Briscoe Aides Named as Governor-Elect Prepares Plans
Governor-elect Dolph Briscoe announces three top aides: George Lawrance from San Antonio Ken Clapp of Killeen and Roy Coffee Jr of Dallas. He eyes crime control constitutional revision drug abuse and water conservation plus mass transit and expanded vocational education. Briscoe to form staff by mid December and may keep many current clerical staff. Coffee says early meetings with lawmakers will begin.
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Austin
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
George Lawrance
San Antonio
Ken Clapp
Killeen
Roy Coffee Jr
Dallas
Preston Smith
Coffee
Lawrance
John Brunson
Houston
Texas
Renewal mailings begin for 1973 Texas license plates
The Texas Highway Department announces renewal applications for 1973 license plates will be mailed soon. Return the full three-part form to the county tax assessor-collector with a $1 handling fee. Do not detach any part of the form.
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Texas Highway Department
Motor Vehicle Division
Highway Department
Third Court of Civil Appeals Free Inmates Without Counsel
The Third Court of Civil Appeals ruled that 500 Texas reform school inmates who lacked lawyers at commitment must be released. It also held that City of Austin cannot sell park land to the Austin school district without voter approval, upheld a district court ban on cookware promotion involving Florida dealer Glenn Turner, and reversed a San Antonio court’s probation revocation for a woman convicted of heroin possession.
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Third Court of Civil Appeals
Texas Reform School
Austin
Florida
Glenn Turner
Court of Criminal Appeals
San Antonio
Nixon appoints Armstrong as counsel with cabinet rank
Mrs Anne Armstrong co chair of the Republican National Committee is named counsel to President Nixon with cabinet rank. Governor Smith designates F Ray McCormick of El Paso to the State Judicial Qualifications Commission succeeding Jack Balagia of Austin. Smith picks Eugene E Wilson of Dallas for the State Board of Pharmacy replacing the late Robert C Keppler of Dallas. Joe Bill Watkins of Houston becomes John Hill's new administrative assistant and Philip Kent Maxwell of Corpus Christi is assistant chief of Hill s environmental protection division. Secretary of State Bob Bullock says he will open an Austin law office and work in real estate and investment with Ken S Windler of Austin a construction company head and Travis County Democratic chairman.
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Anne Armstrong
Armstrong
Republican National Committee
Nixon
Smith
F. Ray McCormick
el Paso
State Judicial Qualifications Commission
Jack Balagia
Austin
State Board of Pharmacy
Eugene E. Wilson
Dallas
Robert C. Keppler
Joe Bill Watkins
Houston
Atty
John Hill
Philip Kent Maxwell
Corpus Christi
Hill
Bob Bullock
Ken S. Windler
Travis County Democratic
Highway sign permit deadline extended to June 30 1973
The Texas Highway Commission extended the permit deadline for signboards along interstate and primary highways from December 31 to June 30, 1973. The extension follows requests from the advertising industry and individual sign owners who could not comply in time with the Highway Beautification Act. The law requires a permit for each sign and governs placement within 660 feet of the highway.
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Texas Highway Commission
Highway signs require license. bond and fee rules set
The Highway Department says outdoor advertising on highways needs a license, with a $25 fee. Sign owners must post a $2,500 bond in each county where signs exist, up to a maximum $10,000 bond for owners with signs in more than three counties. No extension of the deadline is planned.
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Highway Department
House committee split on new Texas school financing plan
The interim School Finance Committee proposes a panel of 10 study groups to examine findings and advise a special session after a federal court ruled the current school financing system unconstitutional for creating inequality. Chairman Paul Silber backs a broad based tax for district reapportionment while Rep. Billy Williamson urges allowing TEA to collect a statewide ad valorem tax on full property value.
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House of Representatives
Paul Silber
San Antonio
Law committee leader proposes limits on Medicaid hospital visits
House study committee chair urges caps on hospitalizations and doctor visits for the needy under Medicaid. Rep. Dean Cobb calls the current system open-ended and under-controlled, noting 1972 totals of doctors 49.9 million and hospitals 61.8 million and that the typical welfare recipient saw a doctor 9.3 times.
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House
Dean Cobb
Price to enter Dallas law practice next month
Speaker Rayford Price will join a Dallas law practice next month. Corpus Christi and Nueces River Authority win sponsors for a new dam and reservoir at Choke Canyon. Corpus Christi opposed the partnership.
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Rayford Price
Palestine
Dallas
Corpus Christi
Nueces River
Plano and
Midlothian
Visitors in the Moore home Christmas
The Moore household welcomed guests for Christmas including Horace Autrey with Christy and Cathy of Temple and Ellis Moore with Mike and Marvin, Billy Moore and Terry, Pat Hammond and Robert Moore of Lubbock, plus Syl via Moore and Cathy from Denton.
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Bill Moore
Horace Autrey
Christy
Cathy
Temple
Ellis Moore
Mike
Marvin
Billy Moore
Terry
Pat Hammond
Robert Moore
Lubbock
Sylvia Moore
Denton
Medicare for the Disabled Advised to Wait for July 1973
J M Talbot, social security manager, explains that the Medicare for the disabled provision from the 1972 Amendments takes effect in July 1973. No benefits until 24 months of disability benefits, with eligibility expanding to disabled workers, widows, dependent widowers aged 50 to 65, and disabled adults 18 plus via a parent's benefits. Until July next year only those 65 and over qualify. For details contact the San Angelo Social Security Office or Winters residents via toll free operator.
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J. M. Talbot
Talbot
Social Security
West
Harris Avenue
P. O
San Angelo
Texas
Winters
New Jersey Extends Fines for No Smoking Violations on Transit
A health column notes a new New Jersey law punishing anyone who smokes or carries a lighted cigarette, cigar, or pipe in buses or rail cars marked no smoking. The rule defines violators as disorderly persons and allows fines up to a specified amount.
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New Jersey
Law passes amid railroad smoker dispute and air concerns
The bill clears both houses with no nay vote while Erie Lackawanna Railroad officials say a conductor may ask a smoker to stop but cannot force action if refused. The spokesman welcomes air cleanup efforts and public support for the Christmas Souls drive.
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Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Winters Enterprise Opinion Note on Health and Virtue
An old Winters Enterprise column ponders air pollution emphysema and TB as health concerns. It contrasts life and breath with character remarks about judgment and talent, urging readers to join the fight for better living.
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Winters Flower Shop
Dial
Western Mattress Service
Tfc
Wingate
Thelma Hoppe
W. R. Balkum
Ballinger
S. Melwood
Floyd Wood
Tinkle St
Main
Winters Masonic Lodge
Jack Martin
Stanley Blackwell
Nath White
Abilene
Ted Meyer Or
Manuel Esquivel JR
Ballinger Monument Company
Registry Service
Bahiman Jewelers
Wingate, Texas
R&h
Chevrolet
Ford
Parsonage St
West Street
Wood Street
Trinity
Roselane
N. Arlington
Leon Springer
Mirs
Arch Hood
Floyd Sims
State Street
LOST
Fireside
Tfe
Ruidoso Downs
New Mexico
Enco
Ballinger Salvage Company
Byron D. Jebe
Professional Directory
W. G. Bedford
DR. Z. I. Hale
Optometrist
Jno. W. Norman
Winters, Texas
Daddy
American Cancer Society
Dhoiedhe
Billboard
Moore Home
McMilion
Texas Farm Bureau
Insurance Companies
Eta
Western Auto
Mortaats
Proctor Bookkeeping
West Dale
LP Gas Service
S. Main St
Swatchsue Electric CO
Sales & Service
Homesite Chain Saws
J. J. Swatchsue
Jose de la Cruz
Lonnie Fowler
Mary Kay Cosmetics
Call Marva J. Underwood
N. Sanders
T. A. McMillan
Sena
Aaa
Wvidion
Riess Radio & TV
Mansell Brothers
Ballinger - Winters
John Deere
North Main
J. R. Sims & Sons
John Sims
HAM
Turkey
Gooch
Mission
Gandy
Frozan
Balkum’s
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