Legislature faces criticism on Texas insurance and budget bills
The Texas Legislature's special session opens with Gov. Preston Smith facing opposition to a competitive insurance rating bill, critics say it weakens key insurance code provisions. A state set ceiling on competitive rating is urged by Sen. Oscar Mauzy and supporters. The budgetary control bill receives mixed reaction with fear it would give the governor wide fiscal power. Smith defends the plan and appointment battles continue as Bob Bullock seeks Senate confirmation for the Insurance Board.
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Austin
Texas
Preston Smith
Oscar Mauzy
Dallas
Senate
Sen
Mike McKool
Smith
Bob Bullock
State Board of Insurance
Ben Barnes
Bullock
Larry Teaver
Insurance Board
Harmony in Texas party conventions shapes leadership and platform
Democratic nominee Dolph Briscoe chose State party chairman Calvin Guest and pushed a liberal slate for the State Democratic Executive Committee led by Barbara Jordan. Key national posts went to liberals and George McGovern backers, while a Wallace supporter gained a post. Republicans drafted their own platform and re elected George Willeford and Malcomb Milburn as state chairman and vice chairman.
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Joe Bernal
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Billie Carr
Houston
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Hall Timanus
George Wallace
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Briscoe
SDEC
George Willeford
Malcomb Milburn
Austin
Governor names new chief justice and fills high court vacancy
Governor Smith accepts Rob ert W. Calvert s resignation as chief justice and designates Associate Justice Joe R. Greenhill as chief justice. Hawthorne Phillips will fill the vacancy from October 4 to January. Terry Townsend of Austin joins the Governor s Commission on Physical Fitness. Secretary Bullock issues a commission to Roy Orr after Orr is replaced as state Democratic chairman, contending Orr cannot hold both offices.
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State Supreme Court
Smith
Joe R. Greenhill
Hawthorne Phillips
High Court
Calvert
Terry Townsend
Austin
Bullock
Dallas
Roy Orr
Orr
County clerks barred from issuing same sex marriage licenses
Attorney General Crawford Martin in a recent opinion held county clerks may not issue marriage licenses to two persons of the same sex. In related opinions he said a Texas water utility may lay pipes along county road rights of way under legal conditions, and a sheriff’s food bill for feeding prisoners was addressed.
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Crawford Martin
Martin
Texas Water Corporation
Texas Receives $120000 Grant for Tick and Screw Worm Fight
Texas will get a $120,414 federal grant to aid the Texas Animal Health Commission in eradicating screw worms scabies and fever ticks. The program addresses a severe tick outbreak statewide with quaran tine areas in Jim Wells McMullen Duval Live Oak Kent Nueces Leon and Dimmit counties. Governor Smith notes the screw worm epidemic is the worst since 1960s and scabies has appeared in several regions.
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Texas Animal Health Commission
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Jim Wells
McMullen
Duval
Live Oak
Kent
Nueces
Leon
Dimmit Counties
Smith
Texas colleges enroll about forty thousand more students
Texas higher education continues to grow with about 454000 students enrolled in public and private junior and senior colleges by September 14, up from roughly 438000 at the same point last year. The Coordinating Board projects roughly three and a half percent expansion.
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Texas College and Universities
Coordinating Board
Texas College and University System
Test predicts hyaline membrane disease in premature infants
California researchers develop a quick, inexpensive test using amniotic fluid to detect the missing lung lining chemical linked to hyaline membrane disease, potentially delaying preterm birth with drug therapy. Smoking increases risks. consult local tuberculosis and respiratory disease groups for more information.
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Alan J. Margolis
University of California
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Fall enrollments rise across higher education segments
Enrollment in all segments of higher education last year topped 475000 and the Board projects about 493000 this year. Senior colleges show a modest increase while community colleges gain over 11 percent in their student bodies.
Briscoe Pledges Deep Water Port for Texas Economy
Gubernatorial nominee Dolph Briscoe promises top priority to secure a deep water superport for Texas. He says a port with drafts of up to 100 and 120 feet is vital to the state’s economy and that Texas is blessed with several desirable locations for such a facility.
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Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Briscoe
Texas awards EPA grant and plans 1974 floating trade fair
The Texas Air Control Board wins a 2.1 million federal grant from the EPA. Industrialists offer exhibit space on the Queen Elizabeth 2 for a floating trade fair to North Africa the Middle East and Europe in 1974. Other items include a Fulton state bank application a Houston Galveston air pollution study and Texas Highway Week observances.
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Texas Air Control Board
Environmental Protection Agency
Texas
North Africa
Middle East
Europe
Fulton
Houston-Galveston
House
Texas Highway Commission
Wingate 4 H Horse Club Trail Ride And Cookout
The Wingate 4 H Horse Club held its final summer trail ride from the Baize home to Bill Walker Creek followed by a cookout. Members Dianne Baize Donald Baize Belinda Hill Melinda Hill David Bachman Sharon Lynn John Henry Stuart Phyl lis O Dell Larry Walker Patti Walker Alpheus Hill Paige Baize attended the ride with many others joining the cookout including Sue Baize Shirley Hill Vickie Survern Martha O Dell W H Bonnie Lynn Walter Sue Sherry Lisa Mary Sturat Jill Bill Jane Jarrell Walker Bill Jimmye Walker.
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Sue Baize
Shirley Hill
Vickie
Survern
Martha O’dell
W. H
Bonnie Lynn
Walter
Sue
Sherry
Lisa
Mary Sturat
Jill
Bill Jane
Jarrell Walker
Bill
Jimmye Walker
Bonded cotton lace goes machine washable in bold colors
The new fabric features bonded cotton lace that is machine washable and bonded to batiste. It comes in a wide range of colors.
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Batiste
First Cotton Textile Mill Built by Samuel Slater
The article notes Samuel Slater built the first successful U S cotton textile mill in 1790. It also mentions sleeping bags made of tightly woven cotton duck that insulate at extreme cold, suitable for outdoor use at forty degrees below.
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U. S
Samuel Slater
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