Texas Insurance Rates Seen Falling But Suit Quiet Upheld
Annual public hearings on auto insurance rates in Texas predict lower premiums across most of 40 rating territories amid new laws and a price freeze. Officials anticipate 10 to 15 percent fall this fall with possible 20 to 30 percent for drivers with clean safety records, while debates over negligence rules and defensive driving credits influence the outcome.
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Austin
Insurance Board
Joe Christie
Texas
Texas Safety Association
House Insurance Committee
Ben Bynum
Amarillo
Bynum
Christie
Revision schedule for Constitutional Commission meetings set
The Constitutional Revision Commission will meet here July 27 29 to review policy presentations from its seven standing committees and brief the press. Texas Press Association and Texas Association of Broadcasters will meet with members on July 27.
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House
Senate
Constitutional Revision Commission
Commission
Texas Press Associatin
Texas Association of Broadcasters
State Sues Over Gas Royalties to Recover Market Value
Atty. Gen. John Hill filed 14 suits to recover full market value of royalty gas from state lands. The first suit was against Exxon on May 18. The state says contracts and Federal Power Commission ceilings do not limit claims. Defendants allegedly sell gas near 20 cents per 1,000 cu ft while market value runs about 45 cents. The suits cover roughly 80 percent of lease contracts on gas royalties.
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John Hill
Exxon Corporation
Federal Power Commission
Hill
Court of Criminal Appeals affirms Knapp sentence
The court upholds Walter Knapp four year prison term for using 1200 in state postage stamps to buy a used pickup, in a three to two decision. It also reverses and remands a Mineral Wells case over alleged drug delivery due to police beating testimony.
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Amarillo
Walter Knapp
Court of Criminal Appeals
Law outlines finance reports and contribution limits for House speakers
Attorney General Hill states the law sets who may contribute and how much may be spent. He says the Department of Public Safety is governed by statute requiring certification of invoice accuracy for state purchases via the State Board of Control. Disbursements from the operator and chauffeur license fund must include the vendor’s invoice accuracy certification.
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Hill
Department of Public Safety
State Board of Control
Briscoe reshuffles aging panel and selects new leaders
Gov Dolph Briscoe announces William T Keenan of Houston as executive director of the Governor s Committee on Aging replacing Mrs Carter Clapton of Austin Briscoe also names Alton O Bower of Austin chairman of the same committee In other moves J R Taylor of Amarillo and John Biggs of Vernon join the Animal Health Commission Dr Margaret Cigarroa of Laredo to the Board of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Dr Richard Hooker of Austin named gubernatorial school finance advisor J R Porter of Dallas to the Texas Mass Transportation Commission
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Dolph Briscoe
William T. Keenan
Houston
Carter Clapton
Austin
Briscoe
Alton O. Bower
J. R. Taylor
Amarillo
John Biggs
Vernon
Animal Health Commission
Margaret Cigarroa
Laredo
Board of
Mental Health and
Mental Re
Texas Cities Named National Bicentennial Communities
San Antonio San Marcos Temple and Lubbock are designated national bicentennial communities to be recognized in 1976 during the American Revolution observance. Thirteen other Texas communities will have bicentennial programs submitted for consideration.
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San Antonio
San Marcos
Temple
Lubbock
Texas
Food stamp program expands to 254 counties statewide
All 254 counties will join a statewide welfare food stamp program starting November 1. The Postal Service will not issue stamps in Bexar Harris and El Paso counties immediately. Pilot counties continue using the Authorized to Purchase card system. Governor Briscoe seeks Newton County as a major disaster area for June floods.
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U. S. Postal Service
Bexar
Harris
el Paso
Postal Service
Briscoe
Newton County
Railroad Commission On Coastal States Gas Corporation
House
Artesia Hall
L. DeWitt Hale
Corpus Christi
Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas Law School Outstanding Alumnus named
Thomas M. Phillips of Hous in has been selected as the 1973 recipient of the Outstanding Alumnus Award of The University of Texas School of Law. Harry Hubbard, AFL-CIO state secretary treasurer, is challenging Roy R. Evans for the organization's presidency here in convention this week.
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Thomas M. Phillips
Housin
University of Texas School of Law
Harry Hubbard
AFL - Cio
Roy R. Evans
Governor to Open Mobile Field Office in County Seats
The Governor promised to begin operating a new mobile field office in county seats across the state this month, signaling expanded access to state services for residents.
Road contract settings for FF road projects cancelled
July 24 25 schedule for 18 highway contracts costing about 22 million dollars was cancelled after Congress failed to approve a federal aid bill.
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Congress
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