Plan to upgrade Texas higher education faces tax rise
Governor's Education Beyond High School Committee urges higher faculty salaries to meet national averages and expand junior colleges while delaying new construction. They back higher tuition, expanded vocational training, and a unified oversight board to coordinate colleges and transfer credits. Public meetings proceed to press the case.
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Texans
Texas
John Connally
Texas Education Agency
Commission On Higher Education
H. B. Zachary
San Antonio
Texas Capitol draws crowds to archives and murals
Tourists flood the Capitol daily, viewing the State Archives and Library where Peter Hurd and Peter Rogers paint a Texas history mural with figures like Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston. A recreated Gov. Pease mansion room attracts visitors as cities prepare master plans under a federal local program.
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Texas
Capitol
State Archives and Library
Peter Hurd
Peter Rogers
Stephen F. Austin
Sam Houston
Anson Jones
Davy Crockett
William B. Travis
Elisha Pease
Allan Shivers
State Health Department
Housing and Home Finance Agency
West Texas
Winters
Texas Animal Health Commission weighs new director
The Texas Animal Health Commission will decide on July 27 whether to name a new director to replace Dr. R. G. Garrett of Taylor who plans to resign. Chair man Ed Knole of Sandia hosts the meeting at Knole Jersey Farm in Jim Wells County amid several qualified applicants and a rumor that Dr. S. B. Walker may be chosen.
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Texas Animal Health Commission
Commission
R. G. Garrett
Taylor
Ed Knole
Sandia
Knole Jersey
Jim Wells County
Knole
S. B. Walker
Animal Health Commission
Brooks County
King Ranch
Soil Conservation District
WEST
Texas
West Texas
Board For
State Hospitals and Special
C. E. Bentley
Abilene
Bentley
Texas Industrial Commission
Texas Parade Magazine
Dallas-Forth,Worth
Panhandle
Patrick J. Ryan
Lamesa Chamber of Commerce
Sylvia R. Lange
Great Marshall Industries
Industrial Development Institute
Norman
Oklahoma
Waggoner Carr
Carr
Public Pier Bid Advertised For Port Lavaca Concession
Plans for a 3,200 foot fishing pier at Port Lavaca move forward as Parks and Wildlife announces a second bid for concession rights for bait soft drinks and fishing gear. The pier replaces one destroyed by Hurricane Carla and will be free to the public with a concessionaire contract planned.
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Peir Parks and Wildlife Department
Port Lavaca
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Texas Press Association
the Winters Enterprise
Texas Railroad Commission
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FORD
Doubles & H. Green
Nti En
Circus
Imperial
Las Mission
del Monteal Abel Sasen
Swift
Ine
Wee
Piggly Wiggly
Ade
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