines sales through the Grayson County State Bank, local banks, and Joe Joiner at Sherman’s Merchants & Planters Bank.
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Sherman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic Party
Grayson County
LBJ
Joe Joiner
Joiner
Johnson
Frigidaire Refrigerators Sold At Johnson Jewelry Ad
Johnson Jewelry and Appliances advertises used Frigidaire refrigerators of all sizes and prices. Edwards Chevrolet Co offers steam cleaning for automobiles engines tractors using a modern steam cleaner for 3 50 as a special feature.
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Johnson Jewelry & Appliances
Edwards Chevrolet Co
M. B. Hasty
Duty of Citizens Sparks Chamber of Commerce Debate
A 1960 editorial argues against government intrusion into local civic life. It defends chambers of commerce as independent, member driven bodies for business communities, warning against federal and state influence and stressing the chamber as a concept of life for communities. The piece notes Virginia presidents and describes Kulpsalt Mountain in Turkey.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
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State Finance Advisory Commission
Whitewright
MR. and
Mrs
Ned Ayres
Farley
Pascal Farley
Manton Fain
Bonham Road
Dawson Propane Gas Co
C. H. Keener
Whitewright Lumber Co
Dixon Garage & Wrecking
Mannah’s
H. H. Taylor
Guy Hamilton
Paul Stephens
West Maple Street
Bonham
Billy Waggoner
Whipper-Clipper Co., Inc
U. S
Carl McFatridge
DIXON
W. D. Skipworth
Tom Bean
Johnson Jewelry & Appliance
Stephens & Bryant
Bells, Texas
Bells
Highway
J. A
Alexander
Grayson Bank
Sherman, Texas
Linda Theatre
Technicolor
Rock Hudson
Lauren Bacall
Dorothy Malone
Robert Stack
Walt Disney Picture
Bush
the Giant
Steve Reeves
Solomon and
Sheba
Fred Pool
East Texas C
United States
Virginia
Kulpsalt
Turkey
Highway 69
Bob Dunlap
Billy Smith
Mimosa
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Houston Garner
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