Texans expect low turnout in party primaries despite contests
Experts forecast fewer than half of Texas 4.1 million registered voters will cast ballots in Saturdays primaries. Dems estimate 1.8 million voters while Republicans anticipate about 150,000. Key races include Yarborough vs Bentsen for Senate and Armstrong vs Sadler for Land Commissioner, with courts and higher offices also in play.
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Texas Grants Boost Crime Fight and Parks Plan
State funds totaling 129165 support Neighborhood Service Centers for 12 months while a 10090 state regional planning grant aids the Golden Crescent Council of Governments serving Lavaca Jackson DeWitt Goliad Victoria and Calhoun counties based in Victoria. Texas Criminal Justice Council offers 46 million in action grants to strengthen law enforcement. A New Texas Conservation Foundation is formed to build a parks system and protect refuges and scientific areas with Glenn Biggs as chair Reagan Cates as vice chair and Ralph Churchill heading project committees. Texas National Guard praised for storm relief across Plainview Whiteface Whitharral with about 300 on duty. Governor Smith calls for disaster response and welfare agency food and medical aid for Plainview. Explosives law gaps prompt federal efforts to curb dynamite sales. Dr John Kinrogs Wright resigns UT Austin president Norman Hackerman to join Rice University. Governor Smith OKs El Paso manpower center.
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