31 Jul 1959
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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1959
Page
1
A Texas public vote on a sales tax is proposed as a remedy to state fiscal woes. Lawmakers consider unicameral and special elections while voters express dissatisfaction with pensions looming in August and the ongoing tax debate. Officials note Oklahoma’s approach and urge a cheaper, direct public decision.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate multiple special sessions focused on the same subject. The readable text emphasizes repeated examination of that topic, suggesting legislative attention or public interest spanning several meetings. No dates or participants are clearly legible.
The Texas Employment Commission has occupied its first new six story building in Austin housing 600 employees. About 11,000 office items were moved from eleven downtown locations to the TEC headquarters. The agency now employs 2,300 staff across 93 local offices after 24 years of growth.
Gov Price Daniel signs several measures including extending the removal of the Insurance Commission offices from the International Life Building in Austin. The commission rents ten floors with rent paid by Texas insurance companies. The Trinity River Authority seeks to appropriate water and store capacity on the Trinity River and a hearing is set for August 31 in Polk County.
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers Merrill and Young conducted 1949 to 1951 tests at the Sonora Substation on curly mesquite to assess utilization rates, chemical composition, productivity and longevity. Plots evaluated clipping frequencies and heights. ground level clipping twice yearly yielded highest short term yields, with one inch height as next best for sustained forage, amid broader Plateau shifts toward curly mesquite dominance.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Meadows came home Tuesday last from Lincoln Nebraska where Mrs. Meadows visited kin and helped care for W. D. Meadows bedridden in Lincoln. They also visited their son and daughter in Galveston and La Marque before returning home.
The remark compares politicians to show figures, noting a mix of genuine statements and misleading or performative rhetoric aimed at the public.
The document outlines requested storage volumes totaling 95,200 acre feet for municipal use, 672,600 acre feet for industrial use, and 72,900 acre feet for irrigation. The figures specify how the water storage is allocated among the three purposes.
Brooks County farmers report over one million pounds from an 80 acre watermelon field after four Dithane D-14 and zinc sulfate sprays and a zinc dusting. Extension plant pathologist Harlan E. Smith notes sprayed fields yielded far more than unsprayed plots and a dusted field showed diminished foliage.
Inspectors praised a Charleston Grays grower for a 160 acre planting with 90 to 95 percent green foliage and a 5th cutting of high quality melons. Using a high pressure sprayer, zinc spray, and 6–7 day insecticide intervals, he prevented pimples by controlling pests and isolation, achieving better appearance, sweetness, fewer culls, and steady per pound prices.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi McLaughlin and daughter Londa of Weyburn Saskatchewan Canada along with Mrs. Puffy of Caddo Oklahoma left Thursday after a week with their son Mr. and Mrs. Max Wolverton. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Bud Parks and Rev. Virgil James.
Mrs. Katie A. Smith hosted relatives this past week including Jimmy Farley and Tresie Bolfing from San Antonio and Bessie Bolfing from Waco along with other nieces and nephews.
Druggists offer refunds if the first bottle of LETO'S fails to satisfy. Headline notes consumer concerns about gum health itching or burning and friction with MAIN DRUG COMPANY over product efficacy. The item reads as a product warning and sales policy from a drugstore notice.
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