USDA to ship half a million pounds cheese to Texas schools
USDA reports Texas schools will share over half a million pounds of process cheese in the next months as part of a 10 million pound program for school lunch breakfast and service institutions nationwide. The move supports child meals with four two ounce servings per child. The NCAA finals in Houston Astrodome March 25 27 will set attendance records with four games and a third place contest before the final. Preliminary NCAA games March 13 move to Hofheinz Pavilion with TCU vs Notre Dame and Houston vs New Mexico State advancing to regionals.
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U. S
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
USDA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Houston
Astrodome
Hofheinz Pavilion
University of Houston
TCU
Notre Dame
New Mexico State
Wacil McNair
Senate
Don Kennard
Fort Worth
Today In History March 4 1971 highlights across years
Chronology of notable events dated March 4 includes 1789 first U S Congress convening, 1681 Penn charter, 1791 Vermont statehood, 1829 Jackson inauguration riot, 1917 Rankin becomes first woman in Congress, 1943 Bismarck Sea victory, 1945 Soviet Baltic reach, visa easing ten years ago, Mississippi Alabama tornado toll rise, 57 aboard French submarine sinking off Riviera.
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Associated Press
U. S
Congress
Federal Hall
New York City
England
Charles II
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Vermont
White House
Andrew Jackson
Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Bismarck Sea
Baltic Sea
Germany
Pomerania
United States
Mississippi
Alabama
Mediterranean
Riviera
Weather Notes: Temperatures Rise Across Texas
Snyder reports a 7 am reading of 32 degrees with highs near 65 to 82 across regions. Tonight and Friday bring warmer conditions with varying lows and sunny to partly cloudy skies along the coast and west of the Pecos.
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Snyder
Texas
The
Pecos
Americans Kidnapped Near Ankara Demand $400000 Ransom
Four U.S. airmen were abducted by five armed Turks near an Ankara radar base. The terrorists seized their vehicle, tied the Turkish driver, and issued a ransom note threatening a firing squad if the money is not paid by Friday. The captives were identified to include Lt. Jimmie J. Sexton of San Angelo, Texas.
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Ankara
Turkey
U.S
Jimmie J. Sexton
San Angelo
Tex
Viet Nam peace talks marred by boycott and ransom incident
The Vietnamese peace talks were disrupted as chief Communist delegates boycotted a session accusing the United States of acts of war. In Ankara a ransom note from the Turkish People’s Liberation Army was read on a news agency, and Turkish police arrested a youth near the Russian Embassy amid a wave of attacks on U.S. forces in Turkey.
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Paris
Vietnam
Nixon
North Vietnam
United States
David K. E. Bruce
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
C. Larry J. Heavner
Denver
Colo
Richard Caracci
Stamford
Foreign Ministry
Ankara
Jimmy Ray Finley
Fort Worth
Tex
U.S
Turkey
Rail Talks Resume in Nationwide Railroad Dispute
Union negotiators agreed to return to talks at 4 p.m. after a brief break amid a long, tense wage and work rules dispute. UTU president Charles Luna said no strike is imminent, while W. J. Usery cautioned Congress could step in if needed.
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Washington
Charles Luna
United Transportation Union
Labor Department
Asst
Labor
W. J. Usery
Congress
Usery
UTU
Texas House OKs tax bill and tuition hike plan
Texas House members approved a $492.5 million tax bill and a measure to nearly double state college tuition for the average Texas resident, sending the package to the Senate for consideration.
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House
Fifteen Seek County School Posts in Filing Rush
Fifteen candidates filed for four county school board races including Helmleigh Ira and Fluvanna districts. Incumbents and holdover trustees named. some not seeking reelection. Scurry and other districts listed with precinct representatives and vacancies noted.
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Helmleigh Independent School District Board
Darwin Bollinger
Clyde W. Feaster
Jimmie Roemisch
Walter C Strl
Doyle Wemken
Donald Tate
T. C. Herrera
W. H. Coonrod
Jimmy Beck
Jackie Nachlinger
Forest Hess
Ira Independent School District Board
Bill Daves
Donnie Dunn
Manly Burrow
Harold Hester
Chris Sellars
Tommy Clements
Jake Autry
Buford Sterling
J. J. Hall
Billy Calley
Fluvanna Independent School District Board
Delbert Hataway
Jeff Martin
Gilbert Merritt
Royce Summers
Guy Turner
Holdover
K. D. Ball
W. S. Bruner
Bill Stansell
James Beaver
Clinton Gregory
Perry Echols
Marvin Hanson, Jr
Scurry County
Echols
Hanson
Blake Walker
Charlie Bley
Cecil Boren
Nixon proposes $2 billion for manpower under revenue sharing
President Nixon asks Congress for a one third rise in federal outlays to fight unemployment through manpower programs. The plan would spend $2 billion in the first full year of revenue sharing with funds allocated by the secretary of labor to high unemployment areas.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Secretary of Labor
White House
Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
Dallas Named All America City
Dallas earns All-America City title for citizen driven efforts under Goals for Dallas. Neighborhood meetings, Crossroads Community Center, police storefront centers, and the new regional airport are cited among city improvements. Port Arthur, Texas, received honorable mention.
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Dallas
National Municipal League
Look Magazine
Port Arthur
Tex
Crossroads
Snyder ISD Trustees Race Narrows to Six Nominees
Six candidates, three incumbents and three newcomers Bill Eiland Bill Starnes and Don Spink face election for Snyder Independent School District board seats. The poll date is April 3 with absentee voting March 10 to March 30 at the school administration building.
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Snyder Independent School District
Bill Eiland
Bill Starnes
Don Spink
Dan Cotton
William J. Schiebel
Kenneth Wilson
Weather Modification Initiative Near Big Spring
Thomas J. Henderson of Atmospherics Inc moves equipment and crews to the Colorado River Municipal Water District area. Operations to start after April 1 with full readiness by April 15, basing at Howard County Airport. Radar and seeding work will target Lake J. B. Thomas and Lake E. Spence watersheds to induce rain.
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Thomas J. Henderson
Atmospherics, Inc
Colorado River
Howard County
Big Spring
Henderson
Lynn- Dawson Line
Roscoe
Howard-Glasscock Line
Lake J. B. Thomas
Lake E. Spence
Plainview
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