Texas Board approves record school fund allotment
State Board of Education approves a 302.4 million statewide available school fund allotment with 121.90 per pupil for public schools based on 1970 71 enrollment figures. Textbooks costing 23.2 million are allocated. bilingual pilot for 4 year olds funded. VEE vaccine distribution to horses expands. 1.5 million new voters projected in 1972 under a new registration rule.
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Austin
State Board of Education
Board
Board of Education
Texas
Texas Education Agency
U. S. Office of Education
Texas- Rio Grande Valley
U. S. Agriculture Department
State
Animal Health Commission
Brownsville
Texanq Education Agency
Abilene
San Angelo
Texas News Roundup Highlights Legal and Economic Shifts
Attorney General sues children's book publishers over price fixing. Court of Criminal Appeals upholds a 1969 LSD possession statute. new challenge filed this year. Sodomy statute again upheld. Gov Smith and Gus Mutscher questioned by SEC in stock probe. Major oil buyers urge 30,344 barrel daily cut next month. New law requires Coast Guard life preservers for children 12 and under aboard motor boats. Texans killed 1653 in traffic crashes this year versus 1621 last year. State moves toward 12 million update of law enforcement communications. House committee sends stock scandal questionnaires, asks about press bias. Cigarette revenue rises 3.2 million to 18.9 million for year ending June 1971. Lloyd Bentsen downplays 1972 presidential talk, calls for Texas Democratic unity.
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Attorney General
Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas
Smith
Gus Mutscher
Securities and Exchange Commission
Railroad Commission
Coast Guard
House General Investigating Committee
U. S&s
Lloyd Bentsen
Silver Homecoming Planned for Sunday Bright Community
Annual homecoming for the Silver community set for Sunday July 25 invites all former and present residents and friends. Larry Jameson serves as president of the Silver Homecoming Association. Ladies are asked to bring salads or desserts while the association provides barbecued meat beans bread drinks paper plates cups and napkins.
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Larry Jameson
Silver Homecoming Association
Coke County Historical Survey Seeks Graces Grave Sites Aid
The Coke County Historical Survey Committee seeks volunteers to identify and mark unmarked graves across 17 cemeteries in Coke County. Chairman Mrs. Bryan Yarbrough asks anyone who can help to contact her or other committee members.
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Coke County
Home Demonstration Camp Set for Aug 5 6
The annual Home Demonstration Camp takes place in the Robert Lee Recreation Center on August 5 and 6. One project will be making 25 blue bonnets or goodie bags for the National Home Demonstration meeting in Dallas in September. All club members should mark these dates.
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Robert Lee Recreation Center
Dallas
Farm Bureau workshop aids county secretaries in Lubbock
Mrs. Arrott from Bronte attended a Texas Farm Bureau area discussion meeting in Lubbock. The workshop, one of four statewide, aimed to improve office procedures, review organization structure, and discuss programs including Blue Cross Blue Shield, memberships, newsletters, and marketing efforts.
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Co. EB Arrott
Coke County Farm Bureau
County Farm Bureau
Creola Webbe
Waco
TFB
C. E. Arrott of
Bronte
Lubbock
Texas Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
O. R. Long
Millard Shivers
Dallas
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
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Ben Oglesby
Coke
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Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
McAlien
Hereford
Teday
Crawford Martin
Martin
Midland
Texas House of Representatives
Insurance & Real Estate
Bown & Rural Property
O. T. Colvin
Martin N. Lee
Historical Committee
Holiday Inn
J. D. Jordan
Magon
TFB Field Services Department
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Matt Caperton
Matt
Mustang, Main & Beauregard
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