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Newspaper
Grand Saline Sun
Location
Grand Saline, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1973
Page
4
In a two a day setup 65 players report for practice under Coach Bill Hunter and Assistant Robert Linker with eleven varsity returnees. The squad schedules an intra squad scrimmage Friday night at 7 30 under lights and a first away game August 24 at 6 30 against Troup High School.
The Grand Saline T Ball Commanches finished 10-2 to top the Greater Wood County Baseball League. Six teams posted perfect records, including Mineola Astros 10-0 and Canton Gulf Stars 13-0, with plans for new concessions bleachers and backstops at school fields and a possible third field next season.
North Texas State University announces spring honor roll figures led by 1,221 students on the roll. Ronald M. Williams, son of Mr and Mrs F D Barton Route 2 Grand Saline, makes the 3.5 listing among 990 students with mid range grades.
Mrs Roy Jackson left Friday for Bakersfield California to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Elbert Hale and Mr Roy Jackson visited in Batesville Arkansas over the weekend with Mrs Hale s sister and family.
Land Commissioner Robert L. Armstrong announced the October 2 auction of 1,348,610 acres in 1,712 tracts, mainly Gulf of Mexico submerged lands and Texas bays. The sale aims to boost state royalty options and include in kind provisions for oil and gas, with potential gains for the permanent school fund. The event follows a 1965 sale that netted over 39 million dollars in bonuses.
Lots in Spring Creek Addition offered by Roy A. Nelson Jr Construction Co with business and home contacts. Various Texas items note proposed constitutional changes for the Permanent University Fund and Equal funding, plus debates on elected versus appointed state officials. News briefs cover closed bawdy houses in La Grange and Sealy, responses from Gov Briscoe and Atty Gen Hill, public concerns, teachers’ pay, a land office publication, election commission actions, deer prospects in Hill Country, a new Texas House voting machine bid, Limestone County storm damage, and GOP leaders seeking Bush for investigations in Corpus Christi.
Tickets are available for all four Sunday performances of the 42nd annual Texas Prison Rodeo in Huntsville in October. Forty convict cowboys compete for the all around top hand title. Harry Southerland seeks a third straight title. The Goree Cowgirls perform, and inmates enter events like calf tussle and hard money. Net proceeds fund rehabilitation facilities for over 16,000 inmates.
The Dallas announcement outlines a proposed common stock offering for the Student Loan Marketing Association Sallie Mae a government sponsored private corporation created to boost student loan funds. It aims to add liquidity to the Guaranteed Student Loan Program and support post secondary education nationwide.
Official notice to resident electors of Van Zandt County listing polling places across precincts and noting presiding judges and alternates. Includes sites at churches, courthouses, city halls, school buildings, and community centers with designated officials for the election administration.
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