Farming Disasters Versus Policy Failures in Panhandle Texas
The piece argues spring weather losses in the Texas Panhandle and South Plains are minor next to a decade‑old policy error. It contends embargo tactics harmed export cooperation, forced farmers to subsidize rivals, and left commodity prices below production costs. It urges policy change to lift prices above costs and curb reliance on loans and disaster aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
George Shultz
Senate
Cotton disaster relief targets Texas farmers hit by weather
Agriculture Secretary Block approved federal disaster relief near 20 percent of last year’s cotton value for 75 percent of crop. The worst weather disaster in memory wiped out about two thirds of district cotton on nearly 2 million acres, worth around 400 million dollars. Possible soil conservation funds and low interest loans may follow, with calls for a state crop insurance plan in Texas.
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Austin
U.S.D.A
U.S
Texas
USDA
Gov
Clements
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
John Black
High Plains
Duval County
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ruling overturns bilingual education mandate in Texas schools
The Fifth Circuit overturned a lower court ruling requiring bilingual education from kindergarten through high school. It upheld Texas law for limited English speakers, urged future suits against districts not complying, and drew mixed reactions from Hispanic leaders and Governor Clements as the battle over education policy persists.
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Austin
U.S. Suh Circuit Court of Appeals
Texas
U.S
William Wayne Justice
Tyler
Appeals
Bill Clements
Mexican- American League Defense and Education Fund
League of United Latin American Citizens
G.I. Forum
House Overrides Reagan Veto on Copyright Act Extension
Congress voted to override Reagan’s veto 324 to 86 and the Senate followed, extending until 1986 the 1891 Copyright Act’s manufacturing clause that requires English language works to be printed in the U S or Canada to receive full protection. Supporters say tens of thousands of U S printing jobs depend on it. opponents warn of trade retaliation and lost export jobs. Reps Samuel Hall Charles Wilson Ralph Hall Jim Mattox supported continuation of the law.
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Washington
Congress
HOUSE
Reagan
U.S
Canada
Senate
Samuel Hall
Charles Wilson
Ralph Hall
Jim Mattox
FDR Memorial Vote Highlights House Action
The House approved Hi Res 400 by 254 to 151 to authorize the first major Washington memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt costing about $26 million. It would place a 14 foot wall and 800 foot garden along the Tidal Basin. Several named members voted yea or nay. Stenholm did not vote.
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Wilson
Mattox
Brooks
Pickle
Wright
Hightower
Patman
de la Garza
White
Leland
Gonzalez
Frost
Yea
Sam Hall
Collins
Ralph Hall
Gramm
Archer
Fields
Leath
Hance
Loeffler
Paul
Karen
Stenholm
House
Reagan
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Texas Press Association
Panhen
VNI National Newspaper Association
Wellington
Bill Sarpalius
Jack Hightower
Charles Stenholm
Kent Hance
Block
By Lowell Wirragay
Mre
Ae General Telephone
General Telephone
PUC
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Bell
Public Utility Commission
PAC
Martin
Mike Martin
Longview
Ter
Goff
Upshur
THE
Canadian Ymca
Isions Aautt
Buck's Sporting Goods
Amarillo Robbins
True Value
Kim Eggleston
Higgins
Vance Hall Sporting Goods
Pampa Wolff's Sporting Goods
Perryton Production Credit Association
Wheeler
Canadian, Texas
Treasury
John Tower
Lloyd Bentsen
Bentsen
Tower
Weatin
Durward Curlee
League
U Times
Curlee
C.L. Harrison
Hollis
Oklahoma
Frigidaire
Ifrigidaire
West Texas Utilities Company
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