Lavaca County Sealed Bids For Sand Pit Land Sale
Lavaca County Commissioners Court will accept sealed bids until 10 00 A M March 11 1974 for about 1 acre known as the Lavaca County Sand Pit located about 2 miles south of Moulton Texas. Bid opens 10 A M March 11 1974. Deed to purchaser. County may reject all bids.
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Commissioner's Court
Laveen County
Patrick Loy
Lavaca County
Ernest Kieschnilk
Moulton
Texas
Commissioners’ Court
Debates on taxes unions and evolution raise questions
The author argues government spending on Nixon's private property was improper and cites Schlesinger. He links inflation to unions, cites shipping declines, and questions farm policy and political action by Poage, Texas farmers, and congress. The piece blends political critique with creationist inquiry.
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Pres. Nixon
Arthur M. Schlesinger
People question wars and motives across history
The author argues rulers used people and money to wage wars from ancient times to today. They question the costs of independence and civil conflict, note government budgets favor military spending, and urge global collective action through the United Nations to end arms waste.
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United Nations
All Nations
Plan To Curb Campaign Bankrolling Says Williams
Reader's Digest features Senator John J. Williams of Delaware arguing big money dominates politics. He notes state campaigns cost hundreds of thousands and Nixon’s 30 million plus spent. He urges limiting donations and shifting to appointed officials to reduce influence by financiers.
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John J. Williams
Delaware
Reader's Digest
Pres. Nixon
Williams
Sen. Williams
U. S
A Canadian Presses For Gratitude To Americans
Gordon Sinclair speaks from CFRB Toronto claiming Americans have shown repeated global generosity in crises from floods to debts forgiving. He urges Canada to recognize and not demean the United States despite current criticism and fear of its power. He cites floods on the Yellow River and Yangtze and the 1956 franc rescue as examples.
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Yellow River
Yangtze
Germany
Japan
Britain
France
Italy
Paris
Canada
Gordon Sinclair
Cfrb - Radio
Toronto
Von Dohlen Reports Fourth Weekly Constitutional Convention Update
Rep Tim Von Dohlen leads a weekly briefing from the Constitutional Convention noting progress across committees. Education Committee finalizes Article VII with voting set for next week while other panels address redistricting terms fiscal bond language and higher education funding concerns.
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Tim von Dohlen
von Dohlen
Legislative Committee
Constitutional Revision Commission
CRC
Finance Committee
Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs
Com
Politicians Paid, Farms Sacrificed to Money Politics
A speaker criticizes national politics prioritizing money, arguing farmers and families bear the costs. The statement laments urban advantage, insists betterment must extend to farms, and says the issue remains unrecognized.
Boots Shine in Pony Express Ride Feature
The account highlights Nocona Boot Company’s connection to a Pony Express route from Nocona to San Francisco for the world’s fair. Although she did not ride, she awaited the rider in San Francisco wearing blue and silver boots with Texas bluebonnet and California poppy embroidery. Nocona Boot Company operates a branch in Moulton.
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Nocona
San Francisco
Nocona Boot Company
Moulton
Praha Once A Bustling Town Recedes Into Quiet Past
In Praha between Schulenburg and Flatonia a once thriving Czech farming community dwindles to 25 to 100 residents. The church, veterans rites, and annual Prazka Pout mark a proud history once fueled by larger farms and local gas station life.
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Praha
Little Prague
Schulenburg
Flatonia
Marcus Valenta
St.ry’s Church
Pioneer Doctors and Early Settlers of Moravia Area
The text recalls pioneer physician Dr John C Lawhon who settled near Moravia by 1876 and died there, and Dr J E Clark nearby. It notes Moravia’s early growth with Ignac Jaluska, who settled there in 1880, built a store, and gave the community its name.
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John C. Lawhon
Moravia
J. E. Clark
Ignac Jaluska
Moravia’s pioneer past and notable graves
The article recalls Moravia in Moravia’s Moravia area with Czech settlers, famed outlaw Bud Secrest buried in Mulberry Cemetery, early schools and Catholic church, and notable graves from 1800s including Joseph Manuel Smith and others, preserving local history.
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Moravia
B. Holub
Mulberry
Joseph Manuel Smith
Isabella
Weekly school lunch menu appears in table format
Monday menu lists picnic stew buttered potatoes corn peanut butter fingers homemade bread and butter bread milk. Tuesday offers hamburgers lettuce tomato onion pickle French fries catsup peanut butter pudding and milk. Wednesday features pizza pinto beans lettuce and tomato salad fruit plain cake and milk. Thursday serves veal cutlets gravy plain rice green beans squash prune kolaches. Friday hosts barbecued chicken buttered noodles slaw cranberry sauce and a donut.
Pioneer graves reveal Moravia's early settlers memories
The piece notes pioneer graves as telling who first opened the new country and highlights Moravia's early settler memories.
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Moravia
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