Omnibus cotton bill debated as Texas farm concerns rise
The House opens debate on a four year omnibus farm bill with cotton provisions prompting worry among Texas growers. Officials discuss loan rates, direct payments per bale, and potential subsidies while farmers weigh impacts on West Texas and Plains cotton.
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19Th Congressional District
West Texas
Plains
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Second Thoughts on Winter and Weekend Mail Service
Late summer ramble predicts a cold winter with signs like thick corn husks and pest activity. A new courtesy mailing service at Hixons Station offers 24 7 mailing for mail packages and cards, using Pitney Bowes equipment to compute postage. The piece also vents pet peeves about guests arriving late and roadblocks to social plans while noting Texas Tech opens Sept 18 and Harvest Festival follows five weeks later.
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Hixon
Hixon’s
Pitney-Bone, Inc
Texas Tech
Rural July traffic wrecks in Terry County total nine
The Texas Highway Patrol reports nine rural crashes in Terry County during July with five injuries and $9,315 in damage. For the first seven months of 1965 Terry County logged 33 crashes with no fatalities, 18 injuries and $2,190 in damage.
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The
Highway Patrol
Terry County
A. E. Roberts
Sgt Roberts
Palo Pinto County
Lubbock Hosts Southwestern Barrow Show at Fairgrounds
The Southwestern Barrow Show runs tomorrow to Saturday at Panhandle South Plains Fairgrounds. More than 250 barrows from Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma compete with 100 head in the breeding swine division. Prizes and gifts will be auctioned Saturday at 10 a.m. Judges include L M Hargrove with Tom Neely as general superintendent.
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Lubbock
Panhandle South Plains Fairgrounds
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
L. M. Hargrove
Texas Tech Dept. of Agricultural Education
Tom Neely
L. M. McElroy
Waylon R. Carroll
W. B. Griffin
Tohoka
John Holt
Barrow
Dale Zinn
James Carroll
Hail Wipes Out Some Farmers in County
County Agent Jim Foy described last weekend’s hail as severe on some dryland cotton fields but noted that rainfall offset the damage and boosted the potential county bumper crop this fall. He said irrigated farms will continue to water through about the 25th, totaling roughly five days of water, while grain sorghum suffered more.
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House Appropriations Committee
Plains Cotton Growers Organization
Dr. Douglas
Brownfield
Douglas
Austin
Jim Foy
Terry County
Ghum
Foy
Saudi Arabia Visitors Tour Area Farms
Saudi Arabia agriculture minister Mishari and official Tarek Shawaf visited Brownfield Tuesday for farm tours with local leaders. They were hosted by John Kendrick and John Seifert to inspect irrigated and dry land operations at Kenneth Purtell and Delton Tatum farms before flying to Tucson. The visitors discussed water use and the Canadian River project, asking how river water could aid irrigation while preserving drinking supplies.
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Saudi Arabia
Tarek Shawaf
Hassan Mishari
Lubbock
John Seifert
Anaimet County
Jim Foy
Kenneth Purtell
Delton Tatum
Tucson
Ariz
Mishari
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Canada
U.S
Police activity noted in early week with minor incidents
The report summarizes thefts, vandalism, and minor injuries as police remained active. Incidents include two batteries stolen from a car lot, vandalism from teens at the Armory, a scooter crash with minor injuries, shoplifting by youths who returned goods, and drunks and traffic fines. A 1956 Hudson was stolen from United Super market lot and recovered with minor trunk damage. A two car crash occurred Monday involving Michael Dean Pippin. see Police Page 5.
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Sam Houchins
Tohoka Rd
Versa
Bounsaville
Bynum Lane
Hudson
United
Ond Street
Tate and
Broadway
Michael Dean Pippin
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Borden
Rainbo Bakery
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Los Angeles
Lubbock County
Archer County
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Ministry of Agriculture
Brownfield Country Club
John Kendrick
Kendrick
South Texas
Roy Lee Boulding
L. D. Byrd
Stanley Dixon
Vocational Agriculture Teachers of
Asia
Ing. Becker
Dixon
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