First Steps Toward Texas Redistricting Beginnings
Atty. Gen. Waggoner Carr asks Houston federal court to pause district redraws until next legislative session as Supreme Court rulings push Texas toward reapportionment. Texas Legislative Council hears public input in Fort Worth and Dallas with hearings planned in Houston and San Antonio, then July 27 in Austin to decide on expanding studies to redrawing House and Senate districts.
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Texas uses 1964 school funds and college study unveiled
State reports a $3 per capita boost raises total district aid to $7.6 million in 1964 65, with per student allocations and existing budgets adjusted. Texarkana and Austin area decisions appear in a long summary covering textbooks, driver education, draft exams, and a planned $1.4 million Pampa junior college proposal.
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Robert S. Calvert
L. S. Richardson
Brasosport
Pampa
Texas
Connally
Archives mural under way in Texas Archive and Library Building
A $30,000 mural begins in the Texas Archive and Library Building tracing state history from Spanish explorers to today. Artists Peter Hurd and Peter Rogers will collaborate on a 45 by 13 foot work featuring Stephen F. Austin Sam Houston Anson Jones Jim Bowie Davy Crockett and William B. Travis. Finishing is scheduled for September.
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Davy Crockett
William B. Travis
the Alamo
State Board approves higher per student school allotment
The State Board of Education approved an increase in the per student allotment of state funds, boosting the amount available for each pupil. The decision shifts funding to districts as part of ongoing education financing.
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