Renewal of license plates and TAP promote Texas beef
The SDN Column notes renewed auto license plate applications may be mailed with fees and extra postage for mailed tags. It also covers the Texas Department of Agriculture launching its TAP program for Texas Agricultural Products, promoting grain fed beef and Taste of Texas dinners in cities like Tokyo and London, suggesting a potential Scurry County banquet idea.
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Texas Highway Dept
Highway Dept
Austin
Texas Department of Agriculture
Texas Agricultural Products
Department
Texas
Texas Agriculture Dept
Taste of Texas
Tokyo
London
Scurry
Today in History highlights from January seventh years past
On this date in 1953 Truman announced the hydrogen bomb development. In 1789 the first U S presidential election was held. 1800 Millard Fillmore born in Cayuga County New York. 1927 radio telephone service linked New York and London. 1931 unemployment up to five million Americans. 1938 Joseph P Kennedy named ambassador to Britain. 1965 Indonesia withdraws from the United Nations. Casablanca meeting of five African nations formed defense alliance.
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Associated Press
Harry S. Truman
United States
U.S
Millard Fillmore
Cayuga County
New York
London
Herbert Hoover
Joseph P. Kennedy
Britain
Indonesia
Sukarno
United Nations
Casablanca
Morocco
Ghana
Guinea
Egypt
Mali
Cairo
Weather notes across Texas warn of cold and snow
The report outlines cold temperatures from 5 to 22 degrees across regions including Northwest and Northeast Texas with highs ranging from the mid 30s to mid 40s. Travelers face hazardous driving in central and south portions due to light snow and freezing rain.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
el Paso
Guadalupe Mountains
Panhandle
Dalhart
Louisiana
Palacios
Lafayette
Lufkin
Gulf
Galveston
Massive 10 hour ammo dump blast hits Qui Nhon Vietnam
A long blast sequence at Qui Nhon destroyed more than a third of a large allied ammo stockpile on the central coast killing three South Korean workers and injuring seven Americans and nine Koreans. Field reports say 15,000 tons of ammunition were stored there.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Dum
Qui Nhon
Gov Preston Smith Hospitalized For Stomach Ulcer
Gov. Preston Smith was taken to a hospital in Austin early today with acute stomach pain from a suspected ulcer. An aide said he is resting easy and Doctors report good blood counts with no hemorrhaging. The inauguration schedule was not postponed, but several events were canceled.
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Austin
Preston Smith
Governors Office
Smith
Elmer Baum
Democratic
Freezing Rain Halts Texas Traffic Snow Plus Cold Snaps Across State
Freezing rain and snow slowed travel across Southeast Texas and beyond. Beauxmont patrolman injured after skidding 25 feet on a bridge. Bridges iced on Interstates 10 and the Neches River span. Ice reached McAllen and Brownsville while Dalhart reported minus five. Weather warnings and salt and sand efforts noted statewide.
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Associated Press
Texas
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Orange Triangle
Neches River
Orange
Highway Department
Henderson
National Weather Service
Greenville
Texarkana
Tyler
Corsicana
Campaign To Boost Cowboys in Super Bowl Support Drive
Snyder Jaycees launch a signature campaign to back the Dallas Cowboys in the January 17 Super Bowl. Jimmy McFarland heads the effort seeking 6,000 local signatures to send a message of encouragement to the NFL champions in Fort Lauderdale Florida. Verne Lundquist and the Cowboys office back the plan with hopes to expand statewide.
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Dallas Cowboys
Snyder Jaycees
Jimmy McFarland
NFL
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
McFarland
Texas
Lundquist
Snyder
Florida
District Attorney Mills resigns from 132nd District
Governor Preston Smith accepts the resignation of Tommie J. Mills as district attorney for Texas 132nd Judicial District effective January 1 1971. Mills, a Brownwood native and UT Law School graduate, cited personal reasons and may not specify a successor. He served after Wayland Holt moved to district judge and won election in November.
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Tommie J. Mills
132Nd Judicial District of Texas
Preston Smith
Smith
Mills
Wayland Holt
132Nd Judicial District
Brownwood
U. S. Air Force
University of Texas Law School
Hemphill and Mills
Jarring Flies to Jerusalem to push Mid East talks
Special envoy Gunnar V Jarring travels to Jerusalem to press restarted negotiations with Israel Egypt and Jordan. He shifts to meet Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban after preliminary talks at the UN headquarters stalled. Western diplomats expect brief talks and a rapid resumption in two or three days.
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United Nations, N.Y
Gunnar V. Jarring
Jerusalem
Middle East
U.N
Abba Eban
Jarring
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Yosef Tekoah
Eban
Cyprus
Ebhan
United States
Britain
France
REAP To Replace ACP In New Rural Assistance Program
The Nixon administration outlines REAP as the Rural Environmental Assistance Program replacing the 34 year old ACP. It finances part of soil and water conservation on farms with a shift toward long term, community wide practices. The 1971 appropriation is $195.5 million though exact spending by the Agriculture Department is not yet known.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
Agriculture Department
REAP
Department
Nixon
Congress
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