A&M under fire over opulent board meeting room
Texas A&M faces scrutiny from lawmakers over a $1.4 million meeting facility and $700,000 in furniture and art. legislators warn about governance and funding implications while A&M President Jack Williams notes large gifts from board members. The debate centers on image, spending and future budget impact for the university.
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Robert Heard
Associated Press
Austin, Tex
Texas A&m University
Mauzy
Dallas
Senate Education Committee
A&m
Sen
A.R. Schwartz
D-Galvestion
Moore
Ray Hutchison
Head
Jack Williams
Capitol
Texas A and M Vet Diagnostic Lab aids ranchers
The Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory at Texas A&M University serves mainly as a test center for animal specimens to identify disease problems and enable targeted treatment. It collects samples statewide, helps with interstate and international livestock shipments, and offers warnings on seasonal diseases. Autopsies are done on recently dead animals, and the lab operates on a mix of fees and state funds.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
Texas A&m University
William L. Sippel
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Sippel
Fifth Verse Charts Texas Farm Prices in Downturn
Texas farm prices linger in doldrums with parity well below the 1974 level. Hog lamb turkey and egg prices rise slightly yet remain under parity as calf and cotton prices lag. Mohair production hits 50 year low while crops and livestock make mixed progress across the state in springtime fields.
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Texas
No price rise seen for cattle at Texas A&M conference
Kenneth Monfort of Greeley, president of a large cattle feeding business, told about 1,000 cattle industry attendees that beef prices likely won’t rise for three to four years. He predicts fed beef around 45 cents in the near term, a seasonal drop later, and a leveling off of cattle on feed at about half of four years ago.
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College Station
Kenneth Monfort
Greeley
Colo
Monfort
Texas A&m University
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
4-H Center Opens at Lake Brownwood in Texas
Brownwood Texas 4 H Center opened April 2 with about 200 adult leaders at a statewide 4 H Adult Leader Forum The 1 4 million training facility seats 300 in a main hall and includes fifteen conference rooms plus kitchen and recreation space It will host youth and adult programs and be available to other educational groups when not in use by 4 H or Extension activities Contact H T Davison or the 4 H Center at Brownwood for booking
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University of Texas At Austin
Schwartz
Aggie
A&m
Neil Caldwell
D-Alvin
Brownwood
Lake Brownwood
T. Louis Austin, Jr
Texas 4
H.T. Davison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
4-H Foundation
Davison
Texas A&m University
Texas 4-H Center
Texas rains aid some regions amid ongoing western drought
Scattered rains last week brought needed moisture to parts of Texas while western areas and South Texas stayed dry. Spring planting progressed in Southeast South Central and Central Texas with corn sorghum cotton and rice about 80 percent complete. Fruit crops suffered heavy freeze damage and peach and plum losses were reported. Forage and pasture growth remained short with ongoing supplemental feeding in many areas.
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Texas
Rio Grande Valley
College Station
Tex
Tostate
South Texas
John Hutchison
The
Texas Agricultral Extension Service
Hutchi
Son
Hutchison
High Plains
Natural Blend shirt enters woven market in big way
Cotton Incorporated launches 60/40 Natural Blend fabric in men s woven dress shirts. Manhattan Shirt Co introduces The Natural shirt in September 1975 with durable press and cotton comfort. Priced at 12 to 13 dollars, backed by a broad ad push and collaboration with Springs Mills.
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Cotton Incorporated
Manhattan Shirt Co
United States
J. Nicholas Hahn
Hahn
Manhattan
Springs Mills and Cotton
Springs Mills
U.S
New York
Raleigh, N.C
Con men peddle fake soil conditioners to farmers
Oklahoma farmers are warned by Oklahoma State University about con men selling worthless soil additives and conditioners. Farmers have spent thousands door to door on these products, including a reported $27,000 for a liquid fertilizer pitched as 10 times stronger.Experts say tests show many are merely gypsum sold at high prices, and advise buying only proven products to protect yields.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
Tucker
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