Water Meeting Calls for Developing All Local Water Resources
West Texans voiced concern after a public hearing on the Texas Water Plan. They argued future irrigation water should come from outside Texas, naming the Missouri River, Arkansas surplus areas, and the Columbia River. The meeting covered West Texas from Wilbarger County to near Falcon Dam, a region that furnishes about half Texas cotton and 14 percent of US production, stressing the growing value of developing local water projects.
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Texas
West Texas
Missouri River
Arkansas
Columbia River
Wilbarger County
Brownwood
Falcon Dam
Texas-Mexico
United States
Hysteria on the Pedernales and the LBJ Park Fight
The Washington Post urges restraint on commercializing land opposite the Johnson ranch in Texas. It supports fast tracking a state park with federal matching funds, warns against land speculators, and emphasizes protecting LBJ’s retreat from public pressure and ridicule.
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President Johnson
Texas
White House
Johnson Ranch
Pedernales
Parks and Wildlife Commission
State of
Washington Post
Babsons and Keynesian Thought in Postwar Economics
The piece traces shifts from classic cycles to Keynesian and inflationist ideas after WWII. It notes Keynes urged stimulus and revenue excess avoidance, the 1946 Full Employment Act, and later rise of inflation minded New Economists under Johnson, while questioning how much inflation is acceptable.
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England
John Maynard Keynes
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Keynes
U.S
Johnson
John Law
France
Federal Reserve
Dallas
Purse Flats
Crossroads opinions on scouts and policy misfires
A reader lampoons British Scouts reforms for older youths and mocks high level economics and civil rights debates. The letter weaves satire about youth uniforms and merit badges with critiques of government spending and social policy. It ends proposing a federal bureau to control birth and parenting.
Twig Blight Appears on Area Evergreens
County Agent Sam Helmers reports many evergreen specimens Arizona Cypress Arborvitae pines and junipers show twig blight. He urges pruning infected twigs, burying them, and applying broad spectrum fungicides in spring and fall with spreader-sticker to improve coverage.
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Sam Helmers
Arizona
Bordeaux Mikture
Helmers
Srey and the Grand Platte in D E Scott’s Passage
A fragment referencing Srey and a journey with the Grand Platte region noted by D E Scott. The text hints at travel or memory motifs tied to the Platte area and a person named Srey.
Lousy With Trees Texas Rich in Flora and Grass Species
Texas hosts more than 225 tree types 600 grasses and 4000 wild flower species across its diverse habitats. The varied flora underscores the state’s botanical richness.
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Texas
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Fase
National Editorial Association
Texas Press Association
Panhandle Press Association
Wellington
Professional Directory
Chester L. Harrison
Optometrist
West Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Wellington, Texas
M. W. Cobb
South Main Shamrock
Childress
12Th Street
Coate Grocery
Babson
Roger W. Babson
Crossroads Report
Supreme Court
Srey
D. E. Scott
America
Tne
Elbo
Soflin
Ass't
Shurfresh
Nire
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