Seniors Seek Richard Bird Scholarship At CHS
Five Texas firms offer the Richard Bird family scholarship with applications due this week for CHS seniors. The class plans events after graduation including an all sports picnic May 25 at Rotary Bowl Fair Park. Ushers for end of school were elected: Shane Morey Mark Brown Mark Parr Jackie Jones Marty Martin Kent Wood Tim Lewellen Neil Barber Debra Albritton Sherri Smith Dawna Carmack Stephanie Fox Joyce Shelton Toni Simmons Jackie Gray Jay Neil Holland Tina Fowler pianist.
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Shane Morey
Mark Brown
Mark Parr
Jackie Jones
Marty Martin
Kent Wood
Tim Lewellen
Neil Barber
Debra Albritton
Sherri Smith
Dawna Carmack
Stephanie Fox
Joyce Shelton
Toni Simmons
Jackie Gray
Jay Neil Holland
Tina Fowler
Farm program debate and community updates from Texas
The House Agriculture Committee began drafting 1973 farm bill provisions as public attention grows. Local seniors, scholarships, and WHS club news share reflection on school life, while five Texas firms receive Governor’s Industrial Expansion Awards for 1972 for jobs, payrolls, and sales growth.
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House Committee On Agriculture
America
Congress
Why Beef Steaks Take Time From Birth to Plate
Texas A&M University expert Dr. Ed Uvacek explains steak becomes rare due to time in production. A cow produces one calf yearly, weaned at six months, pastured four to six more months, then six months in a feedlot before slaughter at about 1000 pounds.
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College Station
Ed Uvacek
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University
Avacek
Beef yields and history collide in rare meat discussion
Avacek notes slaughter and processing reduce weight from a 1000-pound animal to 48 pounds of sirloin. A choice steer yields 600 pounds carcass, about 444 pounds edible beef after fat and waste removal. He warns consumers overlook beef production costs, while noting beef became widely affordable as production increased. Jean-Pierre Blanchard crossed the English Channel solo in January 1785.
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Avacek
Jean-Pierre Blanchard
English Channel
Seeks Air Service To Smaller Texas Cities
Senator Oscar Mauzy urged a state wide push for intrastate air service to Texas towns as major trunklines cut back. He praised third level commuter lines for serving smaller communities and called Texans to support a strong air system linking small towns to major hubs. Charles Murphy of the Texas Aeronautics Commission backed the need for expanded intrastate service.
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Austin
Texas
Oscar Mauzy
Dallas
Maury
Charles Murphy
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Fastest growing tree identified as eucalyptus in Africa
The eucalyptus Eucalyptus saligna is noted as the fastest growing tree, particularly in central Africa where measurements show it reaching 45 feet in two years.
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Central
Africa
Local Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits Across Towns
High Point mentions in law and order of visits. The piece lists Mr. and Mrs. B A Kelley and others returning from Six Flags and Seven Seas, and several relatives visiting in Clovis Garland Turner Turners Avenue G and Seymour. Also notes hospital and funeral arrivals for S E May.
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F. E. Biddy
Special Index
B. A. Kelley
Elbert Kelley
Six Flags
Seven Seas
Clovis
N.M
Clyde Hackler
James Ray Hackler
Monroe Hackler
J. F. Henley
Garland
Aubrey Dean Henley
W. E. Andrews
Nixie Cox
Guy Cox
Turners Avenue G
Claude Andrews
Jimmy
Floyd Biddy
Gene Byers
Venzeula
South America
Howard Taylor
Wichita Falls
Earl Powell
Whitter
Calif
Earl Butler
Amarillo
Minnie Woodley
Howard Martin
Houston
Roy Howard
Ken Nordell
Lubbock
Frank Howard
Shamrock
W. J. Boy
Leon May
Olton
Mary Alice Lumpkin
Fort Worth
Briscoe lauds Texas industry at Austin luncheon
Governor Dolph Briscoe honors five Texas firms for expanding in-state industry and jobs. Lanchart Industries in Childress, Stemco Manufacturing in Longview, Redman Mobile Homes in Burleson, Can Tex Industries in Mineral Wells, and Weber Aircraft in Gainesville are highlighted with payroll and employment gains. He urges continued growth while stressing environmental safeguards and balanced development to revitalize struggling areas.
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Austin
Texas
Municipal Auditorium
Can- Tex Industries of
Mineral Wells
Lanchart Homes
Childress
Redman Mobile Homes, Inc
Burleson
Stemco Manufacturing Company, Inc
Longview
Weber Aircraft
Gainesville
Chambers of Commerce
Texas Industrial Commission
Can-Tex Industries
Lanehart Home
Burleson Chamber of Commerce
Redman
Gov. Briscoe
Dolph Briscoe
Lanchart Industries
Lancer Mobile
Stemco Manufacturing of
Stemco
Lanchart Homes _ of
Lanchart
Can-Tex
Weber
Word Puzzle Answers and Texas Industrial Growth Message
A dense OCR reveals a mix of a crossword style clue list and a speech on Texas rural industrial development. The speech praises legislative funding for the Rural Industrial Development Act, notes initial one million dollar allocation, and argues for more support to attract industry to nonmetropolitan Texas areas. It highlights five 1972 expansion honorees and the Texas Industrial Commission’s role in fostering growth.
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Texas
House
Conference Committee
Texas Industrial Commission
Texas leaders push Insta-Site to lure industry and aid towns
Officials promote the Insta-Site program to reveal optimal locations for industry and identify local weaknesses in the race to attract business. They emphasize training labor, attracting prospects, and creating new jobs through international trade, urging teamwork and Texas hospitality to grow industry and economic vitality.
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International Trade
Texas
Quartet to Appear at Calvary Baptist Church
The Crusader's Quartet from Amarillo will perform at Calvary Baptist Church at 7 p.m. on Sunday. The group presents a program themed Spreading the Gospel in Song.
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Calvary Baptist
Crusader
Amarillo
Calvary Baptist Church
Final Rites for S E May Held at First United Methodist
Final rites were conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church for S E May with Rev. R H Knight officiating. Burial followed in Childress Cemetery under Newberry's direction. Survivors include two daughters and a son, 17 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. May died early Thursday in Fort Worth. he was a retired farmer.
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S. E. May
First United Methodist Church
R. H. Knight
Childress Cemetery
Newberry
May
Fort Worth
Margaret Lumpkin
Mary Barley
Leon May
Olton
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