Cotton’s Decline: 1975 Outlook From Waco Herald Analyst
Clark Bolt of the Waco Tribune-Herald outlines four 1975 problems for cotton: no new markets in 1974, production costs near 50 cents per pound, an acreage cut planned for 1975, and a sluggish economy with weak textile demand. He notes loan rates and target prices, shifts to grain, and growing alternatives like soybeans and other proteins.
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Committee On Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
McClellan
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County moves toward new jail as museum plan grows
Construction progress signals the county's new jail opening with added sheriff’s staff and radio dispatchers through the local Manpower program. A kitchen will serve the facility while final lighting work finishes. The old jail will be repurposed as a county museum.
Monitor Resting Site Declared First National Marine Sanctuary
The United States will designate the Monitor wreck, located 16 miles off Cape Hatteras, as the first National Marine Sanctuary in January. John G. Newton recounts the 1973 discovery, the 1974 Seaprobe expedition, and the careful examination that confirmed the ironclad’s remains, now protected from underwater vandalism with access requiring government approval.
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Newton
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Hampton Roads
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