Drought-Stricken Texas Cattlemen Get Hay Planting Permission
Washington AP reports Texas ranchers with drought tied feed shortages granted permission to plant and harvest hay on set-aside acreage. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen criticizes ASCS rules harming ranchers who must feed cactus to cattle. Plus, Dole leads filibuster in labor law talks and Kolwezi refugees face starvation as French forces report dead city conditions in Shaba.
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Washington
Texas
Lloyd Bentsen
Bob Dole
Senate
Kinshasa
Zaire
Kolwezi
Shaba
Zambia
Yves Gras
Regulators End Ban on Eye Care Price Ads
Federal regulators move to abolish state bans on price advertising by ophthalmologists optometrists and opticians claiming it will lower eyeglasses and contact lens costs. In Texas the Railroad Commission weighs the LaVaca settlement with requested changes urged by Attorney General John Hill.
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Washington
U.S
Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
John Hill
Vocational Courses Tie to Job Openings at WTC
A SDN Column notes Western Texas College offers vocational technical courses aligned with fields listed in a magazine piece on where the jobs are. It highlights that many openings go to trained graduates from two-year colleges, including upcoming fall carpentry at WTC, with other fields such as secretaries bookkeepers nurses mechanics and welders already represented.
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Aline Parks
Western Texas College
WTC
Poerner Seeks Runoff Victory Over Sadler In Texas Rail Commission Race
John Poerner says he has a good chance to defeat Jerry Sadler in the June 3 runoff for a Texas Railroad Commission seat. Poerner, who placed second in the May 6 general election, criticizes Sadler for not fully disclosing his candidacy. He argues Texas must lead energy policy nationally and cites the state’s 40 percent share of U.S. energy production.
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John Poerner
Jerry Sadler
Texas Railroad Commission
Winston Field
Rufus Ramsey
Lamesa
Big Spring
SDN
Poerner
Sadler
Texas
Special Events For Seniors Snyder Public Schools Final Week
Snyder Public Schools move into the final week of the 1977 78 term as high school seniors begin final exams. The graduation program is set for Friday at the Scurry County Coliseum with Rev. Glenn Border as commencement speaker. A steak supper honors the seniors, followed by a night of events including a post graduation dance, a midnight movie, and a dawn breakfast at the First Baptist.
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Scurry County Coliseum
Glenn Border
Calvary Baptist Church
Towle Memorial Park
Public Records Publication Question Rights and Newspaper Service
A reader asks if law requires public records to be published in a newspaper. The answer notes no law requiring publication. newspapers offer public records as a service readers highly appreciate, and courthouse access remains an option for those seeking records.
Tax Reappraisals Upheld By Court In Texas
The Texas Supreme Court upheld rotating property revaluation across city zones as constitutional. The ruling affirmed trial and appeals court decisions, noting uniformity in taxation is not perfectly achievable. Plaintiffs charged arbitrary revaluations. defendants argued good faith and annual phased reassessment.
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Texas
Lubbock
Eastland Appeals Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Appeals Court
Supreme Court
Eastland
Market Slump Deepens as Dow Dives at Noon
New York stocks extended losses after Tuesday’s sharp drop with the Dow Jones industrial average sliding 8.32 points to 836.97 by noon. The breadth was negative, losers outnumbering gainers more than six to one on the NYSE as traders reassessed spring gains.
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New York
Weather summary for Snyder and West Texas
Clear weather dominates Snyder with highs near 89, lows around 64, and a morning reading of 69. West Texas experiences windy north conditions today and Thursday with scattered thunderstorms, some possibly severe in the north tonight. Highs reach upper 80s north and mountains and near 102 in the Big Bend. lows drop to the 60s, with Big Bend near 70.
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Snyder
West Texas
Big Bend
CRMWD Moves To Protect Supplies In Texas District
The Colorado River Municipal Water District, at a Big Spring meeting, warns Texas Electric Service Co. it may need all Ward County production for municipal customers next year due to low reservoir inflows. If runoff increases at Lake J.B. Thomas or Lake E.V. Spence, the notice may be removed. Directors ratified a transfer of the Contingency Improvement Fund to Big Spring National Bank, approved amendments to the Employee Pension Trust, and endorsed a $150,000 fund use to prepare a permit application to impound a reservoir at Stacy site on the Colorado River. The Texas Water Commission set June 7 for the permit hearing. New board member Charles Perry, Odessa, attended.
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Colorado River Municipal Water District
Texas Electric Service Company
Big Spring
J.B. Thomas
E.V. Spence
Contingency Improvement Fund
First National Bank In
Fort Worth
Stacy
Colorado River
Texas Water Commission
O.H. Ivie
Charles Perry
Odessa
Man Holed Up In Motel Surrenders
Irving police and FBI resolved an eight hour standoff with Norbert Lynn Young a Hereford Texas jail escapee and parole violator who hid in a La Quinta Inn room with his wife and 2 year old son. No shots were fired. Young surrendered after his attorney flew in from Amarillo.
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Irving
New Mexico
FBI
Amarillo
Norbert Lynn Young
Hereford
Texas
Taos
N.M
la Quinta Inn
Texas Stadium
Dallas-Fort Worth
U.S. 183
Deaf Smith County
Dallas
Travis McPherson
Young
United States
Bill Brantley
Charles Fairweather
Aerioha Brantley
Amputation during bridge collapse tragedy near Monongahela
Ralph Winner, 48, trapped on a 126 foot high Monongahela River bridge, had his right leg amputated on a narrow beam by surgeon Dr Ronald Stewart after a three hour rescue. The incident occurred while demolition work and explosive placement were underway as river traffic halted and about 200 onlookers watched.
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Jim McKay
Associated Press
Pittsburgh (Ap
Ralph Winner
Monongahela River
Ronald Stewart
Polyterian University Hospital
Winner
Joseph Young
Glenn Cannon
North Hills
Eyes
Martin's Explosive Corp
Anchorage
Alaska
Presbyterian Hospital
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Dole
TRC
John Erickson
Texas Panhandle
Erickson
Perryton
The
Panhandle
Bill Ellzey
Shoal Creek Publishers, Inc
Elizey
Wacil McNair
Snyder Public Schools
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
James A. Hunt
Horrace Bostick
First Baptist Church
CRMWD
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