Power Struggle Costs McGee Job In Texas Budget Fight
Texas House and Senate clash over the Legislative Budget Board as Vernon McGee loses his $20,000 post after years directing the biennial budget. House Speaker Ben Barnes pushes for open hearings and greater House control while Lt. Gov. Preston Smith favored rehiring McGee. A 6-3 vote ended his rehire, signaling a shift in budget writing and conference committee powers.
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Texas
House
Senate
Legislative Budget Board
Vernon McGee
Ben Barnes
Barnes
McGee
Preston Smith
Patrol to adopt five day week for Texas highway patrol
The Texas Department of Public Safety shifts to a five day workweek to recruit and retain qualified officers. Col Homer Garrison Jr announces 125 vacancies in the patrol services and sets October 17 as the next application deadline.
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Texas
Department of Public Safety
Col
Homer Garrison Jr
DPS
Texas records largest general fund surplus in state history
State Treasurer Jesse James announced a fiscal year end surplus in the general fund of 138 million dollars on August 31, 1966. The figure exceeds the prior year by 1.6 million dollars while the current biennium ends August 31, 1967.
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General Fund
Texas
Jesse James
James
Attorney General Rules Road District Formation Across Counties
The attorney general holds that a road district may be formed to cover territory in more than one county, provided the counties are contiguous and the entire area of each county is included. Road districts may acquire right of way for use by the State Highway Department to improve and extend the state system.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Calhoun County
Rockport
Waggoner Carr
Carr
State
James Berger Named Acting Director Of Parole Supervision
James Berger of Austin is the acting director of parole supervision succeeding Ray Williams who resigned to pursue graduate studies at the University of Texas. A credentials sub-committee for the State Democratic convention named Joe Entzminger Bay City Tom Gordon Abilene Mrs Howard Hurd Brownfield Tom McCrumen Jr Austin and Garrett Mofris Fort Worth will hear delegation disputes from Angelina Denton and Midland counties and protests concerning Harris and Armstrong County conventions.
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James Berger
Austin
Ray Williams
University of Texas
Joe Entzminger
Bay City
Tom Gordon
Abilene
Howard Hurd
Brownfield
Tom McCrumen Jr
Garrett Mofris
Fort Worth
Angelina
Denton
Midland
Harris
Armstrong
State Mental Health Agency seeks 53 million for new and expanded facilities
The State Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation requests 53.6 million for the next biennium to build and expand facilities in Abilene Austin Denton Corpus Christi El Paso Lubbock Lufkin Mexia Richmond Big Spring Kerrville Rusk San Antonio Terrell Wichita Falls and a Rio Grande Valley site yet to be chosen. The MHMR board was informed that the Rusk San Antonio and Wichita Falls mental hospitals fail to meet Joint Commission standards and cannot participate in Medicare until corrections are made.
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State Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Abilene
Austin
Denton
Corpus Christi
el Paso
Lubbock
Lufkin
Mexia
Richmond
Big Spring
Kerrville
Rusk
San Antonio
Terrell
Wichita Falls
Rio Grande Valley
MHMR
Joint Commission On Accreditation
Mayors Seek State Tax Revenue Share
Texas mayors push for municipal share of state tax revenue while staff lawyers deem it unconstitutional. Municipal leaders remain convinced a path to partial refunds of broad based state taxes within city boundaries can be found, with TML Director Steve Mathews believing a compromise is possible if the Legislature funds supplemental aid for cities.
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Texas Legislative Council
Texas Municipal League
Steve Mathews
Connally Won't Call Special Session on Minimum Wage
Gov. John Connally told Rio Grande Valley farm workers he will not convene a special legislative session to consider a $1.25 an hour minimum wage act. He spoke in New Braunfels as marchers continued a 400 mile trek to the Capital for a Labor Day rally.
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John Connally
Rio Grande Valley
Connally
New Braunfels
Capital
Texas business activity drops sharply in July
Texas reports a four percent fall in business activity for July the sharpest decline since last fall and second steepest since 1963. The Governor announces a September Employ-the-Handicapped Conference and approval of 1.5 million dollars for Neighborhood Youth Corps projects across 27 counties. The Health Department urges destroying mosquito breeding sites to curb disease. Public Safety seeks authentic objects used by Texas Rangers for a new museum in Austin.
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Texas
State Health Department
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas ‘Rangers
Austin
Caliber Choices For Big Game And Texas Barbed Wire Sale
The article notes that 270 and 243 calibers perform well on big game with careful hand loading using 43 grains of No 4350 powder 120 primers and 100 grain partitions. It also mentions the first barbed wire brought to Texas sold in Gainesville in 1875 by H B Sanborn.
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Texas
Gainsville
H. B. Sanborn
The Reasonable Man as a Legal Benchmark in Court
The article describes the Reasonable Man as a centuries old English legal standard. It contrasts physical likeness with mental standards and explains that courts judge conduct by the average person while accounting for personal handicaps. It emphasizes alertness to danger and consideration for others.
The Reasonable Man as a Legal Standard
The passage argues the Reasonable Man blends average knowledge and common experience, reflecting built in and correctable defects. It questions the adequacy of this standard for courtroom decisions and highlights its loose, composite nature.
Compromise Between Individual and Society Rights
The text argues that experience shows a wise workable compromise balancing individual rights with societal rights. By using this compromise the law acts like the Reasonable Man in applying justice.
Comanche County Origins and Paint Rock Nickname
Comanche County, named for the Comanche Indians, was organized in 1856. Paint Rock derives its name from nearby Indian pictographs and trails.
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Comanche County
Paint Rock
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