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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1975
Page
4
Texas seniors in a Texas Chemical Council contest weigh pros and cons of the Equal Rights Amendment. Essays from Conroe Angelia Odessa Houston Longview outline support and opposition, arguing for existing laws or new constitutional guarantees, with varied views on necessity and enforcement.
The Texas Industrial Commission led a statewide effort with Texas Employment Commission and Texas Start-Up Training that identified more than 6,000 available jobs in its first month. The initiative projects over 15,000 yearly jobs and over 1 billion dollars in economic impact, with job lists posted at local offices.
J A of Paint Creek shares satirical take on economists and inflation in a Essex County letter. He unveils the J A School of Guaranteed Accuracy in Economic Forecasts with three parts and jokes about predicting six months ahead. He notes New York City's refinancing provides temporary relief.
Hardin-Simmons University nears halfway to its $1.35 million pledge goal to secure a $1 million Mabee Foundation gift in August. President Dr. Elwin L. Skiles notes strong response as the University Profile for Progress builds a new education health athletics complex. Mabee grants previously aided Stamford Memorial Hospital.
A. C. Humphrey, county chairman for the Savings Bonds Program in Jones County, reports April sales of Series E and H United States Savings Bonds totaling $7,278. For the first four months of 1975, sales reached $70,261, about 18 percent of the annual goal.
Walter Niver of Pampa fishes at Lake Stamford with a trotline and lands a 65 pound yellow catfish. He also notes multiple catfish days, including 12 fish one day and five more the next, before calling it a day. The report also mentions Navy and university ties to Stamford residents and local education news.
Joe and Nena Moreno, first Latin American siblings to graduate Stamford High School this spring, are highlighted alongside five newborns at Stamford Sanitarium born Saturday June 11, including two girls and three boys.
Stamford student Robert A. Prichard Jr. made Trinity University's fall 1974 honor roll with a 3.5 grade average while carrying at least 12 hours. Other local names appear in rodeo entry fee notes and 4-H events including Pat and Linda Merriot, Beth Adkins, and Jan Bush with awards in public speaking and food show competitions at College Station.
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