City pool closed as repairs start in Stamford
Editorial notes Stamford City Council halted opening of the city pool after a tour found it unsanitary and unsafe. Filtration, cracked floors, sinking edges, and a detached bathhouse wall demand a major renovation funded by HUD, delaying summer swims and offering lake swimming with no lifeguards as a temporary alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole
Stamford
Uncle Ronnie
Ken Roberson
Roberson
Jim Astin
HUD
Budget, bilingual education, redfish ban in Texas highlights
Texas Senate approved a 1982 43 appropriations package totaling 266 billion, 191 million above current estimates, narrowly defeating a across the board cut proposed by Sen Bill Meier. The House bill totals 26.55 billion for two years and a conference committee will reconcile differences. Senate Education Committee backed Senate Bill 477 to mandate bilingual education through grade six with 18 million for implementation and 150 per student in state funds plus 465 million in the existing budget. Rasphol would exempt gasohol from the 5 cent state gas tax for five years, then phase the tax back in to 1991. The redfish bill passed in the Senate with a two year ban on commercial fishing, while an amendment to include sport fishermen failed. Redistricting plans were released by both chambers, with patman concerned over his district. A Senate hearing is scheduled for Saturday.
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Austin
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Grant Jones
D-Abilene
Bill Meier
Meier
Jones
House
House-Senate
Corpus Christi
Carlos Truan
Truan
Dan Kubiak
Rockdale
Kubiak
Texas
Agriculture Department
Bill Clements
Walter Mad Dog’ Mengden
Houston
Mengden
Katy
Bill Patman
Patman
Ganado Patman
PIONEERS ON PARADE-1961 Stamford event highlights
In Stamford on May 18 1961 Butch Cochran and Connie Ivy were crowned basketball king and queen at the Junior Senior banquet. Sixteen Stamford FFA members received ribbons in a Saturday call show with winners named. A Mayes Studio recital is slated for May 18 at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium listing participating students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butch Cochran
Connie Ivy
Butch
O.F. Cochran
Connie
M.A. Ivy
Stamford Ffa
Gene Swenson
John Selmon
Clark Mosier
Choey Bridges
Raymond Smith
Ronald Meador
Tony
Theresa Harris
Charlie Webber
Mayes
Pioneers on Parade Ten Years Ago Lead Pierians
Stamford high school commencement set for May 28 at the high school auditorium with 71 graduates, 41 boys and 30 girls. Baccalaureate is May 23 at 8 p.m. in the auditorium with Rev. Gerald Saffel as speaker and Gail Precht and Janan Gregory as accompanists. members of Cub Scouts Den 1, Pack 39 visit the Stamford American. new Pierian Club officers installed at May 15 meeting. Darryl Schoonmaker elected president with a slate including Jake Westfall and Larry McCraw, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford High School
Gerald Saffel
Trinity Baptist Church
Gail Precht
Janan Gregory
Mendelssohn
Miss Gregory
Sid Martin
First Baptist Church
Cub Scouts of
Den 1
Stamford
Precit
Darryl Schoonmaker
Jake Westfall
Larry McCraw
Stan Jurgenson
D. Hassen
Charlsie Vasek
Hollis
Big money royal idea for British readers
Editor's note recalling a column about Prince Charles and Princess Diana wedding tourism. The writer argues royal spectacle attracts millions in tourism and spending, claiming a billion dollars generated by a million visitors at holiday rates, with a high return on the monarchy. He notes the British public favors Royalty over local promotions and jokes about the guard's notoriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Charles
Charles
Diana
Alrady
Chamber of Commerce
England
Buckingham Palace
Grand Canyon
Disney Land
Congress
J.A
Proclamation Urges Buddy Poppy Sale Support
Mayor James H. Astin of Stamford Texas urges citizens to support the annual Buddy Poppy sale by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The campaign funds benefit disabled veterans widows and orphans of deceased veterans and promote honoring the dead by helping the living through purchases and wearing of Buddy Poppies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States
Veterans of Foreign Wars
James H. Astin
Stamford
Texas
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Stamford American
Dorothy Craig
Greg Jaklewicz
John G. Wendeborn
West Texas Press
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Mamaltes Street
Stamiont
Texas Teas
Mamntond
Wader
Marek
Lee
Putin
Guam
Edwal
Alan Call
P.m
Missy Watson
Lauriece Jones
Gaylen Dickey
Jan Weaver
Diane Anders
Vickie Green
Jennifer High
Mike Watson
Ray Gene Rinn
Pamela Young
Susan Carothers
Mary Beth Stanley
Genia Redding
Lyndell Quade
Jack Harkins
Carla Westbrook
Charles Dickey
Gary Acker
Linda Crider
Paul Boedeker
Linda Weaver
Wil
Hoss Trader
Aeé Reo
Schoonmaker
Pierians
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Big Money
Royal
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Paint Creek
Swenson
Wedgeco
Spe
Ross Gentry
E. Hamiltony
Buddy
Northside
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W. MctHlarg
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Carl Cooper
E. Hamilton
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