State cap at Austin orders more border agents and welfare plan
Gov. Bush directed the Department of Public Safety to deploy 100 additional narcotics agents along an 80 mile border sector and push for federal help as drug smuggling raises rural rancher fears. Bush also submitted Texas welfare reforms ahead of the July 1997 deadline to secure $72 million more in AFDC funds while insurance rules were trimmed by 116 measures to ease the regulatory load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
George W. Bush
Department of Public Safety
Mexico
DPS
Eagle Pass
Colombia
Texas
Austin American-Statesman
Bob Draper
National Traffic Safety Institute
Dev Tulsiani
Texas Department of Transportation
Bush
Gov. Bush
Harte- Hanks Communications
Office of Survey Research
University of Texas
U.S
Washington
Bob Bullock
Pete Laney
AFDC
Dallas Morning News
Houston Chronicle
Bomer
Texas Insurance
Elton Bomer
Texas Department of Insurance
Texas population brackets and counts listed for ranges
A fragmented dataset shows population estimates for several Texas ranges from 20 to 99, 100 to 499, 39,300, 500 or more, 18,200 and 17,200. The text emphasizes numeric distribution without context or dates, indicating a statistical snippet rather than a full report.
Texas Revolt and Legend in Lone Star History
Footnote to history recalls Gonzales and the Come and Take It cannon clash that sparked the Texas Revolution. The tale notes the dog alerting guards and Col. Moore’s attack, while also touching on Texas Underground caves and a football folklore about a resistor hat resurfacing each year near the Red River.
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Texas
Mexico
Gonzales
John H. Moore
Moore
Guadalupe River
Oklahoma
Denton County Historical Commission
Texas Longhorns
Sooners
Okie
Garland
Red River Bridge
Denison
Letter to the Editor and Miscellaneous Texas Tidbits
A reader laments a 1.4391 percent 1995 property tax rise in Brownfield and criticizes city trash pickup. The note cites Willie Nelson’s high school athletic history in Abbott, Texas, and includes assorted items on gravesite directions, the UT Austin archive program, and cowboy ballad origins related to Starr County.
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Brownfield
Willie Nelson
Willie
Abbott
Hill County
Jesse James Benton
Pink Burdett
Starr County
Texas
Lone Prairie
Combest urges CRP concern in Texas Panhandle
U.S Representative Larry Combest urged Panhandle and South Plains producers to press USDA over proposed CRP policy shifts that could cut 3.5 million acres from future contracts. He called on landowners to mail comments by November 7 highlighting soil wind erosion and groundwater conservation, warning the scoring changes risk undermining prior gains in dust reduction.
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U.S
Larry Combest
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
U.S. Agriculture Department
Combest
USDA
Cheryl Zavodny
Conservation and Environmental Protection Division
FSA
P.O
Washington, D.C
Secretary of Agriculture
Local Businesses List Names Greet West Texas Shopper
A roster of local businesses appears including Dairy Queen Pizza Hut McDonald s Best In The West Donuts J C s Backhoe Service Benton Plumbing Dr Mike Cauley Clinic Pharmacy Brownfield Floral South Plains Healthcare Center GTE seeking customers and services in the area.
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Dairy Queen
Pizza Hut
McDonald's Best In the West
Donuts
J.c.'s
Backhoe Service
Benton Plumbing
Mike Cauley
Clinic Pharmacy
Brownfield Floral South Plains Healthcare Center
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Brownfield News
State Capitol
Lyndell Williams
Public Safety Commission
James B. Francis Jr
Dallas
Clinton
Barry McCaffrey
Francis
McCaffrey
U.S. Border Patrol
California
Smail
Accounts Research and Management
Motor Freight Transportation and
Construction— General Contractors
FBI
Lishen
Pal
Talk of
Floyd E. Camp
South Bank
North Bank
Gabriel
University of Texas At Austin
CRP
Kay Reese & Associates
Southwest Auto Sales
Robert McGuire
Taco Express Musick & Sellers
Cpas
G&m
TST
Larry's Chemical & Spray Supreme Cleaners
Cargill-Thames Insurance
Q's Tire & Alignment
Ed Wentz
Ed Moseley
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