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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1975
Page
2
The Eagle Lake Headlight announces weekly publication from Eagle Lake Texas. Details include address 123 North McCarty Ave Eagle Lake TX 77494 and contact options. Subscription rates listed with outside area pricing and single copies. Publisher is A Fred Br Proks.
Editorial notes a Texas child poisoning tragedy with 507 Texas deaths last year from poisoning, two-thirds of them under five. It highlights the University of Texas Medical Branch Poison Center opening as a public health response to curb needless fatalities and save young lives.
Fragmentary OCR describes a collaboration with the National Poison Center Network based in Pittsburgh and a Texas center. It outlines a green mascot sticker with emergency numbers for reporting poison emergencies, including a UTMB connection and a mailing request for sticker supplies. The text is garbled and contains multiple typos and misplacements, obscuring precise details.
A 24 year retrospective notes Eagle Lake events including a Tall candlelight Easter Star ceremony with officers led by Hugh Jenking and Edith Daly, a newborn Dean Dan to Mr and Mrs Jark Dixon, a missing 50 year handstand statue, and local social updates.
Ben Stapleton and Ben Muckelroy visited this Saturday as the largest fish of the season was weighed in. A yellow catfish, eight pounds, noted as the season’s biggest catch in the Colorado River region.
Merl in Noy and Mrs Richard Key suffered arm injuries on a porch fall while visiting. multiple local and out of town guests attended events including the Scheek, Parker, Johnson, Walker, and Wagner families. The article mentions travel from Jacksonville and Dragoon Arizona and notes plans for a golden wedding anniversary celebration for Mr and Mrs Thomas.
Governor Bill Hobby announces appointments to the Legislative Budget Board and the Texas Legislative Council. Chairman of the Senate State Affairs Committee is William T. Moore of Bryan, aged 80, named to the LEB.
A damaged clipping offers a free pizza voucher for Eagle Lake Dairy. Present coupon by September 15 1975 to receive a pie.
Local reports indicate numerous mailboxes damaged around Weimar with most incidents along the 209 area. The county sheriff notes the acts are felonious tampering with federal mail delivery and offers a $100 reward for information leading to an arrest.
The document outlines proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution covering the separation of powers among legislative executive and judiciary branches new session rules governor term limits gubernatorial powers fiscal controls and agency longevity. it also revises voter qualifications and election provisions including residency registration absentee voting and secret ballots with expected effective dates in 1976 and 1979.
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