Texas Highway Commission cancels December bid settings
The Texas Highway Commission canceled its December highway contract bid settings citing a moratorium tied to a reduced Texas share of federal highway funds. Despite favorable weather boosting recent construction, the commission notes a national shortfall in the Federal Highway Trust Fund and outlines implications for Texas projects and payments to contractors.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Highway Commission
Commission
Texas
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Congress
Highway Trust Fund
Highway Commission
Dewitt Greer
Greer
Texas hospitals fear closures over new Social Security rules
State Rep. R H Cory and House Speaker Gus Mutscher visited Washington to seek clearer interpretation of Social Security regulations that could force 158 Texas hospitals to close. Rural facilities lack registered nurses around the clock needed to meet rules, worsened by a 10 000 nurse shortage. Noncompliance threats Medicare payments termination and further physician migration from sparsely populated areas.
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R. H
Dick"’ Cory
Gus Mutscher
Washington
Texas
Cory
Texas Governor Pushes School Immunization Plan
Gov. Preston Smith says he will ask the 62nd Legislature to require immunization against polio measles whooping cough tetanus and diphtheria before a child may enter Texas schools. He cites 1968 data showing Texas top in measles polio and high in diphtheria and whooping cough. Tetanus noted as non epidemic and covered by diphtheria protection.
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Preston Smith
Texas
San Antonio
Smith
Attorney General Opinions on Training Licenses and Local Services
The opinions state nonprofit driver training programs must be licensed by the Texas DPS unless run by colleges universities high schools or junior high schools for enrolled students. The county may extend health unit services to a nonparticipating city only if the city joins. otherwise services are limited to county offerings. A Justice of the Peace cannot collect fees for actions transferred or dismissed without trial. Commissioners Court may authorize travel expenses for expert witnesses.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
Crawford Martin
Martin
Justice of the Peace
Commissioners Court
Governor appoints Fielder as District Attorney in 22nd Judicial District
Governor Smith appoints Richard A. Fielder, a Lockhart attorney, as District Attorney of the 22nd Judicial District Court. Arch M. Connolly, M. D., named acting Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Mental Health for the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. Connolly has served as superintendent of Rusk State Hospital since 1967.
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Smith
Richard A. Fielder
Lockhart
22Nd Judicial District Court
Arch M. Connolly
Texas Department of Mental Health
Connolly
Rusk State Hospital
Texas Draft Quota Drops in October Under 12 000 Call
Col. Charles M. Duncan announces October 674 down from 704 in September for Texas induction. October pre induction physical and mental exams total 4285, down from 7171. Texas shares 674 of a national 12 000 Army call. Duncan notes no man with bona fide child relationship in class 3 A will be ordered to report for examination.
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Texas
Charles M. Duncan
State Selective Service
Duncan
National health insurance eyed within five years
Dr. David Wade warns high hospital room rates and rising med tech costs will push toward some form of national health insurance within two to five years. The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation commissioner notes the trend and potential policy shift.
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Texas Department
Mental Health and
Texas
National Association of Railway Business Women
Railroad Workers Brotherhoods
Texas Education Agency
Glamour Foods
Texas Department of Agriculture
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Quail Hunting Outlook Mixed Across West Texas
Wildlife biologists see variable quail prospects across West Texas and the Panhandle. Some Panhandle counties show up to a 44 percent drop, while other areas, including parts of the Permian Basin, report increases or solid crops for bob white and blue quail depending on rainfall and drought history.
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San Angelo
West Texas
Panhandle
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Upper
Trans-Pecos
Jack Parsons
Permian Basin
Revenue sharing plan critics urge budget balance first
A Washington opinion argues against federal revenue sharing with states, warning deficits of billions and a $380 billion debt. It calls for a balanced budget condition before any sharing, questions old programs’ relevance, and cautions against blurring tax and spend powers. It notes governors favor revenue sharing but stresses responsibility and restraint.
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Congress
Washington
Federal bill aims to shift education welfare taxes to states
The article explains H. R. 10580 proposed by Congressman Omar Burleson in 1969 to bar federal taxes for education and welfare and reserve revenue sources for the states. States would levy and administer these programs using taxes not collected by the federal government.
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Omar Burleson
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