Nature Used As Dump By Litter Prone People
A Memorial Day pool accident near Kerrville shows a bottle fragment injuring a child while a Rockport bay area hosts a trash heap. The piece discusses littering effects on wildlife and the cost to state parks, with quotes from Texas Parks and Wildlife staff about recurring problems and public responsibility.
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Guadalupe
Kerrville
Rockport
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Ron Moreau
P&wd
San Jacinto Battleground
Houston
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park
Austin
McKinney Falls
Pedernals Falls State Park
Moreau
Copano Bay
Port Lavaca
Queen Isabella
Requests for GI Loans Rise in April
VA reports April saw record high appraisal requests 64,473 the strongest since March 1972 and up 17 percent from March. GI home loan applications reached 35,818 the highest since May 1974, with 303,423 applications in the first 10 months of FY 1976, up 12 percent from FY 1975.
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Veterans Administration
Jack Coker
Waco
Coker
Bentsen Bill To Reduce Payrolls
Senator Lloyd Bentsen introduced a bill requiring Congress and the Administration to assess manpower impact before new programs. The Government Reduction and Control Act of 1976 calls for a manpower impact statement with each bill, a five year manpower forecast, agency management improvement programs, and plans to cut marginal activities and boost efficiency.
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Washington D.C
Lloyd Bentsen
Congress
Administration
Bentsen
Fire Ant Invasion Spreads Across Nine Southern States
The fire ant, Solenopsis savissima, now infests 133 million acres in Florida to Texas, with painful stings risking nausea chest pains and even death for sensitive individuals. Mounds reach 15 inches diameter and 10 to 12 inches high in various soils, and chemical control like chlordane is the primary defense due to lack of natural predators.
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Florida
Texas
U S
Environmental Protection Agency
Chlordane Mound Treatment Guidance And Local Social Notes
Homeowners may treat individual mounds with chlordane in liquid dust or granule forms. The San Gabriel Vacation Bible School at the Baptist Church closed with a program by attending children. Church events included Pastor call discussions and visiting clergy from Round Rock. Local residents and visitors from San Antonio Austin Pasadena Rockdale Manor Oaks and Scott and White Hospital are noted for guest visits and health care updates.
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the Baptist Church
John Roark
Kenneth England
Round Rock
Robert Wheeler
San Antonio
Nora Cat
Jim McDaniel
Monty McDaniel
Sherry
Monica
Austin
Jim Stewart
Scott and White
J. C. Archery
Betty Harrison
Willie Lovelace
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Cameron Herald
Milam County
Rosebud Zipperlen Drive-In
Mart
Burlington Warschak’s
Gro. & Market
Ben Arnold
Swanzy Grocery
Calvert
Hearne
U’tote’m Food Store
A’tote’m Food Store
Harold’s Drive-In
Gro. Hearne
Gause
Milano
Rockdale
Cafe Food Mart
Haus Bavaria
U-Tote’m Food Store
Minerva
Exxon Ser. Sta
Thorndale
Rogers
Payless Drive-In
Gro. Sloan’s Gro. & Market
Buckholts
Cameron
San Gabriel
Mrs. W. McDaniel
V. A. Hospital
Johnny Ray
Billy Limmer
Pasadena
James Terry
Thelma Staffelbeck
Euteva Talley
Calvin Elland
Manor Oaks Rest Home
Guinn Gifford
Jun
California
Morton
del Monte
Santa Rosa
Neuhoff
Crisco
McLanes
USDA
White
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