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By JOYCE PALUMBO
Eagle Staff Writer
A delegation from Br~zos
ounty and - 'surnounding ar~,
~\w~n It-sl1ingt'On1:~DfC:;
tQday;:;,tl' a 'hearing before
.the U:' . c. ate Committee on
Public Works in support of the
Army Corps of Engineers re-
commendations on the develop-
ment of the NavasotaRiver Wa-
tershed.
e dele ation, supporting the
~o!a No. 2
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tin; , Col. J. W ells, gen~r-
al manager, State Brazos River
Delegation
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Association.'
The Public Works Committee
. of the House of Representatives, .
. -U",Si, adQpted-.the~.following res- i
olution July 1,-1958: "Resolved
by the, Com m i t tee on Public
Works of the House of Repre-
sentatives, United States, that
the Board of Engineers for Riv-'
ers and Harbors be, and is here-
by; requested to review the re-
ports on Brazos River and Trib-
utaries, printed in House Docu-
ment No. 535, 81st Congress,
Second Session, and other re-
ports with a view to determining
w hat modifications to the au-
thorized plan for flood control,
water conservation and related
water uses in the Navasota Riv-
,er basin are desirable."
In keeping with instructions of
this resolution, the U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers completed
, their study and recommended
modifications on a plan of devel-
opment for the Navasota River
Basin.
All interested authorities in
the State of Texas have review-
ed the recommendations of the.\""
, Corps of Engineers on this proof \ ~
ject, and concur and endorse I '
the, project.
Public records show that the
f 0 I lowing support the recom-
mendations of the Corps of En-
gine,ers and urge construction on
the proposed Millican Dam to be
started as soon as possible: Gov.
John Connally, Texas Water De-
velOjlment Board, Texas Water'
Rights Commission, Brazos Riv-
er Authority, Texas Water Con- '
servation Association, Board of
Directors of Texas A&M Univer-
sity.. the City of Bryan, the City 1...
of College Station, the City of
Navasota, Bryan-College Sta-
I t ion Chamber of Commerce,
G r.j m e s ,County Chamber of '
'Commerce, Brazos County In- "
dustrial Foundation, and Grimes
County Industrial Foundation.
Authority; Waco; Howard Fox,
director, Brazos River Authpri-
ty, Hearne; Glynn A. (Buddy)
. )\':iHi~ll1s, director, Brazos jtiver
/ '~uthority, Bryan;, Harry Moore,
'9!re~tor, 'Brazos River Aulhori.
Jy, '1~'a,N ~ sot a; Judge W. R.
:v;.!f'rf'c.:~ji . county 1u~ge, Brazos
CQunty;" J. D. (Jack) Conlee,
m a y'o r, city of Bryan; D. A.
(Andy) Anderson, mayor, city of
College Station; Ran Boswell,
city m~nager, College Sta-
tion; Dean Fred Ben son,
staff, Texas A&M University; A.
. G. Johnson, planner, Brazos Val-
_Qpment Council; John
-ce III, president, Bra-
zf! y Il!dustrial Founda-
ti'on.I'1c.; 'BooKman Peters, pres-
i d e"ri'2t" 'Bryan-College St,ation
C h a m,b er of Commerce; and
F r a n'!< Thqrmond, secreta-
ry, Milli'can' I)am Development
(See DELEGATION, Page 2)
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