Welfare cuts loom for AFDC beneficiaries in Texas
Welfare Commissioner Hackney announced a May 1 reduction in AFDC grants from about 118 to 80 dollars monthly and a loss of roughly 4 500 families from aid. The plan caps aid under a constitutional limit while a proposed amendment to raise the aid ceiling faces a May 18 vote.
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Austin - Welfare
Burton G. Hackney
Board of Public Welfare
Hackney
PWD
Texas
AFDC
Texas Citizens For Welfare Reform
Senate
Lily Day Chairman Bob Lilly Leads Texas Fund Drive
Cowboys defensive tackle Bob Lilly will chair the 1971 High School Football Boys Lily Day for Crippled Children to raise funds for the Easter Seal Society. March 27 event mobilizes thousands of players and donations support treatment and services for physically handicapped children in Texas.
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Lily Day
Bob Lilly
Little Lonnie Moody
Grand Prairie
Dallas
Easter Seal Society
Texas
Lilly
Throckmorton
Texas Christian University
Cowboys
Texas Easter Seal Society
Westchester High School
Houston
Mineral Wells High School
Mineral Wells
Jacksboro High School
Jacksboro
Three Rivers High School
Three Rivers
Meridian High School
Meridian
Kirby High School
Future Homemakers of America
Woodville
Dr. Pepper Bottlers of
CP&L gains record new customers and plans large growth
Central Power and Light Co reports 1970 added 7 671 customers the most in 15 years and 52 million spent on new service facilities in South Texas. Hurricane Celia cost over 7 million in revenue and repairs while 1970 sales rose five percent to 7.6 billion kWh and revenues 110.6 million. Taxes topped expenses at 23.3 million.
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Alcoholic Beverage Commission
ABC
Tom Gordon
Abilene
Gordon
Commission
Preston Smith
Walter M. Mischer
Houston
Fred W. Shield
San Antonio
Albany
Smith
Alice
South
Texas
John C. White
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Amarillo
Bowie County
Senate
House
Central Power & Light Co
Cp&l
South Texas
Barney M. Davis
CPL
Davis
Corpus Christi
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Fee Tet RD
Joe Christie
el Paso
L. DeWitt Hale
Hale
Ben Barnes
Barnes
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas Water Quality Board
Crawford Martin
Martin
Galveston County
Highway Department
Ward
Monahans
Community Action Council
Beeville
Bee County College
San Benito
Port Isabel
la Feria News
C. . Ancher
J. H. Dodson
J. W. Spradley
SAVE
the Valley
RIO Grande Building & Loan Assn
E. Harrison
Harlingen, Texas
ARS
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