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THE ALTO HERALD. ALTO, TEXAS. ^L\RCH21. 1957
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By Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Austin, Tex.—Some observers
now predict that Logisiattvc in-
vestigations of insui*'.<nco com-
panies will conti!me b-yondtiie
season's end.
Panels in both houses ,n\
delving into circumstances lead-
ing to the bankruptcy t'f the !CT
Insurcnco Co. of Dallas. The
more they investigate the more
widespread and complicated the
involvements.
Recent disclosures from testi-
mony: Former Insurance Com-
mission Chairman Gari-ind Smith
was on severai occasions the guest
of Ben .lack Cage, onetime 1CT
heod. on pleasure trips. Smith's
son-in-iaw, Alax Wayne Rvchlik.
received SB.400 in salary from
Cage, for a job wiih no duties.
ICT lost $2,000,000 in a series of
stock transactions with Pierce
Brooks, head of National Bankers
Life Insurance Co. of Dallas.
A Senate coinmitteen.'in said
)hat an independent investigator
had been hitea to look into the
affairs of at least five other in-
-ut'ance companies.
l\lean.v!ii]e. the Senate passed u
i'iiiby Sen. WlihamS. Fiy of
Victoria to reorganize the In-
surance Commission. ltabuiisnes
B..
the present board and substitutes
an executive director and a
part - time, three-man policy
board.
Gov. Price Daniel is supporting
a bill in the House, by Rep. Mar-
shall O. Bell of San Antonio.
which wouid provide a full-time
insurance board. The Senate
version is not the Governor's bill.
NEW COMMISSION PUSHED —
Governor Daniel h-is put the
"emergency" label on his request
for a State Law Enforcement The House of Representatives
Commission. :ook up the Appreciations Bill
He]). R. H. Cory of Victoria '['hur-.day morning. March 14.
submitted the Governor's pro* and kept grinding way on the
posalinabilt co-signed by 102 measure until one o'ciock the
House members. inext morning, with only time out
Commission's duty would be to ^ noon meal. The House
"put the spotlight of truth" on
charges of official misconduct.
Twelve members would include
the Legislature.
The Appropriations Bill
Legislative
Letter
f* rom W. W. Glass
ALTO MISSIONARY
BAPTtST CHURCH
a
of only Sio.no per month; how-
ever. '.hose in the maximum sc-
etnity wards at the Husk State
Hospital would get increases of
S.iO.OO per month. Forthcn. 'st
'part, though, employees in the
higher brackets, throughout the
ash
: [(.ftt.hc House of Representatives,
i ])rovidcs for expenditure of Mr
h()7l 000.000.00 during the coming
i .< m«tv Supermtenden
: biennium. m other \^<rds. m«rci
! than a billion dollars a year for
! each of the next two years. The
! contain- 287 pages, and
j entirely to,, b.g for ustoxo
i',hr.."K" in j<' <'y ""''I Morning Wor
iim-t)'. Hut what e.m we do about:
;he n-atter? For we have more
th.in a tia'us ttnl other bills, and
„ ,ny of them w:ll never receive
tiieirptoper amount t'ftitne.
Billy and Boh o .
Herbert Hag
A. J. Linstrom<\ 7-
Classes forai:
Sunday School .r ! ;
Time Of S
Sunday Sch.
Bible Trainin g
m.
'['he average
f]<''ery!!kcat'j
-rratching.
Evening W .r ^
Mid-week Pr
person accepts < P- m-
t;,kestoback- i You arc cordiaMy
itend all thes<* \
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a chairman appointed
Chief Justice of the
Court, plus 11 other
inamed by
Ellt=IIH
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rand jury foreman in
the State's judici-al districts.
DANIEL BACKS TPA BILLS —
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ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
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^ LIGHT FtXTURES. ELECTRIC MOTORS. WIRtNG DEVICES
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wetit under call in the evening State, would tweive generous
before supper; in other words, rai-es. sometina increase- ot
the absent members still in Aus- more than $1,000.00 per year,
by the were arrested and brought Tome, these differences seem
Sttpreme ^^til the Appropriations unfair; but the House is
members finally pas ed. d.'.:r,:natcd slightly by conserva-
Of course, we were in eon-itive-. men who feel that tiiose in
itinuous debate threa^hout the the upper brackets arc far more
day and night, and there were import.<nt than those in the lower
Simultaneously with his an-jtnany votes in the meantime: and brackets. Usually these men op-
nouncement of a Crime Commis- often the votes were cl <,e. Xever- pose heavy government spentiing.
-'on B:l'. G<<vernor Daniel gav<']hc!ess, the team sponsoring the but favor generously those in
unqualified endorsement of 15 mainly members -f :.e Com- strategic positions.
["Better Government legislative'mittee on Appropr:-.<tion;. got the Xevertheicss. intheend, Ilx?-
me.^ures recommended by the 'measure by without many amend- ;!ievc 'he conference committee
Texas Press Association. ) ments, especially amendments
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' Daniel extended his personal
compliments to TPA and the press
of Texas for "unselfish effort in
will have to given.ore recognt-
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which would make big ch.n.^es. -o the liberal demand in the
On the whole, then was n little H",:se. Although we lost in our
bitterness in the debate, e-pccial- vote-, we showed a strength tiiat
the tight to bring better govern-j]y when compared ' the bitter- n.us' be reckoned with; and the
ment to the State and its citizens." ; ^css seen on some previous ap- opposition realizes that popular ,
In his endorsement the Gov- : propriation bills. sen'iment is with us.
ernor suid "the 13 bills sponsored j one side main * vo had the So [ predict *iiat the employees !
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ALTO, TEXAS
iiv the press of Texas would sup-
ply some badly needed laws, and
strengthen several existing laws.
They have my unqualified en-
dorsement."
Moots second Monday
night in cach month.
Special meetings cach
Tuesday night for
' work in the first three degrees.
All members should attend.
Visiting brothers invited.
T. E. CUMMINGS, See'y.
PHONE
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EQUIPPED
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conservatives trying maintain of the Husk State Hospital will
the bill as amended in t -.e Com- fare better still in the final report
mittee, with the n*..m ajoct in ,,f the conference committee. The
view of trying to .. ep down a'eonference committee will be;
new tax bill. On tl. o' iter side, ,-omposed of five senators and five
there were those of us trying to representatives appointed to ad-
liberalize the measure so as to just the differences between the
give fair raises to the state cm- t^o Houses.
ployees in the lower brackets, j There was relatively little out-
Often, however, the l.nes were interference with our voting
sharply broken, and a few mem- ,,n the Appropriations Bill, espe-
bers went from one side to the i ^Hy during the day and night it
other. Sometimes the lines were ^ ,s ponding business before the
drawn on a sectional basis, with House. The lobbyists tkept them-
he members from West Texas selves at a distance more than
going largely against the mem-
bers from East Texas.
The bill is rather stingy with
the employees in the lower
they ordinarily do. Perhaps the
reccnt bribery charges against
one of our members, plus recent
developments in other insurance
* Custom-Made Havo!ine ac-
tuatty deans dirt)' engines; pro-
tc . against corrosion and wear.
You get better, aH-around per-
formance, with Custom-Made
HavoMne. It even passes aM re-
quirements for heavy-duty oi!s,
inc!uding tests at estab!!shed by
government and industry.
Drfve tw today for
CUSTOM-MADE HAVOUNE
We give S&H Green Stamps.
Double Stamps on Wednes-
day on all Cash Sales.
brackets. For instance, most of j scandals, make them feel that a
the employees in the Rusk State j new code of ethics is coming be-
Hospitai would receive increases itween them (the lobbyists) and
L.M.
Phone 130
Alto, 1
FUNERAL HOME
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Frank L. Weimar and Son. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1957, newspaper, March 21, 1957; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth215462/m1/4/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.