Citizens urged to fly Old Glory for Flag Day observance
A local column urges more citizens to display flags on Flag Day Wednesday after Memorial Day showing disappointing turnout. The piece notes poor flag display at Cliff House, post office, and bank, praises Henry Kinney’s yard flag, and mentions the Chamber of Commerce offering flag orders. It also comments on REA Express service and local road paving petitions while noting Stamford’s Cotton Growers office and Frank Calhoun’s Speaker bid.
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George Kinney
Cliff House
Chamber of Commerce
Henry Kinney
Dallas News Today
Frank Calhoun
Stamford
Calhoun
Taylor County
State governors say national government too powerful
Dear editor J A notes governors feel neglected by Washington at the National Governors Conference in Houston. He recalls revenue sharing as the main topic and mocks the idea of governors pleading for funds via letters from constituents. He urges citizens to write to their representatives.
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Johnson Grass
Paint Creek
Governors’ Conference
Houston
Montana
Washington
Oklahoma
Louisiana
J.-A
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Aspermont to Host Junior Golf Tourney This Weekend
Aspermont will stage a two day junior golf tourney on June 17 and 18. Entry is five dollars before 1 00 p.m. Saturday. Eighteen holes each day with flights for 11 and under, 12 13, 14 15, and 16 17. Trophies awarded 1st through 3rd in each flight. For information call 989-2716 or 989-2253.
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Aspermont
Lame duck Legislature opens amid shakeups in Texas
The Texas Legislature reconvened in a lame duck session with Gov. Preston Smith proposing a no new taxes 1973 budget and Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes pressing ethics and budget reforms. House Speaker Rayford Price and Rep. Bill Finck lost their seats, signaling a broad turnover likely to yield at least 76 new House members and many freshmen in the Senate.
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Austin
Preston Smith
Ben Barnes
Smith
Rayford Price
Bill Finck
San Antonio
House Appropriations Committee
Legislative Budget Board
Barnes, Price
Finck
LBB
Barnes
House
House of Representatives
Senate
Gus Mutcher
Price
Rep
Price Daniel
Liberty
Frank Calhoun
Abilene
Daniel
Pioneers on Parade at Baptist Camp in Ridgecrest
Lonelle Jones travels from Dallas by bus to Ridgecrest North Carolina for YWA week at the Baptist Camp. The Exchange Club nominates officers for six months under C. M. Lester with committee members A. L. Foster J. C. May and C. L. McInturff. Patrick Melone, Nawanda Williams and others may join the Christian Service camp near Brownwood. Rev. Virgil Swope to teach a course at the camp.
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Exchange Club
C. M. Lester
A. L. Foster
J.C. May
C. L. McInturff
Lonelle Jones
Chris Jones
Dallas
Ridgecrest
N. C
YWA
Central Christian Church
Patty Melone
Nawanda Williams
Brownwood
Virgil Swope
The
Stamford native stars in State Fair as stand in
Fred Selby Jr. a Stamford graduate and Paint Creek High School alum, appears in many scenes of the Dallas filmed State Fair. He stands in for Tom Ewell and is seen as a spectator in a fight scene. Selby is married with one daughter Robin and lives in Dallas.
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Stamford
Charley Bragg
Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Inc
Charley
Memphis
Tenn
National Cotton Council
Bragg
Reba
Brenda
C. O. Richards
PTA City Council
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
University of Texas In
Austin
Fred Selby Jr
Paint Creek High School
ACC
Tom Ewell
State Fair
Dallas
Selby
Robin
Veda Selby
Greyhound
Southwest
Elm Leaf Beetle Threat to Area Elm Trees
Jones County agent Kirby Clayton reports elm leaf beetle larvae feeding on elm leaves in the area. Without control, trees may be leafless in about two weeks. Suggested measures include spraying malathion Seven or Toxaphene per label directions and safety precautions.
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Jones County
Kirby Clayton
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REA Express
Ericksdahl
County Commissioners Court
FM 600
Jake Roberts
Roberts
By Ace Reid
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BY Bill Boykin
Texas Press Association
San Marcos
Huntsville
San Angelo
Alpine
Texas Commerce Bank of Houston
State Department of Public Welfare
Texas
Raymond W. Vowell
Democratic Executive Committee
Parks and Wildlife Department
Lyndon B. Johnson Park
Stonewall
Calvin Guest
Bryan
Dolph Bricce
Texas Board of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Rusk
Terrell
Big Spring
Corpus Christi
Kerrville
Vernon
Truman G. Blocker Jr
Galveston
University of Texas Medical School
Carter Pannill
Presidio
Court of Criminal Appeals
Fort Worth
Leigh Anne Carlton
Jean Weaver
W. W Carlton
Baptist
Stamford American
Ruth Thornton Pritchett
Young People’s Secretary
Texas Baptist
Texas Cowboy Reunion
Hubert Watson
Mr. Watson
Janet Hanson
Perryton
Manuelia Mitchell
Brady
Mirinda Robertson
Edwin Massey
J. O. Calhoun
Frainload
Joe Hudspeth
Hamlin
Anson Pastry Shop
Keith Taylor
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