Welfare rolls face cuts as federal benefits rise in Texas
About 20,000 Texans on welfare may lose eligibility next month due to higher federal Social Security benefits. An additional 110,000 could see state Old Age Assistance cuts, though total income may stay higher because of the federal increase. welfare officials urge recipients to report income changes and note adjustments will keep aid flowing for about 4,700 seniors.
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Austin
Texas
Department of Public Welfare
Raymond W. Vowell
Vowell
Travel visit the Holy Land package tour
Nine day tour December 27 includes round trip Dallas air fare and all meals and hotels. Tour host Bob Sanders Contact Box 793 or call 754 4172 754 5213
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Holy Land
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Syria
Dallas
Bob Sanders
Texas Death Row Commutations Ordered After Ruling
A Texas high court ruling finds capital punishment unconstitutional as applied. About 28 prisoners have had sentences commuted to life. 45 remain on death row. The Board of Pardons and Paroles will act after prosecutors submit written requests, with a meeting planned within a month.
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Texas
Crawford Martin
U. S. Supreme Court
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Preston Smith
Texans get relief as draft lottery number 95 set for rest of 1972
State Director Col. Melvin N. Glantz says 95 is the lottery cut-off for induction of nonvolunteers for the remainder of 1972, with September’s cut-off at 75. DoD seeks 15,900 men nationwide October-December. about 1,100 Texans are expected to be drafted. Induction orders will go to those born in 1952 or who lost a 1972 deferment.
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Selective Service
Melvin N. Glantz
Department of Defense
Glantz
Statewide Auto Insurance Cuts Take Effect September First
An 11 percent statewide auto insurance rate cut went into effect September 1 and will apply to new policies and renewals over the next year. A further 10 percent reduction may follow after drivers complete a National Safety Council defensive driving course. Total reductions amount to about 70 million dollars.
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National Safety Council
Rival dam site debate delays Nueces reservoir plans
Texas Water Rights Commission recessed hearings on feasible dam sites in the Nueces River watershed until September 28. Chairman Otha Dent suggested neither A&M nor Choke Canyon may satisfy near term needs, Corpus Christi backs R and M near Calallen, while others favor Choke Canyon for size and cost. Nueces River Authority sponsors Choke Canyon project on the Frio River west of Three Rivers. The agency notes the Bureau of Reclamation did not consider existing water rights in its site studies.
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Texas Water Rights Commission
Nueces River
TWC
Otha Dent
Choke Canyon
Corpus Christi
Calallen
Nueces River Authority
Frio River
Three Rivers
Federal Bureau of Reclamation
Texas Among Top Vacation Destinations for American Families
A national survey cited by Texas Tourist Development Agencies shows Texas sixth among destinations for vacationing families and fifth in visitor spending. The study, commissioned by Better Homes and Gardens, lists 2.8 million Texas family visits last year, with Texas spending about 474 million dollars. California and Florida lead in visits and spending.
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Texas
Better Homes and Gardens Magazine
California
Florida
New York
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Hawaii
Martin Bans Asset Drain by Insurance Holding Firms
Texas Attorney General Martin cites constitutional backing for a 1971 act to stop insurance holding companies from draining assets of controlled insurers. He also notes opinions on delinquent ad valorem taxes by independent school districts, bonds of Northwest Houston Water Supply Corporation, commissioners court pay to justices of the peace, and district clerk fee authority for trust funds in litigation.
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Martin
National Bankers Life Insurance Company
Northwest Houston Water Supply Corporation
Commissioners Court
Justices of the Peace
Texas State Hospitals
Lyndon Johnson station sold to Times Mirror for 9 million
KTBC TV in Austin sold to Los Angeles based Times Mirror Company for about 9 million dollars. Democratic candidates George McGovern and Sargent Shriver planned back to back Texas visits this week and last week. State auditors screened House and Senate staff as they received September 1 paychecks amid efforts to catch bogus state employees. A pecan wood mockingbird will be a farewell gift from Governor and Mrs. Smith to the state governor’s mansion. Senator Lloyd Bentsen urged a two pronged federal attack on fever ticks that prompted cattle quarantines in Jim Wells Duval McMullen and Live Oak counties. State meat plant inspections yielded one lawsuit and several assaults on inspectors, a legislative study committee was told. The Governor approved 410000 dollars in federal anti poverty grants to the Texas Office of Economic Opportunity. A Third Chilympiad chili championship will be held at Aquarena Springs in San Marcos September 29 to October 1.
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Lyndon Johnson
Ktbc-Tv
Austin
Times Mirror Company
Los Angeles
George McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Texas
House
Senate
Smith
U. S
Lloyd Bentsen
Jim Wells
Duval
McMullen
Live Oak
Texas Office of Economic Opportunity
Aquarena Springs
San Marcos
Former Winters Resident Dies in California at 79
Willie Bahiman, 79, longtime Winters resident and World War I veteran, died Monday in California where he had lived for years. Born February 4, 1893, he farmed west of Winters before moving. Survived by his wife’s death earlier, a daughter Mrs. Gladys Gaines, four sons Boyd Gaylord Billie and Johnny all in California, two brothers Rudy of Winters and Joe of Seguin, a sister Mrs. Martha Stehle of Gonzales, and several grandchildren.
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Willie Bahiman
Winters
California
Mr. Bahiman
Gladys Gaines
Boyd M. Bahlman
Gaylord Bahlman
Billie Bahlman
Johnny A. Bahlman
Rudy R. Bahlman
Joe Bahlman
Seguin
Martha Stehle
Gonzales
Gift Tea Honors Mrs Randy Polk Recent Bride
A Saturday night gift tea celebrated Mrs Randy Polk of Austin a recent bride. Guests included the bride’s mother Mrs Frank Brown of Winters and sister Mrs Ronnie Schueler of Austin. The event in the Church of Christ Fellowship building featured white service with a red rose centerpiece and crystal appointments. Hostesses were Mrs Noel Reid Mrs Eva Kelly Mrs Fred Young Mrs Bill Burns Mrs Harry Grantz Mrs Wade White Mrs E E Prewit and Mrs Clifford Hill.
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Randy Polk
Austin
Frank Brown
Winters
Ronnie Schueler
Church of Christ
Noel Reid
Eva Kelly
Fred Young
Bill Burns
Harry Grantz
Wade White
E. E. Prewit
Clifford Hill
Polk
Martha Brown
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Wingate
Raymond Lindsey
E. Pierce
New Holland
Jim Jordan
Drasco Highway
O. Dale Proctor
H&r
Herman Cox
Jones County Implement Co
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East Highway
Abilene
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Snyder
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Central Texas Opportunities, Inc
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Alcoholics Anonymous
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Town
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Leon Springer
Enco
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Frisco ST
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J. J. Swatchsue
Jose de la Cruz
Lonnie Fowler
Mary Kay Cosmetics
Call Marva J. Underwood
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OREO
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Gandy
Frozan
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