Escheat debate drives Texas lawmakers to act on banks
In the Texas Legislature special session the escheat issue gains priority as Governor Price Daniel pushes to bring banking institutions under reporting rules. A banking committee finds dormant escheatable funds totaling about four million dollars and urges prompt action to curb charges and require lost-owner advertising after seven years.
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Price Daniel
Webster
United States
Republic of Texas
Daniel
House
Texas
Legislative Council Sides With Cole Bill Critics
The text notes dissenters Senator Charles Herring of Austin and Rep Don Kennard of Fort Worth oppose the Cole bill. They warn the measure would lead to high rates, with Herring citing a minimum loan on $1,500 at 45 percent and Kennard arguing a $5 loan for 15 days could cost 464.4 percent interest.
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Legislative Council
Criss Cole
Houston
Cole
Consumer Finance Commission
Charles Herring
Austin
Don Kennard
Fort Worth
Texas Tourist Council forms with 1000 supporters
About 1000 organizers of Texans for Tourists plan a January 10 meeting in Austin to adopt a constitution elect officers and launch a statewide tourist promotion. The group seeks 3 million from General Revenue for ads and 2 million in private funds plus a lunch to press lawmakers.
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Texas Tourist Council
Texans For Tourists
Austin
General Fund
Texas Highway Department
W. Price Jr
Tourist Council
Eskridge named to President's Task Force on Education and Rehabilitation
National interest in Texas work with mentally retarded leads to Charles S. Eskridge of the Texas Education Agency being appointed to the President's Task Force Committee on Education and Rehabilitation. Eskridge joins physicians scientists and educators from across the nation in shaping policy. Approximately 5 million Americans are mentally retarded and four percent reside in institutions at an annual cost of about 300 million dollars. The Texas Education Agency has run a successful cooperative school program for mentally retarded children aged six to seventeen. Housing for the aged drive offers a guide to federal building loans from seven agencies to aid older Texans, with strong response boosting distribution from an initial 3 000 copies.
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Texas
Charles S. Eskridge
Division of Special Education
Texas Education Agency
Eskridge
Governor’s Committee On Aged
ROE Aere
Depleted Print Run Prompted by Crawford Directive
Committee Chairman Senator Crawford ordered a second print run after the initial stock was nearly exhausted. The move signals urgency to meet anticipated demand and ensure distribution continuity.
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Committee
Crawford C. x
Land Commissioner seeks halt to dredging until land return
Land Commissioner Jerry Sadler asks Attorney General to stop dredging a Calhoun County deep water channel until the navigation district yields 20,639 acres of unused underwater land to the state. UT and state agencies report gains in retail sales and building permits, and Texas Highway Department notes 61,979 miles of roads.
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Jerry Sadler
Calhoun County
John C. White
Ralph W. Yarborough
Sam Rayburn
Everett S. Simpson
Texas
Texas National Guard
Bureau of Business Research
Texas Highway Department
Handling Iodine 131 Fallout in Dairy and Foods
A. M. Meekma outlines how iodine 131 fallout after a nuclear attack threatens fresh foods but declines quickly. Dairy cows can be kept in barns fed stored forage or ensilaged feed for 60 days to reduce contamination. Milk with low radioactivity could be stored until decay, or frozen and thawed for distribution. No disposal methods are available for contaminated milk.
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A. M
Meekma
Mima
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