Pecos Water Fight and City Plans 1929 31
A chronology of Pecos Texas water searches and city actions from 1929 to 1931 including soft water tests by Air Made Well Co and Montgomery and Ward, gas quality orders to Southern Union, street numbering ordinances, mayoral and alderman elections, and the Texas Pacific Railroad negotiations for water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Made Well Co
University
Texas- Louisiana Power Co
Pecos
John Sutherlin
Southern Union Gas Co
First Street
Oak Street
Sutherlin
Ward
T&p
McCutcheon Springs
Davis Mountains
Toyah
Montgomery
K. M. Regan
Earl Easterbook
R. G. Middleton
J. T. Jolley
G. G. Breen
Ward County
Schultz
Texas-Louisiana Power Company
Clarence Bell
D. W. Bozeman
S.M. Prewit
O. J. Bryan
Albert Sisk
T. Y.casey
Jim Camp
J. A. Crane
W. E. Bell
W. W. Dean
L. W. Anderson
Dallas
T&p Railroad
Texas-Louisiana Power Co
State Highway Department
North Cedar Street
Texas Highway Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Orth Cedar Street
Texas Pacific Railroad
Editorial: Cheap money proves costly and inflation remedies
The Miami Herald argues inflation requires fiscal frugality and efficiency from labor, management, and capital. It credits devaluation to government overspending, criticizes farm subsidy blame on Butz, and notes Fed money-supply growth and deficit spending as drivers, urging tighter controls to avoid a severe monetary hangover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Miami Herald
Earl Butz
Butz
Congress
Milton Friedman
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Frideman
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Democrat
Senate
Jackson
Russia
Chile
Nixon
Daylight Saving Time debate rages over year round proposal
Texan lawmakers and citizens weigh DST as April 29 approaches. Rep. Hilary Doran Jr. of Del Rio practices civil disobedience by staying on Standard Time all year, saying an hour off helps him on the border with Mexico time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Ford
Associated Press
Texas
Congress
Craig Hosmer
Calif
Hosmer
Hilary B. Doran Jr
del Rio
Doran
Rep
Mexico
Boyle's column offers piquant budget tips and trivia
Hal Boyle surveys practical hints and odd facts from readers notes. He suggests keeping a pet bird to cut costs, quotes John Hay on Lincoln’s arrogance, notes the dazzle of earth tones in cars, cites crime in offices, and jots curious trivia about martinis oceans and human strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
U.S
Abraham Lincoln
John Hay
White House
William H. Herndon
Lincoln
James Bar
Atlantic Ocean
Hypermarkets May Reshape U.S. Retail Landscape
International retail consultant Paul K. Halstead says hypermarches, large self service stores around 100 000 square feet, with aggressive discounting and containerized displays, already number over 600 in Europe and could enter the United States within five years to compete with American centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Paul K. Halstead
Europe
Halstead
U.S.A
Toronto man says woman jumped after his warning in blaze
Darrell Burns explains he advised a woman to jump from a third floor window during a fire and she did. He says they collided head to head and he now has a headache, speculating she was a heavy woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Darrell Burns
Burns
Today in history highlights and notable anniversaries
On April 18, 1775 Paul Revere warned the British are coming in Boston. Other events include Cerro Gordo in 1847 San Francisco earthquake in 1906 Doolittle raid in 1942 Ernie Pyle killed in 1945 the League of Nations ended in 1946 Einstein died in 1955 and recent notes on Vietnam cease-fire talks and Haiphong mining. Birthdays Stokowski and Hooks. Thought for Today about farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paul Revere
Boston
U.S
Winfield Scott
Cerro Gordo Hill
Scott
Mexico City
San Francisco
James Doolittle
Hornet
Tokyo
Ernie Pyle
Okinawa
League of Na
Albert Einstein
Princeton
N. J
James B. Campbell
New York University Medical Center
United States
North Vietnam
Melvin Laird
Haipong Harbor
South Vietnam
Leopold Stokowski
Robert Hooks
Briscoe backs modified auto rating and open meetings law
Gov Dolph Briscoe supports a revised auto insurance rating plan allowing deviations from standard rates after solvency tests. House and Senate actions on open meetings law, lobby reform, and a shield bill proceed amid criticism. A broad policy mix includes public safety hiring, court decisions, and new appointments while pollution, consumer protection, and tax issues move through committees and chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Dolph Briscoe
State Board of Insurance
House
Senate
Briscoe
Senate Committee
Price Daniel Jr
People’s Lobby
Daniel
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Just Musin
By Alton Hughes
Boyle
Pecos Enterprise
South Cedar Street
TEXA
Press Association
Texas Legislative Council
Department of Public Safety
Tyler
Court of Criminal Appeals
Supreme Court
Silverton
Court of Civil Appeals
Temple Independent School District
J. W. Edgar
Houston
Armco Steel Corporation
Houston Works
Ann Chappell
Fort Worth
Constitutional Revision Commission
O. T. Moore Jr
Lockhard
Joseph Patrick Kelly
Victoria
John C. Taylor
Seguin
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Board of
Frank Douthitt
Henrietta
Midwestern University Board of Directors
Henry
Nancy) Ewald
Commission On Services To Children and Youth
Air Control Board
Atty
John Hill
Attorney General
U.S. Labor Department
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