Tale of Indiana Umpire Highlights Parental Involvement
A local appeal urges parents to support youth baseball while criticising disruptive spectator behavior. The piece recalls Donald Jensen, an Indiana Little League umpire struck by a bat, who wrote a letter about umpiring for fairness and afterward died from a brain concussion.
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Stamford
Donald Jensen
Indiana
Hamlin Herald
Bob Craig
Abilene
Fargo Forum
North Dakota
Jensen
Terre Haute
Ind
Briscoe backs cost of living pay plan for teachers and state workers
Gov. Briscoe directs drafting of a 525 million cost of living pay raise proposal for teachers and state employees with no local funding. Starting teachers would gain 544 dollars annually, while critics call the plan disappointing and ludicrous. The governor plans to cover all funds, relieving local districts of salary costs.
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Briscoe
Austin
Dolph Briscoe
Texas State Teachers Association
Federation of Teachers
Energy problem solutions and broadcast electricity idea
J A discusses energy issues on Paint Creek with a humorous take on rising gasoline prices and conservation. He argues for broadcasting electricity from solar sources to vehicles, envisioning electric power delivered via wires or wireless transmission, and dismisses battery storage as impractical.
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Johnson Grass
Paint Creek
J. A
Stamford News Breezes From June 1956 Camp and Rodeo
National Guard unit to camp for two weeks with a division review on the first Saturday of the camp. Swimming lessons signups start Monday at 9 a.m. at the municipal pool with a small fee due to funding shortfalls. Patricia Merriott ties for first in one barrel racing round and places fourth in another at the Colorado Springs rodeo as a K Bar K Ranch rider for the Texas Cowboy Reunion. Dana Vaden returns home from North Texas State College for the summer along with Becky Helmer, a Hardin Simmons student, as summer residents.
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Stamford American
Stamford National Guard
Patricial Merriott
Barrell Racing
Colorado Springs
Colo
Miss Merriott
Stamford
K Bar K Ranch
Dana Vaden
North Texas State College
Denton
V. Z. Vaden
Stamford Sets New Chamber Manager As Parade Of Homes Honors
Ten years on, New CofC manager Jerry Hopkins arrives July 1 in Stamford after serving as operations head in Abilene. The community notes the Parade of Homes in Abilene, local youths to Boys State in Austin, and awards at the Stamford Lions Club.
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Stamford American
Jerry Glenn Hopkins
Abilene
Gregg Pritchard
Bill Pritchard
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
Bryan
Stamford Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Hopkins
Stamford
Cliff House
Chamber
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Story of Indiana
Lyndell Williams
Texas Public Employees Association
TPEA
Texas
TSTA
Callien W. Smith
Texas Highway and Public Transportation Commission
TDHPT
County Commissioners Court
Jimmy Carter
Morris Udall
Franck Church
Jerry Brown
Hubert Humphrey
Bob Strauss
Houston
Mark White
National Guard
Hollis Rae Haynes
The
Municipal
Jones County
Red Cross
Becky Helmer
E. L. Helmer
Hardin. Simmons University
Cofc
SHS
American Legion Boys State
American Legion Department of Texas
Civic Or
B. H. Connally
Azle
T. Scoggin
Susie Scoggin
Springtown High School
Yoakum's
Joe
W. McHarg
Moon Exxon Station
N. Swenson
Buddy
Northside 66
C. L. Cromwell
Optometrist
Ross Gentry
E. Hamilton
Bunkley
Upshaw
Welding Works
Carl Cooper
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