Texas farmers eye sorghum fuel plant in gasohol plan
Central Texas farmers sign a contract with GPI Inc to study a 4200 carload sorghum plant that would yield 20 million gallons of alcohol and food protein. Officials hope a Hutto area site, part of 25 planned farmer cooperative facilities, can advance within months.
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Central Texas
Kenneth Johnson
Hutto
Central Texas Gpi Cooperative, Inc
GPI, Inc
The
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
U. S
STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS Governor weighs salary raises for special session
Governor Bill Clements told the Texas Public Employees Association he would consider including a salary increase for workers in a promised special session to fight inflation. He also ruled out a presidential primary bill and suggested delaying the call until August or September 1980, moving the session timing.
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Lyndell Williams
Austin
Bill Clements
Capitol
Texas Public Employees Association
Clements
House
Bill Clayton
TPEA
Texas
Clayton
Clements and
Hobby
Bob Bullock
Texas Afl-Cio
Bullock
Stamford Swim Meet Results Highlight Young Swimmers
Weekend results from the Stamford Swim Meet list winners across multiple age groups. Standouts include Jim Ed Jones and Michael Elkins in 8 and under freestyle, Luke Gomez and Brett Mathews in 9 and 10 freestyle, with Bridget Griggs and Edie Howard taking top spots in girls events. Open girls freestyle and backstroke lead by Bridget Griggs and Janice Buckley. And 11 to 12 events crown Felipe Gomez and Russell Plumlee in multiple strokes.
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Stamford
Jim Ed Jones
Michael Elkins
Michael Stoddard
Luke Gomez
Brett Mathews
Dave Merrell
Anson
Paige Griggs
Edie Howard
Bridget Griggs
Jennifer Latham
Lupe Gomez
Russell Plumlee
Felipe Gomez
Mark Denson
Tracy Simpson
Shawn Lindsay
Area game warden reports wildlife rise in Haskell and Stonewall
Texas game warden Alton Chapman says wildlife variety grows in Haskell and Stonewall counties. Pheasants stocked last October are thriving. cooperation between landowners and hunters supports the birds. Chapman, in area one year, says yellow catfish up to 74 pounds are being caught. He urges reporting game fish and water safety violations to 817 864 3027 or local police. SUITS FILED. Puritan Life Insurance Co. v Larry Armentrout. Will Ribera Jr. v Verna Jo Thompson. Farmers and Merchants Nat Bank of Hamlin v Edwin W Wheat Jr.
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Haskell
Stonewall
Alton Chapman
Texas
Chapman
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
P&wd
Game Warden Academy
Puritan Life Insurance Co
Larry Armentrout
Will Ribera Jr
Verna Jo Thompson
Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Hamlin
Edwin W. Wheat Jr
Stamford Texas adopts dog pound fees emergency ordinance
Ordinance 526 updates city code article II Dogs and sets dog pound charges. Releasing a claimed animal costs 5 dollars. daily care 3 dollars per animal. Fees exempt for disposal on owner request or for strays. Emergency clause declares immediate effect. passed August 20 1979. Mayor Martin Blackburn. City Secretary Olive Cassady.
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Stamford
Texas
City OF
Stam
Ford Martin Blackburn
Pioneers Parade And Local School News Summary
Kindergarten registration opened with at least 20 children signed up and about 30 expected. Penneye Scott of Anson won the Jones County Cotton Queen at the fair Friday night. Soil Testing Week will be observed in Jones County September 2 to 23. James Richards, art student at Texas Tech, builds a 1500 pound concrete ball for Bovina. James C. Howard remains in critical condition after a 15 foot fall in a Lubbock apartment. J B Tabors, 63, Stamford carpenter, dies in a two car accident on Highway 277 near Weinert. Aspermont FFA Rodeo scheduled for Sept 6 with two performances. Labor Day holiday observed by Stamford merchants, schools, and public offices. Stamford Lions Club donates $120 to the community kindergarten.
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Stamford American
Penneye Scott
Anson
Jones County
Bovina
James C. Howard
Ervin Walker
Lubbock
J B Tabors
Stamford Carpenter
Stamford
The
Stamford Lion's Club
James Lester Smith
Snyder
Snyder Hospital
Stamford High School
Stamford High Schol
Carl Belt
Baylor University
Waco
Pioneers On Parade and Local Happenings in Stamford
A Stamford roundup notes a high school homecoming date set for October 23 with the Anson Bulldogs in a two day event, rising senior registrants from 299 toward 360, and a new English teacher Carl Belt. Nearby firemen extinguished a grass fire near the Gulf warehouse. Marriage licenses are listed for several local couples. The West Texas Fair awarded $19,821 and Red Cross reports swimming cards issued.
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Avoca
Gulf
South McMillan
Sagerton
West Texas Fair
Abilene
Red Cross
Tycho Brahe Lost Nose In Duel Replaced By Gold Tip
In a centuries old dispute over mathematics Tycho Brahe engaged in a duel and suffered a saber strike that cost the tip of his nose. He later wore a prosthetic gold tip to replace the missing portion.
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Tycho Brahe
Predictions and Zoos in Washington Letters to the Editor
A reader mocks Washington experts and predicts inflation. The piece notes a Joint Economic Committee forecast of 6.2 percent and parodies futures of zoo animals predicting earthquakes. It lampoons oil company audits and refunds. A European reformer willed her estate to a niece with a quirky requirement.
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Washington
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
J.A
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Douglass McCleod
Galveston
Len A. R Schwartz
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By Ace Reid
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Buffalo Gap
Texas Tech
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Weinert
Aspermont
FFA
Oliver Dee Cory
Thelma
Irene Cory
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Ruth Marie Westerman
James Alvin MecCullar
Mary Ellen Schmidt
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Jamie Lynn Branch
Hamlin
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