Nabers Seeks Re election to Texas Legislature
Lynn Nabers Brownwood attorney and state representative from the 64th district announced his bid for re election. He highlighted service on five key committees during the last session and urged fiscal restraint and verified voter inquiries. Nabers, born March 31 1940 in Brownwood, is married to Mary Scott Nabers and has two sons.
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Lynn Nabers
Nabers
Texas
Brownwood
J. D. Nabers Jr
Mr. Nabers
Mary Scott
Cross Plains
Scott
Tim
Start of Winter Classes Delayed in Public School
A damaged line hints that classes will resume after a delay at public schools beginning January 5, with reopening plans not fully visible in the readable fragment.
Minimum Temperatures At 20 Degrees Monday December 29
The report notes a low of 20 degrees for Monday December 29 with cold conditions expected across the region. No other detailed forecasts or locations are provided in the fragment.
Mrs A D Lee Spends Christmas in San Antonio
Mrs. A. D. Lee spent the Christmas holidays with relatives in San Antonio.
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San Antonio
A. D. Lee
Driver License Examiner at Winters City Hall Friday
The Driver License Division examiner will be at Winters City Hall Friday January 2. Residents may renew licenses and new driver exams will be offered. No schedule for future appearances has been announced.
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State Department of Public Safety
Winters City Hall
Wade White
Winters Woman Died Monday of Gunshot Wound
Margareth Grant 39 of Winters died at 9 25 a m Monday at Hendrick Memorial Hospital Abilene after a Christmas Eve shooting at her North Fannin Street home R L Wesley 49 also of Winters is jailed in Ballinger charged with murder with malice Funeral for Mrs Grant was held at Spill Memorial Chapel and burial followed She was born June 20 1930 in Winters and lived here all her life Survivors include her parents a son two daughters four brothers and four sisters
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Margareth Grant
Winters
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
R. L. Wesley
Runnels County
Ballinger
Vernell’ Grant
Win*ters
Ester Johnson
Earline Banks
Ella Lee Grant
Lucille Dairy
Cotton 90 Percent Harvest in Winters Delayed by Weather
The 1969 Winters area cotton harvest is about 90 percent complete but stalled again by rain and ice storms. Farmers worked through Christmas week, with many still stripping on Christmas Day. Winters Warehouse Co. reported 7,492 bales brought in from North Runnels gins, with roughly 10 percent of the crop left to harvest once weather clears.
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Winters Warehouse Co
North Runnels Gins
Winters Chamber To Hold Directors Meeting January 6
The first meeting of the 1970 Winter Chamber of Commerce board will be at the chamber office at 5 15 p m Tuesday January 6. All directors old and new are urged to attend to discuss important business. Jim Cowlishaw will become president succeeding Woodrow Watts.
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Winters Chamber of Commerce
Jim Cowlishaw
Chamber of Commerce
Cowlishaw
Woodrow Watts
Stock Barns Ready for Show Saturday January 10
Stock barns are repaired and the show barn cleaned for the annual Junior Livestock Show to be judged Saturday January 10. About 187 animals will be exhibited with 55 lambs 44 calves and 88 pigs slated for judging by experts Fred Igo Edwin DuBose and Mack Heart. The Winters Livestock and Agriculture Association sponsors the event open to Winters High School FFA 4 H and other Winters ISD students.
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The
Winters Livestock and Agriculture Association
Winters High School
Future Farmers of America
4-H Club
Winters Independent School
Fred Igo
Sterling City
Edwin DuBose
Abilene Christian College
Mack Heart
Floyd County
Navy Petty Officer On Leave From Guam Visit Winters
Petty Officer Third Class Mike Bedford and Mrs. Bedford visit relatives in Winters after a year and a half on Guam aboard the USS Proteus. Following a 48 day leave he will join the U S Navy Data Processing Division in Washington D C. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Bedford of Winters and Mrs Bedford is the former Barbara Daniel daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon Daniel, former Winters residents.
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Michael Wayne Bedford
Winters
Guam
Bedford
U. S. Navy Data Processing Division
Washington D. C
Wayne Bedford
Barbara Daniel
Leon Daniel
Soldier Due Home From Vietnam in April
Staff Sergeant Bobby Bredemeyer of Winters is due to return home in April after serving a second tour in Vietnam. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Bredemeyer of Winters.
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Bobby Bredemeyer
Winters
Vietnam
Bredemeyer
H. F. Bredemeyer
Winters Spared Brunt of Storm In Big Country Ice Saga
The immediate Winters area escaped the worst effects of the ice and snow storm that hit the Big Country, while communities to the north and northwest suffered power outages and disrupted services. Town power barely fluctuated, but Drasco Bradshaw and northern areas faced widespread outages and farm losses. Roads were hazardous, autos damaged, and milk delivery delayed. Some schools delayed reopening. Winters schools resume January 5.
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Big Country
City of Winters
West Texas
Drasco- Bradshaw
Abilene
Babson's 1970 Forecast Signals Inflation Watch
Babson's Reports outlines a likely 1970 with inflationary pressures and slower growth. It expects a gradual business pullback, wage-cost pressures, potential labor strikes, and modest GNP gains amid easing money rates. The piece emphasizes Vietnam, global tensions, state and local spending, and possible recovery later in the year.
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Federal Reserve
Babson
Babson’s Reports
Shares for Sale to Back Winters Livestock Show
The Winters Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee launches a fund drive to sell ten dollar shares to raise cash awards for exhibitors at the annual Junior Livestock Show set for Saturday January 10. Gene Wheat, committee chair, says locals may buy shares at the Chamber office or from any director.
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Winters Chamber’of Commerce
Gene Wheat
RL Seas
The
Chamber of Commerce
Wheat
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