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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1976
Page
1
The Comanche Schools face higher local financing for 1976 77 due to H. R. 1126 and rising costs. Local share of the school program climbs to 293 000 with added expenses for teaching supplies maintenance and insurance. Bonded indebtedness rate remains 0 84 per 100 evaluation while equalization suggests little district valuation change.
Special to the Chief reports a rising share of Comanche County women in the labor force. About 1,760 women over 16, or 34.9 percent, were employed or seeking work, up from 24.3 percent in 1960, with national figures over 39 percent. Nationally 37.9 million women are in the labor force versus 31.5 million in 1970 and 23.24 million in 1960.
Gustine Church of Christ invites all to a Gospel meeting starting Monday July 26 at 8 00 p m and continuing through Sunday August 1. Evening services are 8 00 p m and morning services run 10 00 a m from July 26 to July 30 with Chester Hill of Mayfield Road Church Arlington as guest preacher.
The Great Plains Conservation Act turns 20 this month, with over 50 000 farmers in 10 states under long term contracts. In Texas 14 696 contracts cover more than 18 million acres, with major practices including range seeding terraces brush management and cropland conversion to grass. Comanche County shows 41 contracts over 37738 acres across the county.
A Standard Rate and Data Service report shows local buyers in Comanche County boosted spending in food and general merchandise as incomes rose. Take home food sales totaled 7.19 million dollars while autos and related goods added 4.26 million and apparel 377000, reflecting inflation’s role.
Monday August 2 is the final date to certify peanut acreage for farms with a positive allotment. If no peanuts are planted on allotment farms, a zero report is required.
A juvenile Mexican national charged with rape faces a Wednesday hearing before District Judge Byron McClellan. The case concerns an alleged June 20 rape of a 17 year old at Lowell's Creek Park on Lake Proctor. A separate 28 year old Mexican national pled guilty to rape of a female child for the same incident and was sentenced to eight years in the Texas Department of Corrections.
Eight criminal cases in S2nd District Court are scheduled for hearings on September 8. McClellan called the cases for trial on request of Assistant District Attorney Leslie Vance, who said prosecutors aim to clear the docket by reviewing long-pending cases. One listed case involves a Comanchean and his Valley Mills uncle charged with theft of a Comanche County tractor.
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