Labor Day Traffic Fatality Toll Warns Texans
Texas public safety officials forecast 45 deaths on Labor Day weekend as 150 extra officers join patrols September 1 to 4. The plan includes rest stops, radio and newspaper campaigns, radar speed enforcement, and a state wide road patrol to ease regular patrol duties.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Homer Garrison Jr
Texas Safety Association
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W. 2Fz-Leonard
Chamber of Commerce
Winters Enterprise News Briefs September 1 1967
Local page notes community updates from Winters Texas. Event listings include school, church, and civic notices with brief remarks on upcoming activities and community plans. Strong entities include Winters and Texas.
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Winters Enterprise
Texas
Smith Announces Run for Lt. Governor in 1968
Preston Smith signals bid for lieutenant governor as 1968 campaign season opens with statements to reporters. The move follows ongoing political maneuvering and sets up a key race in the state.
Texas Legislature appoints committees and updates voting laws
Lieutenant Governor Smith names committees including Poverty Study and Oyster and Shellfish. House Speaker Barnes assigns Texas Legislative Council reps. Secretary Hill outlines changes in election laws granting ballot marks, electronic voting machines approval, and updated residence requirements. Pay for election officials rises to 1.25 an hour. Voters in bond elections must sign affidavits of property ownership.
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John Hill
Texas
Texarkana Dam Debate Delays 24 Million Cooper Project
Texas lawmakers clash over federal water discharge rules for Lake Texarkana as the Cooper Reservoir proposal aims to curb Red River pollution. TWDB suggests the dam provide about half the required water quality flow with possible reductions if pollution improves. Also, a new law offers free tuition to 5 000 to 10 000 Texas students from families earning 4 800 or less per year. Eligibility requires top high school ranks or high standardized test scores, under 25, and 12 months Texas residence. only freshmen qualify this year.
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Cooper Dam
Texarkana
Red River
Cooper Reservoir
Tax policy rulings by Atty. Gen. Crawford Martin
The opinion says a school district may spend local maintenance tax money for lunchroom overhead. It also holds that a municipal gas corporation created as a non profit to serve the municipality would not be exempt from city, state, county, and school district taxes. Additionally, a new law setting fee schedules for county clerks is constitutional.
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Crawford Martin
Special elections set for November 11 to fill multiple Texas seats
Texas voters will choose successors to the late Sen George Parkhouse of Dallas and several representatives including Ira Hohler of Houston Otha Birkner of Bay City Maurice Pipkin of Brownsville and Lee Duggan of Houston. UT reports Texas retail sales fell three percent in July versus a five percent national drop. Lake Worth school board must reinstate Supt Grady Vaughn or pay about 28000 on a two year contract after state education hearing. Texas Highway Dept invites bids August 29 30 for forty two highway projects estimated at 27000000. State Health Dept notes Texas leads in preventable diseases yet only five percent of the nation lives here. Sen Del Roy Harrington of Port Arthur calls for interim committee organizational meeting for college faculty compensation at 2 pm September 1. Donald B Neumann Austin teacher joins Governor's Committee on Public School Education. Governor's Employment of the He aves Employ he.
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Dallas
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Houston
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Bay City
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Brownsville
Judicial Qualifications Commission
Lee Duggan
Harris County Criminal Court No
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Bureau of Business Research
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Harrington
Port Arthur
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Neumann
Austin
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