Lamesa budget talks and roofing bids dominate July meeting
Commissioners adjust tax allocations shifting one cent from the permanent improvement fund to the general fund while noting the latter runs red. The permanent improvement fund may operate with existing revenue, with a tax rate of 30 cents projected to raise about $1.47 million for county operations from a $490 million base. The board also reviewed rabies control act revisions and approved roof repairs by Texas Roofing for the school district. A public hearing on the school tax rate set for next Monday at the high school library precedes final budget adoption for 1981-82.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Fund
Dalton Myers
Myers
Don Stephens
Leslie Pratt
Stephens
Central Elementary
Texas
Texas Roofing
County board reviews bids and insurance while crops benefit from rains
Continuation notes bid acceptance delays for a Precinct 3 pickup and a motor grader. County officials consider hospital insurance costs and the potential for comprehensive general liability coverage. Rainfall boosts Dawson County cotton prospects with reports of widespread showers aiding harvest readiness and local farmers predicting a solid crop.
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Dawson County
Local News Ad Text Promise Call to Subscribe
A fragment urges readers to check the press for details and subscribe to local news. It mentions a subscription line with a phone number and promotes day access to LOCAL NEWS. The snippet reflects a newspaper ad urging readership growth.
Celebrities Donating to Charities Sparks Debate
Paul Harvey argues that reducing federal social program involvement will push welfare to privately endowed charities, which remain vulnerable to fraud and waste. He questions why Kidney Foundation uses Sugar Ray Leonard and why groups enlist celebrities like Loni Anderson Farrah Fawcett and Gregory Peck, suggesting potential manipulation by show business figures.
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National Kidney Foundation
Sugar Ray Leonard
American Association of Ophthalmology
Loni Anderson
American Cancer Society
Farrah Fawcett
American Heart Association
Gregory Peck
Lois DeBakey
Welch community history and a 1970 reunion tribute
The article traces Welch Texas development from gin operations in the 1930s to mid-century growth with Consolidated schools, irrigation, electricity and telephone lines. It describes the Dawson Dragon era, oil wells, new homes, and a 1970s reunion planning with activities and prizes for long-distance attendees. It notes local advertising, civic pride, and regional progress through the 1940s to 1970s.
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Gatewood Brothers
Church of Christ
Welch
Pride
Midway
Fairview
Lou
Dawson
Grandview
Dawson Dragon
Lamesa
Brownfield
South Plains
Lyntegar Electric Cooperative
Poka- Lambro Rural Telephone Company
Pioneer Gas
Dawson County
Young Farmer
Pioneer Book Publishers, Inc
Hereford
Shacktown
Trashtown
Texas
Dawson School
Help sought on Deaton and Prescott family origins
Howard A Deaton of St. Louis asks readers to share information or addresses for the Deaton and Prescott lines, noting Deaton first appeared in Virginia in 1641 and Prescott in Massachusetts and New England earlier. He stresses no sales or money requests and offers to share his information in return.
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Deaton
Prescott
West Texas
U.S
Virginia
Mass
New England
Longview
Mike Martin
Martin
State Capital Highlights Austin
After the special session adjourned, speculation swirls on when a new session will convene likely in September or October to adjust state programs funded by federal revenue. Key issues include redistricting property tax reform and repeal of the 10 cent ad valorem tax with battles among Democrats Republicans and the Governor.
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Austin
Capitol Halls
Feds
Clayton
Texas Democrat Party
Bob
Clements
Senate
Bill Hobby
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Bob Brown Olds-Cadillac
Fred Barrington Chevrolet
Precinct
Alton Addison
Page
David Hughes
Arvana
Hancock
Darrell Merrick
Lubbock
Thomas Boyd
Gordon Waldrop
Bill Reid
Midway Store
DeLacy Frampton
Sparenburg
R.S. Spraberry
Patricia
Klondike
Oscar Vogler
Cecil O’brien
Homer Etheredge
Union
Cotton King Gin
D.W. Phipps
Brownfield Highway
N. 16Th St
N. 24Th
Paul Harvey
Rodriquez
Garza
South Main
Medical Arts Hospital
Whittlin
Ted Turner
Congress
Brooke Shields
Julie Harris
American Diabetes Association
Cliff Stone
American Hospital Association
Joan Davis
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Della Reese
Muhammad Ali
Reggie Jackson
DeBakey
Atlanta
Committee
Dawson County News
Dawson County Courier
Dawson County Free Press
North First Street
Lamesa Press - Reporter
Walter Buckel
Russel
Skiles
Hank Myers
Adv. Mgr
Texas Press Association
Charles F. Bratcher
CLU
South Plains Trust and Estate Planning Council
Howard A. Deaton
Dewey Ave
St. Louis
House
Bill Clements
Dallas
Jim Mattox
Martin Frost
Democrat
Mattox and Frost
Slagle
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