Collingsworth General Hospital Spotlight During Hospital Week
As National Hospital Week unfolds, Collingsworth General Hospital highlights its community value. The facility spends about 325000 annually in the county, with payroll nearing 250000, and a staff of 42 drawn by Wellington residency and professional commitment. The administration invites residents to visit and learn about this vital health care facility.
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National Hospital
Collingsworth General Hospital
Collingsworth
Collingsworth General
Wellington
Nonfood items influence grocery bills say Texas A M experts
Editors note that nonfood items added to groceries may inflate the apparent cost of living. Dean H O Kunkel of Texas A&M says shoppers pay less for groceries as a share of income than in many countries, while nonfood purchases taxed locally can skew the ticket at the checkout.
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Dean H.O. Kunkel
Texas A&m
Texas
Dean Kunkel
Welfare costs level off in Texas no cuts needed this year
Gov. Preston Smith reports welfare expenditures may fall by 75 million from 347 million estimated last year and see no grant reductions in fiscal 1973. Slower AFDC growth, fewer old age assistance cases, and tighter controls contribute to the eased rise and potential constitutional spending limit compliance.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Preston Smith
Smith
AFDC
Reflections on Theatre and Time By Poets and Thinkers
A collage of quotes from Thackeray Parker Sears Phillips Holmes Adams Longfellow Whittier Poe Browning and Lemon on theatre art time and youth. The piece intertwines stage imagery with poetic musings and moral sentiments.
Short Takes On Titles, Swallows, Passports And More
A collection notes the absence of a formal title for the U S president, the Capistrano swallows arriving irregularly, differences between passport and visa, the aye aye lemur’s name origin and habitat, the meaning of gibbous moon, Polk’s 1849 baptism and death, a dog cooling mechanism, and a brief primer on political names and terms.
Crossroads Report on Education Quality versus Spending
A letter to the editor argues that education quality hinges on brain and teacher quality, not funding alone. It claims money cannot compensate for poor schooling and cites prominent people as examples of this dynamic.
Lion-First Land Board oil lease sale sets state bonuses
The 1972 sale yielded $1,593,719 in bonuses with 74 high bids on 40,946 acres of state land. Revenue boosted the Permanent School Fund to a record $925,395,386, per Commissioner Bob Armstrong.
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LION
First School Land Board
Commissioner of Public Lands
Bob Armstrong
Haskins Named Brenham State School Superintendent
Dr. Jimmy R. Haskins of Mexia will become Brenham State School superintendent June 1. UT regents approve a $28.1 million contract for initial UT San Antonio buildings. Atty. Gen. Crawford Martin says nearly $700,000 recovered in price fixing suit. Over 2,200 doctors attend Texas Medical Association annual meeting in San Antonio this weekend. A federal grant of $119,410 supports Summer Head Start programs in Laredo and Webb County.
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University of Texas Regents
San Antonio
Laredo
Webb County
Crawford Martin
Texas Medical Association
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Panhadle Press Association
Texas Press Assn
Sweetie Pie
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State Insurance Board
Larry Teaver
Teaver
Department of Public Safety
DPS
William Makepeace Thackeray
Martin Farquhar Tupper
God
Theodore Parker
Edmund Hamilton Sears
Wendell Phillips
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Sarah Flower Adams
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
John Greenleaf Whittier
Sound
Edgar Allan Poe
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Mark Lemon
United States
Mission of
San Juan
Capistrano
James K. Polk
Polk
Crossroads Report
Jimmy R. Haskins
Mexia
Brenham
Tizzy
Olin
Arrick’ S Inc
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