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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1967
Page
7
The article notes how diesel locomotives pull long 100 car freight trains with specialized cars for autos logs oil towers and machinery. It highlights radio equipped cabooses and new rail equipment relieving highway congestion while criticizing outdated regulations.
A prior oil industry move to boost gasoline prices faces government pushback, while TVA plans a July rate increase of 7 to 9 percent to cover coal labor and debt costs. The piece argues inflation hits all energy sectors and may set a precedent for gasoline pricing.
Disaster alert rehearsal in Andrews as three ambulances rush to Permian General while Boy Scouts participate. Kay White named nurse of the year and presented gifts. Cindy Wyche and Alice Greaves named valedictorian and salutatorian. Cancer fund drive raises over $2,000. Seniors number 216. Summer sports program, budget proposal of 2.2 million, and water testing funds discussed alongside district court action over rural high school creation. Run-off sheriff and county judge races noted.
The 60th Texas Legislature adjourned after a busy session delivering a $2.4 billion 1968 budget without a new tax, higher education and public welfare boosts, public employee raises, a consumer credit code, open meetings law, and major water and pollution measures. Governor Connally vetoed only one bill, on cigarette stamp payments. See CAPITOL, Page 3.
The article notes that in the early 1880s Judge Owen N. Denny, then US Consul General in Shanghai, shipped several dozen Chinese pheasants to Oregon where the birds were released in the Willamette Valley. The piece discusses exotic birds as settlers pursued farming and native species declined.
The piece notes a 75 day Oregon pheasant season with 50 000 birds on opening day and estimates about 1 million Chinese ringnecks hunted nationwide. It explains introductions of black necked Iranian Kalij chukar and mentions Hungarian gray partridge spread across the United States and Nevada led by the chukar while English house sparrows emerge as a pest.
A century after import, sparrows and starlings fail to curb pests as intended. The birds raid young vegetables and grain, displace blue birds and martins by stealing nests and eggs, and roost noisily in cities, defying eviction efforts while colonizing farms and urban spaces.
County wide cleanups planned with Thorntonville in June 5 and 69, Monahans June 19, Wickett June 5. Monahans emphasizes downtown cleanup as Slaton Slatonite reports a wildcat uranium project in Southland Gordon area. Farmers in Lynn Garza counties approached for lease rights amid talks of a 25 000 acre uranium block. U S Representative Graham Purcell to speak at Hardeman County Farmers Union banquet witnessed by about 250. Winkler County notes two Direct Distance Dialing calls from Wink City Hall as service debuts. Water Inc project gains support in Lubbock with 1600 Texans present. 33 directors to be named. Julio Criado’s Garza County murder trial yields first jury verdict in 16 years.
In Cochran County on Memorial Day event at Courthouse Square featured a flag presentation brief talk patriotic songs and a rededication ceremony marking the holiday observance following a birthday party in the Permian Basin area on June 1 1966.
Homeowners face patchy Bermuda grass due to cold nights windy dry weather. Experts urge nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization, iron supplements for older lawns, and pest control for Bermuda grass mites and white grubs. Readers can consult L-199 for insect control recommendations and emphasized lawn management.
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