Campaign to win voter approval of water use amendment
Governor Price Daniel leads a statewide campaign to back Constitutional Amendment No. 4 allowing the Texas Water Development Board to use part of its 100 million dollar loan fund to cover added dam height. The plan aims to store water for growth through 2010 and reduce future costs by funding expansion now.
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Price Daniel
Daniel
Water Conservation Committee
Texas Water Development Board
Texas
Development Board
Lavon
Dallas
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
North Texas Municipal Water District
Cooper
Doris Connerly to Retire as Legislators' Librarian
Doris Connerly, UT law graduate and longtime director of the Legislative Reference Library, will retire September 30 after 34 years directing services for Texas lawmakers. She began in 1928, served under governors Moody, Stevenson, Shivers, and Daniel, and highlights the library as a resource on state statutes and session laws.
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Doris Connerly
University of Texas Law
Capitol
Miss Connerly
Legislative Reference Library
Dan Moody
Beauford Jester
Texas
Coke Stevenson
Allan Shivers
Price Daniel
Texas’ Legislative Library
Courts Take a Holiday in Texas High Courts
Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals close for summer. Doors reopen October 1. Both courts form a unique two court system with civil appeals to the Supreme Court and criminal appeals final at the Court of Criminal Appeals.
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Texas Supreme Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
Supreme Courts
Texas
Oklahoma
England
Supreme Court
Peavy projects Texas population above ten million
Peavy estimates Texas reached 10,000,000 in population on Friday based on births deaths and migration since April 1900. He cites a 9,579,677 base with 570,256 births and 178,000 migrations, noting continued movement adding about 500 people.
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Peavy
Texas
Secrenae
National Seashore Urged for Padre Island
The Legislative Beach Study Committee led by Sen. Robert W. Baker of Houston endorsed creating a national seashore on Padre Island in Galveston urging immediate legislation to implement a recent Senate law. Members include Sen. Culp Krueger El Campo Sen. A. R. Schwartz Galveston Rep. Neal Caldwell Alvin Rep. Don Garrigan Houston and others. The panel plans another fall meeting to draft a report for the Legislature.
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Legislative
Robert W. Baker
Houston
Padre Island
Galveston
U. S. Senate
Culp Krueger
el Campo
A. R. Schwartz
Neal Caldwell
Alvin
Don Garrigan
John Mehos
Jack E. Walker
Baytown
George T. Camp
Beaumont
C. T. Parker Jr
W. B. Edwards
Safety belt campaigns credited with saving Texas lives
Governor Daniel praises the Junior Chambers of Commerce and the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs for boosting interest in automobile safety belts. DPS statisticians say 1961 traffic accidents could have saved 500 lives if drivers and front seats wore belts, cutting that year’s toll by nearly a fourth. Jaycees and TFWC members continue belt campaigns.
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Daniel
Junior Chambers of Commerce
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Jaycees
TFWC
Texas Attorney General Attacks Naturopaths
Attorney General Will Wilson praises a U S District Court ruling that blocks naturopaths from claiming medical credentials without proper licensing. He cites cases including mail order remedies with herbs, an unfounded University of California course claim, and an electronic device for detecting illness. McNees Jr. says the ruling will be appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Will Wilson
U. S. District Court
University of California
U. of C
Department of Electrical Engineering
Texas A. & M. College
James L. McNees Jr
U. S. Supreme Court
Lutheran Women Hear Parish Education Program
The American Lutheran Church Women met at St John’s Lutheran Church at 230 Sunday afternoon July 22 to hear “The Different Phases of Parish Education.” Mmes W F Minzenmayer Walter Gerhart Grady Byers Walter Spill Dick Dunlap Miss Estella Bredemeyer presented the program with devotions by Mrs August Stoecker and offering meditation by Miss Minnie Belitz. The Senior Choir sang five pieces and Mrs Charles Kruse Jr presided. Refreshments served to fifty attendees.
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American Lutheran Church
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Mmes
W. F. Minzenmayer
Walter Gerhart
Grady Byers
Walter Spill
Dick Dunlap
Estella Bredemeyer
August Stoecker
Minnie Belitz
Charles Kruse Jr
Junior GAs Meet At Bedford Home For Dinner Study
Junior GAs of the First Baptist Church gathered at Mr and Mrs W G Bedford home for a study of Forward Steps. Mrs Bedford hosted a buffet dinner for Cassie Awalt Kie Bedford Sandra Blake Jerrie Grey Janice Pierce Debra Carroll Sandy Crockett and counselors Mrs Ray Lawhorn and Mrs W J Yates. Visitors included Keri Lawhorn Denise Carroll Carolyn Blake and Mrs Marvin Bedford.
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W. G. Bedford
First Baptist Church
Bedford
Cassie Awalt
Kie Bedford
Sandra Blake
Jerrie Grey
Janice Pierce
Debra Carroll
Sandy Crockett
Ray Lawhorn
W. J. Yates
Keri Lawhorn
Denice Carroll
Carolyn Blake
Marvin Bedford
Out of town mourners attend Mrs. Thomas funeral
Attendees traveling from several cities gathered for the funeral of Mrs. Dave Thomas last Tuesday in Abilene. Franks and Jims Thomas from San Antonio. Marshall and W. E. Thomas from multiple Texas towns. relatives from Luling Kerrville Nixon Odessa Waco Houston Tucson San Angelo Clyde and more joined local mourners.
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Frank
Jim Thomas
San Antonio
Marshall Thomas
W. E. Thomas
Baby
Luling
W. C. Thomas
Betty
Bill
Nixon
Robert Thomas
Kerrville
Aline Stuart
Charlotte
Mesdames
Delbert Stanley
Odessa
Nolan Stanley
Luther
W M. Reese
Abilene
Sidney Owens
Clyde
L. D. Pool
Omah White
Sylvia Pool
L. F. Gober
San Angelo
Bob Hatcher
Million Dollar Slander Suit Filed Against Attorney General
A civil action seeks one million dollars in damages against the attorney general for slander. No hearings have been held to date.
Senators Promote Two Texas Generals in Senate Action
U S Senate confirms two promotions to Major General Thomas S Bishop of Austin Adjutant General of Texas and Everett S Simpson of Amarillo commanding General of the 36th National Guard Division. State Treasurer Jesse James reports General Revenue Fund deficit rising from 28 351 556 to 33 083 117 since July 9. Rep Charles N Wilson of Trinity asks C Smith Ramsey San Augustine chairman of Regents of State Teachers Colleges to explain firing Prof R C Koeninger at Sam Houston State College.
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U. S. Senate
Thomas S. Bishop
Austin
Texas
Everett S. Simpson
Amarillo
36Th National Guard Division
Jesse James
Charles N. Wilson
Trinity
C. Smith Ramsey
San Augustine
Board of
Regents of
State Teachers Colleges
R. C. Koeninger
Sam Houston State College
Texas Constitution Amendment Proposal on District Tax and Annexation
The joint resolution proposes amending Article VII to add a Section allowing annexation or consolidation of whole independent school districts without new elections, adjusting tax rates to the highest prior district’s rate, and ensuring bonds are paid as voted, with submission to voters on the first November after the first Monday in 1962.
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Texas
Dalles
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Three on Texas Hospital Districts
Public notice outlines Senate Joint Resolution No. 22 proposing Article IX Section 11 to authorize hospital districts in Ochiltree, Castro, Hansford and Hopkins Counties with tax and bond powers. It details tax rates up to 75 cents per $100 valuation, election voting requirements, district responsibilities, and transfer of property titles, to be voted on November 6, 1962.
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Senate
State of Texas
Ochiltree
Castro
Hansford
Hopkins
Ochitree
Renalaine
Hopking
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Nine on the Ballot
Public notice outlines proposed constitutional amendment number nine to be voted on the November election. It would authorize two hospital districts in Brazoria County and funding for a Titus County home for the aged, with possible district consolidation and tax provisions.
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Public Notice
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Two on Ballot in Texas
Public notice outlines Constitutional Amendment No two, raising state funds for needy aged, blind, and children from 47 million to 52 million dollars per year. It details election form, proclamation, publication, and a one year pre-application period, with eligibility for Texas citizens under sixteen and limits on state funds per recipient.
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Senate
State of
Texas
Rom
United States
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