Texas Students Return To Public Schools With Wide Changes
In Austin and across Texas more than 2.7 million students will return to public schools as the 1961 62 year begins. The calendar expands to 180 classroom days with 10 extra non teaching days for teachers. First graders reach 224 500 and 30 000 five year olds join a new state supported kindergarten. A drug education program and modern teaching methods are planned. Training in 1 206 districts starts this fall.
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Austin
Texas
Tyler
Texas Education Agency
Texas September draft call rises but set at 195 ceiling
Col. Duncan reports September draft call for Texas climbs to 704 pre induction quota 7171 for the state with a ceiling unlikely to exceed 195 sequence numbers. New manpower from formerly deferred students helps hold the line as a national call of 12000 men proceeds. An August 29 LBJ State Park dedication near Stonewall is announced with a federal grant for Abilene State Park development.
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Texas
Charles M. Duncan
Selective Service
Duncan
Lyndon B. Johnson
Stonewall
Ranch Road 1
LBJ
Gov. Smith approves grants for migrant family planning program
Gov. Preston Smith approves a federal grant of 114389 for migrant worker family planning across 26 Texas counties and six other states. Beneficiary counties include Val Verde Kinney Uvalde Bexar Jim Wells Maverick Zavala Dimmit Frio LaSalle McMullen Duval Webb Live Oak Bee Refugio San Patricio Nueces Kleberg Zapata Jim Hogg Brooks Starr Willacy Hidalgo Cameron. A 72344 demonstration grant goes to Las Colonias Del Valle Inc in San Juan Hidalgo County for youth development. A SPAG regional planning grant of 14930 assists 33 cities eight SPGs and 11 counties.
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Preston Smith
Texas
Val Verde
Kinney
Uvalde
Bexar
Jim Wells
Maverick
Zavala
Dimmit
Frio
LaSalle
McMullen
Duval Webb
Live Oak
Bee
Refugio
San Patricio
Nueces
Kleberg
Zapata
Jim Hogg
Brooks
Starr
Willacy
Hidalgo
Cameron
Smith
Las Colonias del Valle Inc
San Juan
Hidalgo County
South Plains Association of Governments
SPAG
Antelope Population Dips in Trans-Pecos Census
The 1970 Trans-Pecos antelope census shows a 17 percent drop from 10 468 in 1969 to 8 661 in 1970. Counts include 4 230 adult does, 2 150 adult bucks, and 2 821 fawns with 829 landowner permits for Oct 3 11 season. Fawn production rises eastward amid drought.
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Marfa
Trans - Pecos
Tommy Hailey
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Jack Persons
San Angelo
Trans-Pecos
Texas Official Joins National Criminal Justice Board
Judge Joe Frazier Brown of San Antonio has been named to the national executive committee and chairman of the discretionary grants committee for state criminal justice planning agencies. A new report shows Texas Youth Council drug use among youths rising from five to 70 percent over three years. South Texas groups including United Farm Workers PASO MAYO and Colonias del Valle sue the governor and DPS claiming state police spying. Mrs. Gwendolyn Craddock of Austin becomes administrative technician in the Texas Office of Economic Opportunity.
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Joe Frazier Brown
San Antonio
Texas Criminal Justice Council
Texas Youth Council
South Texas
United Farm Workers
Paso
Mayo
Colonias del Valle
Department of Public Safety
Gwendolyn Craddock
Austin
Texas Office of Economic Opportunity
Youth Development Program Meeting Held Recently
A meeting at the Winters Referral office featured Miss Peggy Ingrim and Mr. Aredondo of Austin addressing youths about the program. Out of town guests A E Lamb and E W Scott attended, with participants from Brady Ballinger and Coleman. Mayor Wade White urged efforts to build a better community. Program directors seek after school jobs for youths aged 14 to 17.
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Winters
Peggy Ingrim
Mr. Aredondo
Austin
A. E. Lamb
E. W. Scott
Brady
Ballinger
Coleman
Wade White
Visit Leads to Zapata Home of Shores Couple
Mrs Virgil James Mrs Elwood Wade Dana and James Lynn and Mrs Roy Rice and Charles Wayne and Lana spent last week visiting Rev and Mrs W D Shores at Zapata. Germany first used poison gas in warfare. Great Pyramid of Cheops built with 2 300 000 stone blocks averaging 214 tons each.
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Virgil James
Elwood Wade
Dana
James Lynn
Roy Rice
Charles Wayne
Lana
W. D. Shores
Dexton
Delford
Zapata
Great Pyramid of
Cheops
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A. D. Lee
Winters Flower Shop
Dial
J. O. Casey
Tex
E. J. Bishop
Johnston Truck & Supply
Cross Plains
J. D. Lowell
North Church
Selmer Wood
Ray Laughan
R. I. Collinsworth
Pumphrey
Chester Collinsworth
Merkel
Nora
Clyde Thomas Seed Co
Penny Lane
C. W. Wade
T M Implement Co
THC
Santa Anna Ave
Coleman, Tex
Sunlawn
Patama
Clifton Poe
North Cryer
N. C. Hinds
Albert St
First Savings & Loan Association
South Main St
Clifton Davis
Herbert Skinner
Mesa Drive
Stanley Blackwell
Winters High School
Tfe
Keystone
L. R. Hoppe
W. J. Yates Trailer Park
McAlister
Wingate Highway
Abbilene
Wingate
Bob Loyd
Abilene
Itc
East Pruitt
Leona Hicks
Tommy Chambliss
Floyd Sims
Ballinger Salvage Company
Enterprise
Terprise
Lillian
Hattie
Evelyn
Triple “Jj” Bakery
Victor J. Merfeld
Rufus Allen
Western Mattress Service
Ttc
Zig Zag
Ted Meyer Or
Manuel Esquivel JR
Ballinger Monument Company
Gibson
Expert Service
Swatchsue Electric CO
West Texas
Shin Wen Ssuee
Harrison Auto Parts
General Insurance
W. E. Modisett
East Parsonage
Byron D. Jobe
Waddell Chevrolet Co
Registry Service
Bahiman Jewelers
Railroad Commission
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
St. Louis
Speir
Jerry Sadler
Atty
Crawford C. Martin
Calhoun County Navigation District
Sadler
Commissioned
Attorney General's Office
School Land Board
Col
Wilson E. Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
AG Opinions
Martin
State Board of Insurance
Commission On Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education
Balkum
del Monte
Sunshine Hydrox
Nabisco
Balkum’s Grocery
E. Truitt
Lamkin Hardware
W. Dale
Germany
Virgil Fowler
Tfc
Blackmon Repair Shop
Sno-Breze and
Friedrich
Motorola Radio and TV Homesite
J. J. Swatchsue
Jose de la Cruz
Lonnie Fowler
T. A. McMillan
Wesley’s
Joe Kozelsky
Cabinet Shop
Riess Radio & TV
Mansell Brothers
Ballinger - Winters
John Deere
North Main
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