Texans on the Move From Texas Highway Department
The Texas Highway Department reports 1968 daily vehicle miles averaging 1706.4 million, equal to about 200 thousand cars along El Paso to Orange. Travel is rising 5.4 percent from 1967 to 1968, with state roads carrying 73 percent of Texas traffic. The department maintains just over 60,000 miles of rural highways while counties maintain nearly 137,000 miles of rural roads. State facilities carry 90 percent of total traffic.
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Texas Highway Department
Highway Department
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Orange
Panhandle
Rio Grande
Brownsville
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Fort Worth
Houston
Dallas
Hints on Health for the New Year 1970
Health column urges resolutions for balanced living and preventive care. Advises regular meals, daily exercise, immunizations, hygiene, and skepticism toward false cures. Mentions visit to doctor, dentist, and local health authorities for up-to-date protection and yearly checkups.
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Commissioner of Health
Comanche year in review ends with hopeful 1970 outlook
The Comanche era closes 1969 with strong agriculture and industry gains led by Comanche Manufacturing Company employing over 300. County bank deposits hit a record while winter storms bring ice and snow, Vermont reports 38 inches of snow, and residents brace for higher living costs. A San Francisco sociologist notes subsistence diets exist, but whimsy remains.
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Comanche
Comanche Manufacturing Company
Big C
Finnally
Vermont
Dan Woods Named Co op Ag Student of Week
Dan Woods, son of Mr and Mrs Ralph D Woods Sr, earned Co op Ag Student of the Week. He works at Comanche Seed and Feed Supply, in his second year in the program and as an employee for James Mercer. Woods manages duties in Mercer’s absence, starts at 2:30 pm, earns six vocational agriculture credits this year, and serves as Co op Ag class president and banquet toastmaster.
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Co-op Ag
Dan Woods
Ralph D. Woods
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Comanche Seed and Feed Supply
James Mercer
Comanche Seed and Feed
Mercer
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School Menus and Christmas Visits Reported
January 5 to 9 1970 menus list daily main dishes sides and milk with Friday menu of fried chicken and gravy. Christmas visits note Roby Amarillo Waco and Lubbock residents visiting relatives over the holidays with several named residents and families.
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Fort Worth Highway
Joe Gore
Ned's Grocery
Enco
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del Monte
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WELCH
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Asc
M. W. Blanton
Temple
Kill Wilkerson
Katie
Noel
San Antonio
San Francisco
Albert H. Benke
WBW
Cleburne
Bill Meyers
Mrs. Meyers
S. M. Decker
Snyder
J. D. Hinton
Mike
Greg
Saucer
Dwight Brightman
Bob Barton
Bill
J. C. Wilkerson
Bartons
Charles Wetzel
Dale Isham
Joe
Commerce
J. N. Isham
Stels
Roby
C. J. Reynolds
Bertha Gore
W. B. Mallard
Amarillo
Pat Sullivan
FE. W. Sullivan
Waco
Minnie Elkins
H. B. Allen
Lubbock
Rena Burdette
H. L. Williams
Stewart Stevenson
Gilford Hill
Wade Rain
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