Balmorhea Student is DAR Good Citizen
Balmorhea High School selects Miss Valyn da Farmer as the 1970 71 DAR Good Citizen chosen by students and faculty for dependability service leadership and patriotism. Daughter of Mr and Mrs S S Skidmore she played basketball four years and served in FHA and on the annual staff while engaging with Rainbow Girls Balmorhea Assembly 344 and ORG.
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Hea High School
Ensign Obadiah Trimmier
Daughters of the American Revolution
Pecos
Farmer
S. S. Skidmore
Toynhvale
Texas
FHA
Pecos Assembly
Order of Rainbow Girls
Balmorhea Assembly
Baimorhea Assembly
North Carolina
Grand Assembly of Texas
ORG
Thaxton Seeks Boost For Dominican Grain Sorghums
E L Thaxton with Texas A&M advises Dominican agronomists on grain sorghum production as local growers expand to meet poultry and livestock demand. The program operates under a U AID contract administered by A&M with Dr Jack Gray overseeing the Dominican project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominican Republic
Cuba
E. L. Thaxton
Texas A&m University
Texas
Thaxton
A&m University Agricultural Research Station
Pecos
U.S. Agency For International Development
AID
Republic
A&M’s Office of International Programs
Jack Gray
William C. Beach
Dominica Republic
Texas Weather Warm and Clear Across Most of State
Abnormally high temperatures and clear skies dominated Texas on Wednesday. Patchy fog lingered along the coast and in Southeast Texas, with dawn readings from the 30s in the Panhandle to near 70 in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Readings in the 80s were expected later, with fog persisting coastal sections into late morning.
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Associated Press
Texas
High Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
National Weather Service
Smith
Mustang Island Fight Goes On
Chairman Pearce Johnson of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission remains opposed to using federal funds to buy land for a Mustang Island state park. Gov. Preston Smith backs Johnson, while two commission members and a supporting legislature challenge the plan. The dispute centers on whether to use state park bonds and federal grants for the purchase. The issue was reviewed by the Texas Conservation Foundation, which backed Johnson, and Smith endorsed his stance after the foundation report.
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Johnson
Commission
Howard Lee
Smith
Texas Conservation Foundation
School Menu for Thursday December 3
The menu lists ham and potato casserole buttered spinach sliced tomatoes gingerbread with whipped topping hot rolls butter and milk. A second line warns that soreness in joints makes it safer to stay out of saloons.
White seeks El Paso to New Orleans route in national rail plan
Congressman Richard C. White urged the Dept of Transportation the Texas Railroad Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission to add an El Paso to New Orleans passenger route to the basic national rail system. The plan shows El Paso on a Los Angeles to Chicago network with Kansas City as a segment. White cites ICC hearings indicating strong demand east of El Paso and notes a 30 day comment period and pending final 1971 recommendations. He asks Gonzales Fisher Pickle and Eckhart to aid, with Gonzales and Fisher representing San Antonio and Pickle and Eckhart on the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee.
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White
el Paso
New Orleans
National
Richard C. White
Dept. of Transportation
Texas Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dept
Los Angeles
Chicago
Kansas City
Cong. White
Congress
Cong
Texas
Gonzales
Fisher
Pickle
Eckhart
San Antonio
Austin
Houston
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Condolence Gift From Kwajalein Golfers for Local Woman
Mrs. Margaret Crockett received a condolence letter from Global Associates Kwajalein Island Security Department and a $1500 memorial gift for her son Earnest Keaton, who died suddenly September 26 after falling ill in Los Angeles. Keaton was a police officer and Kwajalein Golfers Association member. services were held October 4 at CME Methodist Church.
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Margaret Crockett
Earnest Keaton
Security Department of Global Associates
Kwajalein Island
Keaton
Los Angeles
Earnest
Kwajalein
Edwin S. C. Chang
Chang
Agnew Arrives Quietly in Dallas for Media Meeting
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew touched down at Love Field and stayed at a hotel after a low key arrival for a media oriented visit. He planned a conference with Dallas Morning News and WFAA executives and defended President Nixon on auto wage issues while noting improving economic signs.
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Jim Brigance
Associated Press
Dallas, Tex
Spiro T. Agnew
Dallas
Dallas Morning News
WFAA
Love Field
Agnew
Nixon
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Depressions Are Man Made Warned by Rep Patman
Rep. Wright Patman urged that depressions are man made and that Americans must wake up to spiraling inflation. He told WFAA radio that Congress can prevent economic decline if it serves all people and resists privilege that could lead to dictatorship. He warned the depression would quickly threaten the nation's safety.
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Washington
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Congress
WFAA
Trash Fire in Alley Reported on South Eddy
Firemen answered a call at 7 47 p m yesterday to 1719 South Eddy where a trash fire in the alley was burning.
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South Eddy
Texas Governor Declares Hog Quarantine for Arkansas Game
Gov. Preston Smith issues a proclamation naming a special red hog quarantine zone across Texas for Saturday’s game with Arkansas. Red hogs are banned from running, passing or kicking within the zone under penalties. Texas names Darrell Royal, Bobby Wuensch, Bill Zapalac, and Scott Henderson as hog wardens for the Texas Animal Health Commission.
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Austin
Preston Smith
Texas
Arkansas
Out Of State Tuition Could Double For UT System
UT Regent John Peace says nonresident tuition may rise from 200 dollars per semester to 400 dollars per semester while resident rates stay about 50 dollars. About 4 000 nonresident students attend UT Austin among 39 000. The system seeks 70 to 90 million dollars in construction to present to the legislature.
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Texas
Regents
San Antonio
Peace
Texas College and University System
Ut- Austin
Navy Jet Crashes Near Kenedy Texas
A Navy TF9 Cougar trainer crashed in a pasture near Kenedy Texas killing its sole pilot. The jet, on a training mission from Chase Field NAS Beeville, scattered debris over a quarter mile and started a 400 yard brush fire. The crash occurred 6.5 miles south of town near a Baptist church, with a visible flash lasting over five miles. The pilot’s identity was not released.
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Kenedy
Tex
Here
Chase Field Naval Air Station
Beeville
Edwin Jaluska
Karnes County
Diphtheria Toll Rises in Santone San Antonio
Diphtheria cases in Santone reach 146 for the year after two more children, a 4 year old boy and a 7 year old girl, are confirmed victims. Officials report 16 cases for December and four for the week, with three deaths since January and a peak of 46 cases in August.
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San Antonio
Texas Projects Frozen Pending Funding Decision
Washington AP The Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation froze about 100 million for new dams flood control works and related projects pending a funding level decision. Texas projects include Corpus Christi Ship Channel 385000 Gulf Intra Coastal Waterway 200000 and San Gabriel River flood control 4 million.
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Washington
Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Congress
Nixon
Army Crops of Engineers
Texas
Corpus Christi Ship Channel
Gulf Intra- Coastal Waterway
San Gabriel River
Bentsen Calls Drug Abuse and Campus Unrest Top National Problems
Senator elect Lloyd Bentsen told 1,100 guests at a Dallas Chamber dinner that drug abuse and campus unrest are the nation’s top issues. He cited 50 percent of crime as drug related and urged funding to curb addicts. He also proposed college expulsions for external agitators and said he will open offices in the Texas mid cities area, Austin, and Houston.
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Dallas
U.S
Lloyd Bentsen
Chamber of Commerce
Bentsen
Midcities
Texas
Austin
Houston
Street repair crews shift focus after election cycle
After the election period, street repair crews return to neighborhood projects, resuming pothole fills, repaving, and utility trench repairs across the city. Crews report prioritizing high-traffic corridors and school routes while coordinating with utility work schedules.
Nominating Committee To Meet At Chamber Offices
The Nominating Committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday December 3 at 5 p.m. in the Directors Room of the Chamber Offices. Members include Win R Bickley president Elect and chairman J Robert Scott Mike Burkholder and Ben Matta.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Win
R. Bickley
J. Robert Scott
Mike Burkholder
Ben Matta
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Balmor
Dominican
Ben Pate
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Mustang Island
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