Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 5, 1996 Page: 4 of 16
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Page 4A-Palacios Beacon-Wed-, June 4,1996
Palacios Beacon Earl? Files
5 YEARS AGO-1991
Proud families, friends tad Mow classmates looked on as 57
members of the 1991 graduation class of Palacios High School
received their diplomas during commencement exercises Friday in
the Fine Arts Auditorium.
The Palacios Rotary Club gave its support to the Palacios Histori-
cal Association’s museum renovation effort with a cash donation.
10 YEARS AGO-1986
maintenance tax me.
E.H. Thorton, form
sion, was the principal
Causeway.
new industry was bom. Weyrich and Walters, with facilities at the
Colter Corporation, began peeling, dicing and freezing and expected
- Williim DouglM.CairoU .
B°S!trto C J men, w„ elaM o*r tt* pd* he won ta . H*=r BWy ;
receive an Air Force ROTC Academic Achievement Award. Corporation contest. . 1^,-L ^ « <
of Palados'^indiffippNic that the aHey sowthof The ®HauSatSS S?ie3of Officers of the kxydC.E.S. Chapter installed were Ate. Emma
Main St (behind the bank) was made one-way going east between auxiliary. TheSKT y Foster, Worthy Matron; C.W. Nester, Worthy Patron; Mrs. Eleanor
officers and the approv^^ws^^ _ ,;f
Hunt^wdMarket had moved to its new quarters at the comer .Third and Main, * i, , m. tliu.i
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5 th and 4th Streets.
Six High School musicians from Palacios earned State Medals at
the Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contesthosted by the University
of Texas in Austin. They were Stephanie Shanks, Tom Dahl, Amy
Hamlin, Sherrie Wright, Michelle Boykin and Leigh Ann Meismer.
PISD honored several retirees at the annual faculty awards ban-
quet. The retirees included Norene Swendsen, Rosemary Paquette,
Vic Kahlich, Wilma Rhoades and Joyce Carr.
; Thfc annual Shimporee Celebration was a huge success to the
hundreds of people who attended the festivities held at the Palacios
Recreation Center.
30 YEARS AGO-I966
Two hundred and eighty seven Palacios students were enrolled in
die summer programs offered by the PISD.
» Estell ChamWess and Winfred Johnson were installed as Worthy
Matron and Worthy Patron of the local O.E.S. Chapter.
35 YEARS AGO-1961
Voters in the PISD approved a $1 million bond issue on Saturday
and at the same time adopted Senate Bill 116 increasing the district
___had been nrned Work,«<*e illoidRumven.HrS^vm^LW.'Moore.^wtoft
psStssssss^
Ship* . -' v __■ nnL.-.-*-—. tm*****. \.Mw muI BbC**: Oium Q/ittsnmfl
Theatre from Mr. and Mix. Sam Williams.
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Mill Louise Pybus relumed from Winston-Salem, NC where she :
hi r emme-»Vk < attended college and Mss Lucy Massenbuig from Valpaiito, IN
ccrmc for*e ««,«■ *en
C°UMto 58,000 pounds of pineapple being processed Wednesday, a let and work on constrilctionbegan July 1st.
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Committee to study property tax relief
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AUSTIN - Gov. George W.
Bush has sworn in the lfe-tnember
State Sen. Jerry Patterson, R-
Pasadcna, told the Houston CW
to go into effect to August.
tocraae to aboat half of
of administrative
BHHSS SSL-s—s
property taxes might be replaced.
corporation’s current contract wittf
tti* Ifl^ foamilMlMr, tt)
Under the contract extension
Bush said
will be to
die people are hot
property mm to
— or support an
State Capital]
HIGHLIG
homeowners, whose pin for tax
reform to growing louder, proenfyj me^naraey general agram^tm r
shoulder more than 90 percent of «Cot5ctaled handgunttCtt* ho i
the property tax bunted.. . *inT ers-mt# ride the bus withBCTfear
Committee members were fore of retribution if their weapon re-
rushed with state figures showing mains concealed," said Patterson, a «
that Ibxans are paying a conttou- co-spoosor of the right-to-carry bill
ally rising property tax even though that became law last September,
property values are increasing. But Morales spokesman Ward
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iy Lynd.ll Williams • Texas Press Association
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$1 ticket down to an average ft
3.4 cents over die term of
contract, and to install
on-line lotto
The lottery has had ticket ssjft
of note than $8.3 billion to its %
4 totitoorq
above to 30 pereent
____■hmark rate.
According to toe Department of
Inainiuy, 68 of 229
wsrag* pSBSSjS^
ibUc testimony i % IS®- ^ haiidglm PV* » .*n?n* 3* *
rasi-fH
t that Jutted have m
public testimony
to fond state government at 14
hearings to be held across the state.
The panel is to report back to the
governor by toe end of September.
Bush said he would not support
carriers don’t necessarily commit
sss, but it doesn’t
Lyndon ’ Anderson, an assb-
ZX'TSFvm
‘With more than 200 car insurers
any plan that raised more or lets
money than the property taxed, and
ro!!£?should ^ around for the Iy toe stato for three yean, ende^
best deal." # ftMenced to prison. The stw
Qteeh Contract Extondad tracked 3.772 people sentence”
to community corrections. Tho
tom Jutted have mite a
decision about toe facts and
overrate their dectotens. lb
effect, last week, toe court
11 cases back to lower courts t
review questions of fact raised b
.evicted criminals.
s A repent by toe Thus Criminj
Justice Policy Council sqrs $
he rdterated hto insistence that a
state income tax to not an option.
So for, three optioli
consideration are:
Montis Warns Republic
Meanwhile, Morales has warned
toe Republic of Tfexas movement Glbch c^p. be« awarded a
5!£,S^. “‘5: SfeS^iad
:j£Srjua
state sales tax to include items not yjpimkios of state and federal law," •
Morales said to a tetter "I am duty-
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BILL CLINTON
iimfCSSImw
Washington, D. D. 20500
I? (202)456-1414
hY BAILEY HUTCHISON
m u.s.
703 Hart Senate Bldg.
Washington, D. C. 20510
(202) 224-5922
PHIL GRAMM
U.S. Senator
179 Russell Senate Bldg.
Washington, D. C. 20510
(202) 224-2934
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GEORGE W. BUSH
Governor
P. O. Box 12428
Capital Station
Austin, Tx, 78711
(512)463-2000
KEN ARMBRISTER
State Senator
Capital Station
Austin, Tx. 78711
(512) 463-0118
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GREG UUGHUN
Diet. 14 U.S. Representative
236 Cannon HOB
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Washington, D.C. 20516
(202) 225-2831
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0. R. TOM’ UHER
State Representative
P. O. Box 2910
presently taxed;
a A business activity tax; and
a A gross receipts tax on all
business and investment income.
Tfexas Insurance Commissioner
Elton Bomer to chairman of toe
eomxnittse.
m Issues Handgun Ruling
Tfexas Attorney General Dan
Morales has rifted tin
Muhnritkw can’t charge
handgun canters with
trespass for fairing their
on city hoses.
That’s because crimin r__
only can be committed on “real
property," he said.
to enforce the law of the
f.d can "rah* no exceptions
for those who profess political or
pfajfosaphica! disagreements with
Capital Station
Austin, Tx
attorney general’s staff
he letter to 35 people
to be associated with
-wing organization, which
__j toe legal legitimacy of toe
government of Tfexas.
Bomer Sets Insurance Hike
Commissioner Elton
Bomer tort week ordered a 2,2
NICHOLAS M. WIST-
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LUCY WHITE.
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Bay City, Tx. 77414
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Palacios. Tx. 77465
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Pet. 4 Commissioner
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Blessing, Tx. 77419
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Palacios, Tx, 77466
(612) 972-3606/972-2173
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