Capitol remodeling in Austin set to cost over a million
Contractors opened bids for remodeling the old capitol quarters as plans move ahead in Austin Texas. State finance offices relocate to the new Finance Building and Senators will gain private offices on all floors including the basement with sound wired committee rooms and a Capitol post office moving into the new building.
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Austin
Texas
Capitol
Senate
State Comptroller
House
State Treasury
Capitol Station Post Office
Finance
Statehouse
Texas Towns Mentioned in OCR Fragment
A sequence lists multiple Texas locales including Kin Madisonville Marshall Midland Mount Haven annexed to Jacksonville Nacogdoches Palestine Port Arthur Refugio Richardson Sabine Pass San Angelo San Augustine Silsbee Shelbyville South Park Sulphur Springs Temple Waskon and Wichita Falls.
Texas College Board asks schools to curb enrollments
Soaring public college enrollments triggered a demand from the Coordinating Board of the Texas College and University System for immediate consideration by each school. If voluntary curtailment fails, authorities may seek legislative power for mandatory ceilings. Atty. Gen. Crawford Martin said authority is not yet granted. UT system regents approved an enrollment control plan and a lottery system for when capacity is reached. The board also moved the student loan program under federal insurance, urged expulsion for campus disruptions, and studied free credit exchange among public institutions and trimming unnecessary courses.
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Coordinating Board of the Texas College and University System
Atty
Crawford Martin
University of Texas System Regents
Coordinating Board
Federal negotiators seek voluntary integration in 48 Texas districts
Federal teams from HEW and the Justice Department met with Texas districts in Austin to press for immediate desegregation. The 48 districts were asked to present their plans and limited to one hour hearings, with TEA assisting after letters from the Justice Department. Independent districts named include Amarillo Atlanta Austin Bellville Calvert Carthage and others across the state.
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Texas
U. S. Justice Department
Civil Rights Division
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Justice Department
Washington
Dallas
Texas Education Agency
TEA
HEW
Austin
Amarillo
Atlanta
Bellville
Calvert
Carthage
Churchill
Jacksonville
Concord Rural High
Cypress-Fairbanks
Crockett
Ector County
Elysian Fields
Ferris
Friendship
Caldwell
Galena Park
Garland
Hearne
Hempstead
Henderson
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson Karnack
Katy
Kilgore Kie
la Vega
Lubbock
Court actions outline broad state court rulings
The Third Court of Civil Appeals voided West Lake Hills incorporation to avoid annexation and taxes by a neighboring city. The Texas Supreme Court ruled the State Board of Medical Examiners cannot revoke a Galveston pathologist license for withholding medication records. The High Court ordered custody of four children shifted from mother to father. The Court of Criminal Appeals held a co defendant cannot be called as a witness against another unless there was prior agreement to testify.
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Third Court of Civil Appeals
West Lake Hills
Austin
Supreme Court
State Board of Medical Examiners
Galveston
High Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas Manufacturers Association Fights State Tax Rise
The Texas Manufacturers Association forms a dedicated department to monitor state spending as talks of a 1971 tax bill reaching 700 million dollars alarm members. President Ed C. Burris vows to block any tax increase and guard against long range spending programs. Carl H. Braubach and John A. Haddad lead a research effort to keep government spending within revenues, with offices in Austin near the capitol.
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Texas Manufacturers Association
TMA
Ed C. Burris
Burris
Carl H. Braubach
John Connally
Rice University figure tapped for Texas Bicentennial post
Frank Vandiver, acting president of Rice University and noted historian, named executive director of Texas American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. H. C. Pittman of Austin becomes president of National Automotive Trade Association Managers. Sam White of Houston leads National Automotive Dealers Association. Ed Latta, Jerry Heare and Jim Heath named directors for Texas Industrial information community development and prospect development.
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Frank Vandiver
Rice University
H. C. Pittman
Austin
National Automotive Trade ,Association Managers
Sam White
Houston
National Automobile Dealers Association
Ed Latta
Jerry Heare
Jim Heath
Texas Industrial Commission
Texas Sheep Sent to Mexico for Livestock Upgrade
Texas sheep are sent south of the border to assist Mexico's livestock program. With help from the State Department of Agriculture, Dr. M V Alberto Encinas leads a drive selecting more than 1000 head in West Texas for the experiment.
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Texas
Mexico
State Department of Agriculture
M. V. Alberto Encinas
Livestock Division
Department of Agriculture
West
Short Snorts A Major National Highway Safety Experiment
A major national highway safety experiment unfolds in the San region, drawing participation from local agencies and researchers. The initiative aims to assess new traffic control measures and their impact on driver behavior and accident rates.
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The
San
Bowhunters Return to Aransas Refuge for Deer and Javelina
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Austwell opens September 10 to 30 for bowhunters with a new javelina harvest option. Last year about 10 000 hunters participated. this year may be similar as the refuge offers three weeks of hunting starting at noon and opening each day at 5 a m after the first day. Bowhunters may take three deer with one antlerless, unlimited wild hogs, and must carry equipment a 1970 71 hunting license and the refuge entrance fee.
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Austin
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Austwell
Gordon Hansen
Hansen
Army heli copters used to aid highway crash victims
Antonio area deploys Army helicopters to evacuate victims from a fatal highway accident. In the Panhandle the six counties Collingsworth Donley Hall Hemphill Lipscomb and Wheeler gain approval to graze and harvest hay on land retired from production under cropland adjustment. Texas Water Quality Board finds high mercury in Lavaca Bay oysters near Point Comfort. nearby areas to be restricted. Unemployment claims rise by 15 417 to 185 478 largely due to aircraft and manufacturing layoffs amid Vietnam de escalation and economic slowdown.
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Vietnam
Texas Employment Commission
WHS Cheerleaders Sell Items at Foodway Grocery
On Friday July 31 from 6 am to 10 pm WHS Cheerleaders sell items at Foodway Grocery for fundraiser. Each item priced at 25 cents raising funds for the squad.
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Robert Pruser
North West St.rip
WHS
Bowhunters allowed on large refuge with camping outside
Hansen states that all bowhunters who appear will be permitted to hunt on 36 000 acres of the 47 000 acre refuge. Camping within the refuge is not allowed, but nearby camping will be possible. He praises the previous bowhunters as an excellent group and looks forward to again working with them. There will be no gun hunt.
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Hansen
Deer hunt plans discussed at Aransas Refuge
Census data indicates the refuge deer population is insufficient to support a hunt this year. Information on the hunt is available by writing Aransas National Wildlife Refuge P O Box 68 Austwell Texas 77950.
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Aransas National Refuge
Austwell
Texas
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Abilene
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West Texas
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New York Harbor
Coast Guard
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Western Mattress Service
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Noleta Rice
N. Rogers
Waddell Chevrolet Co
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T. A. McMillan
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General Mechanical
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ABC Pest Control
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Joe Kozelsky
Cabinet Shop
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Friedrich
Motorola Radio and TV Homesite
J. J. Swatchsue
Jose de la Cruz
Lonnie Fowler
Riess Radio & TV
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Ballinger - Winters
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