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even dogs are drawn to the Hill Country bloom that is typically
Texas in the springtime. But, sadly, not this year. For the most
part, autumn's drought has left only Texans
blue this April. So far, this year seems to be the worst bluebonnet
showing in 10 or 15 seasons, according to wildflower watchers
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Local News
- July 11,
1996 ... (early) - Counties Named Disaster Areas:
The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has named 22 Texas counties
as natural disaster areas due to drought. ....The
announcement came Wednesday after requests from Gov. George W.
Bush that the counties be made eligible for assistance. ....Because
counties ...
Local
News
- June 25,
1996 ...(early) - Drought Tour
Stopping in City: State lawmakers and officials are beginning
the Drought ReliefInformation Tour next month.
....On the tour, state and federal officials ...
Local News
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June
7, 1996 - Rain, Hail Pound Abilene: Well, if the drought
isn't over yet, it's just about there in Abilene. ...Thunderstorms
passed through Abilene early Friday morning, pouring more than
3 inches of rain ...
Local
News
- May 16-31,
1996... Give Farmers, Ranchers a Break: Texas
farmers and ranchers should be given more time to pay off loans
to avert a banking crisis during the severe drought,
state officials said Tuesday. ....Agriculture Commissioner Rick
Perry urged federal bank regulators to give Texas banks more
flexibility in handling ...
- Local News
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April
15, 1996. ....From there, airplanes loaded with the chemical
retardant took flight in an effort to control the plague of fires
brought on by an extended drought. ....With
the recent rains and snow, the special task force is no longer
needed. Only five men remained at the site Tuesday and they will
be gone ...
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- Local News (Business
Lead)
- July 11,
1996 ... . (early) - Area Farmers Offered Relief:
Family farmers in the Abilene area were offered federal drought
relief loans Wednesday as officials declared 22 Texas counties
natural disaster areas. ....Low-interest loans from the Farm
Service Agency will be ...
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- Texas News
- November
14, 1996 ...Citrus Crop Good This Year: Consumers
can look forward to high quality citrus this year; however, due
to the drought the fruit may be smaller in size
and fewer in number, reports the Texas Agricultural Extension
Service. ....Dr. Charles Hall, Extension horticultural
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Texas
News
- September
21, 1996 ...(early) - Willie Nelson Helps Drought-Stricken
Farmers: Singer Willie Nelson was on the road again Friday, this
time to help give drought-stricken farmers and
ranchers enough hay to ... Despite recent showers
that have eased price pressures on Texas hay, some small farmers
still are feeling the pinch this fall after the disastrous drought
of the first half of 1996. ....That's where Willie Nelson and
company stepped in. ....Nelson's Farm Aid concert two weeks ago
raised nearly $1 million ...
Texas
News
- August
16-31, 1996 ... and thunderstorms over most of
Texas on Saturday, with flood warnings in central sections of
the state. ....While Texas farmers didn't expect a drought-breaker
from the rains, they were welcome nevertheless. ....Rainfall
totals over a two-day period have exceeded two inches in Austin
and Corpus Christi ...
Texas
News
- July 31,
1996 ... - Perry Points to Disaster Fund Delays:
State Agriculture Commissioner Rick Perry thinks it's taking
too long for some drought-damaged Texas counties
to be declared federal disaster areas. ....About 75 counties
still are waiting for the U.S. Agriculture Department to issue
...
Texas
News
- June 16-30,
1996 ... that roughly 98 percent of the state's
5,000 registered fireworks retailers are carrying out a voluntary
ban on most aerial fireworks due to drought
conditions. ...."We are doing everything we can to make
sure Texans have a safe Fourth of July," said Chester Davis,
who owns American ...
Texas News
- June 14,
1996 ... - Drought Forcing Communities
to Look Elsewhere for Drinking Water ...
Texas
News
- May 16-31,
1996 ... (early) - Rains Don't Help Falcon: The
skies opened and poured a few inches of relief on parts of drought-stricken
South Texas Thursday, but experts said the rain would have little
long-term effect on the dryness. ...."It was a significant
rain ...
Texas News
- May 15,
1996 ... - The next bet for rain is around Tuesday,
and chances are very slim then." Stage IV, the final step
of the San Antonio drought plan, is triggered
when officials believe aquifer water quality is at risk. Low
water levels in the underground reservoir leads to reduced pressures
...
Texas
News
April 29, 1996 ... - Drought
Keeping Texas Panhandle Thirsty ...
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- Bill Whitaker
- September
23, 1996 ... County long enough to be treated
like a bona fide native, but he's actually from Bronte. His dad
worked as a stock farmer but, with the terrible drought
of the 1950s, opened a seven-day-a-week convenience store in
the area, one of the first. Like his dad and mom, Richard worked
in the store, which sold ...
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- Bill Whitaker
- August
13, 1996 ... finest couldn't rival 'Tubby' Moore's
exposure ....By Bill Whitaker Long faces in Fisher County last
weekend would've been more than understandable. Drought
conditions and other calamities the past several years have brought
hard times to this wide, flat stretch of West Texas farming land.
Cattle prices ...
Bill
Whitaker
- June 20,
1996 ... With prospects strong for continued
drought, the Fandangle's range fire - a premiere
of sorts - may be among our best prospects for fireworks this
summer. Certainly, the special effects team ...
Bill
Whitaker
- May 29,
1996 ... Century plants reach for the sky ....By Bill Whitaker
Drought conditions may have local flowers down
and out, but some hardy century plants have risen to the occasion.
You might even say they're giving it their all, because after
these long-lived plants finally bloom, they go to pot and die.
But before ...
Bill
Whitaker
- May 28,
1996... sang along, having their way with various
folk, country and western tunes. Even cattle in the distance
joined in, temporarily forgetting the drought.
Songs were dedicated to various folks, ranging from the late
Bill Skinner, once the "Singing Sheriff of Callahan County,"
to the late ...
Bill
Whitaker
- May 7,
1996 ... in the family was soon won over and
the Greens have remained tied to the land. Bob has certainly
weathered trying times, including the terrible drought
of the early 1950s that inspired Elmer Kelton's classic novel
The Time It Never Rained. Bob still has home movies of his kids
feeding some of the few ...
- Bill Whitaker
- April 29,
1996 ... was perfect for a federally funded ship
channel. "Funny thing is, the mayor wanted to cancel the
trip because Houston had had a three-month drought
and the stream didn't look too good," Dorothy said. "But
it was too late. Fortunately, everything turned out all right.
When ...
- Bill Whitaker
- April 29,
1996... recent report about a canine actually
driving off in a car. Still, it's got folks in the south of Taylor
County wagging about something besides the drought.
Incidentally, right after Jenny paid the locksmith and came back
to her mother-in-law's house, she collapsed into a chair and,
looking very forlorn ...
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