State Capital Highlights Slant Hole Probes and Reforms
East Texas slant hole inquiry yields 12 indictments and calls for eight criminal law changes. Rep. Ballman and House investigators send a preliminary report to Speaker Turman and Gov. Daniel urging reforms including replacing ill officials and revising the marginal well law to equalize monthly allowances with non marginal wells. Governor Daniel has not committed to a special session.
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East Texas
Charles Ballman
Borger
House
James A. Turman
Price Daniel
Ernest C. Thompson
Amarillo
Daniel
Commission Shakeup Aims at Streamlined Texas Railroad Rules
The Texas Railroad Commission undergoes reorganizational study by the Texas Research League. Commissioners Murrray Jr. and Ramsey form a committee of oilmen led by James E. Russell to revise cumbersome rules. Russell, a coastal surveying expert, will tackle the boundary issue, which is complicated by shoreline shifts since 1848 when Texas joined the union.
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Gislature
Commission
Shakeup
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas Research League
William J. Murray Jr
Ben Ramsey
James E. Russell
Abilene
Russell
Texas
Union
Padre and Madre Seashore Fight Hots Up
Commissioner Jerry Sadler strengthens opposition to Laguna Madre sales for Padre Island National Seashore. He argues oilmen bid on state school leases without big bonuses after the Padre Island bill. Sadler hires Captain William C. Russell to survey the Gulf area amid stalled Texas U S sea land settlements.
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Gulf
Tidelands
Texas
The
U. S
Texas Business Activity Rises 7 Percent in August
The Bureau of Business Research at the University of Texas reports Texas business activity climbed seven percent in August from July and eight percent higher than August 1961 after two months of decline.
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Texas
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
Texas Finances Show Cash Balance and Spending Shares
Comptroller charts reveal the State Treasury held over 219 million dollars at fiscal year end while deficits persist only in the General Revenue Fund. Education 41.01 percent highways 28.50 welfare 16.29 hospitals and prisons 5.16 and rest 9.04 to legislature courts and agencies. A separate note reports a third conviction in the veterans land scandals involving B R Sheffield of Brady relating to a Kinney County 10 000 acre ranch deal.
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General Revenue Fund
Robert Calvert
Veterans Land
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
B. R. Sheffield
Brady
Hill County
Kinney County
Bascom Giles
J. T. McLarty
Sheffield
Veterans Land Board
Espy Seeks Return of Davis Mountains Land
Joe Espy of Fort Davis donated 169 acres in the Davis Mountains to the state in 1933 with a public recreation provision. The state did not develop the land, leading Espy to sue for its return. The trial court ruled in Espy’s favor and ordered the land returned, with the State Parks Board involved.
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Joe Espy
Fort Davis
Davis Mountains
Espy
The
State Parks Board
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East
Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
MULAN
F Hing— Osi
Rome
Purina
Oeets Board
Forest Service
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