Primary Ballot Preview and Voter Predictions for Texas Races
A front page overview of this year's Democratic Party primaries outlines crowded races in the U S Senate and governor contests. It notes five U S Senate candidates with two widely known figures and lists eight contenders for the governor's seat along with predicted outcomes for key statewide races and the possibility of write-in candidates in county races.
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Democratic Party
Barefoot Sanders
Ralph Yarbrough
Thomas M. Cartlidge
Alfonso Veloz
Hugh Wilson
Dolph Briscoe
Ben Barnes
Preston Smith
Frances Farenthold
Robert Everett L. Looney
William H
Bill) Posey
Gordon F. Wills
Joe Christie
Wayne W. Connally
Ralph M. Hall
Bill Hobby
Bill Jones
Robert E. McCord
Troy Skates
John Armstrong Standley
U. S
Barnes
St. Gov’s
Wayne Connally
Crawford Martin
Robert S. Calvert
Jesse James
John C
Tom Creighton
Joe C. Hanna
Marvin London
Louis Helland
Absentee Voting Opens for Montague County Primary
Montague County residents away May 6 must vote absentee by May 2. Absentee ballots and applications available at the county clerk's office until 5:00 p.m. May 2. County Clerk Glen Prible reports 53 absentee filings through last Thursday. Republican County Convention set for May 6 at the Bowie National Bank Gold Room at 7:45 p.m.
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Montague County
Montague
Glen Pribeble
Robert L. White
Bowie National Bank
Democratic Precinct Conventions Set Across Montague County
Democratic precinct conventions are scheduled for 2 30 p m May 6 at local voting sites. New precinct chairmen will be elected during the primary while current chairs preside. Polls open 7 a m to 7 p m with listed locations and judges across Forestburg Sunset Ringgold Spanish Fort Montague Saint Jo Nodona Bowie precincts and wards.
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Montague County
Foy Cantrell
Forestburg
Johnny Moore
Sunset
Ruth Whiston
Ringgold
Edna I. Durham
Spanish Fort
Ruth Shipley
Montague
Lottie Nix
Saint JO
Faye Ware
Nocona East
Lone Star Gas asks Bowie for rate hike near ten percent
Lone Star Gas Company seeks a about 9.86 percent increase in residential and commercial natural gas rates in Bowie to earn a reasonable return on assets. The company cites higher gas costs, property and equipment costs, wages, interest, and taxes as main reasons. The plan would raise the average monthly residential bill by about 75 cents as Lone Star notes it will maintain gas supply and future service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Gas Company
Bowie
C.J. Howard, Jr
Lone Star
Pete
Howard
Janet Terrell Faces State Tennis Meet at Caswell Courts
Janet Terrell closes a storied high school tennis career in Texas by earning a regional and Denton class to reach the State USLAA tournament in Austin. Coach Murry praises her hustle backed by four years of wins from district titles to Weatherford Bowie and Burkburnett invitational victories.
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Janet Terrell
Caswell
Austin
Janet
Texas
Murry
Weatherford
Burkburnett
Bowie
Forestburg FFA Wins Fourth in State Range Contest
Forestburg FFA placed fourth at the state range and pasture judging contest in Stephenville on April 21. Team members were Terry Brewer Charles Dill Jimmy McMillion and Larry Eldridge with Brewer earning third high individual from a field of 32 teams and a silver belt buckle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forestburg Ffa
Stephenville
Terry Brewer
Charles Dill
Jimmy McMillion
Larry Eldridge
Ranger Ffa
Hico Ffa
Breckenridge Ffa
Roby Ffa
Henrietta Ffa
Forestburg
FFA
FFA Chapter
Wayne Moseley
Charles Lanier
Frank Ramsey
Jerry Reynolds
Huntsville
Flugerville
Henrietta
Gilmer
Dublin
Oklahoma City
State
Bowie Band Wins Third Sweepstakes in Denton
Bowie High School Band captures a Third Sweepstakes Award at the Denton contest earning First Division in Concert and Sight Reading. The senior band performed Steadfast and True March Overture For Winds and Sinfonia Noblissima under Bandmaster Dee Tucker with Jerry Floyd assisting. Junior high placed 2nd Division in Concert and Sight Reading with The Lexington March The Water is Wide and Festive.
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Bowie High School
Denton
Texas
Bowie Jr. High
Weatherford
Lexington
Dee Tucker
Jerry Floyd
Post Oak Cemetery Homecoming Set for May 21 1972
Orpha Person, president of the cemetery association, calls a special meeting for Wednesday May 3 to discuss the Post Oak community’s annual cemetery homecoming on the third Sunday of May, May 21, 1972.
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Post Oak
Orpha Person
Cemetery Association
Two Vehicle Crash At Mathews and Live Oak
Police report documents a two car collision at Mathews and Live Oak at 2 46 pm involving Elva Tinney 711 North Mason Bowie driving a 1967 Ford and Everett Cloer Box 507 Bowie in a 1972 Pontiac. Later at 10 20 pm a single vehicle crash at Walnut and Adkins Street involved Linda Flinn 203 Washington Bowie in a 1966 Ford Mustang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Stephens
Mathews
Live Oak
Elva Harry Tinney
North Mason
Bowie
Everett Lindsey Cloer
Box
Eddy Bell
Walnut
Adkins Street
Linda N. Flinn
Washington
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Ron Taylor
Wayne Porter
DVM
Pat Cleveland
Jim Winter
Future Farmer
Cluded
Dale Wade
Stanley Deweber
Buddy Jenoglio
David Kleinhans
East Ward Pta
Billy Neeld
Dudley Wier
James Willingham
Donald Brooks
Terry Morgan
Bob Cornelison
C. C. Benton
North Ward
Rotary
B. T. Edwards
South Ward
Henry Fenoglio
Charles Blackmon
East Ward
City Auditorium
George Curley
Bowie Machine Works
W. W. Bagley
R. C. Williams
Diana
Oveta Culp Hobby
Moscow
Polk County Historical Society
William P. Hobby
Hobby
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
Bellevue Jr
Bellevue
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