National Farm Safety Week highlights prevention amid drought
Gov Dolph Briscoe designated National Farm Safety Week in Texas to stress that good management reduces farm accidents. 1977 saw 181 farm fatalities and 10,000 disabling injuries across 110 counties, with firearms and tractors the leading causes. The theme urges written action plans, hazard checks, and strict adherence to safe work procedures to cut injuries and losses.
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Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Jones County
Bowie
Harrison
Anderson
Houston
Austin
Austin tax cut bills advance in split legislature
In a first floor action during the special session, the Texas House and Senate advanced tax relief bills with each chamber approving its version. The measures would reduce sales taxes on home energy, raise inheritance tax exemptions, and vary by chamber on local tax options. Senate plans estimate $485 million in savings, House plans about $530 million, with inflation provisions pushing exemption levels higher in 1989.
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Lyndell Williams Austin
House
Senate
Dolph Briscoe
Hospital Notes and Courts News Summary
Hospital notes list patients across several towns including Hamlin, Avoca, Lueders, Albany, Roanoke, Anson, and Canadian. surgical cases noted and two births recorded in July. Courts news covers Third Court of Civil Appeals limits on state agency suits, new trial for capital murder, Supreme Court actions on a Nazi bounty message, tax ruling on bank profits, and political fundraising efforts.
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Third Court of Civil Appeals
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
John Whitmore
Texas Supreme Court
Houston
Supreme Court Third Court of Civil Appeals
Bob Bullock
Steve Oaks
Senate
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Texas Public Utility Commission
U.S
Monsanto Chemical Intermediates Company
Chocolate Bayou
Kaspar Wire Works Inc
Shiner
Bruton Manufacturing Company
Lamesa
Levi Strauss and Company
San Benito
National Education Association
Hamlin City-Wide Tennis Tournament Set for July 22 23
Hamlin Board of Community Development sponsors a city wide tennis event with 16 and under and 17 and older divisions. Entry is 2.50 or 5 per couple. Play begins Saturday morning for youths and Saturday afternoon for adults, with all mixed doubles Sunday. Contact Sonja Mee Millan at 576 3501 at the BCD office.
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Hamlin Board of Community Development
Sonja MeeMillan
BCD
Pioneers on Parade and Local Fire Prevention Talk
Stamford records show 1967 cotton production at 411 855 bales from Rolling Plains counties, as 4 000 Texas FFA attend the 40th state convention in Lubbock. Bill Lawson presented fire prevention at Avoca Home Making Dept. Harriette Martin dominated the Quarter Horse show youth division. Capt Fredrick E Claussen earned the Air Force Commendation Medal at Sheppard AFB. Lee R Hammond received the Army Commendation Medal near Long Binh, Vietnam.
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Stamford American
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Rolling Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
FFA
Lubbock
Bill Lawson
Stamford Fire Department
Avoca
Harriette Martin
Aspermont
U. S. Air Force
Fredrick E. Claussen
Otto J Claussen
Lincoln
Neb
Sheppard Afb
Texas
A. K Koeck
Army Staff
Lee R Hammond
Willie Hammond
Wabash Ave
Odessa
Mth
Long Binh
Vietnam
Pioneers on Parade and Stamford News Highlights
Local girls at a Colorado camp are mentioned along with several Stamford items. W T Stovall becomes president of the Stamford Exchange Club, succeeding Herman Cox. Martha Hudson and Jerry Ann Baize will be counselors at Camp Wa Na Ka in Colorado for a month. Wayne Bohannan and wife retire from the Air Force after 24 years and move to Stamford. They plan to relocate from Abilene to 502 East Moran. Bohannan’s service spans Montana, Korea, Georgia, Florida, Panama Canal Zone, California, Vietnam, Iceland, Japan, Taiwan and Thailand. Max Moudy reports a 23-pound catfish catch after a 35-minute fight. Westerguard family reunion held July 12-13 at the Stamford Bunkhouse. Licensed Vocational Nurses Association of Jones County met at Anson Park for a picnic with ice cream. Craig Norman, age 5, saved from water by his brother and cousin who earned lifesaving awards at Boy Scout Camp. Jeffrey Wofford named as one of two Texas boys to play in the National FFA Band in Kansas City October 13-16.
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Wayne Bohannan
Stamford
East Moran
Abilene
Air Force
Dyess Afb
Stamford High School
Bohannan
Shirley Wyatt
J.T Wyatt
Bohannins
Rickey
David
Steven
Rock Springs
Wye
Montana
Korea
Georgia
Florida
Panama Canal Zone
California
Vietnam
Iceland
Japan
Taiwan
Thailand
Max Moudy
J. I Moody
Westerguard
Texas Cowboy Reunion
Vocational Nurses Association
Jones County
Anson Park
Craig Norman
James Lee
Mike Eastland
Lake Grapevine
Jeffrey Wofford
Texas
Kansas City
SHS Graduate Participates in Air Force ROTC Training
Cadet Ted D. Connally son of Mr and Mrs Ted L Connally of Stamford is taking part in an Air Force ROTC field training encampment at Dyess AFB Cadets receive survival and small arms training aircraft and aircrew indoctrination and observe careers as Air Force officers Connally a 1976 Stamford High School graduate and current Texas A&M University student is involved in the program.
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Ted D. Connally
Ted L Connally
Dodson Drive
Stamford
U. S. Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
Dyess Afb
Air Force
Connally
Texas A&m University At
College Station
Stamford High School
Right to be inaccurate, a columnist’s constitutional prerogative
The Old Philosopher on his Paint Creek farm criticizes state control of press accuracy in Russia. He argues that criminalizing reporting errors would crush journalism, defending the right to get facts wrong as essential to free press and columnists. He muses on editors and outlets like The Stamford American and The Dallas Morning News.
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Johnson Grass
Paint Creek
Brezhinevy
Moscow
Russia
Stamford American
Dallas Morning News
Siberia
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State Board of Education
Forrest Balser
Falls City Independent School District
Council
John Hill
Hill
University of Texas
Tion
Commissioners Court
Justice of the Peace
A. T. McComack
Hamlin
W. E. Mayes
Inez Bowdry Wilburn Sorrel
Cora Turner
Guadalupe Martinez
W.C. Taylor
L. E. Million Sr
Hewelett Blair
Thelma Graham
Lueders
Ethel Moore
Cornelia Anderson Kathern Jefferson
Emma Hagins
Mary Todd
Albany
Zephyr Brown
Fred Dalby
Emiliana Ada
Oscar Rosaoff
Rio Grande
Emmanuel Adolpho
Ignacio Torres
Weinert
Reid
Jake
Texas Future Farmers of America
Colorado Camp
W. T. Stovall
First National Bank
Stamford Exchange Club
Herman Cox
Martha Hudson
Jerry Ann Baize
Wa Na Ka. Colo
SHS Grad
Wedgeco
Ross Gentry
Wedgeco Farm
E. Hamilton
Buddy
Northside 66
N. Swenson
Bunkley
Upshaw
J. A
United Pentecostal
McHare
Welding Works
Carl Cooper
Hamilton
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