Five Ls of Family Life by Texas Specialist
Jane Fiisch of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service outlines five Ls love laughter liberty loyalty and learning to describe family life. She emphasizes love as the essence of family and notes that laughter eases tensions while liberty means responsible growth within shared rules.
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Jane Fiisch
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
College Station
Mies Fleischer
First Baptist Church Laguna Park Service Schedule
First Baptist Church Laguna Park announces weekly services led by Rev. Joe Stevens. Sunday activities include Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday features Evening Prayer at 7:00 p.m.
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First Baptist Church
Laguna Park
Joe Stevens
Social Security Changes Help Children In New Law
New Social Security rules affect children including adopted children receiving checks from unrelated adoptive parents and children using a grandparent work record after grandparent death or disability. Also students under 22 may receive benefits through the end of their current term or semester, with limits for those holding bachelor degrees.
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al Bracken
Social Security
Waco
Congress
Social Security Office
Educational Benefits Deadline For Vietnam Veterans Clarified
The VA clarifies that May 31 1974 expiration applies to most GI Bill education benefits for Vietnam era veterans discharged after May 1966 but not to job, flight, apprenticeship or farm cooperative training. Post Korea benefits expire August 30 1975. VA urges eligible veterans to contact VA offices or local veterans service groups.
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Veterans Administration
Jack Coker
Waco
Coker
Carent G. I
Veterans County Service Office
Veterans Service Organizations
Pinch and Disbud Flowers for Bigger Blooms
Texas Agricultural Extension Service horticulturist Ever Ett Janne advises pinching annuals like asters zinnias and marigolds to foster bushier growth and more blooms. Double pinching by 4 or 5 inch laterals yields dense plants, while disbudding directs energy to a single top bud for larger flawless flowers. Regular checks prevent unwanted lateral buds.
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Everett Janne
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
College Station
Texas A&m University System
Mr. Janne
GI Bill Trainees In Vietnam Era Break New Ground
VA data show over four million have used current GI Bill since June 1966. Trainees in college since the program began exceed two million, with World War II enrollments reaching 7.8 million. Coker notes liberal provisions, including free prep, VA tutoring, and full entitlement after service, boosting access for veterans and dependents alike.
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Jack Coker
Veterans Administration
Waco
Coker
Foods Savings Tips From Nutrition Specialist
A foods and nutrition specialist from College Station suggests homemakers cut costs by preparing more meals at home, packing lunches when possible, and using economical options like fruit, bread, cereals, and coffee breaks taken from home. She advises using less meat, stretching with pasta and rice, buying in season, and avoiding excess weight.
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Judy Grubbs
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
College Station
Specialists See New Grass For Greener Lawns
Floratam the new Saint Augustine grass faces fewer problems from SAD chinch bugs and downy mildew, with some vulnerability to brown patch and rust. Developed jointly by Florida and Texas stations, it aims to give Texas lawns a tougher, more vigorous turf. Dr. Robert Toler and Dr. Walter Walla lead SAD project work in Texas.
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Texas
Saint Augustine
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Robert Toler
Agricultural Experiment Station
A&m University Plant Science Department
Walter Walla
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas researchers combat cinch bug and SAD virus damage
Dr Richard Duble of the Experiment Station and the A and M Soil and Crop Sciences Department leads work on cinch bug resistance. Dr Toler notes SAD, a virus, first appeared in Texas in 1969 and has reached 51 counties, plus Mexico and two Louisiana sites. Floratama resists SAD. chinch bugs cannot feed on the improved grass. Foundation sod of Floratama is available to certified producers. lists of producers are at county Extension Service offices. Supplies may be short this year but should be plentiful next spring.
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Richard Duble
A&m Soil and Crop Sciences Department
Toler
Texas
Mexico
Louisiana
Saint Augustine
Duble
Farmers urged to stretch fuel use in farming
Texas agricultural engineer Henry O Neal advises farmers to conserve gasoline by reducing tillage, making one field trip, combining tasks like planting and herbicide or fertilizer application, using light tractors for light jobs, diesel where possible, proper speeds and tuning, minimal idling, and moving large equipment by truck when feasible. He notes farmers should contact their county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service office with fuel access problems.
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Henry O'Neal
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
College Station
Manuel
Texas A&m University 5Ystem
Cultivation Tips for Chrysanthemum Disbudding
The guide explains pinching once and limiting to two or three stems per plant. For exhibition mums, stake the stems and remove side buds to encourage long stems. Disbudding yields large, beautiful blossoms and improves flower quality.
State unemployment benefits vary across 26 states
The maximum weekly unemployment benefit is at least half the state’s average weekly wage in 26 states. Alaska ranges 60 to 85 percent, Arkansas 60 percent, Connecticut 60 to 89 percent, District of Columbia 66 percent, Hawaii 51 percent, Kansas 64 percent, Kentucky 68 percent, Massachusetts 57 to 88 percent, Pennsylvania 58 to 64 percent, Rhode Island 60 to 75 percent, Utah 65 percent, Vermont 60 percent, and Wisconsin 60 percent. Storage guidance highlights proper leftovers handling by restating that food need not look spoiled to carry harmful bacteria, per Karen Kreipke of Texas A&M.
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Alaska
Arkansas
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Kansas
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Utah
Vermont
Wisconsin
Home burglaries rise amid national crime increase expert says
Patricia A Bradshaw of Texas A&M University System notes burglaries grow with overall crime rise. She advises dead bolt locks with hardened rods, two vertical dead bolts on local locks, chain locks, and key operated cylinders. For windows she recommends key lock latches and wedgelocks to deter entry.
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Patricia A. Bradshaw
Texas Agricultural Eervice
Texas A&m Unitension Selege Stationversity System
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