Business profits and public needs interdependent
Editorial argues that American business profits fund government services and sustain jobs. It cites Penn Central and Lockheed crises, airline industry losses, and profits among smaller carriers, urging realistic reform and better public information while warning against overbearing government rescues that burden taxpayers and risk jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Central
Lockheed
United American Twa
Eastern
Pan American
Continental
Delta
Robert F. Six
Senate
Six
Jerome W. Hull
Pacific Telephone
Hull
Air-Conditioned Stalls Boost Milk Output for Cows
Louisiana State University researchers find full barn cooling raises output by 30 percent but costs too much. Partial cooling by inserting cows heads and necks into an air conditioned area increases production by 20 percent during summer months, leaving the rest of the cow in uncooled rear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana State University
Ossie
Alas
Boyle's Column recalls odds and oddities from daily life
HAL Boyle surveys common sense curiosities from office colds to car travel habits and historic quirks. He notes infection rates, travel patterns, a Venice decree on color, debris at the Washington Monument, and a quip on principles by John Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Canals
Venice
Washington Monument
John Dewey
Texas water plan faces fierce politics and personalities
In the fifth of six AP reports, Texas leaders clash over the water plan. Gov. Preston Smith’s effort to secure in state resources faces factionalism, agency rivalries, and calls for unity across West and East Texas as officials debate import versus develop domestically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Texas
Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Austin
Preston Smith
Texas
Lubbock
George McCleskey
Texas Water Promotion Organization
Texas Water Plan
Texas Water
Gerald Ivy
Water, Inc
West Texas
Ivy
Texas Water Development Board
Smith
Marvin Shurbet
The
Water Board
Joe Carter
Texas Water Commission
Shurbet
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Fort Worth
East Texas
Mississippi River
Mississippi
John Conally
Reclamation Bureau
Army Engineers
High Plains
Sharbet
Tom McFarland
Jack Fickessen
Fickessen
Jack
Paul Eggers
United States
Joe J. Bernal
San Antonio
State Building Commission
Atty
Crawford C. Martin
Martin
Grayson County
Anthony Independent School
New Mexico
Woman’s Club of
Houston
Barbs on a suggestion box and other oddities
A compact, humorous column mocks a suggestion box near the incinerator and riffs on public fuss over mishaps. It jests about flattery and the idea of finding pure water amid pollution concerns, noting a local oasis as a booze stop. It closes with a cleaver quip on downhill sports like skiing.
Texas ranked 38th in state legislative strength study
A 14 month nationwide study by the Citizens Conference on State Legislatures ranks Texas 38th among states. It calls for annual legislative sessions, reduces lieutenant governor powers, and sets 15 standing committees per chamber. The report also urges a joint House Senate hearing process to save time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford Austin
Tex
Citizens Conference On State Legislatures
Texas
Senate
CCSL
House
House-Senate
California
New York
Illinois
Florida
Wisconsin
Iowa
Hawaii
Michigan
Nebraska
Minnesota
Texas Automobile Insurance Service Office
State Insurance Board
TAISO
Insurance Industry
Austin
Dallas
Houston
Insurance Board
Smith
Ben Barnes
Barnes
Omnibus Clearing Fund
House Revenue and Tax Committee
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Pegos Enterprise
Bob Moore
Orb Rowden
Bonnie Dearley
South Cedar Street
Pecos
Cool Cow Hot
Boyle
Neo
American Cancer Society
Corpus Bock
McCleskey
Plains
John Simmons
Simmons
Orange
Sabine River Authority
McFarland
BY Phil Pastoret
Texas Supreme Court
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Runnels
Supreme Court
Jack R. Stone
Wells
L.P
Pete) Gilvin
Amarillo
State Parks and Wildlife Commission
Gilvin
Clyde Whiteside
Seymour
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Jack Ross
Whiteside
William H. Heatly
Paducah
Young Heatly
William S. Heatly
House of Representatives Appropriations Committee
Lealand W. Greene
Snyder
132Nd
Tommie J. Mills
Secretary of Agriculture
Texas State Department of Health
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