Briscoe Proclaims Defensive Driving Week in Texas
Governor Dolph Briscoe proclaims April 7 through April 14 as Defensive Driving Week to promote safer driving. Texas Safety Association officials cite driver error as 85 percent of crashes and note rapid DDC growth with 70 000 graduates and 1 000 new drivers daily. Information available from TSA, P O Box 3138, Austin, Texas 78767.
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Delph Briscoe
Texas
Briscoe
Robert K. Millen
Righi
Stee
Texas Safety Assocation
Valle
Lloyd FP. Palner
Pes. Safety Association
Austin
Dolph Briscoe
Robert F. Miller
Texas Safety Association
Miller
DDC
State Board of Insurance
T.S.A
P. O
Butz lowers idle feed grain share to 10 percent option
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz announced a change in the 1973 feed grain program reducing the idle allotment from 25 percent to 10 percent for those who signed up under the full set aside option. The move aims to ease a looming agricultural supply shortage this year and could add 13.5 million acres to plantings, with 2.5–3.5 million more acres of corn and at least 500,000 more of soybeans.
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Washington
Earl L. Buzz Monday
Texas urged to upgrade jails to avoid federal action
Dr. Charles Freil of Sam Houston State University told a House sub committee that Texas must upgrade its jail system or face federal court orders. A bill to form a State Commission on Jail Standards passed the subcommittee, with powers to set minimum standards and relocate prisoners at county expense for noncompliant jails.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Charles Freil
Sam Houston State University
Freil
House
Dallas
Lindsey Rodriguez
Dhidalgo
Hidalgo
Rodriguez
Frank Lombardino
San Antonio
Reeves County Bonds Hit 16 Percent of Goal
Archie B. Scott, chairman of the Reeves County Savings Bonds Committee, reports February sales of Series E and H U S Bonds at $17,714 and two month sales at $28,951, reaching 16 percent of the 1973 goal. Texas sales in February totaled $21,221,162, up 10 percent from 1972, with first two months at $45,148,051, or 21 percent of the yearly $216.6 million target.
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Archie B. Scott
Reeves County Savings Bonds Committee
United States
Texas
Pecos Enterprise Address and Subscription Rates Info
The Pecos Enterprise lists address and mailing details for subscriptions. It notes publication schedule, mailing permit, and rates for Reeves County and other mail, with prices for six months and one year.
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Pecos Enterprise, Inc
S. Cedar St
Pecos
Texas
P.O
Reeves County
Permian Basin Law Enforcement Academy Offers 40 Hour In-Service
The Odessa Police Department hosts a 40 hour in service school for law enforcement officers on April 2 6. The Police Management course covers in service training efficient operation and supervision of department members. Instructors are FBI agents from Washington DC funded by a Criminal Justice Training Grant from the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission.
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Permian Basin Law Enforcement Academy
Odessa Police Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D. C
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission
School Menu for Week of April 26 1973
The Monday to Friday menu lists Chile mac with cheese and sides, Tuesday features chicken fried steak with gravy and baked tomato casserole, Wednesday serves BBQ on a bun with fries and spinach, Thursday is manager's choice, and Friday offers tuna and egg salad sandwiches with chips and fruit.
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Managers Choice
Curfew Bell At Christ Church Strikes 101 Times
One of Oxford University’s famed curfew bells, Great Tom, tolls from Christ Church tower nightly at five minutes past nine. The bell rings 101 times, marking the hour.
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Christ Church
Oxford University
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