Blue-Ribbon Committee Charts Texas School Economics
Gov John Connally names a blue ribbon panel to study long range Texas public school needs. The Committee on Public School Education will survey 128 districts to assess fair local share of education funding and analyze how tax assessments align with property values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Connally
Texas
Texas State Teachers Association
TSTA
U. S
L. P. Sturgeon
Leon Jaworski
Houston
Sew and Sew Club Hosts Wingate Meeting
Mrs L Hancock led the Sew and Sew Club at the Han cock home with fifteen members present on Tuesday. Guests included Mesdames Duncan Hensley Jim King W L Phillips C E Waggoner Irvie Talley Lena Mae Wheat and children Janice Williams Vicki O Dell Melinda and Belinda Hill. C E Waggoner elected to membership. Refreshments served to the listed members and guests. Embroidery and quilting were done for the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Hancock
Wingate
Lonnie Hancock
Duncan Hensley
Jim King
W. L. Phillips
C. E. Waggoner
Irvie Talley
Lena Mae Wheat
Janice Williams
Vicki O’dell
Melinda
Belinda Hill
O. D. Bradford
Ed Donica
Myrtle Gannaway
Walter Green
A. M. Hill
M. E. Hunter
Ed Kinard
Elmer King
Onie Lindsey
Survern O’dell
C. L. Rogers
M. R. Smith
Flossie Kirkland
Mildred Patton
Texas colleges react as building funds take effect June
Texas voters approved a 10 cent per 100 valuation ad valorem tax to finance college building bonds and widened eligibility from 12 to 17 schools. Production limits for oil set by the Railroad Commission cut June output to 34.5 percent of potential from 35 percent in May, with a cap of 3,241,308 barrels per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Railroad Commission
Oil commission backs smaller June allowances despite demand shift
Major purchasers at the proration hearings did not seek higher June allowances. three asked for reductions. Commission Chairman Ben Ramsey noted Texas crude stocks rose 2,100,000 barrels in 1965 while national stocks fell. Oilmen urged increasing discovery wells from five to ten in new fields, with discovery wells exempt from market demand factors. On March 28 the onshore discovery period was lengthened from 18 to 24 months as experts argued more wells would spur exploration.
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Commission
Ben Ramsey
Texas
Courts Speak on Ruby Sanity Hearing and Related Trials
The Court of Criminal Appeals ordered an early sanity hearing for Jack Ruby to permit an appeal of his death sentence for Oswald's murder. It reversed to permit a new trial for Robert Earl McKwain in the Amarillo strangling of an Air Force sergeant. The State Supreme Court refused to order a new sanity hearing for Leslie Douglas Ashley as his second trial proceeds for the 1961 murder of Houston real estateman Fred Tones. Ashley's trial was set to begin in Gatesville.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Robert Earl McKwain
Air Force
Amarillo
State Supreme Court
Leslie Douglas Ashley
Fred Tones
Houston
Ashley
Gatesville
Texas highway safety upgrades announced through April
The Texas Highway Department reported safety improvements totaling 4.6 million dollars in April as part of a ongoing war on traffic accidents, bringing the program to 75.5 million dollars to eliminate hazardous locations. In April bids were received on 10 projects totaling 1.5 million dollars to be state funded, while state crews started 31 other projects valued at 566 thousand dollars.
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Texas Highway Department
Texas
Baker Family Visit to Kenedy and Relatives
Mr and Mrs Joe Baker traveled to Kenedy last Thursday for a short stay with their daughter and son in law Noel Wiley and children. They were joined by their son and daughter in law Charles Baker and children from Wharton for the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Baker
Kenedy
Noel Wiley
Charles Baker
Wharton
Woman and Bargain Costs Remind Hard Truths
A noted line reflects the challenge of persuading a woman that even a bargain comes with a price. The comment underscores the tension between desire and value in pursuit of savings.
To get into the best secret nowadays
Society note quotes a humorous line about social access from a Winters Enterprise page with casual insight. The fragment mentions keeping your head and nose close among friends as guidance.
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A. D. Lee
Winters Flower Shop
Dial
Winters State Bank
Winters
Tfc
Western Auto Store
Bath
Willis Street
W. J. Yates
Roach Electric & Furniture
Registry Service
Bahiman Jewelers
Winterson Novice Highway
Bedford Insurance Agency
Circle Drive
Gayle Gardner
J. B. Whitlow
South
Magnolia
Ruby A
Bryan) Phillips
Kneid
C. D. Wright
Roper
Bob Phillips
Lankert
Wilmeth
Bob Simpson
Call
C. R. Willey
Buford Baldwin
Alvin Benson
Fiveroom House
South Melwood
Calvin Holloway
North Church
Tfe
J. C. Martin
Lucy Kittrell
Willis St
D. C. Robertson
Joe Roberts
Lamar Street
A. D.smith
Nice
Bishop Street
Jonah Eckert
Rawleigh
N. Runnels Co
J. L. Sparks
Ballinger
Memphis
Tenn
J. W. Dunn
James Gehrels
LOST
R. D. Pounders
E. Wood
Billie McCasland
Bradshaw
Ito
Swatchsue Electric CO
Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
James L. Slider
Naples
Ben Barnes
Slider
Cass
Marion
Morris
Titus
Ballinger Salvage ‘Company
The
Roy Calcote
East Jones
Frank Bates
Wood St
Western Mattress Service
Abilene
Byron D. Jobe
Bedford and Underwood
Attorneys-At-Law
Winters, Tex
Z. I. Hale
Ino. W. Norman
Winters, Texas
Lois L. Bellis
Poppy
Chance Hall
Jack Hall
Buddy Poppy
W. M. Hays
Buddy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Little
Bear
Carl Grenwelge Texaco Pickup & Delivery
N. Main
PTT
Maryland Club
White Swan
Libby
Vans
Dror
Kimbell
Bart
Hines
Ibs
Balkuwn’s Grocery and Market
E.truett
Merle Norman
Albert Street
Gladys Wright
Howard's Trading Post New & Used
East Dale
Sno- Breze and
Friedrich
Motorola Radio and TV Homelite
J. J. Swatchsue
Jose de la Cruz
Spill Machine Shop
Spill Life Insurance Co
T. A. McMillan
Levi and
Rosa Smith
North Rogers Winters
Blackmon
General Insurance
Tackle Headquarters
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