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Mercedes, Texas, Thursday, August 12, 1976
Page 10 --The Mercedes Enterprise
by KIKA de la GARZA
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A welcome footnote has
MERCEDES INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
MERCEDES, TEXAS
1
Dear Parent or Guardian:
Kwikset Lock Sets
Reg. List $11.50
NOW
FOR S 1
NOW
4
If
Viva
Reg. $11.99
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If you
Tennis Balls
Napkins
$2
NOW
Reg. $2.99
CAN
In the operation
2/$1
SPECIAL
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Reg. List $4.95
2/$1
Cocoa Floor Mat
45” WIDE
$1.77
COTTON BLEND
Value $2.99
SPECIAL
Remnants
Family Annual Income
Coleman Fuel
Reg. $2.69
77<p yd.
WD-40
$1.21
DOUBLE KNIT
113 off
MEN’S PANTS
NOW
Reg. $1.99
Borderland
y
$860
$1,340
565-9029
402 S. Texas
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PUBLIC NOTICE
$1.27 to
$1.88
GOOD QUALITY
Dish
Cloths
6/$1
3,680
4,830
5,980
7,130
8,190
9,240
10,200
11,150
12,010
12,870
13,730
14,590
5,730
7,530
9,320
11,110
12.770
14,410
15,910
17,390
18,740
20,090
21,430
22.770
THICK 'N THIRSTY
Towels
the
and
VIVA
PAPER TOWELS
60W - 75W - 100W
Light Bulbs
Reg. List 50<£ ea.
DECORATIVE
Chair
Pads
Hardware
202 S. Texas Ave.
ATHLETIC
Tube
Socks
SIZES 10-13
2/$1
REG. $1.69
$1.39
Leather Work Gloves
$3.15
SHORT SLEEVE
LADIES’BLOUSES $2.99
SM., MED. § LGE.
Friday, August 13th
Entry W/Keys
$7.81
Family Size
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
. Each Additional
Family Member
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Friday the 13th!
Little League Gloves
ow$7.00
Committee work also con-
tinues, of course, and time
must be found for it. In my
case the problem of finding
time was intensified somewhat
when the Speaker named me
to head the House side of a
joint conference committee to
reconcile differences between
House and Senate versions of
a bill affecting agriculture. So
the days are well filled.
FREE AND REDUCED PRICE ELIGIBILITY INCOME SCALE
(Minimum Guidelines Increased by 25% for Free and 95% for Reduced-Price Meals)
MW
A FAST TEMPO has been
hit by Congress during the
days preceding the brief
recess scheduled for the last
half of August. We’ve been
getting to work in the House
Chamber at 10 a.m. and
remaining in session until 8
p.m. or later. The long work
days are necessary to give full
and unhurried consideration to
important legislation. The
atmosphere is one of intense
concentration - no hasty
action but a steady pressing
forward.
Free Meals
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Reduced-Price Meals
$ 3,680 -
4,830 -
5,980 -
7,130 -
8,190 -
9,240 -
10,200 -
11,150 -
12,010 -
12,870 -
13,730 -
14,590 -
THIS WILL BE DONE
under terms of a bill recently
passed by the House. Greater
focus will be placed on
agricultural research, a matter
of tremendous interest in our
area. This measure is design-
ed to assure that the U.S. will
establish and meet adequate
national goals in food, fiber
and forestry products and in
human nutrition research. It
provides the Secretary of
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Agricultural Research is
the foundation on which
efforts to feed a hungry and
growing world must be bases.
Today the U.S. farmer
produces enough for himself
and 56 other people. This
achievement in terms of
production is unmatched in
our economy and is currently
more than adequate for our
own consumption. But with
the world population continu-
ing to expand we can’t afford
the cost of not expanding our
agricultural research.
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We Bank on People
and Their Progress”
The Public Meeting
Alice on August 25 on the
flood problem in the San
Diego and Lattas Creeks
watersheds is an initial step in
this important study authoriz-
ed by Congress. Following the
meeting, the Corps
Engineers has told me, the
flooding problems will
defined, alternative plans will
be considered and the
economic and environmental
impacts will be assessed. If
economically feasible plans
can be developed, a second
meeting will be held to
discuss them and to determine
the preferences of local
residents.
& Summer Wear
The Mercedes Independent School District serves nutritious meals every school day.
Students may buy lunch for 40< (grades pre-K-6), or 45< (grades 7-12) and/or break-
fast for 30<.
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Agriculture with major man-
agement tools for planning,
carrying out, coordinating and
evaluating the Federal role in
agricultural research.
What the bill does: It
provides an additional Assis-
tant Secretary of Agriculture
to help the Secretary of
Agriculture carry out both the
new functions assigned in the
bill and those agriculture
research and education re-
sponsibilities already assigned
to the Department. It estab-
lishes a new permanent
National Agricultural Research
Policy Advisory Board. This
group will be composed of 22
members drawn from concern-
ed Federal departments and
agencies, the academic com-
munity, farmers and ranchers,
and the public. The Board will
advise and assist the Secre-
tary of Agriculture in carrying
out reaearch functions. The
measure further authorizes
additional funds for the
Department to expand agricul-
tural research.
Research has lagged. In
1940, 40 percent of Federal
research and development
funds went for agricultural
research. In recent years, less
than two percent of the total
has gone for this purpose. It
is clear that unless the trend
is reversed we will not be able
to keep pace with future food
demands.
INCREASED AGRICUL-
TURAL RESEARCH results in
increased production and
reduction production costs. It
brings more income to the
farmer and lower food costs to
the consumer. The chain of
events strengthens our domes-
tic economy and improves our
foreign balance of payments.
And related benefits include
more rural families staying on
the farm, conservation of our
natural resources and protec-
tion of the environment.
Everybody wins.
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If we can be of any further assistance or if your income changes during the year,
please contact us.
Winris
VARJETY STORES
Children from families whose income is at or below those shown on the scale are el*
igible for free meals. If your income is greater than those shown but you have un-
usually high medical bills, shelter costs in excess of 30 percent of your income,
special education expenses due to the mental or physical condition of a child, or
disaster or casualty losses, your children may still be eligible.
To apply for free meals for your children, at anytime during the year, complete an
application and return it to the school. The school will let you 1 now whether or
not your children are eligible within five days of receiving your Explication,
you do not agree with the school’s decision you have a right to a fair ^earing.
This can be done by calling or writing Mr. Lauro R. Guerra, Superintendent, at P.O.
Box 417, Mercedes 78570, 565-2427.
In certain cases foster children are also eligible for these benefits. If you
have such children living with you and wish to apply for such meals for them,
please notify us or indicate it on the application.
All children are treated the same regardless of ability to pay. in unc upcraiit
of the child feeding programs no child will be discriminated against because of
his race, sex, color or national origin.
come to the recent hullabaloo
over the ruling by HEW’s
Office of Civil Rights that
father-son and mother-daugh-
ter events at public schools
violated the law against sex
discrimination. The order was
promptly rescinded by direc-
tion of President Ford and
now - perhaps by coincidence
-- HEW has announced the
institution of “sweeping re-
forms” in the way
Department develops
issues regulations.
The new procedure calls
for HEW first to publish a
notice of intent to prepare
regulations and seek public
guidance before it actually
writes the rules. HEW
Secretary Mathews said, “We
will not put forward a major
proposal until the people
affected by it have had their
say.” He said communication
with the public will be
through town hall-type meet-
ings, advertisements, public
service announcements, news
releases, professional and
service organizations, mail-
ings, the Federal Register and
HEW’s 10 regional offices.
We’ll see how it works.
Maybe it is a step in the right
direction and one that might
well be taken by other
regulatory agencies.
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1976, newspaper, August 12, 1976; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1371563/m1/10/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.