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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1970
Page
4
The article notes Southwest electricity and gas supply support growth and jobs, while other regions face brownouts or blackouts. It suggests a grid system could ease issues and cites Christian Science Monitor on nationwide power challenges affecting industry location decisions.
The Christian Science Monitor notes rising electricity demand outpacing supply, with power use growing about 9 percent annually and plans to spend 24 billion dollars in five years to meet needs. Regulators urge consumer conservation while advocates push for interregional grids and new plants, balancing pollution and safety concerns.
Senator John Tower will dedicate the first Mutual Help Houses in Texas on June 26 at the Alabama and Coushatta Reservation near Livingston. The HUD program lets low income families buy homes by contributing 500 hours of work and paying 20 percent of income for 16 years, after which they own the houses. Forty houses are under construction on the reservation, praised as a strong HUD housing effort encouraging ownership over subsidy.
The Diplomatic Pouch responds to questions on Soviet visas travel for a former Air Force translator and guidance on obtaining a Soviet visa. It provides advice on using accredited travel agents and notes about Czechoslovakia, Kellogg era records, and where to find materials at the National Archives Library of Harvard University and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
HUD figures show the 1960s produced six percent fewer housing starts than the 1950s. The decade tally includes 9.1 million single family homes and 5.1 million apartment units.
The Texas Press Association at its 91st Summer Convention in Houston on June 20, 1970 endorsed a resolutions committee recommendation urging Congress to pass legislation to sustain the Highway Trust Fund and fund future highway projects for economic and national security. It notes Texas currently receives about 55 percent of motor vehicle tax proceeds to match with state funds for interstate and highway construction.
The report shows U.S. farmland and buildings valued at about $202.6 billion, a 5 growth from 1968. Farmland averages $187 per acre, with Wyoming at $34 and New Jersey above $900 per acre.
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