Highlights and Sidelines From Austin News Bits and Maps
BenJack Cage faces multiple groups probing ICT Insurance Co collapse with grand jury and investigations by House Senate and state liquidator attorney Renne Allred plus federal agencies. A new Texas map by General Land Office is available free for schools. Roads program delays compensation for land owners due to funding tied to next year license fees. No leniency for DWIs with six months to a year license suspensions. pardons board stops early license returns.
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Austin
BenJack Cage
Cage
ICT Insurance Co
ICT
Dallas
Travis County Grand Jury
House
Senate
Renne Allred
Postal Inspection Service and
Securities Exchange Commission
Texas
General Land Office
State Highway Commission
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Daniel
Chain Gang Duty Ended in El Paso
Mayor Raymond Telles abolished the chain gang of city jail prisoners ending a long standing practice. Prisoners served fines by working in street sanitation and other city duties. The move comes amid Texas history of chain gangs. About 1,750,000 serious crimes are reported yearly.
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EL Paso
Raymond Telles
Texas
Deaths in Area Include Mrs Frances Fleming Hepburn
Obituary notes Mrs Frances Fleming Hepburn 78 sister of Ira Fleming of Whitewright died in Toccoa Georgia. Services were held at Earnheart Funeral Chapel and burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Also listed are Claud Head death in Dorchester and Ed Welch funeral in Dallas with survivors and burial details.
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First Methodist
Trenton
Claud L. Head
Dorchester
Whitesboro
Mr. Head
Whitewright- Trenton
Paul Aiken
Atlanta
H. D. Caraway
Burns Cemetery
Marjorie Nell Head
James Hill
Phoenix
Ariz
Tom Head
Bonham
Bonnie Head
Dallas
R. T. Head
California
Lewis Head
O. E. Head
Grady Head
Ira Head
Whitewright
Hubert Ford
Charlie Wright
Homer Walker
Norman, Ark
Funeral services for Mrs J L Aston 87 Savoy
Funeral services were held for Mrs. J L Aston 87 of Savoy at Barnheart Funeral Chapel. She died Saturday at 12 20 p m. Born December 6 1869 in Bells she married J L Aston in Whitewright December 27 1892. They lived in Washington D C where he died in 1950. She was a member of National Baptist Memorial Church in Washington. Surviving are a brother M V Ford of Bells and several nieces and nephews.
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J. L. Aston
Savoy
Barnheart Funeral
Hubert Long
Temple
Thomas Beall
Antioch Baptist Church
Pink Hill
Aston
Bells
Henry
Elizabeth Ford
Whitewright
Washington, D. C
Tax protest left out woman seeks voluntary contribution
A refugee woman told the Internal Revenue Bureau she was not taxed though earning a salary and felt morally obliged to support the government. An incredulous cashier suggested she could make a voluntary $100 contribution to the Treasury general fund.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
General Fund
Boosted Texas Cotton Crop Estimate Raises U S Outlook
The 1946 Texas cotton crop is forecast at 4,050,000 bales, up 275,000 from last month, with national production at 12,713,000 bales. The USDA notes reserves of about 11.4 million bales and warns final output hinges on September weather, especially in the High Plains.
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Washington
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Department
United States
Soil Bank
High Plains
Houston to ask ban on X ray shoe fitting
City health officials will request shoe shops to stop using X ray fitting machines by month end. Public health engineer Alan Love says the devices expose customers and workers to unnecessary radiation. Some giraffes measure 18 feet from hoof to crown.
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Houston
Alan Love
Love
Federal Pay Boost Likely in 1958
President Eisenhower vetoed two bills that would raise wages for about 1.5 million federal workers by an average 518 dollars annually and 546 dollars for 500,000 postal workers. He cited inflation concerns and ordered an inquiry into executive pay systems, signaling possible action early next year. Democrats are expected to push for increases again.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate Post Office Committee
Skunk Departs Unsprayed After Bottle Trap Rescue
In Bristol Connecticut Frank D Law freed a skunk whose head was stuck in a bottle. He stepped back expecting a spray but the animal ambled away unharmed.
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Bristol
Conn
Frank D. Law
Law
Little Lines by Margie B Boswell
A poem reflecting on memory and stubborn forces in life and nature. It muses that experience shapes réponse like embers cooling and wax resisting tax. The author contemplates water and desire as elements, noting that young people may overlook songs unsung as vast water totals pour into Texas.
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Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Saundra Bradham
Kermit
Saundra
Winkler County News
Mrs
Frances Hepburn
Frances Fleming Hepburn
Ira Fleming
Toccoa
Earnheart Funeral Chapel
W. J. Epting
Sherman
Fred Waldrop
Oak Hill Cemetery
Tom Lilley
B. W. Newman
Haskell Scott
Paul Stephens
Carl May
Roy Blanton
Fannin County
Hepburn
J. R. Fleming
Druett Hill Baptist Church
William Fleming
Fort Worth
Claud Head
ED L. Welch
Tom Bean
Hillcrest
Welch
Sherman Motor Firm
Louise Sears Welch
Linda Lou Welch
C. S. Teague
J. W. Vivian
R. B. Caraway
Stephens & Bryant
Insurance & Real Estate
Harry
Montgomery Motor Co
Dick Montgomery
Mer. & Co-Owner
Dodge-Plymouth
W. Main
Denison
J. L Aston
USDA
Congress
Skunk
By Margie B. Boswell
Weldon Kaiser
Twins
Nina Barnes
Junie Norris
Earline
Maggie Badgett
Badgett Beauty Shop
Johns-Manville
Johns-Manville Products
Whitewright Lumber Co
Wilson
Butch) Kaiser
Findley Haile
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