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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1967
Page
2
The new 90th Congress begins amid debate over Vietnam War policy and the Great Society legacy. Conservatives and moderates may halt liberal momentum while hearings influence voter views before the 1968 campaign. The outcome depends on how much Great Society reform is rolled back or advanced.
A fire Friday afternoon destroyed the Clifton Public School Vocational Agriculture Building and damaged school equipment valued in the thousands. A car and a truck owned by Johnnie E. Lockhart were also destroyed along with other possessions. The blaze consumed the entire structure as Western Auto inventory and ownership changes occupied local officials.
Area officials schedule a Jan. 14 Somervell County Historical Survey Committee meeting in Glen Rose under Gov. Connally local See and Save Texas History Week. Merchants the Meridian Hardware store sell to Gosdin couple of Iredell. Grand jury urges stronger security at Gatesville state reform school and adds a third Texas highway patrolman. Hico star Dwain Gray earns a four year SMU football scholarship. Itasca MOD co chairs 1967 March of Dimes drive. county MOD appoints 1967 chair. Seven candidates run for vacant legislative seat. poll tax status unchanged. Floodwater retarding structures bids due Jan. 10 for Upper Bosque River area. Rosebud hosts State and Federal programs meeting Jan. 10 with multiple agencies present. Hill JC deals with dead week and finals Jan. 16-20. Teague announces $75,000 more Public Facility Loan funds for Whitney Hospital plus $322,000 loan total.
Tom F Lovelady of 202 N Avenue Clifton is named Whitney Dam Powerhouse Superintendent for the Fort Worth District Army Corps of Engineers effective December 11 1966. Hiram Henderson Jr of 602 S Avenue P Clifton is named Assistant Powerhouse Superintendent. Lovelady is a Clifton native and Waco High School graduate who began with the Army Engineers in 1944 and has served at Denison Lake Texoma and Fort Gibson. He is married to Mary Alice Jackoskie and has children Tom Jr and Janie Marie. Henderson previously worked for Public Service Company of Oklahoma and joined the Tulsa District at Fort Gibson.
Esther Elliott of Stillwater Oklahoma and step sons Woodrow Husted and Wayne Husted reside in Oklahoma City. Daughter Mrs Vernon Van Slyke lives in Tacoma Washington. Mrs Dewayne Martin and Mrs Earl Hill reside in Tulsa. He belongs to the Masonic Lodge Odd Fellows and the Elks and attends the First Baptist Church with his wife.
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