Mennonite Collection, 1977-1980.
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Bentsen, Lloyd
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Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, U.S. Senator and Representative, businessman, Texas county judge, and decorated World War Two veteran, was born in Mission, Texas, on February 11, 1921. He ran for Vice-President of the United States in 1988 on the Democratic ticket with then Massachusettes governor Michael Dukakis. He served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1994. Bentsen kept up a full schedule until 19...
Clark, Bob, 1948-
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Religious denomination that roots to 16th century anabaptists. In 1977 a group of 653 Mennonites of the Old Colony sect immigrated to Grimes County, Texas from Canada and Mexico. Hoping to establish a farm- based community on 6,400 acres, they were unable to secure water rights and, as a result, soon defaulted on a bank loan. Their legal status then came into question and United States Senator Lloyd Bentsen successfully petitioned the U.S. Congress to admit citizenship upon the 653 Mennonites wh...
United States. Congress
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Bills of the 96th Congress to provide for temporary increases in the public debt limit, and for other purposes. From the description of Public debt legislation, 96th Congress : legislative history of public debt legislation, 1979-1980. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 243776779 Bill of the 96th Congress to impose a windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil, and for other purposes. From the description of Crude oil windfall profit tax act of 1980 ...
