The Amarillo Globe-Times from Amarillo, Texas • Page 94

I A Wednesday, November 15, 1972 Page 43 Overpasses would eliminate wait'. traffic on Grand. --Staff Pjiolo by DAVID BOWSER Major problem Georgia-McMasters at.Glh and 7th. lowam Tour Randall By FRED WORTIIAM JR. Farm and Ranch Editor A tour of the Sunripe greenhouses at Vega, lunch at Boys Ranch, and a visit to Randall County were planned today for 60 visiting cattle feeders from Sioux County, Iowa.

The men. predominantly involved in family farm-type operations, were brought to the High Plains by their interest in the large feedlot businesses here. "Plain, ordinary curiosity" motivated, the Texas trip, said Glen president of the Sioux County Cattle Feeders Association. One man. typified the visitor's business style when "he.

feed everything I grow and buy sone '-Arriving in the Panhandle Tuesday, the men went on a tour of the Hereford area. Their activities for the day Included visits to two feed- yards, lunch at the Hereford Country Club and a guided tour of the Holly Sugar Corp. facilities in Hereford. A panel discussion was held Tuesday night at the Big Texan Steak Ranch on E. Interstate 40 with several local agricultural leaders.

Included in the panel were Sam agricultural development director for Southwestern Public Service James Shelton. agricultural vice president for Bank of the Southwest and chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness Committee; and Rex McAnelly of Pampa, manager of Moody Farms Feeding operations and current president of; the. Southwest T-Bone Club. "I.guess' we're pretty well Sorghum The Texas Grain Sorghum Producers Board has authorized a $15.000 study into building sorghum resistance to green bugs, mites, soil insects and midge across the High Plains. One of a number of agriculture study 'grants that total the investigation was voted on at the boards regular bi-monthly meeting at the Citizens Tower in Lubbock Tuesday.

Grants for the development of a sorghum hybrid and the completion of swine feeding tests were also approved. The Texas Agriculture Experiment Station in Lubbock will be used in the 1972-73 insect study. Project director is Dr. George Teetes, entomologist. "These studies will include mites, green bugs, soil insects (grub and wire worms), midge and other pests, should they develop into an economic problem," said Elbert Harp, Texas Grain Sorghum Producer executive director.

A program to develop a commercial grain sorghum hybrid which resists green bugs, which is in its third year, was approved for fund- satisfied although we're not sure what we might do at home lo match the industry in this part of the country," said Gregg. After their two-day glimpse into the industry that will probably feed five million head of cattle in 1972, -most of the lowans plan to return home by chartered jet later today. ing as a companion study with 813,133. The work has already included the release of several breeding lines with resistance to green bugs to private firms. Dr.

Jerry Johnson, grain sorghum breeder at the experimental station here, is directing the study. "We expect commercial hybrids with good green bug resistance will be available for planting by farmers by 1975 or 1D76." said Harp. The second half of swine feeding tests involving three varieties to grain sorghum and corn was voted a $2,000 grant by the board. Dr. T.

D. Tanksley of Texas AOI Uni- versity is conducting the tests, which are part of a $11.000 TGSP-sponsored program on animal nutirititin. The nutrition tests include comparison of yellow incies- perm and heteroyellow sorghums with regular milo and also with corn. A $2,000 stipend for a federal-state project on stalk diseases. sorghum was also "approved at the Tuesday meeting.

By HAL 1WAKI1 Staff Writer Traffic demands change as a city grows. And as sparsely populated areas develop, streets need to be improved to meet the needs of the area. It also takes money to fi nance these improvements. With this in mind, the Amarillo City Commission ha 1 included $4.5 million in a pa- posed capital improvements program over the next five years. Amarillo residents will vote Nov.

28 on the proposed im provements. Proposition 1 calls for the authority to issue up to $4.5 million in general obligation bonds for street and storm sewer improvements. About two dozen projects are listed specifically, with almost half a million dollars set aside for "miscellaneous city's share in street and alley paving programs. The projects were suggested by a 350-member citizens study committee which forwarded its reports to the City Commission. Street projects total about $3 million, and storm sewer projects total $1.5 million.

"Most of the street are simply to improve the' streets, either to move more traffic or to increase safely or both," said Pat Cristal as sistant director of public works. "The storm sewer projects are to prevent flooding or to i i a open drainage ditches. Ditches are expensive as well as almost impossible to maintain." Overpasses are included in at least four areas, if the issue is approved. Cristal said the estimated costs are for the city's portion only and do not include state or federal funds. All the projects are included in future plans to be financed by state and federal funds.

At least two overpasses are planned for Grand between SE 3rd and Amarillo Boulevard. These will cross over four sets of tracks. Estimated city cost is $700,000. Another overpass would cross the tracks on Adams- Hughes between SW 3rd and NW 2nd. Improvements also would include some curb and gutter and the straightening of several sharp curves.

Estimated cost is S523.000. The overpass on 34th at the Santa Fe Railway tracks would cost an estimated $328,000. Several streets now dirt or strip paved would be widened to serve as arterial streets. These include: Carry more traffic Martin Road near NE 16th. --Western from Canyon Expressway to Scotty, $36,000.

--45th between Bell and Coulter, $162,000. --9th from U. S. 66 at Bell to Coulter. $245,000.

--Eastern from Amarillo a to NE 24th, 3120,000. --SW 58th from Washington to Western, $273,000. Streets to be widened and curb and gutter installed include S. E. Gth from Grand to Bolton, and Martin Road from Dale to NE 16th, $107,000.

SW 15th would be widened from Hayden to Bryan at a cost of 3120,000, and S. Avondale would be widened from 9th to 16th at a cost of Curb and gutter be installed along areas of Georgia from Wolflin lo Civic Circle and from SW 26th to Mockingbird Lane at a cost of $111,000. Georgia would be extended to 53th at a cost of $41,000. Other proposed projects would include the rebuilding of Farmers Lane from Western to Canyon Drive to eliminate a drainage problem, and the paving of SW 58th from Air Park to Burlington Road at a cost $42,000 each. Also included is the revising of the Georgia-McMasters- 6th-7th intersection, long a source cf traffic problems in Amarillo.

"I really don't know what we're going to do yet, but I would imagine it would be to acquire some of the property in the middle to reduce the number of streets into the area." Cri.stal said. The estimated is $121,000. City participation in residents! street and alley paving projects would cost an estimated $150,000, and miscellaneous improvement projects would cost another $300,000. "When areas are developed along arterial roads, we go ahead and built 65-foot-wide streets, with the city paying for. the 20-foot strip down the center, 1 Cristal said.

Major storm sewer projects include work around McCarty Lake east of Western and south, of the Canyon Expressway, $540,000. and the lake near 3rd and a $501.000. Other projects would be SW 8th at Ong west and south to Travis at 10th, from, the Santa Fe Late, west to Washington at SW 42nd, on S. Nelson, from 10th to 3rd, $33,000, and on S. Osage from 34th to Interstate 40, $126,000.

Also S- Avondale from 16th to 9th, on SE 15th from the Tee Anchor Lake west to Ross, and in, the Hollywood Addition, from the Diamond Horseshoe Lake west to Bell. $25,000, and south to Scotty Drive and to Whittier, $55,000. Five other propositions also will appear on the ballot. These are S2.S million for libraries; $1.75 million for park improvements; $400,000 for relocation of the sanitary landfill; $225,000 for fire stations, and $275,000 for a new animal shelter. Wide Beei Tour, Seminal Opens Here Today A three-day tour and beef production seminar for members i of the Southern Beef Council opens today at Holiday Inn 1-40.

More than 150 persons are expected for the opening at 6 p.m. today with representatives of the Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Thursday, members of the council will tour feedlot operations and the packing industry. A program and dinner are scheduled for Thursday night. Delegates, which include educators, cow-calf operators, extension service personnel and business community representatives of 13 states, will participate in a panel discussion. The seminar is scheduled to adjourn about noon.

The council, which holds its next regular meeting in January at Shrevcport, is chaired by Dr. L. S. Pope, associate dean of the school of agriculture at Texas AM A report Tuesday by the FARWELL Mr. and Mrs.

Clyde Ashforc! of Aftpn, were in good condition this morning at Clovis Memorial Hospital following a car-bus collision about four miles east of here on U.S. 60. Four persons were injured Tuesday afternoon when a New Mexico Transportation bus was in collision with a car driven by Ashford, 66. Ashford and his wife, Willie, were injured when their easthouncl car skimmed off the left side of the oncoming Texas Department of Agricul bus on the two-lane highway. ture and the U.S.

Department The bus, driven Carl IT. of Agriculture shows 2.226.000 Smith, 67, was carrying eight By VIVIAN SALAZAR Staff Writer Folks who think of Amarillo only as a town wind-swept and barren might take another look Saturday when the many forms of art will take stage center here. An Amarillo accolade to the arts. "Arts in Action--Amarillo Renaissance." in the planning since early October, will culminate in an areawidc festival to be held from 10 a.m. lo 4 p.m.

at the Civic Center. Folks who have a bankerin' for the good things in life will be treated to everything from square dancing to ballet, from symphonic to rock music, and to exhibits of works in various media. Exhibits and demonstrations by individuals will be set up in the Civic Center exhibit area on the north side of the Coliseum, and the public is encouraged to attend the'ad- mission-free event, said chairman Robert C. Hill. The list of individual exhibitors includes C.

Beth Powell of 3908 Fountain Terrace, oil paintings; Ben Konis of 712 W. 17th, oil and pastel paintings, sketching demonstration; Mildred Guinn of Hereford, multi-media paintings, pastel and charcoal portraits; Betty Miller of 2109 N. Highland, oil paintings. Also Mrs. Athene Weddington of Borger, multi-media paintings, ceramic and crafts display; Danny Gamble of 4303 Chisholm, painting and a jewelry display; Jim Baker of KGNC television, photography and jewelry display; Hobert C.

Brown of 3712 Cimarron, oil paintings and charcoal drawings; Susan Laine of 4224 9lh, watercolor and ink drawings. And Audrey L. Taylor, 916 Mississippi, oil paintings; Mildred A. Johnson, 2118 S. Taylor, oil paintings; Dan Gillham of 312 W.

18th, multi-media paintings; Scott Williams of 3S07 Oregon Trail, watercolors; Steve Baker 1551 Smiley, acrylics. Group art exhibits have been planned by the Moore County Art Association of Dumas, the West Texas State University art department, head of cattle and calves in Texas feed Igts, in October, an increase of 30 per cent over last year and eight per cent over September. The report shows placements during October were 581,000. 17 per cent over tho figure in 1971 and 51 per cent over the previous month. Marketing figures show 406,000 head going to slaughter.

This is a 14 per cent increase over 1971 and four per cent above September. Of the seven states surveyed during October, Nebraska followed Texas with a total of 1,577,000 cattle on feed. Iowa ranked third with 1,562,000 head on feed. The seven-state total Nov. 1 passengers.

Two of them, Janie Carrasco. 21, of Friona, and Sophie Smith. 54, of Philadelphia. suffered lacerations and abrasions in the incident. They were treated and released from the Clovis hospital.

Department of Public Safely officials say the accident occurred while officers were pulled over on the shoulder of the road helping a driver of a grain truck repair a lighting system. Officers said the car edged toward the center of the road when it appeared there was little room between the oncoming bus and the stalled truck. was 9,578,000, a nine per cent increase over September and EX-OFFICIAL DIES 13 per cent more than the WEST HARTFORD, Conn, same period in 1971. (AP) Edwnrcl N. Allen.

81, Included in the survey arc Connecticut's lieutenant gover- Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, nor from 1951 lo 1954 and a for- Arizona, Iowa, Nebraska, Cal- mayor of Hartford, died uornia and Kansas. Tuesaay. the Amarillo College Student Art Association, z. Tascosa High School art class and works by Bonham Junior High School art students. Everything from wooden toys, Christmas decorations and gift items, to decoupage, a arrangements and weaving will be on exhibit in the Craft Exhibits department.

Exhibitors will include Victor C. Holtgrewe of 2661-A Adobe, Mrs. Gordon Lyons of Pampa, Mrs. Dewey Palmi- ticr of Pampa, Mrs. Lee Roy Moreland of Canyon, Gary Grogan of 1305 Smiley, Devery Dampf and Janice Schmutzer of Canyon, the Women's Auxiliary of St.

Anthony's Hospital, the Hi- Plains Pilot Club and Herman Hall of 2109 S. Tyler. The schedule for the participants in the area of the performing arts begins at 10 a.m. when the Dixieland Singers of Tascosa High School take the stage in the Exhibit Hall, and will end following a 3:30 p.m. performance by the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Men's- Glee Club from WTSU.

To perform at half-hour intervals in cither the Exhibit. Hall or the Music Hall of the Civic Center are Caprock High School Choral Group, the James Bowie Junior High School choir, the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America, the Neil Hess Ballet Company, the Amarillo Little Theatre, Amarillo Ballet Theatre and AmariUo College Choir, by the Fine Arts Council of Amarillo Chamber of Commerce, with Dr. John Green, of West Texas State University as chairman of the council. Dr. Green has said national interest will be focused ou Amarillo Saturday, since publications such as Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Southern Living, Life and the Wall Street Journal are anticipating coverage of the event.

Moore Ready ForArtBaxaar DUMAS--Preparations arc complete for the 12th Annual Moore County Art Bazaar, scheduled Friday through Saturday. Scores of booths have been set up in the community Building to display the art and hand-crafted items for sale by area artisans. Secrecy is a factor in the long preparation by Moore County artists, but wide variety of items is expected to fill the colorful bazaar booths. The bazaar will end Sunday noon with 't Thanksgiving dinner for the public. Health Messages Recorded on Phone OMAHA.

Neb. (AP) Offi- PreparingTtor arts C. Beth Powell. the Amanlto Grassroots On- als of Creichton University era Company, the Amarillo and t. Joseph Hospital are "Comnanv pleased with Dr.

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