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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1974
Water has development potential
Brazos, Burleson have large quality water supply
AUSTIN—Large amounts of
ground water of good quality are av
ailable for development in Brazos
and Burleson Counties, according
to a new Texas Water Development
Board publication.
Report 185, “Ground-Water Re
sources of Brazos and Burleson
Counties, Texas,’’ says that about
64,000 acre-feet of water can be
produced each year from the coun
ties’ four principal aquifers without
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By Jim Earle
depleting the supply.
Written by C. R. Follett of the
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
the report was prepared by the
USGS under cooperative agree
ment with the Texas Water De
velopment Board.
Only 38,000 acre-feet, or 34 mill
ion gallons per day, was withdrawn
from underground sources in 1969,
the report states. Irrigation ac
counted for 66 percent of the
ground water used, most of this
along the flat flood plain bordering
the Brazos River. Some 32 percent
was used for public supply, and 2
percent furnished rural domestic,
livestock, and other needs.
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“I’m pretty excited about being back myself, but let’s let th’ plans
for this year’s bonfire ride for awhile. Okay?”
AUSTIN, Tex.—Battle lines are
drawn for the State Democratic
Convention here September 17.
Liberal delegates, although ap
parently outnumbered, asserted
their intentions at a recent meeting
in San Antonio to claim their full
share of convention plums.
—First, they made clear, they
will fight for proportional represen
tation on the State Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee, the party’s
policy-making and housekeeping
body in Texas.
—Second, they are demanding
their share of the 76 delegates to the
national Democratic mid-term
mini-convention in Kansas City
next December.
—The liberals also made prepara
tions for expressing their views on
the party platform, resolutions and
rules.
—Finally, they indicated they
may challenge Gov. Dolph
Briscoe’s choice for SDEC chair
man and other top committee offic
ers. Choices of incumbent gover
nors for these posts traditionally
have gone unchallenged where they
have majority control of conven
tions.
The “open party’’ Democrats at
the San Antonio session adopted a
platform committing themselves to
a state party organization that will
support Democratic candidates and
principles at all levels rather than
“promoting the policies of incum
bent governors.’’
Pumpage from the flood-plain al
luvium for irrigation has about
reached the limit of available water
supply in a 20-square-mile area of
Brazos County northwest of Bryan,
the report notes, where there is
concentrated pumpage from about
150 irrigation wells. Public-supply
pumpage by the city of Bryan, Texas
A&M University, and Bryan Air
Force Base, which closed in 1958,
has lowered water levels moder
ately in the Sparta Sand in some
areas.
For the two counties overall, the
report finds that pumpage can be
increased by about two-thirds,
without fear of depletion.
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By Rodney Hammack
jargon
attacked
The State Board of Insurance is
declaring war on “the fine print,
double talk and gobbledy-gook” in
insurance policies, according to
Board Chairman Joe Christie.
Christie said the average policy
holder cannot understand policy
jargon, and recent tests show
Einstein’s theory of relativity is
more readable than an average hos
pital insurance plan.
Christie said efforts will be made
in the next session of the legislature
to improve “the readability factor”
of insurance policies. He recom
mended that other state agencies
give some attention to similar
readability problems involving
documents over which they have
jurisdiction.
No-fault auto insurance will be
another subject for legislative con
sideration in 1975, Christie told
Texas Bankers Association at a con
ference. He said a recent study on
the subject by the Lyndon Baines
Johnson School of Public Affairs will
be of major help to lawmakers.
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“Now really, Coasters! This paranoia about blind dates is
getting ridiculous!”
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Bob Bullock of Austin, Democra
tic nominee for comptroller, is
being urged to oppose incumbent
SDEC Chairman Calvin Guest of
Bryan, Governor Briscoe’s choice
for a second term.
Meanwhile, the national Democ
ratic charter commission broke up
in anger when party regulars and
reformers clashed over reform
measures in the proposed Democ
ratic constitution.
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Texas
to host
governors
Governors of the southern states,
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
will meet near here September 8-11
to discuss a wide range of problems,
including economy and energy.
Governor Briscoe is host to the
Southern Governors Conference
which will meet at Lakeway, a lux
ury resort on Lake Travis 20 miles
northwest of the Capital City.
About 300 reporters will join the
19 governors and their staffs for the
three-day business meeting, and
the social rounds of tennis, golf, sail
ing and parties.
Gov. Melvin Evans, governor of
the Virgin Islands, is chairman of
the Southern Governors Confer
ence for 1973-74.
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