Texas political fray as governors race draws critique
Texas lawmakers press Gov. Clements over layoffs and policy while rivals Armstrong Hobby Meier and Farabee announce or shift bids. Strained party battles touch on elderly care abortion politics and attorney general race as officials discuss pensions, nursing homes, and medical act legality.
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Euless
Bitt Meier
Meier
Republican Party
Senate
U.S
John Hannah
Tyler
Ray Farabee
Wichita Falls
Farabee
Max Sherman
West Texas State University
Canyon
Bell County
Arthur C
Congress Votes Report 97th Session Close Farm Bill Action
In a rapid update on area members, the House approved a new farm program by 205 for 203 against, with notable names like Gramm, Collins, Brooks, Pickle, Loeffler, Hightower, Patman, and de la Garza voting yea. The measure costs about $11 billion over four years. The report also notes social security and oil industry votes, including a 412 to 10 approval on the Social Security bill and a 57 to 34 Senate vote on a Libya resolution.
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House
Yea
James Collins
Phil Gramm
Jack Fields
Jack Brooks
Jake Pickle
James Wright
Kika de la Garza
Richard White
Tom Loeffler
Abraham Kazen
Samuel Hall
Ated Mattia
Hay
Senate
Mobil Corp
Marathon Oil Co
Wright
Patman
de la Garza
Leland
Gonzalez
Karen
Sam Hall
Ralph Hall
Mattox
Gramm
Archer
Fields
Brooks
Pickle
Leath
White
Stenholm
Hance
Loeffler
Paul
Frost
Wilson
Collins
Hightower
Libya
U.S
Bentsen
Tower
Too Little Too Late in the 81 Farm Bill
Address by U S Representative Jack Hightower in the Congressional Record warns the 1981 farm bill is inadequate. He argues for higher loan rates, safeguards against foreign land purchases, and continued support for family farms to prevent corporate consolidation and a downturn in agricultural livelihoods.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
America
Washington
U.S
Jack Hightower
Congressional
Local Notables List Of Names And Places
A reader list presents numerous individuals tied to towns across Texas and nearby states, including J W Emmert J E Bowen Janie James Bob Withey Denver Floresville Jim Gillespie Ft Worth Jim Jackson Wheeler Leo Wryrick Childress Phyllis Sullivan Houston J L Forrester Paradise Kerrville and others. The compilation names residents and associates of multiple communities suggesting a social or business directory brief in the January edition.
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J.W. Emmert
J.E. Bowen
Plainview
Janie James
Bob Withey
Denver, Co
R.E. Dwight
Floresville
Jim Gillespie
Ft. Worth
Jim Jackson
Wheeler
Leo Wryrick
Childress
Phyllis Sullivan
Houston
J.L. Forrester
Paradise
J.M. Moore
Kerrville
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Lynde Willams
Panhandle
National
Associatio
Wellington
Texas
Austin
Bill Clements
Peyton McKnight
Clements
McKnight
Texas Employment Commission
TEC
Bob Armstrong
Armstrong
Dallas
Mark White
Hobby
Texas Pro-Life Political Action Committee
Bill Hobby
George Strake
Strake
David’. Dear ‘Eplaced’ Stroftate
Department of Public Safety
Jim Adams
Adams
DPS
Bastrop
Caldwell
Lampasas
Hays
Texas Insurance Board
Lyndon Olson Jr
Waco
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Olson
State Board of Insurance
Dolph Briscoe
NAIC
Ned Price
Congress
The
Texas Medical Association
TMA
Thomas’ Sroll
Malan
Lloyd Bentsen
John Tower
Leader Readers
Town Farm Bureau
Drs. Farmers Union Drs
Assembly of God Revival
Hedley
Claude Trn
Wellington State Bank
WSG
F.D.I.C
State Bank
Paducah
Ae Jima
W& Kiwanis Club
Ascs Co
Texas Twisters
Assembly/God
Clarendon
Ist Meth
la Paisana Dar
Christian Board
Dodson
W& Wellington
Midway
EHC
Clu Ministerial Alliance
Briscoe
Norwood
Assembly of God
Fresno
Collingsworth
Commissioners Court
Housing Authority
Memphis
Estel Owl Chamber of Commerce
Norwood Fire Dept
Willow Creek Golf Assn
1St Baptist Teenagers Your Choice
WIHS
Sham- Wheeler
Mobeetie
SCS
Kelton
Tayne
St. Citizens
Valley Gospelairs
Norwood Lions
Lakeview
Ae Jr
Lydia-Pathfinder
Friends of Library
Shamrock
Willow Creek
Silverton
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