Legislature Fights Time To Pass Tax and Education Bills
As the May 29 deadline nears, Texas lawmakers grapple with a 2 percent sales tax and budget gaps. Gov. Daniel threatens a veto unless the package shifts burden to business. Sen. Gonzalez vows filibuster if it reaches the Senate. Calvert pegs tax yield above 150 million, guiding final decisions. A conference committee irons out the general appropriations bill while teacher pay and training reforms vie for quick action. Tax receipts show a slump with tobacco and liquor down and a 3 percent motor fuel drop. Civil Appeals court losses complicate a sales tax on radio parts.
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Austin
Price Daniel
Henry B. Gonzalez
San Antonio
Senate
Robert S. Calvert
Calvert
Daniel
Jesse James
DeWitt Greer
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Signs and lessons drift in terse verse and wry witticisms
A string of brief maxims and quips on effort resilience storms and aging. The lines mix aphorisms about success setbacks and practical musings like cleaning pots and avoiding precepts. Notable imagery includes rivers oceans and weather symbols. The piece reads as compact reflective verses.
Allergy in dogs mirrors human conditions warns vet experts
Dr. E M Gildow notes dogs share many illnesses with people and outlines allergies common in summer. Flea bites trigger many cases but only about 20 percent of flea infested dogs suffer summer itch. Antihistamines are used by vets but owners should not give human pills to dogs.
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Fido
Snake in the car blamed for accident near Detroit
Donald E. Jameyfield, 17, told police his pet garter snake crawled from a bottle while he drove to school in Detroit. He said he reached for the snake, lost focus, and struck a parked car, prompting the incident.
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Detroit
Donald E. Jameyfield
Jameyfield
New Frontier Plan Proposes Youth Conservation Corps
Administration weighs a 150000-strong Youth Conservation Corps with a one year stint for dropouts facing no job prospects. Participants would undergo remedial schooling and perform tree planting and ditch digging in national parks and forests as a revival of New Deal era programs.
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Youth Conservation Corps
Civilian Conservation Corps
Critique of the Youth Corps in 1961 economic context
The piece questions the value of the Youth Corps for “unemployable” youths. It argues the program may waste time on inconsequential skills, fail to hire skilled conservationists, or foster reliance on government. It links the 1961 debate to legacy policies from bleak times.
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United States
Wall Street Journal
A Slight Pay Raise No Cold War
President Kennedy quipped that a small raise for a Herald Tribune London correspondent in 1851 might have averted the cold war. The unnamed correspondent, Karl Marx, reportedly turned down for relief and later helped shape Communism. The piece also notes irrigation in Arizona dates back at least 1,000 years.
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New York
Kennedy
New York Herald Tribune
Assn
The
Herald Tribune
London
Karl Marx
Arizona
Oelker Cancer Survivor Praises Early Checkups
ACK OELKER now 33 years old married Martha eleven years ago. A sore jaw led to a bony tumor diagnosis, surgery in 1950, and a full recovery with no current evidence of disease. He enjoys basketball, picnics, and bowling with his three daughters Susan 8 Sandra 6 and Carol Ann 4. The story urges annual checkups and donations to cancer research through the American Cancer Society.
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Ack Oelker
Martha
Jack
University Hospital
Columbus
Jack Oelker
Oelkers
Oelker
Susan
Sandra
Carol Ann
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Ray Roberts
McKinney
A. M. Aikin Jr
Paris
Crawford Martin
Hillsboro
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Wardlow Lane
Center
James Cotton
Henry C. Grover
Houston
Albert Einstein
Texas
By Margie B. Boswell
E. M. Gildow
Friskies Research Kennels
Ford
F.C.A.F
Whitewright Motor Company
Whitewright, Texas
American Cancer Society
Martha Oelker
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