Investigations widen into Texas insurance failures and reform
Legislative probes into the ICT Insurance Co. of Dallas reveal complex ties and losses totaling millions. Gov Price Daniel backs a full time insurance board and a state crime commission plan, while debates shift rent of the Austin Insurance building and a move to the Land Office site. Truckers push higher weight limits amid highway wear concerns alongside loan regulation debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
ICT Insurance Co
Dallas
Insurance Commission
Garland Smith
Ben Jack Cage
ICT
Smith
Max Wayne Ruehiik
Cage
Pierce Brooks
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Senate
William S. Fly
Victoria
Frank Owen
el Paso
International Life Insurance Co
Owen
Texas
General Revenue Fund
Price Daniel
Marshall O. Bell
San Antonio
Daniel
Texas Press Association
TPA
Press of Texas
State Highway Department
Miss Emily Haydon Celebrates 100th Birthday in England
Emily Haydon, a resident of Opington England, marked her 100th birthday at the old people's home. Her motto for reaching a century is never do a day's work, a quip she humorously shared after spending an extra five hours in bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oprington
England
Emily Haydon
Old Peoples
Emily
Lost glasses and mixed local notices
A collage of small notices and jokes describes lost items, local ads, and a quip about a family delivery. It mentions a lost pair of dark-rim glasses in a dark case, a Bells Texas furniture ad, wiring supplies, water heaters, and a photographer’s joke about a stork delivering a seventh baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillett Grocery
Taxpayers Call Out Budget Chief Over Big Budget
The piece notes Percival F. Brundage, Eisenhower’s budget director, has few letters from taxpayers while Congress and the White House face heavy mail about the record budget. Brundage questions the economy drive in U S News & World Report, suggesting it is largely newspaper talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percival F. Brundage
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Brundage
U. S. News & World Report
Mr. Brundage
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Vern Sanford
Rep
R. H. Cory
House
Supreme Court
Tom Beavley
Texas Junior Bar
Tony Konioth
Sherman
Whitewright
L. Laroe & CO
Haydon
Bee
Vanette
T. W. Ayres & Son
Good House
East Main Street
Stephens & Bryant
Bob Andrew
Bath
J. O. Wallace
Ely
West Bank
Denison
Austin Avenue
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Badgett Beauty Shop
Johnson Jewelry & Appliances
Stan’s
Columbia Bicycles
Stan
Grayson County Vocational School
Bells
R. L. Smith
Langford Nursery
Tom Bean
Stan’s Auto Supply
Dollarhide Hardware
Hannah’s
H. H. Taylor
Guy Hamilton
Paul Stephents
Johnson
United States
Whitewright Sun
LEM Tittsworth
Bonham
Aubrey Page
Bureau of the Budget
Washington, D. C
Fort Worth Press
Percy
Linda Theatre
Sal Mineo
John Saxon
Luana Patten
The
Law
Jay Danton
Grant Williams
and Leigh Snowden
Richard Egan
Debranger
Elvis Presley
Tom Tully
Sylvia Sidney
CinemaScope
Dan Dailey
Ginger Rogers
David Niven
Barbara Rush
Watson Barber Shop
Lowell Watson
Rice Bldg
Capit Laundry
Tillett Grocery & Market
Dot
Grayson Oleo
Carnation
Carl
Zee
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