State Capital Highlights Gov Finds Food Prices Largely Unchangeable
Governor Connally released a UT A&M Texas Tech study showing Texas grocery bills rose 10.5 percent over two years while national increases were 8.7 percent. Retail basket costs climbed 6.8 percent in Texas versus 6.4 nationally with a four person family spending about 1134 yearly. The report cites higher farm prices, rising labor and equipment costs, and consumer demand. no new legislation is urged.
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Austin
Tex
John Connally
Connally
University of Texas, A. & M. University
Texas Technological College
Texas
U. S
Texas Governor Eyes A Major Tax Bill For Spending Plan
Governor Connally signals a potential $100 million tax bill to balance his proposed Legislature budget of $911.4 million in general revenue. He may propose additional items such as a teacher pay raise while clashing with mayors over emergency city aid and a local option sales tax versus a penny gas tax. Mayors oppose the gas tax earmark and fear separate city aid requests before the State Highway Commission.
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Connally
State Highway Commission
Governor's Budget Proposals for 1968 69 Released
The governor proposed a total two year budget of 1.0735 billion dollars with 749.95 million for construction including interstate and state highways and farm to market roads. Other recommendations include doubling Gulf of Mexico state land supervision funds to 150 thousand and a 2.8 million tourist development project for the Alabama Coushatta Indians shared by state and federal governments.
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Connally
General Land Office
Gulf of Mexico
Carter named new press secretary to Governor Connally
William F. Carter, 47, longtime public information officer for the Texas Department of Public Safety, is appointed press secretary to Governor Connally. He succeeds George Christian, who will join President Johnson as his press secretary after previously working with Christian at the old International News Service Bureau at the state capitol.
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William F. Carter
Texas Department of Public Safety
Connally
Carter
George Christian
International News Service
State Capitol
Atty. Gen.-elect Martin Names Two More Aides
Aristih attorneys Bill Wells age 31 and A. J. Carubbi Jr. age 34 will join Atty. Gen.-elect Crawford C. Martin’s staff next month. Wells will be administrative assistant and Carubbi his legal staff assistant. Carubbi previously lived in Pampa and Wells hails from Houston.
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Atty
Crawford C. Martin
Aristih
Bill Wells
A. J. Carubbi, Jr
Wells
Martin
Carubbi
Pampa
Houston
Texas Guardsmen to receive six month active training after Christmas
Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Bishop explains a nationwide plan to train 60,000 guardsmen in January through April. Texas will send 826 into basic training in January after 57 in December, with 3 400 guardsmen awaiting six months of active training and ready reserve service.
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Texas National Guardsmen
Thomas S. Bishop
Texas National Guard
Defense Department
Bishop
Texas
Inaugural Invitations Go Out for Governor’s Ceremony
About 50 000 invitations have been mailed by the State Democratic Executive Committee for the governor’s inauguration on January 17. Chairman Will D Davis notes the invitations cost 15 cents for postage, but admission to the reception, capitol ceremonies, state agency events, the parade, and the inaugural ball is open to all. A Democratic victory dinner is planned for the eve of the inauguration at 25 dollars per plate, and inaugural ball tickets are ten dollars per couple.
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State Democratic Executive Committee
Will D. Davis
SDEC
Discover Texas Land of Contrast Tour Ads Invite Out-of-State Cor respondents
The Texas Industrial Commission urges Texas businessmen to mail messages and a small map promoting Texas as a travel and business destination. Reproduction proofs are available free from the Texas Tourist Council, a private organization aiding state tourism and industry efforts.
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Texas Industrial Commission
Texas
Texas Tourist Council
Plan for Truck Self-Insurance Remains Pending
No action has been taken on the self-insurance plan for trucks discussed at the Railroad Commission hearing earlier this year. Hearing Examiner William P. Danforth of the Transportation Division said the matter is pending and not forgotten.
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Railroad Commission
William P. Danforth
Commission
Unwillingness to fund flood project won’t affect county powers
The Atty. Gen. notes Parker County’s funding stance on the Kickapoo watershed has no bearing on Erath Hood and Palo Pinto counties’ legal capacity to aid district flood control. Separately, a request was made to arrange a lie detector test for Jack Ruby to prove noninvolvement in the Oswald slaying contingent on his health.
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Parker County
Kickapoo
Erath
Hood
Palo Pinto
Waggoner Carr
Carr
Dept. of Public Safety
Homer Garrison Jr
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Quotes on choices and contentment
A concise aphorism contrasts moral clarity with indecision, suggesting most know right from wrong while a few resist decisions. It equates success with obtaining desires and happiness with appreciating what one has.
American pie lore and black eye pea traditions
Mrs. Juanita O Connor discusses the history of American fruit pies from Rome to colonial America, notes seasonal pie customs, and explains black eye pea grading by the U S Department of Agriculture. She relays the New Year luck tradition, cooking methods, and tips for preparing dried or canned peas and optional flavorings.
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Juanita O’connor
America
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
South
U. S
Airman Johnson Selected For Technical Training
Airman Larry L. Johnson of Wingate has won technical training at Keesler AFB Mississippi as a communications electronics specialist. He completed basic training at Lackland AFB. A Winnsboro High School graduate in 1962 his wife Charlotte Osbourn of DeBerry Texas and his mother Grace M. Johnson live in Winnsboro Texas.
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Larry L. Johnson
A. D. Johnson
Wingate
Keesler Afb
Miss
U. S. Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Air Training Command
Johnson
Winnsboro
Charlotte Osbourn
DeBerry, Tex
Grace M. Johnson
Winnsboro, Texas
Delicacy Preparation for January 2 Meal
A historic note describes preparing a January 2 dish using black eyed peas with sage. It outlines mashing cooked peas with bread crumbs and a beaten egg, adding one teaspoon sage and seasonings, moistening with milk or pea liquid, shaping into sausage, dipping in egg, rolling in bread crumbs, and browning in fat.
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USDA
The Most Opened By Mistake Item: Human Mouth
A brief note discusses how people often mistake the human mouth as the item opened most by accident. It highlights common mishaps and the curiosity around oral anatomy.
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