Qualitative living debated in Waco Earth Week talk
Baylor University political science professor Dr Charles Edwards warned that progress defined by constant growth risks Earth’s survival. He compared future human needs to Apollo 13 rationing and urged reassessing values to avoid environmental collapse amid rising populations and dwindling resources.
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Waco
Charles Edwards
Baylor University Political Science Department
Texas
Mother Earth
Dr. Edwards
Earth
Yoe Band Earns Top Ratings in Waco Inter scholastic Meet
The Yoe High Band won first division ratings in concert playing and sight reading at the University Interscholastic League contest in Waco. They performed Tunes of Glory Mozart overture and Bach Preludes. Judges praised the band for blend and balance and noted a long tradition of fine bands. Dalton R. F. Harbers directs the band.
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Yoe High
Waco
Cacavas
Mozart
Wally Reed
Kilgore Junior College
Don Knapp
Beaumont High School
James Mallow
Brady High School
Yee High Band
Dalton R. F. Harbers
Historical Marker Honors Rogers Past at Homecoming
Rogers received an official Texas Historical Marker honoring it as the leading cotton trading and shipping center in 1918 and as the home of the Bell County Sherriffs. The 3 p.m. dedication capped the 13th Biennial Rogers Homecoming with dignitaries including Bell County Judge Harold Harris and Joe Bailey Moore, son of early Rogers buyer T. T. Moore.
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Rogers
Texas
Bell County Sheriffs
Bell County
Harold Harris
Joe Bailey Moore
Fort Worth
T. T. Moore
Hearne Housing Authority Gets $292,915 HUD Modernization Contract
HUD approved a 292,915 modernization contract for Hearne Housing Authority. Senator John Tower announced funds will upgrade existing low rent housing with a new community building area lighting and landscaping. In Westphalia a twister damaged a large Ray Rabroker farm tractor shed destroying part of the 75 by 20 foot structure and lifting some of it about 50 feet.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
City of Hearne
Ray Rabroker
Westphalia
Rabroker
Georgetown annexation pits Round Rock and city limits overlap
Georgetown Council moved city limits one mile south along I 35 near Round Rock, prompting jurisdiction disputes for a planned Westinghouse plant site. Both cities claim authority for a full mile beyond borders as talks continue over territorial reach. Belton investigates mass fish die off in Nolan Creek after heavy rains. Sewage discharge is suspected to have stirred sediments. fish ranged from small perch to 25 lb yellow catfish and carp.
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Georgetown
Round Rock
Westinghouse
Belton Texas Parks and Wildlife
Nolan Creek
Belton
Caldwell High School Breaks Ground After Bond Approval
Ground breaking ceremonies last week mark the start of construction on Caldwell High School following Caldwell voters approval of a $650,000 bond for the project in January.
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Caldwell
Caldwell High
Rockdale honors at All-Sports Banquet recipients named
Rockdale High School held its All-Sports Banquet last week honoring Wayman Page outstanding Tiger lineman Tim Speer outstanding back Arlyn Hammett the Dan Yezak Memorial Award and Rupert McKee outstanding track performer for the program.
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Rockdale
Rockdale High School
Wayman Page
Tim Speer
Arlyn Hammett
Dan Yezak
Rupert McKee
Milam County Not Holding Mixed Beverages Election
Milam County will not hold a local option election for the sale of mixed beverages on May 18. The county lacks any area with legalized distilled spirits and did not vote for the constitutional amendment authorizing local option elections in the November 3 1970 general election. Secretary of State Martin Dies Jr. notified County Clerk Wayne Wieser of the regulation after the liquor by the drink law was signed last week.
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Milam County
Texas
Martin Dies, Jr
Wayne Wieser
Vehicle Tags Boost Milam County Road Fund
Milam County leaders discuss rural solid waste management at a Rural Development Committee meeting. SCS engineer Hugh Smith and Charles Cass of the Central Texas Council of Governments highlight landfill planning and funding help. Auto registrations through April 15 total 11,315, with $242,009.38 receipts, supporting the county road and bridge fund.
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Milam County
The
County Rural Development Committee
Hugh Smith
Soil Conservation Service
Temple
Charles Cass
Central Texas Council of Governments
Cass
Wayne Mann
SCS
Smith
Milam
White
Yoe High to graduate 50th class led by Stanislaw and Arthur
Yoe High School announces the 1971 graduating class with Mary Stanislaw as valedictorian and Ann Arthur as salutatorian. Four year averages include Edward Whitley 94.23, Cynthia Krieg 94.10, Mike Zelisko 93.28, and others above 90. Baccalaureate is May 30 and graduation May 31.
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Mary Stanislaw
Ann Arthur
Yoe High School
Yoe
Mary
H. J. Stanislaw
Ann
Bill Arthur
Edward Whitley
Cynthia Krieg
Mike Zelisko
Gay Chancey
Harry Perrin
John Ben Sutter
Jennifer Kostrom
Kathryn Kahler
Mary Carolyn Matula
Linda Kay Jones
Mary Bowman
John Coleman
Gary Brantley
Norman Trubee
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