Proportion of Clifton Housing Crisis Mirrors New York Issue
Clifton faces a severe shortage of rentable housing similar in scale to New York City's problem. Only 433 rental units exist, with 431 rented and two unfit, driving rents and delaying growth as locals struggle to own homes. Government intervention and private investment are debated as possible solutions.
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Clifton
Texas
New York City
New York
Industrial Nevis Review
Chamber of Commerce
Magnitude of New York's Housing Crisis Staggering
The piece portrays New York City's housing crisis as vast and worsening due to high density, taxation, red tape, and inflation. It cites Wall Street Journal analysis by Richard Stone noting low rental vacancies, rising abandonments, and net loss of thousands of units. It blames archaic rent controls, bureaucratic hurdles, and policy choices for hindering new construction and elevating costs.
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New York City
Manhattan
New York
Wall Street Journal
Richard Stone
Mr. Stone
Stone
New York State
Urban Renewal Agency
Bronx
Maine
California
Yellowjacket football star earns All-Star Class B honor
Bud Cureton, junior guard weighing 185 pounds, was named to the All-Star Class B football team marking a standout year for the Gatesville area. Cureton earned a letter for three seasons with the Yellowjackets as the 113th Light Maintenance Company prepares to move into a new National Guard Armory east of Gatesville.
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Yellowjacket
Bud Cureton
Jackets
Linden Cosne Construction Co
National Guard
Gatesvile
113Th Light Maintenance Company
Delmer Nichols
Texas National Guard Armory Board
Austin
Gatesville
Clifton Lions Club fines fuel March of Dimes drive
Lion Tail Twister J L Standefer Jr oversaw fine filled meeting as new rules went into use for the March of Dimes drive. Bosque County license plates for 1951 arrive with black numbers on yellow background, to go on sale February 1. Clifton hosts Gat esville basketball on Friday night with freshmen at 6 and main game later. probable Clifton lineup includes Turner Beaver Outlaw Knochs Belcher, while Jameson Prince Dahl Schmidt Conrad anchor the Cubs. The G Robinson Ranch, about 13 000 acres, sold to N P Powell and sons of Tyler in a major Bosque County deal. Roy Hastings returns from Texas A&M for brief visit before duties as Brewster County assistant county agent. Magazine Club meets with papers on Paul Revere and Nathan Hale and Enoch absent. P G Knudson of Waco named Heart of Texas Scout Circus Committee chair. Coon Creek Home Demonstration Club holds January 18 meeting hosted by J Walton Greenwade.
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J. L. Standefer, Jr
Clifton Lions Club
March of Dimes Fund
Lion Standefer
Gatesville
Clifton
Cubs
Valley Mills
Rex Turner
John Beaver
Morris Outlaw
Joe Knochs
Jerry Belcher
Bobby Jameson
Victor Prince
Ralph Dahl
Thomas Schmidt
Bobby Joe Conrad
Jameson
Dahl
Schmidt
Conrad
Bosque Farm Bureau Leaders at Austin Legislative Confab
Bosque County Farm Bureau leaders Willie Krueger Jr and Calvin Rueter attended the Texas Farm Bureau Legislative Conference in Austin January 2021. County presidents and policy committee members from many counties joined a two day session at Villa Capri Motor Hotel with a banquet Capitol tour and talks by lawmakers. State officials and lawmakers heard J. T. Red Woodson outline the organization's 62nd Legislature goals.
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Visiit
State
Texas Farm Bureau Legislative Conference
Austin
Willie Krueger, Jr
Clifton
Texas
J. P. Ward
Meridian
Calvin Rueter
Bosque Farm Bureau
Legislative
Spli
Bosque County Farm Bureau
Texas Farm Bureau
State Farm Organization
TFB
Villa Capri Motor Hotel
J. T. ‘Red Woodson
Gober
Farm Bureau Leaders Meet Texas Legislators in Capitol Session
County Farm Bureau leaders toured the Capitol on January 20 meeting with legislators. They heard Sen Murray Watson explain how a bill becomes law and Sen Ralph Hall discuss revenue needs. Discussions covered tax issues, water problems, pollution, farm labor, and farm-to-market roads as Farm Bureau policies are shaped.
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Ben Barnes
Capitol
Murray Watson
Wayne Connally
Floresville
Jack Blanton
Dallas
Ralph Hall
Rockwall
Bill Patman
Canada
Bill Clayton
Springlake
H. J
Doe
TFB
Woodson
Farm Bureau
Washington views on change in government caucus
Dear Friends report from January 22 1971 notes Democratic and Republican caucuses debating change and reform. Mentions restored powers after revolt against Cannonism and the need for progress without destroying prior gains. References Speaker Carl Albert and Hale Boggs, Tiger Teague, and a Joint Session address by the President.
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Congress
Uniil
Tiger’ Teague
College Station
Demostratic Caucus
Southwest
Clifton Record Publication and subscription notice
The Clifton Record announces its weekly publication by Bosque Publishing Company Inc in Clifton Texas with a billing note. It lists subscription rates for various Texas counties and related regions and requests old address details when changing addresses.
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Bosque Publishing Company, Inc
West Fifth Street
Clifton
Texas
West 5Th Street
Bosque
Hill, Coryell
McLennan
Erath
Johnson, Somervell
Hamilton Counties
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Wendell Geeslin
Hamilton
Houston
Crawford Sun
McGregor Independent School District
James T. Baker
ADA
Glen Rose
Somerville County
Dinosaur Valley State Park
Stewart
Nemo
Logan Walker
Park Department
Valley Mills Tribune
Charles Burns
Burns
Scott and White
Whitney Messenger
Whitney Hospital
West News
A. C. Haberl
West
Omar Robinson
G. Robinson
Ferguson Ranch
N. P. Powell and Sons of
Tyler
Robinson
Oklahoma
Roy Hastings
Texas A&m
Tilden Hastings
Brewster County
E. T. McCollum
Magazine Club
H. Trotter
Paul Revere
Joe Enochs
G. T. Tindall
Enochs
Ora Lee Bettis
Nathan Hale
P. G. Knudson
Waco
S. A. Knudson
Scout Circus Committee
Heart of Texas Council of Boy Scouts
Coon Creek Home
J. Walton Greenwade
Washington
Bob Poage
Roy New
Buster Holt
Wade Knudson
Sue’s
Carl Albert
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
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Lennox
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Centex Electric
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