Cooling-Off Period In Controversial Rule Change Fight
The Texas House passes a 145 to 0 vote adopting a modernized rule book reducing committees from 43 to 25 and establishing a calendar system to set bill priority. Joint rules also call for open conference committee meetings and budget hearings. Senate resistance and a cooling-off period loom as disputes over joint rules threaten an impasse.
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Texas House of Representatives
House of Representatives
House
Ben Barnes
Preston Smith
Barnes
Smith
Senate
Conference Committee
Lawmakers Advancing Changes From Taxes to Death Penalty
Legislation in the hopper includes a constitutional amendment to allow section by section revision, local option one per cent sales taxes, a minimum wage bill of 1 25 per hour, legalization of mixed drinks, and the abolition of the death penalty with sponsors from Corpus Christi Seguin San Antonio Houston and San Antonio.
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Hopper
Travis Peeler
Corpus Christi
John Traeger
Seguin
Sen
Joe Bernal
San Antonio
Rep
Laura Cruz
Houston
Jake Johnson
Bridges Faces Criminal Allegations in Corpus Christi Case
A report outlines crimes alleged against Representative Ronald Bridges of Corpus Christi. Authorities filed charges and investigations proceed as details remain limited and under review.
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Ronald Bridges
Corpus Christi
Senators Draw Four and Two Year Terms in Texas
In a Senate term drawing for reapportionment purposes, 15 members will serve four years and 14 will serve two years. Four-year appointees include Bernal Berry Connally Blanchard Brooks Cole Creighton Harrington Hazelwood Hightower Kennard Maury Ratliff Strong Watson and Ward. Two-year terms go to Aikin Bates Christie Grover Jordan Hall of Rockwall Hardeman Herring Moore Parkhouse Wade Patman Reagan Schwartz Wilson.
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Senate
Texas Senate
Joe Bernal
W. E
Red) Berry
San Antonio
Wayne Connally
Floresville
H. J. Blanchard
Lubbock
Chet Brooks
Criss Cole
Houston
Tom Creighton
Mineral Wells
Roy Harrington
Port Arthur
Grady Hazelwood
Amarillo
Jack Hightower
Vernon
Don Kennard
Bryan
George Parkhouse
Jim Wade
Dallas
Bill Patman
Ganado
Bruce Reagan
Corpus Christi
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Charles Wilson
Box Botl
House selects veterans to head major standing committees
Speaker Barnes appoints veterans to lead key panels in the Texas House. Bills budget, tax and revenue committees see Heatly and Pipkin returning as chair and vice chair. Cory and Jungmich stand as top figures on state affairs with Pendleton leading the new rules panel, Li gardé as vice chair.
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House
Barnes
Bill Heatly
Paducah
Maurice Pipkin
Brownsville
Ben Atwell
Dallas
Husan Moyer
Amarillo
R. H
Dick) Cory
Victoria
Charles H. Jungmichel
la Grange
Workhorse
New House Rules Committee
Randy Pendleton
Andrews
Rep
Honore Ligarde
Laredo
Judge voids November amendment on voter registration
Austin District Judge Herman Jones ruled the November 8 ballot measure to require annual voter registration invalid. He said the amendment’s purpose was not properly described on the ballot which listed only the proposition to or not.
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Austin
Herman Jones
Jones
Judge Rules on Poll Tax Amendment Clarity
Judge Jones says the proposed repeal of the poll tax misleads voters by not stating that approval would create annual registration. He notes bills and constitutional amendments must have clear titles. AFL CIO favors replacing the poll tax with permanent voter registration. The ruling will be appealed.
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Jones
Afl-Cio
Atty
Crawford Martin
DPS chief warns Texas 1967 vehicle inspections behind schedule
Col Homer Garrison Jr of the Department of Public Safety warned Texas motorists that two thirds of the 1967 vehicle inspections are finished with only about one third completed. He urged a higher weekly inspection rate before the April 15 deadline and advertised immediate Highway Patrol employment for men aged 20 to 25, with written exams at DPS offices.
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Homer Garrison Jr
Department of Public Safety
Texas
Garrison
Department
Highway Patrol
DPS
Appointments announced by Gov Connally to Texas courts
Gov John Connally named Trueman OQuinn of Austin and Fred Klingeman of Karnes City to vacancies on the Third and Fourth Courts of Civil Appeals in Austin and San Antonio. Also chosen Anees Seman to the 175th District Court in Bexar County, Edward Paynter to be 42nd district attorney, John Mobley as administrative assistant to the governor, and Henry Lauderdale to succeed the late Lewis Boggus.
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Trueman O’quinn
Austin
Fred V. Klingeman
Karnes City
John Connally
Civil Appeals
San Antonio
Anees A. Seman
Bexar County
John F. Onion
Court of Criminal Appeals
Edward R. Paynter
Abilene
Bradley C. Miles
John Mobley
Kilgore
Henry Lauderdale
Mercedes
Lewis Boggus
Harlingen
Attorney General Rules on Water Fund Use for Clyde Dam Plans
The Texas Water Development Fund may finance recreational facilities tied to the Clyde municipal dam in Callahan County, per Attorney General Martin. In a separate ruling he holds a tank bottom oil chargeable back to a lease is taxable under the crude oil production tax as part of the producers’ allowable.
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Texas Water Development Fund
Clyde
Callahan County
Martin
State Services Catalog Ready for Distribution in Texas
Governor Connally says the Catalog of State Services to Local Governments is printed and ready for distribution. The book goes to all state legislators, mayors, and county judges, listing 148 programs for city and county governments, 86 of which the state finances entirely.
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Connally
Texas
State funds split between federal and state programs
Twenty seven of them are federal state programs administered by the state with dual funding and 35 percent of them are substantially or wholly financed by the federal government through the state.
Governor Supporter Attacks Kennedy Biography Proposal
John Connally criticizes William Manchester's Death of a President as propaganda. Col Homer Garrison named to national motor vehicle safety advisory council formed by President Johnson. Ben Barnes urges Senate to confirm Edward A. Stumpf as head of the Texas State Employees Retirement System Commission.
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John Connally
William Manchester
Kennedy
Texas
Homer
Garrison
Veteran Department
Public Safety
National Motor
Johnson
Ben
Barnes
Senate
Edward A. Stumpf
Houston
Elgin Names Bill Bryant Football Coach and AD
Bill Bryant, formerly Winters assistant, is named head football coach and athletic director of Elgin High School in District 19 AA. A Temple High School graduate, Bryant played college football at Texas A&M and Abilene Christian, where he captained the team. He comes from a recent role as head defensive coach at Wider High School after stints at Levelland and Winters.
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Bill Bryant
Elgin School
Bill .Bryant
Winters
Elgin ‘High School
Bryant
Temple High School
Texas
Abilene Christian College
Levelland High School
Winters High
Winters Team Reaches Semis in 1962 and Regional 1963
Over three years the Winters team advanced to the 1962 semi finals and the 1963 regional. He and his wife Joyce have three children: Bill-Boy aged four, Johni aged three, and Blake aged one.
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Joyce
Bill-Boy
Johni
Blake
Card of Thanks for Charlie Wishard Family
The Wishard family thanks friends for kindness and sympathy during illness and after the death of Charlie Wishard. They prayerfully bless each person for the comforting expressions received.
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Charlie Wishard
NYC Students Rely On Subway Bus Transit To School
More than 500000 New York City children travel by subway or bus to reach school daily, highlighting the citys heavy reliance on public transit for student commuting.
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New York City
Mexico Flag Features Eagle and Cactus Emblem
The flag of Mexico displays green white and red vertical bands with the national coat of arms showing an eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus. The emblem symbolizes the country’s Aztec heritage and independence.
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Mexico
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