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Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM

This Week in History

Thirty Years Ago 1995

October 15, 1995

“The last food stamps ever issued by Texas will be mailed to New Boston families over the next 10 days. Those coupons will be replaced by the electronic Lone Star card, which is about to go on-line in Bowie County,” said State Comptroller John Sharp. The card uses modern technology to supplant the “inefficient and fraud ridden paper system of the past.”

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