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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1974
Page
2
A previously undocumented twister hit the Milburn community on February 20, causing extensive damage. Mrs. M. C. Seate reported uprooted trees, a moved barn foundation, damaged fences, sheds and antennas, with her home largely spared aside from a few trees and debris. A separate report noted 20,000 turkeys killed in Santa Anna as a cold front brought high winds across McCulloch County.
Brady stations report reduced gasoline allotments with many closing Sundays and shortening weekend hours. Exxon, ARCO, Texaco and other outlets run low stocks, some cutting to five days a week or serving only with limited hours. Gulf Service Center maintains stock by operating 24 hours last year and opening longer weekdays. Prices hover around 43 cents regular and 47 cents premium, with a projected two cent rise next week.
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service cites an average Texas farm size of 678 acres, nearly twice the national average, with total farm acres and numbers declining. 1973 fertilizer use rose to 12.56 million tons, with nitrogen leading. citrus prospects for 1973-74 show 18.5 million boxes forecast, down 4 percent from last season due to freeze damage.
The puzzle lists familiar phrases and fragments across horizontal and vertical clues. It includes idioms such as Let the cat out of the bag and It's an ill wind that blows no good, along with numerous character clues like Bishop of Rome and Mincer, shaping a themed wordplay crossword.
A county meeting for McCulloch County cotton producers is scheduled for Monday March 4 at 7 30 p m at the Lohn Tabernacle to gauge interest in a boll weevil diapause control program. Dr Mike McWhorter will assist with questions and organizing work.
Hill Country Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts officials meeting at Plateau Restaurant opposition to pending land use legislation framed as rural zoning. Leaders urged local county or district level controls and voiced concern over a U S Agriculture service centers reorganization potentially serving multiple counties.
William O. Murray, longtime public official and former chief justice of the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals, died February 18 at age 83. Born in 1890 in Floresville, he served as Wilson County attorney, district attorney, district judge and appellate judge, retiring in 1966 after 52 years in office. Funeral services were held February 19 in San Antonio with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. survivors include his wife Louise, four sons, a daughter, two sisters, six grandchildren and a great grandchild.
Historians credit a Stone Age Egyptian with discovering copper ore after building a campfire in southern Sinai. The Sinai peninsula hosts copper and turquoise mines once worked by the pharaohs of Egypt’s first dynasty.
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