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Lt. Governor Ben Barnes says he will order a legislative investigation unless the state financ( commission publically explains why it reportedly wants to dump consumer credit commissioner Frank Miskell. Miskell resigned after reports circulated that three board members wanted him to be fired. He has regulated S&&&&&& the small loan industry since 1963. Senator Don Kennard asked for the probe after saying that lobbyist for the loan industry had been bragging about their political contributions to Governor Preston Smith.
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On another matter Barnes said that Ttxas
stands to loose millions of tax dollars if the Nixon administration eliminates oil import quotas. Barnes said the loss would result from lower petroleu tax revenues caused by cheaper oil prices which might follow the removal of the quotas
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.).[News Script: Frank Miskell questions],
script,
January 20, 1970, 12:00 p.m.;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1262215/m1/3/:
accessed July 16, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.