State Officials Weigh Redistricting Amid Court Rulings
State leaders confront the impact of the Georgia apportionment decision and a Houston federal ruling that Texas may need statewide elections unless a redistricting bill is enacted. Gov Connally eyes a legislative study then a possible special session in 1965 to craft a plan.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Georgia
Houston
Texas
Supreme Court
Waggoner Carr
John Connally
Texas Legislative Council
Connally
Houston Court
Carr
State Parks Official Denies Garner State Park Closure
Executive Director J Weldon Watson of the State Parks and Wildlife Department dispels rumors that Garner State Park at Uvalde will close. He notes Garner is the most used in the system and there is no plan to close it. Plans for Davis Mountains State Park improvements are under development.
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J. Weldon Watson
State Parks and Wildlife Department
Garner State Park
Uvalde
Garner
Parks and Wildlife Commission
Davis Mountains State Park
Beaufort Court Justice Candidates Delayed by Death
Attorney General Wag goner Carr set March 2 as the filing deadline for associate justice candidates in the 9th Court of Civil Appeals at Beaumont. Judge W. T. McNeill, the sole candidate, died on February 7, four days after the original deadline.
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9Th Court of Civil Appeals
Beaumont
W. T. McNeill
Water Board OKs loans and deals for Green Belt plan
State Water Development Board approves an 8.2 million loan and a 2.1 million purchase for Green Belt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority covering Chil dress Quanah Clarendon Cro well and Hedley. Aims for peaceful settlement of appeals by Collingsworth Water Conservation District No 1 and W. J. Lewis estate. Board also agrees to a 15 million undivided Toledo Bend storage interest with Sabine River Authority. W. E Buck Tinsley of Austin named chairman, succeeding Marvin Nichols.
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Hedley
Green Belt
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W. E. “Buck” Tinsley
Austin
Connally
Tinsley
Marvin Nichols
Fort Worth
Youth Leadership Conference of Distributive Education Clubs
Texas Education Agency expects over 800 high school students from across the state to convene in San Antonio on February 28 29 for the 18th annual Youth Leadership Conference of Distributive Education Clubs. Distributive Education combines morning classroom work with afternoon job placements for students.
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H. B. Zachry
San Antonio
Texas
Texas Education Agency
Texas Tourist Writers Tour to Spark Spending
Tourist spending in Texas reached 532 million dollars last year and Texas Tourist Development invites 36 leading travel writers to a 1600 mile tour of state attractions. The itinerary includes Six Flags Over Texas LBJ Ranch San Antonio Padre Island NASA and Hill Country ranches. The attorney general allows Agency to advertise with radio TV billboards and media funded by its dollars with no limit on national newspaper use.
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LBJ
Houston
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Manned Spacecraft Center
State Parks Approves Dredging Near Oyster Reefs
The State Parks and Wildlife Department modified its order allowing shell dredging within 200 feet of live oyster reefs and authorized Watson to move dredgers away when signs of evidence appear.
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J. Weldon Watson
Dredging limits contested as hearings sought on reef ban
State lawmakers from Houston and Galveston call for new hearings on a dredging dispute after the department reversed a ban on net fishing in St. Charles Port and Copano Bays. Prohibited nets include trammel, drag seines, strike nets and gill nets. Rep. Eckhardt and Sen. Schwartz push for interim measures and legal action to nullify the October 24 order.
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Port
Copano
Robert Eckhardt
Houston
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Eckhardt
Supreme Court ruling ties Port Arthur school project to Groves code
State high court held the Port Arthur district must follow Groves city ordinances when building an elementary school on its land in Groves. The decision affirms the Court of Civil Appeals after a lengthy dispute. Separately, the trial of Filiberto Salinas, former Starr County deputy, on absentee ballot irregularities set for March 23, and Alonzo Hinjos a former Starr County road foreman, who pleaded no contest to one of nine similar counts, received a $400 fine. State alleges migrant workers signed absentee ballot requests.
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State Supreme Court
Port Arthur
Groves
Court of Civil Appeals
Filiberto Salinas
Starr County
Alonzo Hinojosa
Liquor by Drink Vote Sought in City Committees
San Antonio lawmaker Rep. Jake Johnson urges both Democratic and Republican executive committees to hold a May 2 vote on legalizing mixed drinks. The nonbinding referendum could be repeated in the next Legislature if he is re elected to push a local option bill. March 9 meetings by party leaders noted. 1962 petition vote on the issue was defeated.
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San Antonio
Jake Johnson
Johnson
Texas Independent Producers Move On Pooling Bill
E Bruce Street of the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association says a special drafting subcommittee is creating a pooling bill to protect small operators and royalty owners in drilling units. Applications of proposed banks will be reviewed March 5 by the Texas Banking Board for Granbury State Bank Guaranty Bank of Lubbock First Bank and Trust Company of Austin and Texas State Bank of Abilene. Maj Gen James E Taylor, former State Adjutant General, was redesignated.
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E. Bruce Street
Texas Banking Board
Granbury State Bank
Guaranty Bank of Lubbock
First Bank and Trust Company of Austin
Texas State Bank of Abilene
James E. Taylor
Meeting of HD Club February 19 In Club House
Winters Home Demonstration Club held its regular meeting at the club house on February 19 with Mrs. C. E. Whitmire presiding. Roll call covered current events from TV or newspapers as Miss Louise Decker, County Home Demonstration agent, presented a program on How to Stretch the Food Dollar and showed a film on food. Hostesses were Mrs. Jim Eddy. Governor Connally chaired the Texas Emergency Resources Planning Committee.
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C. E. Whitmire
Louise Decker
County Home
Jim Ed
Winters Enterprise Dated Society Note and Shrine Mention
A fragment from Winters Texas notes a social gathering with refreshments for many ladies and visitors, and mentions Lexington Virginia as the Shrine of the South with graves of Lee and Jackson. It also recalls the 1886 founding of the American Federation of Labor.
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Virginia
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Jackson
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American Federation of Labor
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