Sugar Allocation Promises New Cash Crop for Valley
Washington announces a New Continental Cane Sugar Producing Area allocation of 25 700 acres in the Lower Rio Grande Valley with $28 8 million in investment including farms, factories, and transport gear. The move aims to lift a high unemployment region through job growth and rural development. Congress and the administration highlight bipartisan effort and long campaign culminating in the June 10 1971 passage of the enabling Sugar Act amendment.
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Washington, DC
Rio Grande Valley
Valley
Committee On Agriculture
House of Representatives
Congress
The Forest Fungus and Its Many Roles
Fungi enrich soil by decayed material and provide vitamins and medicines, notably penicillin. They lower fire risk by cleaning forest floor, but also destroy live trees, plants, and textiles. Mushrooms are the visible fungi, producing spores daily and spreading via water wind and animals.
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North Lake
Santa Ana
List of 19 Speeding and Drunk in Public Citations with Fees
The report lists individuals charged with speeding offenses with amounts ranging from 12.50 to 27.50 and several cases of drunk in public with fines 12.50 to 17.50. An odd final note mentions toadstools sprouting in your own yards.
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Joe Lawrence Metzger
Mary Todd Neely
Emma F. Finch
Anthony F. Hess
Patrick N. Nash
Richard E. Macomb
John H. Hare
Robert K. Warrington
Alejandro C. Torres
Ramon L. Perez
Ramiro E. Salazar
Robert T. Hawkins
David Vasquez, Jr
Wayne H. Frederick
John Wayne Allen
David R. Gutierrez
Raymond Woods
Michael J. Autin
Pedro Gonzalez
Highway Department Uncovers Texas Time Treasures
Texas Highway Department crews, since 1917, have located over 800 archaeological sites. UT Austin records more than 4,500 sites, including the Indian burial mound exhibit at Witte Memorial Museum, Inner Space Caverns near Georgetown, and an 80 million year old fish fossil in West Texas.
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Austin
Texas Highway Department
University of Texas Archaeological Research Laboratories
Highway Department
San Antonio
Inner Space
Georgetown
West
Texas
Department Uses Archaeology To Guide Highway Building
Texas Department of Transportation operates an archaeology unit formed in 1970 after the Antiquities Code was passed. Staff have surveyed over 4000 miles of right of way and excavated nine sites, including an Indian campsite near Austin and Civil War era finds in Marshall, with artifacts donated to nearby museums.
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Texas
Frank Weir Weir
Austin
West
Marshall
Weir
Texas State Library
Screwworm cases rise in Cameron County
The screwworm outbreak in the Lower Valley grows with 13 new cases reported in Cameron County since April 1, per County Agent Don Cowan. Farmers urged to check herds and submit vials to the Screwworm Labor Mission or San Benito office for confirmation to boost eradication efforts.
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Cameron County
Don Cowan
San Benito
Cowan
Past Matrons Have Barbecue
The Past Matron's Club of San Benito Chapter 565 OES and husbands attended a barbecue supper hosted by Mr. and Mrs. O Neal Bland Mr. and Mrs. Webb Deen and Mr. and Mrs. John Ridgway at the Bland home near Brownsville Twenty one were in attendance Grace was given by Kent Manning and a supper of barbecued chicken vegetables and desserts was served Mrs Wm Vondera president thanked the hosts and the hosts for the privilege and pleasure of meeting in their home An amusing entertainment invited members to share wedding dates and memories, provoking laughter The visit closed with a standing vote of thanks to the hosts.
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San Benito
Order of Eastern Star
O'Neal Bland
Webb Deen
John Ridgway
Bland
Brownsville
Grace
Kent Manning
Wm. Vondera
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Port Isabel
Kika
United Kingdom
U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service
Japan
Pacific
West Coast
West Germany
United States
U.S
Tokyo
London
Bonn
15Th Congressional District
Justice Department
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Bureau of Labor Statistics
South
Black & White
Cooksey’s
Merchants Marine
Service Bank
F.d.1.c
Wilson’s Super Market
Wilson
Borden’s
Golden Jersey
Tom Scott
Can
Wilson’s
Hunt’s
Maxwell House
Electra
Wilson's
Super
Kotex
Alee
Ea Fae
Ctly
Tan
AJAX
Wwson's
Pras
del Monte
del Monte Garden Peas
del Monte Catsup
Strickland
MED
Mama‘s
Shasta
Stretch 'Sete
Nestle’s
Kraft’s
Musselman’s Apple Sai
Heinz Sweet
India
Eyker
Lilly
Robin Hood
Wilsons
Imperial
Tuckers
Cottee
Admiration
Cottee Folgers
Cotte Folgers
Wilcan
Hamburger
Maryland Club
Sno Brite Rice
Pillsbury’s
Mama's
Shasta Alifi
Tee
Chorizo
Decker Franks
Chuck Roast
American Express
Soldere
WU le
Highway
Sam Houston
Corporation Court
Dyan Cannon
Nina Foch
Otto Preminger
Paramount
Majestic Theatre
Lois Gould
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
USDA
University of Texas
Harold Bold
UT Austin
Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation
Stephen Monti
Jean Holloway
Laredo
A&l
Kingsville
Texas A&l University
A&i
Everett Jones
West Texas
Bishop Jones
Europe
Lisbon
Portugal
Tagus River
Salazar
Christ the King
Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Henry the Navigator
Edward VII
Costa Do Sol
Riviera
Umberto
Italy
Paris
France
Estoril
Cascais
Reg. Meon
Conquistador Club
Sandy Retreat
S. Padre Island
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