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State opens path to Veterans Land loan resumption
The Veterans Land Board sold 45 million dollars in bonds on Tuesday signaling possible reopenings of the loan program by fall. Land Commissioner Bob Armstrong said the sale would fund veterans loans backlog but stressed it does not guarantee immediate reopening after a halt in December 1975. Crime in Texas rose 14.7 percent in 1974 with sharp gains in populous rural areas near major cities. DPS Director Col Wilson E Speir reported rises in murder and homicides 2.8 percent, rapes 2.1 percent, burglaries 13 percent, thefts 20.2 percent, and auto thefts 2.6 percent.
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