Toyah City Board Alters Annexation Date
The Toyah meeting approved delaying the effective annexation date to September 1 to align with Texas Commissioner of Education rules. Vote in favor by Ross Henry Blackwell and Weinacht with Brey opposing. About 30 Toyah residents attended, with some students showing tears as the decision was announced. Attorney A. R. Archer did not indicate next steps.
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Don Weinacht
Texas Commissioner of Education
Ross
Henry Blackwell
Weinacht
Roy Brey
Toyah
A. R. Archer
Sharp denies bank bill links amid legal battle
The speaker rebuts alleged payments tied to Sharpstown bank bills, asserting no money or loans were received. He cites a Dallas bank loan dated after the bills were killed in 1969 and accuses critics of hearsay slander amid ongoing litigation. Manila reports a Philippine mayor creates a Drug Abuse Control Board targeting narcotics affecting wealthy youth.
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Dallas
Sharpstown
Administration of Justice
Texas Bank
Texas
Frank Sharp
Sharpstown Bank
National Bankers Life
Texas Senate
Manila
Philippines
Vandalism and B&E Reports in City Blotter
Francisco Molina 28 of Waco charged with disorderly conduct after breaking a large window at El Gavilan Bar. Ramon Florez Hernandez 17 and a 13-year-old boy charged with breaking and entering North Peces Elementary School. fled as officers approached, two knives found. Fire crews respond to mobile home fire at Space 61 Tra-Park. Civil suits filed include Alice Ortega Richardson vs Ismael Ortega and Clinton Glenn and Jimmy Calhoun dba Engine Service vs Ted Johnston seeking $1,118.67 plus interest and $447.46 attorney fees.
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Francisco Molina
Waco
Bill Pigman
el Gavilan
Walnut St
Ramon Florez Hernandez
North Peeces
Clinton Glenn
Jimmy Calhoun
Ted Johnston
City Court Fines Totals Reported For Various Offenses
The city court lists fines for simple assault and theft under five dollars at thirty, seven fifty for ware harassments, forty for allowing dogs to roam, and traffic offenses yielding one thousand fifty in fines. Speeding leads with two hundred ninety five, other charges include red light violations one hundred thirty five, stop sign one hundred fifteen, failure to yield right of way one hundred ten, and no driver’s license one hundred ninety five. Sheriff A B Nail charged the city137 jail days totaling three hundred thirty nine dollars and seventy five cents.
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A.B. Nail
Mrs Sims Free on Bond in FBI Embezzlement Case
Vickie Sims about 32 released on a $2000 bond after embezzlement charges filed by the FBI. The drive in window teller at Security State Bank allegedly took about $400. She was arraigned before U S Magistrate J M Preston.
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Vickie Sims
FBI
Sims
Security State Bank
J. M. Preston
U.S
Hospital Admissions and Discharges August 1971
Daily hospital records list admissions and discharges from August 3 to August 9 1971. Names include Sofia Ortiz Walter Clair Frank Jaramillo Anna Falcon Nelson Letcho Della Porter Ramon Salazar Richard W Adkins Carolyn Anne Williams Dolores Muniz Sammy Prona Elda Sanchez Sylvia Ramirez Juanita Adair Jose Cordero Diane Baker Lynn Dearing Sara D Pena Francisco Carrillo Beverly Stump Adabelle Vaughn Guadalupe Botello Benita Anchonda Ruben Dominguez Archie Bolen Lee Sylvia Ramirez Carolyn Williams Portillo baby Nadine Key Herminia Rice Maria Luisa Marquez Jack Clark Lorraine Lauderdale and newborns from Ramon Ortiz Rodney Williams Nickey Glen Baker.
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Walter Clair
Sofia Ortiz
Baby
Jose Cordero
Anna Falcon
Frank Jaramillo
Beverly Stump
Adabelle Vaughn
Guadalupe Botello
Benita Anchonda
Ruben Dominguez
Archie Brownlee
Severe thunderstorms trigger flash flood warnings in Texas
Moderate to heavy showers produced flash flood warnings in Kerr Bandera Uvalde Real Medina counties in Southwest Texas and Tom Green Irion Menard Kimble Sutton Crockett counties in West Texas. Nearby areas saw scattered showers with cooler predawn temps and a 22 foot wall of water causing serious flooding in Mertzon.
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Associated Press
Southwest
West Texas
National Weather Service
Kerr
Bandera
Uvalde
Real
Medina
Texas
Tom Green
Irion
Menard
Kimble Sutton
Crockett
Tyler
Dallas-Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Rio Grande Valley
Palascios
Galveston
Department of Public Safety
San Antonio
Hondo
Devine
del Rio
U.S
Eagle Pass
DPS
San Angelo
Mertzon
Spring Creek
Tech grant funds energy study of feedstuffs at Pantex
Panhandle farmer Frank Simms delivered a 2000 grant from the Ford Motor Co Fund to Texas Tech University Research Center at Pantex. The gift supports lab work evaluating energy values of grain sorghum wheat and triticale and compares dry rolled sorghum with thermalized rations. Simms, 1960 Tech animal husbandry graduate, presented the check to Dr. R Hollis Klett.
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Panhandle
Tex
Ford Motor Co
Texas Tech University
Pantex
Frank Simms
Simms
R. Hollis Klett
Tech
College of Agricultural Sciences
Texas volunteers aid Keep America Beautiful Day
About 20,572 adults and 87,943 youngsters joined cleanup efforts in Texas on Keep America Beautiful Day. They covered 3,636 miles of highways and streams and restored 11,342 acres of parks and recreation sites across the state.
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North Brunswick
N. J
Texas
Thanksgiving Square Proposed in Dallas by Architect Philip Johnson
New York architect Philip Johnson, age 65, who designed the Kennedy Memorial, plans a triangular one acre Thanksgiving Square in downtown Dallas. The Thanksgiving Square Foundation has raised 2.2 million dollars to buy the land and 1.75 million to clear and redevelop it as a public space with underpass pedestrian and truck routes. A 15 foot deep sunken bowl at the west end will separate pedestrians from traffic, leading to a landscaped slope to a non-denominational chapel.
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Dallas
Philip Johnson
New York
Thanksgiving Square
Thanksgiving Square Foundation
the Square
Johnson
Dallas Symphony appoints new assistant manager
The Dallas Symphony Association names Robert H. Alexander to the newly created assistant manager post. Alexander previously held management roles with the Fort Worth Symphony.
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Dallas
Dallas Symphony Association
Robert H. Alexander
The
Fort Worth Symphony
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