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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1971
Page
3
Collingsworth County sees rising alfalfa acreage with Hedley and Memphis promoting it as a major crop. A seed and hay market exists, with potential for an alfalfa processing plant as growers leverage early or late hay crops and insect resistant varieties to expand profits tied to the Panhandle feedlot boom.
Ella Doran recalls in Peace Corps letters from 1964 Polivia instructing natives to wear shoes reduce cocoa leaf use improve sanitation nutrition and respect property. Three years later at Kent State University she finds supposedly civilized students barefoot, smoking, littering, overeating junk food, and stealing.
The 62nd Texas Legislature approves voter registration reforms and a 4 percent filing fee cap for candidates. Auto registration begins Oct 1 with first new registrations eligible to vote March 1, 1972. Immunization requirements for students set with exemptions under medical or religious grounds. Auto insurance rate hearings set for June 30 to review proposed changes and potential effects on rates.
Fragmented text discusses public offices and service constraints for selectees, mentions religious liberty and potential age limits, references Tax Foundation figures, and critiques social planning. It remains unclear but centers on government duty, taxation, and personal beliefs shaping policy.
The Third Court of Civil Appeals rules the 280 acre campus tract belongs to the University of Texas at Permian Basin while the 308 acre remaining parcel is a gift to the state. The Texas Supreme Court upholds San Antonio annexation actions and notes a new law on annexation does not retroactively apply. The high court also declines to place a recall amendment on the Pharr charter election ballot. A minister contempt case is set for Supreme Court review. Presidential dinner plans involve all major Democratic presidential hopefuls with tickets at 50 dollars each to fund the party budget. The Third Court remands an Austin area teacher’s nonrenewal for full merits trial. The U.S. Supreme Court returns a Texas safety statute case for reconsideration after precedent on fault determination. Governor Smith pushes for a presidential drought disaster designation for Texas.
The Highway Department reviews siting options for a new 20 million dollar office building near the state capitol and the governor’s mansion, considering location and impact as part of a broader capital plan.
Berton G Mackay resigns from a Texas welfare post amid unclear circumstances involving Boatmout Oil and Gas Association and a cemetery in Oninarad. Details remain murky with references to SP TASASREN MED.
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