Red Bluff Dam Project Moves Through Texas Route
The Red Bluff water district forms as a tentative cement bid is sought for 75 000 sacks. Judge Starley reports cost estimates from 7 million to 3.5 million with bids suggesting 2.6 million and possible hydroelectric financing. Sullivan and Gray go to Washington to push RFC, PWA steps in, and by Oct 10 1933 a 2.6 million PWA loan with 30 percent grant is approved.
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Red Bluff Dam
S.J. Grove and Sons
Starley
Austin
New Mexico
Red Bluff Association
Allred
Texas Senate
Red Bluff
Water District
House
Miriam Ferguson
J.E. Starley
Reclamation Department
Vernon Sullivan
RFC
Sullivan
Gray
Washington
Judge Starley
Gray and
Public Works Administration
Texas
Texas Public Works
Lawrence Westbrook
Texas Relief and Rehabilitation Commission
PWA
Regan
Texas Board
Federal Power Commission
Pecos Enterprise
Editorial on cults and youth control in modern America
The piece argues that cults tied to primitive religious thinking exert near total influence over young adherents. It cites deprogrammers in San Diego and cases where followers accept extreme harms under leaders claiming divine ordination. It compares cult dynamics to Manson era violence and notes related Jesus freak movements.
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United States
San Diego
Hamelin
Public distrust on the increase by Bruce Biossat
Washington columnist Bruce Biossat argues that American distrust of government is rising due to perceived unfairness and ineffective policy. He cites Michigan findings linking distrust to discontent with policy, not just integrity, highlighting rising concerns over equality, war, inflation, and other societal issues.
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University of Michigan
Michigan
Center For Political Studies
Cape Kennedy name change back to Cape Canaveral sought
The Interagency Board on Geographic Names will meet in Washington on October 9 to review 50 to 60 name changes including a proposal to restore Cape Canaveral as the original name for the cape. If approved the space facility bearing Cape Kennedy will keep its name. Florida officials and lawmakers pressed for restoration since 1963 after Kennedy's assassination spurred the honorary designation. Citizens may comment to Lester F Dingman in Washington before the meeting.
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Governments Interagency Board On Geographic Names
Washington
Cape Kennedy
Cape Canaveral
John F. Kennedy
Cape
Florida
Lester F Dingman
Domestic Geographic Names
M Street N.W
Washington, D.C
Pecos Enterprise reads Buckner News Alliance banner
The Pecos Enterprise announces its affiliation with Buckner News Alliance under editor Paul O'Ferrall, continuing decades of local reporting since 1887. The note highlights the publisher's leadership and regional newspaper lineage.
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Buckner News Alliance
This Day In History September 28 1973
On this date many world events are noted from 1924 to recent years. Highlights include the first round the world flight completed in Seattle after 175 days. Other items cover historical battles, political events, and notable birthdays like Avery Brundage and William Paley.
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Associated Press
U.S. Army
Seattle
Wash
Athens
Yorktown Heights
Virginia
Congress
Oregon
California
Germany
Soviet Union
Poland
Boyle's Column at 30 Years in the Press
HAL BOYLE reflects on three decades of column writing, noting over 7,600 columns and about four million words. He jokes about his limited impact on humanity while praising defenses of motherhood, warnings about poisonous snakes, and support for women's cigars in public, then lists personal tolls and a softened view of the world.
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Hal Boyle
New York
William Shakespeare
Belittle
Colum
Hell
Ice Age ice sheets covered one tenth of Earth
During the Ice Age the greatest ice advance covered about 19.6 million square miles, or one tenth of the earth. Today ice sheets cover roughly 6 million square miles, outlining a dramatic retreat in global ice.
Chamber letter urges open lines in Pecos chamber
A Pecos chamber letter stresses the need for clear upward downward and horizontal communication among members and the public. It outlines current media coverage via KIM radio and the Pecos Enterprise and proposes a monthly newsletter to comprehensively report community activity and credit contributors. It invites volunteers to join and receive the newsletter.
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Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Kim
Pecos Enterprise
TV image versus real governance in LBJ era discussed
Austin press secretary Bob Hardesty told the Austin Advertising Club that television image misleads voters and that voters should judge officials by merit, not style. He defended LBJ against claims of deviousness and described the era as shaped by illusion and reality in politics. Sam Houston Johnson says LBJ was tricked into quitting to seek peace, arguing it shortened his brother Lyndon’s life.
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Austin
Tex
Bob Hardesty
Dolph Briscoe
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hardesty
Austin Advertising Club
LBJ
Vietnam
Briscoe
UPI
Sam Houston Johnson
Sam Johnson
Lyndon
White House
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Austria
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China
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International Olympics Committee
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