Milam County Considers Public Transit System Plan
Milam commissioners review a proposed county transit system linking Milam with Cen-Tex areas Houston and Austin in the future. Officials note rising gas prices and rising costs may require a regional authority to coordinate inter city transport as rail and bus services remain limited. A monorail or similar service could someday cross Milam County en route to North and South Texas cities.
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Milam
Milam County
Texas
Houston
Austin
Waco
Curious Farm Year Highlights Milam County Agriculture
Milam County figures show a disappointing year with cotton down to 17 000 acres from 31 000, grain sorghum up 15 000 acres to 75 000 total, and cattle and milo weaker. Income falls to 1.6 million while total farm income may drop 1.2 million to 25.5 million. yields also dip due to abandonment of about 5 000 acres. A balanced ag economy kept disaster from Milam’s agribusiness doorstep.
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I Milam Extension
Milam
Milam Agri-Business
Venezuela’s Drive to Trim Luxury Imports and Recast Aid
Venezuela faces a balance of payments squeeze as La Guaira imports rose with Christmas goods. The Central Bank forecasts $6 billion in imports this year, $12 billion in 1980, with油 production and exports pressed. The government cuts the 1975 budget by $1.6 billion and shifts funds to internal development, while overseas aid shrinks and the investment fund funds only interest and existing loans. The plan favors domestic projects and looks to an OPEC fund and a potential London investment bank to redirect capital toward Europe and developing nations.
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Caracas
Reuter
Venezuela
la Guaira
Carlos Andres Perez
Cartell
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Venezuelan Investment Fund
London
Rival Groups Vie In Angola Amid Crescendo Civil War
Rival factions in Angola clash as UNITA claims Lobito port and Benguela railway control, challenging MPLA rule of Luanda. The railway line, crucial for Zambia and Zaire, has shifted hands amid foreign technicians and mercenary talk, while Macamadene and Lobito change hands.
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Angola
Reuter
Unita
Lobito
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
MPLA
Luanda
Foriegn
Kapolo
Silva Porto
Macamedes
Jonas Savimbi
United
Lobita
Benguela
Zaire
Katanga
Zambia
Tanganyika Concessi
Union Minere of
Begium
Teixeira da Sousa
Swaimbi
Savimbi
Lob
Zambia Railways
Anita
Santa Comba
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John Lofton
Rockefeller
Central Intelligence Agency
Rockefeller Commission
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CIA
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U. S. Senate
Crump
Goldwater
Theongressional
By Joe Crump
Congressional Record Daily
Avalon
King’s Daughters Hospital School of Vocational Nursing
Fhone
Corene Pitts
King’s Daughters Hospital
School of Vocational Nursing
Texas Power & Light Company
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Texas Power & Light
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