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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1976
Page
2
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Texas faces a highway funding shortfall as the state cuts the highway department staff to cope with limited funds. Governor Reagan proposes reallocating auto sales and car registration taxes and allowing federal revenue sharing to support safety and improvement projects on highways.
A public meeting is set in Eagle Lake to discuss the proposed dial lab phone system. Citizens are urged to attend at City Hall on the fifteenth at seven thirty to learn details and express views.
A chaotic incident described with references to a large wall of fire and a fire alarm. Witnesses recall smoke and a hose in action. nine motions and a confrontation involve a Black man and a white man amid sugar crates and freight yards. Names of residents and locals are given, with a note about Eastern states and New York City involvement.
A report notes about 25,000 Texas bridges exist with nearly half undersized or unsafe, while 120,009 miles of rural roads remain unpaved. The Department of Public Safety findings call for transferring funds from the Highway Fund to the General Fund, amid low five cent gasoline tax revenue. San Santonio Laght.
The article notes a drop to 8.9 million farm people by 1874 with a 4.8 percent annual decline from 1980s data, while Black farm residents shrink to 1100 in 1915. It reports high age groups staying on farms and agriculture employing about 62 percent of workers in 47 million employed nationally.
A jumble of social visits and gatherings fills the week as Mrs B and Mrs Moned Teneagt WU host and visit in Bosrne and Nay City. Families and clubs including the Gamma Club, Covanna Group, and the Cousins Group share meals, games, and birthday celebrations with friends from San Antonio Houston and University of Texas, featuring Mrs Jerald Dhennaus, Miss Genny Duggan, and many local hosts.
The item lists a free dinner event at Eagle Lake and mentions guests Mrs. don Gubler Misses Muth and Mitel of Crawley. It notes visits by Vernon Shaw and Hous Ay visitor, plus a report on American Mice Growers Cooperative activities and discussions on whey marketing. Several meetings in Texas discussed rising whey prices and industry interest.
The county historic commissions honored for outstanding local preservation work include Mrs. Weatay B. Blankenship for guiding the restoration of the Stelford Opera House in Columbus. The DSA recognition requires 14 criteria such as presenting local history programs and planning civic history events.
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