Texas Tax Study Shows State Relies On Property Taxes
Texas state and local taxes totaling about 1.2 billion dollars in 1956 show a pattern of heavy property taxes funding local government. Individuals and businesses pay selective levies with corporations the main state tax. The reports note taxes on business are largely passed to individuals and exclude several possible taxes not currently imposed by Texas.
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Texas
Texas State Tax Study Commission
State OF Texas
Carl Janner
A. D
15Th District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Alta Janner
Edith Crouch
Spencer Crouch
Dumas
Denison
Earnest
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
Hidden Book Rule Sparks Family Quip
A light exchange centers on a joke about hiding a self help book as a husband jokes he would not keep such a volume in the house with his mother present, highlighting domestic humor and playful mistrust.
Repartee Between Mrs Hightone and Neighbor
Dialog shows Mrs Hightone boasting of eight century family ancestry while a neighbor probes where her children were last night. The exchange highlights social pretensions and public curiosity about family origins and behavior.
Who Inherits Property In Absence of Will
Describes intestate succession law for married couples and families. Explains how community property is divided without a will, noting surviving spouse, children, and descendants share rules, and mentions that exact outcomes depend on surviving relatives and property type. Ends with a garish nightclub line for contrast.
U S Gasoline Tax May Rise Next Year
Washington reports a likely penny increase in the federal gasoline tax from 3 cents a gallon as President Eisenhower prepares to request the boost after the 86th Congress convenes. The highway trust fund faces a deficit, and officials say higher gas taxes or tapping general funds may be needed to keep the fund self supporting.
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Washington
Eisenhower
86Th Congress
Highway Trust Fund
Bureau of the Budget
Maurice H. Stans
Bureau
Budget Bureau
Stephens and Bryant Insurance Ad For Auto Liability
Stephens and Bryant offer liability and property damage auto insurance coverage. The agency highlights policies for car owners seeking protection and affordable rates.
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Stephens & Bryant
Integration Threatens Split Of Methodists
Little Rock reports rumblings of a denominational split as church segregation moves to the religious arena. About 300 Methodist laymen form a council to oppose integration and threaten a split if church policy does not change. Daisy Bates cites national civil rights efforts while Albert Hudson presses to integrate a white church.
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Little Rock
Methodist Church
St. Louis
Daisy Bates
Arkansas
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Albert Hudson
Hudson
Second Baptist Church
Bates
Methodist Church South
General Conference
Supreme Court
Gilded Showcase Beats In Curious Cashmere Exchange
A prominent young man questions a dancer after her floor show asking why she works in a sordid venue. She replies she meets more influential young men here than in the public library where she previously worked.
Heaven rewarded mink asks for chorus girl coat
A humorous exchange has a mink arriving in Heaven and choosing a coat made of chorus girls. Separately a bank teller on trial pleads insanity, noting he could access fifty thousand dollars yet took only one thousand.
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Heaven
St. Peter
Pearly Gates
Imogene Fey Quotes on National Debt Concerns
Imogene Fey notes that society tends to save for old age while the national debt grows, highlighting a paradox in financial planning. The remark underlines broader worries about public credit and intergenerational burden.
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Imogene Fey
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