The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1959 Page: 2 of 8
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THE GROOM NEWS, GROOM, CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1959
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They were, according to Mrs. neighbor.
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Ladies Day . . .
Senate debate on the tax bill
was enlivened by the arrival of a
women’s march on the Capitol.”
Gallery was filled with flowery
hats and excited chatter as some
40 to 100 pomen (estimates varied
widely) swept in “to show those
lobbyists what’s what.”
Leaders were Mrs. Jud Collier
of Mumford and Mrs. Minnie Fish-
er Cunningham of New Waverly,
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71 New Patrolmen . . .
A total of 46 new patrolmen now
are manning Texas highways.
These trainees have just graduat-
ed from the Law Enforcement
Academy of the Texas Department
of Public Safety. Also graduating
were 20 drivers license patrolmen
and five license and weight patrol-
men. A
Presenting diplomas to the
group was Col Homer Garrison
Jr., director of the department.
He announced that there still are
73 openings on the force. Eligible
to fill these posts are young men
21 to 35 years of age—and they
are badly needed.
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City Buses Lose Out . . .
Another cause, apparently lost
for this year, is that of exempting
city bus systems from the state
gasoline tax.
Rural area senators, led by Sen.
Wardlow Lane of Center, voted it ‘
down.
City spokesmen say the buses,
needed by low-income people, can
not stay in the black unless they
get tax relief. San Antonio’s
transit system went to the wall,
was taken over by the city.
Senator Lane made a scathing
attack on “taking care of High-
land Park” (a swank Dallas su-
burb) when the state is having a
hard time finding money “to pay
the old age pensioners.”
Daniel Opposes Federal Tax . . .
Governor Daniel asked the Na-
tional Governors Conference to
join him in opposing an increase
in the federal tax on gasoline.
Congress is considering Presi-
dent Eisenhower’s recommended
1.5 per cent per gallon increase
to pump new life into the federal
highway building program.
Governor Daniel charged the
federal government would have
plenty of money for the highway
program if it would quit using
gasoline tax money for other pur-
poses. He said further gasoline
taxing should be left to the states,
which need the money worse.
Earlier this year the governor
mentioned the gasoline tax as a
possible source of additional future
revenue. State gasoline tax is
presently 5 cents a gallon; fed-
eral tax, 3 cents a gallon.
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Mother Would Understand . . .
“Jones,” said Watson, “is the
most conceited, self-satisfied per-
son I’ve ever known.”
“What did he do now?” asked a
action on the tax bill.” Specifi-
cally, they favored a bill heavy on
gas taxes and light on selective
sales taxes.
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Legislating Ended Abruptly . . .
Tax bills have had a lot of at-
tention during the current special
session of the Texas Legislature.
But there were more eyes on
charming Miss Carol Ralphs when
she stopped in for a capitol build-
ing visit than ever .looked at a tax
bill.
This fetching Miss from Farron,
Utah, whose theme song is “Re-
member A-La-Mode,” is Ameri-
ca’s Miss Dairy Princess. She was
accompanied by Mrs. Anne Reeve,
whose husband Lew is published of
the Oceola (Wis.) Sun. Mrs. Reeve
is the chaperone for Carol’s jour-
neys about the country.
Miss Dairy Princess was intro-
duced in the House, addressed the
Senate, and was the recipient of
complimentary resolutions from
both branches of the Legislature.
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AUSTIN—With the bottleneck
broken on a tax bill for regular
spending, legislators began to look
down the road.
Rep. Murray Watson of Mart
proposed a resolution that pointed
up the lawmakers’ uneasiness
about having more rough decisions
before the year is out.
Watson’s resolution called on
Gov. Price Daniel to say immedi-
ately whether he would call anoth-
er special session to raise money
for the Hale-Aikin school improve-
ment program.
Hake-Aikin proposals, which in-
clude an $800 a year salary boost
for the teachers, would cost an es-
timated $120,000,000 a year. There
have been repeated rumors that
the governor will re-call the Leg-
islature next fall to enact Hale-
Aikin. Also floating around is the
rumor that a 1-cent a gallon hike
in the gasoline tax is being “sav-
ed” for that purpose.
Watson charged, “I think there
has been a definite deal made with
the Texas State Teachers Asso-
ciation . . . Somebody else should
know what’s going on here instead
of just the governor and the
teachers’ lobby.”
Governor Daniel’s supporters
called this unfair. They declared
that. the governor, like everyone
else, couldn’t tell how it would be
until after the dust settled from
the fracas over raising money for
the basic budget.
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At Last . . .
tax bill, it voted it out in a big
way. Tally was 29 to 2 in the
Senate and 115 to 24 in the House.
This is well over the required
two-thirds to make the bill effec-
tive immediately on the gover-
nor’s signing.
House, which had been ham-
strung for seven months on the
tax issue, came unstrung so sud-
denly it surprised the bill’s advo-
cates. Voting ended good natur-
edly with “yea” votes recruited in
the atmosphere of an old-fashion-
ed revival meeting.
Most talked about feature of the
new bill is a severance beneficiary
tax of 1.5 per cent on natural gas.
It was the first time the Senate
had approved this tax. Many1
House members had said they
would not vote for any bill that
didn’t include it. It will bring in
an estimated fifteen to eighteen
million dollars over two years if
not ruled unconstitutional.
Three-fourths or more of the
bill’s revenue will come from se-
lective sales taxes. Newcomers
are a 3 per cent tax on jewelry
and furs, a 3 per cent tax on hotel
and motel room rentals, 3 per cent
on boats, motors, cameras, air
conditioners, 25 per cent on to-
bacco products other than cigar-
ettes.
Taxes on cigarettes will go up 3
cents a pack; liquor and wine, 20
per cent; motor vehicle sales, from
1.1 to 1.5 per cent.
Utility gross receipts will go up
20 per cent, and the corporation
franchise tax will go up by 75
cents per $1,000 capital for one
year, 50 cents per $1,000 there-
after.
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Wade, Max & Wade, Helen. The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1959, newspaper, August 6, 1959; Groom, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1511409/m1/2/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.