Texas plan calls for decade of school reform and tax rise
A 15 member governor’s committee proposes a 10 year public school overhaul in Texas raising total cost from 840 million to 2.1 billion and requiring 503 million more from state sources in 1970. The plan envisions higher teacher pay, more teachers, free kindergartens, consolidated districts, decentralization, and new governance reforms.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
John Connally
Texas Education Agency
Board of Education
How Bronte Texas Got Its Name Explored
William C McDonald of San Angelo asks about Bronte Texas name origins after seeing a Canadian Bronte sign. He notes Bronte Ontario and a preturnury Bronte founder, cites Bronte the English novelist Blackwell and Tennyson as likely namesakes, and asks locals for light. The Enterprise mentions post office approval and ties to English writers.
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Mr. Oglesby
Canada
Bronte
Texas
Ontario
William C. McDonald
San Angelo
U.S. Post Or
Blackwell
Tennyson
Hazlewood Rites Held in Sweetwater
Funeral services for W. A. Hazlewood aged 77 were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Cate-Spencer Chapel Sweetwater with Rev. Charles Reeces and Rev. Ross Tipps officiating. Burial followed in Blackwell Cemetery. He died Sept 5 in a Sweetwater retirement home. Survivor include wife Etta Raney two sons W. A. Hazlewood Jr. and Forrest Hazlewood two brothers six sisters and other relatives. He had lived in Sweetwater about 30 years.
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Cate-Spencer
Sweetwater
Charles Reeces
First Christian Church
Ross Tipps
Blackwell Methodist Church
Blackwell Cemetery
Hazlewood
Bosque County
Etta Raney
Blackwell
W. A. Hazlewood, Jr
Austin
Forrest Hazlewood
Tuscon
Ariz
W. T. Hazlewood
Pecos
Cecil Hazlewood
Amarillo
Werner Lee
Fort Stockton
Harry Martin
Phoenix
Johnnie Faust
Walter Wood
South Plains
Bert Miller
San Francisco
Calif
Ira Fry
Roscoe
Douglas Thorn
Gordon Montgomery
James A. Taylor
J. W. Faust
Wilson Fullwood
Charles Sanders
iSweetwater
Brookshire News Briefs and Local Visits
Local church notes Rev John Early of San Angelo preaches at Maverick Baptist Church at 11 a m. Social visits include James Lee and Gary Coates groups in San Angelo, Amarrillo trips by Thomas and Carlton families, and Dr. Porter of San Angelo visiting Petersburg. Community gatherings feature the Jolly 8 club, FHA speaker Janice Balkum in Miles, and multiple family visits across San Angelo Big Spring Alpine Denver Veir Best Bronte Ballinger. Funeral services were held in Rhineland Wednesday for Mrs Ted Herring formerly Helen Kellemire.
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John Early
San Angelo
Maverick Baptist Church
James Lee
Gary Coates
Jimmy Lee
Franklin Thomas
Ronnie Carlton
Amarillo
Turner Hulsey
Leslie Carlton Jr
Petersburg
Leland Carlton
Porter
Orville White
Blackwell
Carlton
Bert Hester
Jolly 8 Club
Mmes
Vernie Smith
Rob Springer
Minerva Roach
Mirs
Alton Bradberry
I. N. Howarton
Jewell
Electra
Eugene Burchard
Avoca
Herbert Holland
Homer Clark
Big Spring
Vicki Holland
Janice Balkum
FHA
Miles
Miss Balkum
Miles School
Earl Balkum
Denver
Colo
L. T. Balkum
Janice
Bailey Bitner
Veir
Larry Saunders
Mike
Cap Holland
Brandi
Alpine
James Holland
Tommy Lee
Bronte
Tony Cash
A. B. Morgan
Robert Keeney
Mrs. Keeney
Dallas
Thomas Ogilvy
Fort Stockton
Ronnie Cochran
Bill Ogilvy
Ogilvy
Mueller Supply Co
Ballinger
Mionday
Ted Herring
Helen Kellemire
Rhineland
Johnny Spoonts Leaves for Panama Training
Second Lt. Johnny Spoonts departed September 7 for Panama after visiting his parents in Abilene and grandparents in Bronte. He will undergo two weeks of survival training in Panama and report to San Francisco around September 22 before being sent to the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam for duty with the U S Army.
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Johnny Spoonts
Panama
Ben Spoonts
Abilene
C. E. Bruton
Bronte
Spoonts
San Francisco
Makong Delta
Vietnam
U. S. Army
New 69 Chevrolet Trucks Debut With Big Cargo Boxes
New Fleetside pickups offer cargo boxes up to 82 feet long for long hauls and large campers. They promise smooth ride with Independent Front Suspension and economical Chevy truck power plus easier handling for work or play.
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