Texas Highway Funding Faces Shortfall Warns State Leader
State Highways Chairman Reagan Houston warns money for new highways could run dry as costs rise and financing lags. A study will explore the gap between needed construction and revenue, amid a merged highways department and a new park expansion near Stonewall.
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Texas
State Highway Commission
Reagan Houston
Houston
Texas Good Roads and Transportation Association
Dolph Briscoe
Highway Department and Mass Transportation Commission
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Vacation Musings of a Press man and Coastbound Plans
A column reflects on yearly coast vacations and the life of a newspaper staffer. The author shares family plans, the allure of the coast, and light anecdotes about readers and the press cycle. It includes musings on audience demands and a long excerpt of a reader's 15 cent press-letter fantasy.
Jobs and Unemployment in a Wide-Spread Labor Gap
The piece argues unemployment remains high with 400000 jobs unfilled while workers resist taking lower skilled roles. It notes skilled trades like welding and bricklaying face shortages, yet many will not accept waitstaff or domestic help jobs. It cites training efforts and welfare effects shaping choices.
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Department of Labor
Andrews
The
Wall Street Journal
Miss Earlene Jeffreys to ride in Madison Square Garden Rodeo Parade
Miss Earlene Jeffreys daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Jeffreys is chosen to ride in the Madison Square Garden Rodeo Parade in New York City this fall. E E Taylor of Bastrop has purchased the Stilwell Barber Shop. Andrews soldier buys home from
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Earlene Jeffreys
Tom Jeffreys
New York City
E. E. Taylor
Bastrop
Stilwell
Andrews Soldier
Andrews County News Highlights Local History and Community Events
A chronological summary notes 1955 to 1974 items from Andrews Texas, including a Lions Camp trip for crippled children, a Safeway contest trip to Acapulco, a foreign exchange student, Rainbow Girls appointment, a pizza party attendee list, a former Little Leaguer signing with the Phillies, 1974 Texas Inter scholastic League scholar leaders from Andrews High School, and a 25 mile Bike-a-thon led by the J S Norvell family.
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Europe
Vines Peeples
Dalton Echols
Ben Keith
Roe Price
Dan Crow
Billy Pinnell
Billy Dee Craddock
Gordon Weatherby
Texas Lions League
Kerrville
Patsie McKinney
Nancy Chapman
Betty Frances Thomas
John K. Peterman
Acapulco
Safeway Stores
Doyce Nix
Judith Luck
Lincoln
England
AHS
Kay Cox
State
Rainbow Girls
Corpus Christi
Frances Cooper
Green Room
Susan Cure
Alice Greaves
Rhonda Crain
Bill Austin
David Hendricks
Jim Tom Jordan
Tommy Barrow
Shirley Cooper
Ronnie Ragsdale
Andrews
Philadephia Phillies
Andrews High School
J. S. Norvell
Florey
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Dempsey
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Joe Christie
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Third Court of Civil Appeals
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Angelo State University
Tom Green County Junior College
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Pedro A. Mendoza
McAllen
Commission On Fire Protection
Peggy D. Gutierrez
Laredo
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Fort
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John C. White
Southern Association
State Departments Agriculture
Tyler
Devine
F Worth
Eagle Pass
Carlton
Mount Vern
Beautify Tent Council
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